VGA 2012 - My pick would be....

[Veknoid_Outcast]

I'm sad to say I haven't gotten to any on the list -- still working through my backlog -- but I'm surprised at the nominees.

Some snubbed games, at least according to critical consensus:

Mass Effect 3
Trials Evolution
Borderlands 2
Halo 4
Max Payne 3
Xenoblade Chronicles (is that eligible?)
Kid Icarus Uprising