Throughout the year many companies, both big and small, release promotional trailers to help people recognize how cool their game is. Some of the trailers are simple yet effective other trailers are designed with a lot of careful precision to not only sell the concept of the game but to also get people riled up, amped up and excited for said game. Here at Gaming Blend it was decided that it would be a fun to show a little end-of-the-year appreciation for some of the coolest game trailers released throughout 2010.

The nominees are broken down into various categories and not the arbitrary genres associated with most game types (i.e., strategy games, action games, etc.) Instead, the categories are representative of how trailers are usually organized and released throughout the year (i.e., debut trailers, launch trailers, etc.) You can check out this year’s list of nominees below.

Coolest Live-Action Trailer:
• Halo Reach - Deliver Hope Trailer
• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier - Ultranationalist Trailer
• Medal of Honor - “The Catalyst” Never Outmanned Trailer

Coolest Cinematic Trailer:
• Transformers: War for Cybertron- Extended Cinematic Trailer
• Brink - Cinematic Trailer
• Lost Planet 2 - Final Episode Trailer
• Singularity - Cause and Effect Trailer
• Castlevania Lords of Shadow - Prophecy Trailer
• Dragon Age II - Extended Cinematic Trailer
• DC Universe Online - Who Do You Trust? Trailer
• Knights Contract - (uncut) CG Trailer

Coolest Creative Trailer:
• Army of Two: The 40th Day - World Tour Trailer
• The Superhero iPhone Trailer
• James Bond 007 Blood Stone Opening Cinematic
• Gears of War: Duo Group - Until the End
• Swordsman Online - Calligraphy Trailer

Coolest Gameplay Trailer:
• Metroid Other M Exclusive - Action Trailer
• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood - Rome Trailer
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II - Soul of a Jedi Trailer
• Need for Speed Hot Pursuit - Interceptor trailer
• Dragon Age II - Rise to Power
• God of War: Ghost of Sparta - Redemption Trailer

Coolest Launch Trailer:
• BioShock 2 Launch Trailer
• Battlefield Bad Company 2 Launch Trailer
• Red Steel 2 Launch Trailer
• Final Fantasy XIV Launch Trailer
• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
• God of War 3

Coolest Debut Trailer
• The Witcher 2
• L.A. Noire
• inFamous 2
• HAWX 2 Debut trailer
• The Last Story
• Resistance 3
• Men of War: Vietnam
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Coolest Tradeshow Trailer
• Spec Ops: The Line (E3 2010)
• Call of Duty Black Ops - Won't Back Down (E3 2010)
• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Trailer (E3 2010)
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Teaser (San Diego Comic Con)
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (GamesCom 2010 Trailer)
• Tron Evolution (E3 2010 Trailer)
• Marvel Vs Capcom 3: FtW Captain America Trailer (PAX 2010)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Tokyo Game Show 2010)