The judges contributing their thoughts to the Game Critics Awards have announced the nominees for this year’s ‘Best of E3 2010’ awards, revealing what games and technologies present at the show they felt were the most impressive.

Awards are split up into categories such as ‘Best of Show,’ ‘Best Console Game,’ ‘Best Hardware’ and more, and while a few titles are notably absent from the list (Killzone 3 and LittleBigPlanet 2, to name two), heavy hitters such as RAGE, Disney Epic Mickey and Portal 2 were all nominated in a number of categories.

The winners in each category of the E3 2010 Game Critics Awards… awards will be announced on July 6th, but until then you can browse through the full list of nominations below, as well as see a breakdown of the lists:

Best of Show

• Dance Central (Harmonix/MTV Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)
• Disney’s Epic Mickey (Junction Point/Disney Interactive Studios for Wii)
• Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo)
• Portal 2 (Valve for PC / Mac, PS3 and Xbox 360)
• Rage (id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

Best Original Game

• Bulletstorm (People Can Fly/Epic Games/Electronic Arts for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)
• Child of Eden (Q Entertainment/Ubisoft for PS3, Xbox 360)
• Dance Central (Harmonix/MTV Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)
• Disney’s Epic Mickey (Junction Point/Disney Interactive Studios for Wii)
• Rage (id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

Best Console Game

• Disney’s Epic Mickey (Junction Point/Disney Interactive Studios for Wii)
• InFamous 2 (Sucker Punch/Sony Computer Entertainment for PS3)
• Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Good-Feel/Nintendo for Wii)
• Portal 2 (Valve for PC / Mac, PS3, and Xbox 360)
• Rage (id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

Best Handheld Game

• Ghost Trick (Capcom for Nintendo DS)
• God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Ready at Dawn/Sony Santa Monica for PSP)
• Okamiden (Capcom for Nintendo DS)
• Super Scribblenauts (5TH Cell/WBIE for Nintendo DS)
• Valkyria Chronicles 2 (Sega for PSP)

Best PC Game

• Civilization V (Firaxis/2K Games)
• Crysis 2 (CryTek/Electronic Arts)
• Portal 2 (Valve)
• Rage (id Software/Bethesda)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin/LucasArts/EA)
  

Best Hardware

• Kinect (Microsoft for Xbox 360)
• Move (Sony for PlayStation 3)
• Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo)
• Rock Band 3 Pro Guitars (Harmonix/MTV Games/Mad Catz)
• Rock Band 3 Keyboard (Harmonix/MTV Games/Mad Catz)

Best Action Game

• Bulletstorm (People Can Fly/Epic Games/Electronic Arts for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (TreyArch/Activision for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
• Gears of War 3 (Epic Game/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
• Halo: Reach (Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
• Rage (id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
• Dead Space 2 (Visceral Games/Electronic Arts for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
• Disney’s Epic Mickey (Junction Point/Disney Interactive Studios for Wii)
• Portal 2 (Valve for PC / Mac, PS3, and Xbox 360)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo for Wii)

Best Role Playing Game

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Eidos Montreal/Square-Enix for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• Fable III (Lionhead/Microsoft Game Studios for PC and Xbox 360)
• Fallout: New Vegas (Obsidian/Bethesda for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin/LucasArts/EA for PC)
• The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (CD Projekt RED STUDIO/Atari for PC)

Best Racing Game

• Gran Turismo 5 (Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment for PS3)
• MotorStorm: Apocalypse (Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment for PS3)
• Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
• Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Eden Games/Atari for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)

Best Fighting Game

• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Capcom for PS3 and Xbox 360)
• Mortal Kombat (NetherRealm/WBIE for PS3 and Xbox 360)
• WWE All Stars (THQ San Diego/THQ for PS3 and Xbox 360)

Best Sports Game

• EA Sports MMA (EA Tiburon/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)
• Madden NFL 11 (EA Tiburon/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)
• NBA Jam (EA Canada/EA Sports for Wii)
• NCAA Football 11 (EA Tiburon/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)
• NHL 11 (EA Canada/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)

