- Scribblenauts won this year's Designers Award
- Scribblenauts received more votes from the small group of designers than it did from the public at large in the general Game of the Year award voting
- Monster Hunter Portable 3rd for PSP won the Grand Award this year

Award For Excellence recipients included:

Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii)
Legend of Heroes Zero no Kiseki (Falcom, PSP)
Catherine (Atlus, PS3/X360)
Gran Turismo 5 (Sony, PS3)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo, Wii)
Xenoblade (Nintendo, Wii)
Donkey Kong Returns (Nintendo, Wii)
Ni no Kuni (Level-5, DS)
Pokemon Black & White (Pokemon, DS)
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker (Konami, PSP)
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom, PSP)

Other awards included:

Special Award: Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games, PS3/X360)
Best Sales Award: Pokemon Black & White (Pokemon, DS)
Global Award -- Japanese Product: Pokemon Black & White (Pokemon, DS)
Global Award -- Foreign Product: Call of Duty Black Ops (Activision, PS3/X360/PC)