The winners of the yearly Oprainfall Gaming Awards are decided collectively by the gaming journalists and editors of the Operation Rainfall website.
Their rules regarding how the awards are handled:
All games that are exclusive or are multiplatforms that are universally better on one console are eligible for each console’s award.
If a game is on one company’s set of consoles, it can qualify for one or the other.
All multiplatform games must compete in the Mutliplatform category.
Winners of each category, as well as Download-Only, are eligible for Game of the Year.
2016 - Added “Best Heroine” category, female protagonists were previously included under “Best Hero”.
2016 - Added “Best Indie Game” category.
2016 - "Nintendo Handheld" and "Nintendo Console" were lumped together this year as "Nintendo Exclusive" due to a lack of Nintendo game releases over 2016.
2016 - "PlayStation Handheld" and "PlayStation Console" were lumped together this year as "PlayStation Exclusive" due to a lack of portable PlayStation game releases over 2016.
2018 - Added “Best Fighting Game” category.
2018 - Added “Best RPG” category.
2018 - Added “Best Music Game” category. No nominees for this year.
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