Better late than never. Here are the top FreeMMORPGs as selected by the staff at FreeMMORPGs.com and our readers.

Best Strategy MMO

Despite being offered at retail stores with bonuses, League Of Legends helped to innovate an emerging new genre in strategy gaming during 2009.

Best Browser MMO

Free Realms took 2009 by storm by offering one of the best casual MMO experiences yet.

Best New Free MMORPG

Jade Dynasty delivered a much needed boost to the crowded Martial Arts MMO category last year.

Best Free MMOFPS

CrimeCraft was not originally meant to be a free MMO, but the game garnered considerably more attention when it decided to go F2P.

Best PvP

Dragon Oath caught everybody’s attention in 2009 with great PVP for a free MMO.

Best Social Game

Free Realms made such a big splash that it carried home more than one award from last year.

Best Graphics

Suffice it say that Runes of Magic won in a complete landslide in 2009. No other game could quite compete against Runes of Magic’s exceptional graphics.

Free MMORPG of The Year

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Perfect World and Runes of Magic have both been chosen as Free MMORPG of the Year. Without question these are two of the elite MMORPGs to day and will likely continue to be leaders for years to come.

That is all for this year. The award voting for 2010 will take place in six months.