As 2009 winds to a close, gamers around the world look back and reflect on the year that just passed. And while it may be ridiculously cliche, as rarely does a year go by without someone saying it, I’ll say it anyway…

What a spectacular year it was for games!

Seriously, 2009 – even with its myriad delays and controversies, not to mention a huge Recession – turned out some interesting, engrossing, and just plain amazing games.

Meanwhile, we here at CFD! are likewise winding down the year. In the midst of staff being busy with travel, moving and various engagements (as well as preparing for our first anniversary in operation next February) we kind of forgot until the last minute that… you know… maybe we should chime in on our picks for “Game of the Year”, like every other site is doing?

So while we’ve been discussing and voting on that amongst ourselves, we also want to hear what you guys thought were the best games of 2009.

Enter – Crush! Frag! Destroy!’s 2009 Game of the Year Reader’s Choice!

Here’s what we want you to do:

• Pick your top three votes for “Game of the Year” – we don’t care what platform: PC, handheld, downloadable, or full console release.
• Send them to us via the following routes: If you follow our Twitter feed (@CrushFragDstroy) you can DM them to us; you can email them to contests@crushfragdestroy.com; or, barring those methods, you can leave them in the comments below (but then everyone will see what you voted for early and half the fun is the anticipation that comes with not knowing, isn’t it?).
• Kick back, enjoy some festive holiday time with your friends and family and wait until January 1st, 2010, when the CFD! GotY Awards go live.

Sound simple enough? We thought so too.

So get on top of that as soon as you drag yourself out of the pile of wrapping paper, alright? We want to hear from as many of you as possible. Do it!

Oh, and Happy Holidays from all of us at CFD!