Well seeing as the golden joysticks have come and gone and no doubt left a fair few of us goggers a little cold here is the chance to have your say (if you can be arsed and this thread doesnt bury itself) SO! lets have your votes on your choices of the best games in these categories this year. (if you think ive missed a category then just say)
Best Overall Gameplay.
Most innovative.
Best Art Direction.
Best Voice Overs.
Best Script.
Best Soundtrack.
Best Developer.
Best Publisher.
and of course. GAME OF THE YEEEEAAAAAARRR!!
I'll give it a week or however long this thread remains popular (if at all) then post up the results.

Best Soundtrack: Machinarium
Best Art Direction: Machinarium
Best Overall Gameplay: Torchlight

I can think of at least two people who would answer "The Guild" to mostly all of that. :)
I've been playing old and the odd indie games all year. I'll have a think on it.

Best Overall Gameplay: Saints Row 2
Most innovative: Batman:Arkham Asylum
Best Art Direction: Batman: Arkham Asylum
Best Voice Overs: Batman: Arkham Asylum
Best Script: Batman: Arkham Asylum
Best Soundtrack: Command & Conquer Red Alert 3
Best Developer Rocksteady
Best Publisher: CD Projekt
Game of the Year: Batman: Arkham Asylum

Best Soundtrack: Machinarium
Best Art Direction: Machinarium

While I'd have to think about most of these, Best Art Direction and Game of the Year for me would both go to Mirror's Edge. Hands down, still the most enjoyable game I've played this year.

Best Overall Gameplay: Uncharted 2
Most Innovative: Batman: Arkham Asylum (For being a superhero game that doesn't suck)
Best Art Direction: Aion (Though I haven't bought it and have no plan to, the game is absolutely stunning to look at)
Best Voice Overs: Batman: Arkham Asylum
Best Script: Uncharted 2 (close between this and Batman, but Uncharted wins because the ending isn't a let-down)
Best Soundtrack: Uncharted 2
Best Developer: Naughty Dog (The feature on the disc with a look at the team makes me lean heavily towards them)
Best Publisher: EA (What's this, Command and Conquer: Red Alert? Free? Feel free to torrent and make copies of it, give it to your friends and such? YOU ARE AWESOME.
Game of the Year: Uncharted 2 (the surprisingly great multiplayer inches it ahead of Batman: Arkham Asylum)

Best Overall Gameplay: Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Most innovative: Torchlight.
Best Art Direction: Borderlands.
Best Voice Overs: Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.
Best Script: Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Best Soundtrack: GTA: Chinatown Wars.
Best Developer: Rockstar.
Best Publisher: I'm gonna go UK here and choose Jagex, even though they already won.
Game of the Year: Batman: Arkham Asylum.

Yeah, I forgot about how awesome the performances were in Dark Athena. Especially Jaylor. *shiver*

I'm curious as to why you feel Torchlight is most innovative considering it's just a re-hash of elements from Diablo 2 and FATE?

Couldn't think of anything, looks fun, free mod tools, enough said.

Best Overall Gameplay : Batman Arkham Asylum
Most innovative: Machinarium
Best Art Direction: Machinarium
Best Voice Overs: Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Best Script: Uncharted 2.
Best Soundtrack: Torchlight (I really liked it, good thing the music is in .ogg)
Best Developer: Gearbox
Best Publisher: EA

Would this also be just focussed on 2008? Only that was, on the whole, a shitty year for PC gaming. I notice that people are posting just about anything recent, so I thought I'd ask for some clarification on that first.

I rarely pick up games right after launch, so i have no idea about launch dates. Of the games i played this year:
Best Overall Gameplay - World of Goo
Most innovative - World of Goo
Best Art Direction - World of Goo
Best Voice Overs - Beyond Good and Evil
Best Script - Beyond Good and Evil
Best Soundtrack - Beyond Good and Evil
Best Developer - Mod Teams / 2d boy
Best Publisher - really couldn't care who publishes anything.
GAME OF THE YEEEEAAAAAARRR - World of Goo
So, basically, I doubt i've played any games released this year...

Best Overall Gamplay: The Guild
Most Innovative: The Guild
Best Art Direction: Curse of Monkey Island
Best Voice Overs: Tales of Monkey Island
Best Script: Tales of Monkey Island
Best Soundtrack: Curse of Monkey Island
Best Developer: Telltale Games
Best Publisher: Telltale Games
Game of the Year: The Guild