Halo 3 shouldn't get an award for a map maker that is as limited as Forge is, Timesplitters has a built in map designer that is easy to use and fun to mess with. The stats system is nothing new, and has been done since Day of Defeat on the PC. As with the communities part of the award, you have to realize that most of the features are available in it are available to Xbox Live as a whole.

Should the Super Mario Bros games win innovation awards because its the best selling video game franchise in history? probably not, and neither should Halo.

Saying a game isn't good because it only introduces one single gun (Portal) is a stupid reason to talk bad about it, especially because it introduces a brand new concept that hasn't been done before.

The Wii Fit just extends what the Wii was created to do, which the Wii itself should win an award for, not Wii Fit.

GTA4 has a good story, and the cell phone was used really well, but the gameplay is just more of the same.

My vote would have gone to either Rock Band for making a game genre famous for nerds become more of a socially acceptable and fun for everyone, or Portal for bringing the phrase "the cake is a lie" to comical phrase that is still uttered and makes people laugh.