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TouchDown – issue 6

Well, 2010 is soon upon us, and good’ole Santa will be visiting us tonight while we sleep. I hope you’ve all been good boys and girls.

The last year has certainly been good for us iPhone and iPod Touch owners, it looks like that momentum won’t be slowing down into 2010. They’ll no doubt be updates to both the iPhone and iPod Touch later in the year, and then of course there is the news that Apple will be holding a press event in a month from now. Many hope it will be the unveiling of their tablet device. It’s been rumoured for some time that it will be running a version of the iPhone OS, and there have been whispers that a selection of developers have been asked to created larger screen size versions of some of their Apps and Games. Exciting times ahead indeed!

In anticipation for this we have added button in the navigation for the iTablet (or whatever it will be called). So when news begins to trickle out of Apples tight lips, we’ll begin populating the site with iTablet specific news. You’ll also notice an Android button. It’s not set in stone yet, but we are looking into bringing game reviews for Android users too.

Around this time it’s common for game sites to look back through the past year, and highlight the best of the best games we’ve played. We are no different, and much like last year, we will be posting the TouchGen award winners.

The nominations are:

Best Action Game 2009

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Galaxy on fire
Terminator Salvation
Gangstar
DOOM Resurrection
NOVA

Best Arcade Game 2009

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CS.One
Space Invaders Infinity Gene
iDracula
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Mini Squadron

Best Casual Game 2009

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Zen Bound
Ramp Champ
Touch Pets Dogs
Monopoly
Moonlights

Best Card/Board Game 2009

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Let ‘em Ride Pro
Solitaire City
MotionX Poker Quest
Monopoly
3 Card Pro

Best First Person Shooter 2009

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NOVA
Call of Duty: World at war – Zombies
Eliminate
Doom classic
Modern Combat: Sandstorm

Best Music Game 2009

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Beat it!
Rock band
Guitar Rock Tour 2
Mevo and the Grooveriders
Tap Tap Revenge 2

Best Platforming game 2009

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Soosiz
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor
Sway
Toki Tori
Rolando 2

Best Racing Game 2009

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Real Racing
Asphalt 5
ATV Offroad
Need For Speed Shift
Jet Car Stunts

Best Puzzle Game 2009

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Super Juicy
Peggle
Color Cross
iBlast Moki
Puzzle Prism

Best Sports Game 2009

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Tiger Woods
Anytime Pool
Madden NFL 2010
Baseball Superstars 2010
X2 Football/Soccer 2010

Best Strategy game 2009

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Defender Chronicles
Star Defense
Geo Defense Swarm
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Robocalypse

Best RPG 2009

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Hybrid: Eternal Whisper
Ravensword
Sword of Fargoal
Zenonia
Inotia 2

Best Graphics 2009

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Zen Bound
NOVA
Real Racing
Need For Speed Shift
Modern Combat: Sand Storm

Best online Multiplayer 2009

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Home Run Battle 3D (Baseball Sluggers)
Call of Duty: World at war – Zombies
Eliminate
NOVA
Modern Combat: Sand Storm

Best Studio 2009

ngmoco
Chillingo
Gameloft
Gamevil
EA

Best Indie Developer 2009

Secret Exit
Josh Rosen
Firemint
Crescent Moon Games
Godzilab

Biggest Surprise 2009

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Jet Car Stunts
NOVA
Enviro-bear 2010
Doodle Jump
iBlast Moki

Game of the year 2009

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Jet Car Stunts
NOVA
Real Racing
Space Invaders Infinity Gene
iBlast Moki

We will announce the winners in the next few weeks. If you have a particular favourite game we havn’t mentioned, let us know in the comments below.

With that I bid you farewell and a merry christmas (if you do christmas that is). Updates will most likely be slim over the holidays but feel free to drop by. Thanks for your continued custom over that last year, and be sure to continue next year. iPhone and iPod Touch gaming is still in it’s infancy and there’s certainly more to come.

UPDATE: CLICK HERE FOR THE WINNERS!

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  • Will

    Great nominations, though I’m kind of shocked Illusion Labs wasn’t nominated for best dev. I think Meteor Blitz and Spider deserved some nods as well.

  • http://twitter.com/wilhelmr WilhelmR

    Was hoping to see Wolfenstein RPG, Backbreaker football, and Enso Dot around, but nothing.. kinda sad :/

    I agree with pretty much all the nominations, love that zen bound, enviro-bear and Fargoal made it :)

    Hope Real Racing wins!
    Merry Christmas

  • legend.inc

    No Edge??!!!

  • legend.inc

    Anyway the winners for me are (in order of the nominations above)-
    Galaxy on fire
    Space Invaders Infinity Gene
    Zen Bound
    Monopoly
    NOVA
    Beat it!
    iBlast Moki
    Real Racing
    Peggle
    Baseball Superstars 2010
    Geo Defense Swarm
    Ravensword
    Zen Bound
    Eliminate
    Gameloft
    Josh Rosen
    NOVA
    NOVA

  • Torbjorn Kamblad, Sweden

    My favourite puzzle games of 2009 didn’t make it but I still play both: Drop7 and Alchemize. Other than that a great roundup.

    Worst game of 2009 nomination:
    Eminem Relapse
    http://www.touchgen.net/eminem-relapse-review

  • Nigel Wood, UK

    EDGE (or now EDGY) was released in 2008

  • http://twitter.com/wilhelmr WilhelmR

    I bet there’s gonna be a “Best Port” category next year :]

  • Torbjorn Kamblad, Sweden

    For 2009 the best port was Driver in my opinion.

  • Raoupp

    Nah, the best port was Doom Classic.

  • Will

    Might want to change that iTablet button to iSlate.

  • legend.inc

    @nigel yep, you are right. my bad.

  • Nigel

    I don’t think it will be called iSlate. Despite Apple owning the trademark. I’ll probably have to eat my words though… hope not!

  • Torbjorn Kamblad, Sweden

    So confusing with multiple Nigels…:)

  • Tim

    Good list, but I do think Meteor Blitz deserves a mention.

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