FanPoll'08: Best New Original IP of the Year

Taking its second award in our reader poll, Left 4 Dead trounced the competition with a commanding 40% of the votes to be named the community Best New Original IP. Second place was given to Dead Space (which was named Best Original IP by X3F's Dustin Burg and Xav de Matos) with 22% of the vote ahead of XBLA titles Braid and Castle Crashers at 17% and 16% respectively. Pure rounded out the votes with 3%.

It's the zombie apocalypse. Bring a friend. Left 4 Dead is a co-operative first-person shooter where you and three friends must fight to survive a horde of infected humans hell bent on stopping your progress and eating your delicious braaaaaaaains!

From the comments:
"Originality from Left 4 Dead is based on the concept of NECESSITY of Teamwork. Not to mention the fact which you can play both sides of the game, being the zombies (Online) as well as the humans... in the same game." — HighImpact 1