Game of the Year?

Let me get this straight... there is only one real "Game of the Year," right? If this is true, how in the world is there at least four "Game of the Year" editions on store shelves from 2008? Fable 2, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, and Fallout 3 couldn't all really be the "Game of the Year" right? Further more, why repackage the same game with the DLC incorporated and call it a new edition. It is the same game that's been out for a year already, with DLC that's been available for download for months. The biggest joke was the "Left 4 Dead" GOY edition (a game I love), which only added the Survival game mode to the new edition. To make matters worse, the Survival mode add-on is already available for FREE on Steam (PC) and Xbox Live but Valve released a new mini-campaign for download only a few weeks later which costs money. Why not include that new content on the new edition hitting store shelves, Valve? Talk about milking a product for all it's worth. The Fallout 3 and Gears of War 2 GOY editions at least have serious bang for your buck, just in case you've lived under a rock for the past 12 months and somehow missed these stellar games.

Anyway, the Game of the Year editions seem to be a useless trend that isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so maybe we should look ahead to next year and try to predict what Game of the Year versions might be hitting the store shelves just in time for Christmas 2010.

:: Dragon Age Origins
:: Modern Warfare 2
:: Batman Arkham Asylum
:: Borderlands
:: Resident Evil 5
:: Assassin's Creed II
:: Left 4 Dead 2
:: Uncharted 2
:: Killzone 2

Now the real discussion would be, which of these games should actually be "The Game of the Year"? Because as Christopher Lambert would say, "There can be only one."

And for those keeping score, the best game of last year was hands down Fallout 3, and probably the only one deserving to have a new edition to celebrate it's achievement. Sorry to others claiming to be the best, but get pwned... cuz' you ain't.