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Competition is hotting up in the Golden Joysticks. Voting for the shooter category is still ongoing, but it's not just the big violent FPSes battling it out. Read on for a video outlining the nominees for the best downloadable game category, and a chance to vote for your favourite.
The games nominated for the Download Game of the Year, sponsored by Green Man Gaming , are:
'splosion Man
Assassin's Creed 2: Bonfire of the Vanities
Battlefield 1943
Call of Duty: World at War: ZOMBIES
FIFA 10
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
LittleBigPlanet
Plants vs. Zombies
Shadow Complex
Trials HD
Of all the incredible downloadable games available on PC, not many have made it to the list. The good news is that PopCap's Plants vs. Zombies has, and no list can be sad with Plants vs. Zombies on it. Here's a video showing all of the nominees in action.
Over 680,000 votes have already been cast, and there's still a month to go. You can register your votes for all the categories right here .
Part of the UK team, Tom was with PC Gamer at the very beginning of the website's launch—first as a news writer, and then as online editor until his departure in 2020. His specialties are strategy games, action RPGs, hack ‘n slash games, digital card games… basically anything that he can fit on a hard drive. His final boss form is Deckard Cain.


