OVERVIEW : The purpose of this thread is to record the winners of the weeky TouchArcade Game of the Week (GOTW) polls, as voted by forum members. HALL OF FAME : HISTORY : The idea of Game of the Week came from Ap0calypse on 7th July 2011. The brilliant idea is embraced by Touch Arcade members and following some discussions on its thread ([thread=99904]thread[/thread]) the first five nominees are selected. These games are King of Fighters, Magnetic Baby, Ninjammin, Sword and Soldiers, and Deathsmiles. A public poll was made and finally Swords and Soldiers (Chillingo Ltd., Two Tribes, Ronimo) was declared as the first Touch Arcade's Members Game of The Week. Considering its potential, Touch Arcade very own Superman helped to organize and initially introduced the term GOTW for the weekly winners. This is his quote on the rule of GOTW on 13th July 2011: "So we're going to have this GOTW every week. The week starts on friday and ends on thursday. So any game which shows up in US store before Thursday midnight is eligible for the week. But thats just a general idea. In case something cool gets released on thursday (or even earlier) but got overlooked by forum members, it can still be nominated in the next week. The main motive of this GOTW is to have an easy way to find the best games of the week for those who dont follow the forums 24x7. A new thread will be posted every wednesday with a list of all notable games released that week along with the NZ releases of that day. The list will be updated until thursday night. Forum members will then vote for the game/s they'd like to be included in the poll. Since the forum limits poll options to 10, we'll choose the 10 most nominated games and poll will go live on friday. You'll have until tuesday to vote for the GOTW." With a new ground rules set, GOTW embraces 10 nominees and the poll shows a significant rise of popularity with a total of 97 votes compared to 37 votes on the first poll. The poll continues to run until now. The winning games are sometimes also the AppStore Game of The Week, which indicates the high quality of the games themselves. I'mNoSuperman continued to make the weekly polls until the week of 11th August 2011. After that, the weekly polls are organized by Triggywiggy until the week of 8th September 2011. Then Arta takes over the role of GOTW organizer on the following week until now. Since I think it is difficult to track the GOTW winners from a huge amount of threads, I create this TAGOTW Winners List as a reference for all Touch Arcade Members. Please note that this GOTW has no connection with Touch Arcade Monthly Best Game List as this is a pure Touch Arcade Members' creation. PARTICIPATE IN THE POLL : As a Touch arcade Member, it will be great if all of you can participate in the poll to make the result is more credible. You can go to the weekly poll thread and offer some nominees as well as vote for the GOTW when the nominees are announced. Basic rules for Game of The Week Voting Poll : a. Up to five nominees suggestion per member each week. b. One vote per member each week. c. Developers can't vote for their own game. d. New users enrolling to vote will not be counted. e. Poll will be public, for transparency. For this week's poll : [thread=110824]TAGOTW 19/10/11[/thread] GAME OF THE WEEK CHAMPIONS LIST 07/07/11 [thread=99904]poll thread[/thread] SWORDS and SOLDIERS [thread=99752]iPhone[/thread] [thread=99754]iPad[/thread] 1st Runner Up - DEATHSMILES [thread=99751]iPhone[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - KING OF FIGHTERS [thread=99766]iPhone[/thread] 14/07/11 [thread=100456]poll thread[/thread] POCKET RPG [thread=105700]iPhone[/thread] [thread=100445]iPad[/thread] 1st Runner Up - 9MM [thread=100444]Universal[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - BATTLE BEARS BLAST [thread=100200]iPhone[/thread] 21/07/11 [thread=101224]poll thread[/thread] DREAM TRACK NATION [thread=101214]UniviPhone[/thread] [thread=102938]UniviPad[/thread] 1st Runner Up - DEADLOCK: ONLINE [thread=101213]Universal[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - SID MEIER'S PIRATES! [thread=101271]iPad[/thread] 28/07/11 [thread=101949]poll thread[/thread] GESUNDHEIT! [thread=101928]iPhone[/thread] [thread=101927]HDUniv[/thread] 1st Runner Up - GROOVE COASTER [thread=101930]Universal[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - CORDY [thread=101967]Universal[/thread] 04/08/11 [thread=102667]poll thread[/thread] TEMPLE RUN [thread=102671]Universal[/thread] 1st Runner Up - FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: THE WAR OF THE LIONS [thread=102668]iPhone[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - BUG HEROES QUEST [thread=102608]Universal[/thread] 11/08/11 [thread=103480]poll thread[/thread] ANOMALY WARZONE EARTH [thread=103488]iPhone[/thread] [thread=103482]HDUniv[/thread] 1st Runner Up - MEGAMALL STORY [thread=103344]iPhone[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - NYXQUEST [thread=103491]iPhone[/thread] [thread=103493]HDUniv[/thread] 18/08/11 [thread=104190]poll thread[/thread] IBLAST MOKI 2 [thread=104233]iPhone[/thread] [thread=104273]HDUniv[/thread] 1st Runner Up - THE TRAIN EPISODE 2 [thread=103701]iPhone[/thread] [thread=105278]iPad[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - DEO [thread=104237]iPhone[/thread] 25/08/11 [thread=104849]poll thread[/thread] SPY MOUSE [thread=104951]iPhone[/thread] 1st Runner Up - CONTRE JOUR [thread=104955]iPhone[/thread] [thread=104971]HDUniv[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - EDGE EXTENDED [thread=104952]Universal[/thread] 01/09/11 [thread=105681]poll thread[/thread] JETPACK JOYRIDE [thread=105699]Universal[/thread] 1st Runner Up - MUFFIN KNIGHT [thread=105789]Universal[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - DRAWRACE 2 [thread=105701]iPhone[/thread] [thread=105702]iPad[/thread] 08/09/11 [thread=106335]poll thread[/thread] GRAND PRIX STORY [thread=106327]iPhone[/thread] 1st Runner Up - jAGGY RACE [thread=106367]Universal[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - TINY HEROES [thread=106400]iPhone[/thread] 15/09/11 [thread=107049]poll thread[/thread] MONSTERS ATE MY CONDO [thread=107025]Universal[/thread] Runner Up (tie) - DESTINIA [thread=107063]iPhone[/thread] Runner Up (tie) - FLICK CHAMPIONS [thread=107011]iPhone[/thread] [thread=107021]HDUniv[/thread] Runner Up (tie) - HYPERSHIP OUT OF CONTROL [thread=107019]Universal[/thread] 22/09/11 [thread=107806]poll thread[/thread] WHERE'S MY WATER [thread=107788]Universal[/thread] 1st Runner Up - ANOTHER WORLD - 20TH ANNIVERSARY [thread=107779]Universal[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - STARDASH [thread=107875]Universal[/thread] 29/09/11 [thread=108577]poll thread[/thread] SHADOWGUN [thread=108467]UniviPhone[/thread] [thread=108480]UniviPad[/thread] 1st Runner Up - FIFA SOCCER 12 BY EA SPORTS [thread=108527]iPhone[/thread] [thread=108532]iPad[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - JELLY DEFENSE [thread=108528]Universal[/thread] 05/10/11 [thread=109245]poll thread[/thread] DARK MEADOW [thread=109208]Universal[/thread] 1st Runner Up - NBA 2K12 [thread=109017]iPhone[/thread] [thread=108532]iPad[/thread] 12/10/11 [thread=110047]poll thread[/thread] SCRIBBLENAUTS REMIX [thread=109959]Universal[/thread] 1st Runner Up - SQUIDS [thread=109745]Universal[/thread] 2nd Runner Up - STARBASE ORION [thread=109751]Universal[/thread]
