After announcing the nominees for this year’s Game Critics Awards ‘Best of E3’ winners, the organisation has revealed the full line-up of games that have received top nods, and according to the panel of 35 judges Bioshock Infinite is the game to look out for in 2012, while 2K Games might just have the most exciting games next year.
Get the full list of this year’s Game Critics Awards ‘Best of E3’ winners:
2011 Winners
Best of Show
- BioShock Infinite (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Original Game
- BioShock Infinite (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Console Game
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda for PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Handheld Game
- Sound Shapes (Queasy Games/SCEA for PSVita)
Best PC Game
- BioShock Infinite (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Hardware
- PlayStation Vita (Sony Computer Entertainment)
Best Action Game
- Battlefield 3 (DICE/EA Games for PC)
Best Action/Adventure Game
- BioShock Infinite (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Role Playing Game
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Fighting Game
- Street Fighter X Tekken (Capcom/Capcom for PS3, Xbox 360, PSVita)
Best Racing Game
- Forza 4 (Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
Best Sports Game
- FIFA Soccer 12 (EA Canada/EA Sports for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Strategy Game
- From Dust (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Social/Casual Game
- Sound Shapes (Queasy Games/SCEA for PSVita)
Best Motion Simulation Game
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo for Wii)
Best Online Multiplayer
- Battlefield 3 (DICE/EA Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Downloadable Game
- Bastion (Supergiant Games/WB Games for PC, Xbox 360)
2011 Winner Fast Facts
(Winner Breakdown By # of Wins)
Four Wins:
- BioShock Infinite
Two Wins:
- Battlefield 3
- Sound Shapes
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
One Win:
- Bastion
- FIFA 2012
- Forza 4
- From Dust
- PlayStation Vita
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Publisher Breakdown
4 Wins:
- 2K Games (+3 from 2010)
- In 2011, 2K won 4 out of 5 nominations—80%
- In 2010, 2K won 0 out of 2 nominations—0%
- In 2009, 2K won 0 out of 1 nomination—0%
- In 2008, 2K won 0 out of 0 nominations—0%
- In 2007, 2K won 1 out of 5 nominations—20%
3 Wins:
Electronic Arts (-1 from 2010)
- For 2011, EA won 3 out of 14 nominations—21%
- In 2010, EA won 4 out of 15 nominations—27%
- In 2009, EA won 3 out of 18 nominations—17%
- In 2008, EA won 5 out of 21 nominations—24%
- In 2007, EA won 6 out of 14 nominations—43%
Sony Computer Entertainment (+2 from 2010)
- For 2011, Sony won 3 out of 14 nominations— 21%
- In 2010, Sony won 1 out of 6 nominations—17%
- In 2009, Sony won 3 out of 13 nominations— 23%
- In 2008, Sony won 3 out of 11 nominations—27%
- In 2007, Sony won 2 out of 7 nominations—29%
2 Wins:
- Bethesda (-1 from 2010)
- For 2011, Bethesda won 2 out of 5 nominations— 40%
- In 2010, Bethesda won 3 out of 6 nominations—50%
- In 2009, Bethesda won 0 out of 0 nominations— 0%
- In 2008, Bethesda won 2 out 3 nominations—66%
- In 2007, Bethesda won 0 out of 3 nominations—0%
1 Win:
- Capcom
- Microsoft Studios
- Nintendo
- Ubisoft
- WB Games
Platform Breakdown By # Of Wins
(Notes: Multiplatform games are counted in all appropriate platform tallies. Information based on announced platforms for each game as of 6/27/2011)
Xbox 360: 14
- (+4 from 2010; +6 from 2009, +5 from 2008; +3 from 2007)
PlayStation 3: 11
- (+2 from 2010; +4 from 2009; +4 from 2008; +3 from 2007)
PC: 11
- (+2 from 2010; +5 from 2009; +4 from 2008; +6 from 2007)
Wii: 1
- (-2 from 2010; -1 from 2009; Same as 2008; Same as 2007)
PS Vita: 2
- (NEW)
3DS: 0
- (-2 from 2010)
Source: Game Critics Awards
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