Best Strategy Game

• Civilization V (Firaxis/2K Games for PC)
• Company of Heroes Online (Relic/THQ for PC)
• End of Nations (Petroglyph/Trion Worlds for PC)
• Shogun 2: Total War (The Creative Assembly/Sega for PC)

Best Social/Casual Game

• Dance Central (Harmonix/MTV Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)
• DJ Hero 2 (FreeStyle Games/Activision for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
• Kinect Adventures (Good Science Studio/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
• Rock Band 3 (Harmonix/MTV Games/Electronic Arts for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)

Best Motion Simulation Game

• Child of Eden (Q Entertainment/Ubisoft for PS3 and Xbox 360)
• Dance Central (Harmonix/MTV Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)
• SOCOM 4 (Zipper/Sony Computer Entertainment for PS3)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo for Wii)
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for Xbox 360)

Best Online Multiplayer Game

• Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
• Gears of War 3 (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360 )
• Halo Reach (Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
• Medal of Honor (EALA/DICE/EA for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin/LucasArts/EA for PC)

Had enough yet? No? Good, because you can continue on down below to an extremely interesting breakdown of the nomination lists:

Game Breakdown

Five Nominations:

• Rage

Four Nominations:

• Dance Central
• Disney’s Epic Mickey
• Portal 2

Three Nominations:

• Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Rock Band 3

Two Nominations:

• Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
• Bulletstorm
• Child of Eden
• Civilization V
• Gears of War 3
• Halo: Reach
• Nintendo 3DS
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Publisher Breakdown

Electronic Arts

• 15 nominations (-3 from 2009; -6 from 2008; +1 from 2007)

Microsoft

• 11 nominations (+6 from 2009; +4 from 2008; +3 from 2007)

MTV Games

• 7 nominations (+6 from 2009; +4 from 2008; +2 from 2007)

Bethesda

• 6 nominations (+6 from 2009; +3 from 2008;+3 from 2007)

Sony Computer Entertainment

• 6 nominations (-7 from 2009; -5 from 2008; -1 from 2007)

Nintendo

• 5 nominations (same as 2009; +2 from 2008; -3 from 2007)

Ubisoft

• 5 nominations (+2 from 2009; +1 from 2008; +3 from 2007)

Disney Interactive Studios

• 4 nominations (+3 from 2009; +3 from 2008; +4 from 2007)

Valve

• 4 nominations (+1 from 2009; same as 2008; +4 from 2007)

Capcom

• 3 nominations (+1 from 2009; -1 from 2008; +2 from 2007)

LucasArts

• 3 nominations (same as 2009; +2 from 2008; +1 from 2007)

2K Games

• 2 nominations (+1 from 2009;+2 from 2008; -3 from 2007)

Activision

• 2 nominations (-8 from 2009; +1 from 2008; -6 from 2007)

Atari

• 2 nominations (new)

Sega

• 2 nominations (-1 from 2009; same as 2008; same as 2007)

THQ

• 2 nominations (+2 from 2009; -1 from 2008; -2 from 2007)

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment

• 2 nominations (-1 from 2009; +1 from 2008; +2 from 2007)

Nominee Breakdown by Platform

Xbox 360

• 46 nominations (+4 from 2009; +4 from 2008; +8 from 2007)

PlayStation 3

• 39 nominations (same as 2009; +1 from 2008; +10 from 2007)

PC

• 30 nominations (+6 from 2009; +3 from 2008: +9 from 2007)

Wii

• 14 nominations (+6 from 2009; +6 from 2008; -1 from 2007)

DS

• 5 nominations (-1 from 2009; same as 2008; +3 from 2007)

PSP

• 4 nominations (-1 from 2009; +2 from 2008; same as 2007)

Source: Game Critics Awards and… Game Critics Awards