Hey everyone, it's that time of year again and we are currently working at making up lists for our game of the year awards. Craig and myself are in charge of the overall awards this year and I've made a list of nominations we'll be using for an online poll to get the forum votes this year since counting them manually is terrible. The list isn't at all finished (I just went through the releases on VGreleases.com) so what I need from you guys is suggestions for other games that should be included in any given category as well as games you think are in the wrong category. I'll take all suggestions under advisement but make no promises to actually use them. Here we go:
So here's the list of games nominated for overall awards so far just from looking through the releases for the year, we need to fill out the list though particularly for the less obvious things like Most Innovative so have at it and let me know any suggestions you have for games not yet included:
Best FPS
Bulletstorm (PS360 and PC)
Killzone 3 (PS3)
Homefront (PS360)
Crysis 2 (PS360 + PC)
The Conduit 2 (Wii)
Brink (PS360+PC)
Resistance 3 (PS3)
Payday: The Heist (PSN)
RAGE (PS360+PC)
Battlefield 3 (PS360+PC)
Modern Warfare 3 (PSWii60+PC)
Halo Anniversary (360)
Best TPS
Gears 3 (360)
Dead Space 2 (PS360)
Resident Evil Mercenaries (3DS)
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine (PS360)
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (XBLA)
The Gunstringer (360)
Resident Evil 4 HD (XBLA+PSN)
The Binding of Isaac (PC)
Pixeljunk Sidescroller (PSN)
Uncharted 3 (PS3)
Saint's Row: The Third (PS360)
Shadows of the Damned (PS360)
Best Platformer
Lost in Shadow (Wii)
LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3)
De Blob 2 (everything)
Outland (PSN + XBLA)
Kirby's Return to Dreamland (Wii)
Sonic Generations (PS360+PC)
Super Mario 3D land (3DS)
Kirby: Mass Attack (DS)
Ms Splosion Man (360)
Rayman Origins (PSWii60)
Sonic Generations (3DS)
Best Action/Adventure
Okamiden (DS)
LA Noire (PS360)
inFamous 2 (PS3)
Zelda OoT (3DS)
Team Ico Collection (PS3)
Batman Arkham City (PS360+PC)
Assassin's Creed Revelations (PS360)
Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)
Beyond Good and Evil HD (PS3/360)
Minecraft (PC)
Best Action
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record (PS360)
God of War Origins Collection (PS3)
Best Adventure
Stacking (PSN+XBLA)
To the Moon (PC)
Hector: Badge of Carnage - Episode 2: Senseless Acts of Justice (PC)
Back to the Future The Game series (PSN+PC)
Red Johnson's Chronicles: Episode 1 (PSN)
Ghost Trick: Phantom detective (DS)
The Book of Unwritten Tales (PC)
Best Puzzle Game
Ilomili (XBLA)
Portal 2 (PS360 + PC)
Catherine (PS360)
Professor Layton (NDS)
Best Fighting Game
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (PS360)
Mortal Kombat (PS360)
Dead or Alive Dimentions (3DS)
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (PS360)
Street Fighter IV 3D (3DS)
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition (XBLA/PSN)
Best Racing Game
Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed (everything)
Nascar 2011 (everything)
Motorstorm Apocalypse (PS3)
DiRT 3 (PS360+PC)
Driver San Francisco (PSWii60)
Forza 4 (360)
F1 2011 (360)
Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
Best WRPG
Dragon Age 2 (PS360 + PC)
The Witcher 2 (PC)
Bastion (XBLA)
