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Yet more accolades for Grand Theft Auto 4 (PS3, xbox 360, PC).I know a lot of our readers have been disputing the game's GOTY status, so it may come as a disappointment to that part of the gaming masses that Rockstar's latest GTA has been crowned as THE game of 2008 in the New York Times' own Best of 2008 list.Yeah, it's not exactly earth-shaking news, but what caught my eye in this list wasn't the GOTY, but the more unconventional awards that were handed out. Here's look at a couple of winners as well as a quick quote:BEST ZOMBIES: Left 4 Dead - 'Valve, with Left 4 Dead, demonstrated why it is the premier developer of first-person shooters (sorry Id, sorry Bungie). The pacing is taut, and the game is built around the ludicrous fun of its multiplayer modes.'BEST EXPLANATION OF WHY NINTENDO HARDLY NEEDS BIG GAMES ANYMORE: The Wii - '[Core Nintendo] players are finally coming to realize that Nintendo does not need to fawn over them anymore because the rest of the planet, which has never

The Wii will get its own video distribution service next year, according to Japan's Nikkei business daily newspaper. It will take a different approach than the ones Sony and Microsoft pursued on their respective consoles.

Dentsu Inc, Japan's largest ad agency, said it would team up with game maker Nintendo Co Ltd to launch a video distribution service on Nintendo's wildly popular Wii console.

The Official Nintendo magazine has ranked the top 25 Wii/WiiWare/DS titles of 2008.