Deus Ex Human Revolution (PS360+PC)
Dead Island (PS360+PC)
Skyrim (PS360+PC)
Avadon the Black Fortress (PC)
Best JRPG
Pokemon Black and White (DS)
Yakuza 4 (PS3)
Ar Tonelico 3 (PS3)
Chantelise (PC)
ClaDun x2 (PSP)
Persona 2: Innocent Sin (PSP)
Atelier Totori (PS3)
Xenoblade (Wii)
Dark Souls (PS360)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (PSP)
Radiant Historia (DS)
Best MMORPG
DC Universe Online (PC+PS3)
Spiral Knights (PC)
Best Strategy Game
Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together (PSP)
Shogun 2 Total War (PC)
Trenched (360)
From Dust (PS360)
Disgaea 4 (PS3)
Anno 2070 (PC)
Record of Agarest War Zero (PS360)
Tropico 4
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked (3DS)
Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars (3DS)
Best Music Game
Patapon 3 (PSP)
Michael Jackson The Experience
Just Dance 3 (PSWii60)
Rocksmith (PS360)
Dance Central 2 (360)
Best Sports Game
MLB 2K11 (everything)
MLB 11 The Show (PS3, PS2, PSP)
Top Spin 4 (everything)
WWE All Stars (everything)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (PS3, 360, Wii)
Madden NFL 12 (everything)
FIFA 12 (everything)
NBA 2K12 (everything)
PES 2012 (everything)
Fight Night Champion (PS360)
Football Manager 2012 (PC)
WWE 12 (everything)
Best DLC or Expansion Pack
COD BLOPS First Strike Map Pack
Stacking: The Lost Hobo King (PSN + XBLA)
inFamous 2 Festival of Blood
Fallout New Vegas: Old World Blues
Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition
Halo Reach Noble Pack (360)
Best Downloadable Game
Ilomilo (XBLA)
Stacking (PSN+XBLA)
Pixeljunk Shooter 2 (PSN)
Outland (PSN + XBLA)
Trenched (360)
Bastion (XBLA)
From Dust (PS360+PC)
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (XBLA)
Payday: The Heist (PSN)
Dungeon Defenders (PSN+XBLA+PC)
Pixeljunk Sidescroller 2 (PSN)
To the Moon (PC)
Fruit Ninja Kinect (XBLA)
Beyond Good and Evil HD
Mrs. Splosion Man
Toy Soldier: Cold War
Guardian Heroes
radiant Silvergun
Orcs Must Die!
The Binding of Isaac (PC)
Hard Reset (PC)
Dungeons of Dredmor (PC)
Minecraft (PC)
Best Remake/HD Collection
Resident Evil 4 HD
Beyond Good and Evil HD
Splinter Cell collection
Halo: CE anniversary
Ico and Shadow of the colossus collection
God of War origins Collection
Metal Gear Solid Collection
Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Best Graphics Tech
Killzone 3 (PS3)
Crysis 2 (PS360 + PC)
Forza 4 (360)
Battlefield 3 (PC)
Uncharted 3 (PS3)
Rage (PS3/360/PC)
The Witcher 2 (PC)
Gears of War 3 (360)
Skyrim (PC)
LA Noire (PS360, PC)
Dead Space 2 (PS360)
Best Art Direction
Ilomilo (XBLA)
Stacking (PSN+XBLA)
Outland (PSN+XBLA)
Alice: Madness Returns (PS360)
El Shaddai (PS360)
Catherine (PS360)
Rayman Origins (PSWii60)
Zelda Skyward Sword (Wii)
Best Original Music Score
Killzone 3 (PS3)
Bastion (XBLA)
Catherine (PS360)
To the Moon (PC)
Portal 2 (PS360+PC)
Pixeljunk Sidescroller (PSN)
Skyrim (PS360+PC)
Zelda Skyward Sword (Wii)
Xenoblade (Wii)
infamous 2 (PS3)
Rayman Origins
Best Licensed Music Score
LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3)
Just Dance 3 (PSWii60)
Dance Central 2 (360)
Best Use of Motion Controls
Conduit 2 (Wii)
Killzone 3 (PS3)
Child of Eden (360)
Rise of Nightmares (360)
The Gunstringer (360)
Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster (360)
Zelda (Wii)
Dance Central 2 (360)
Resistance 3 (PS3)
Kinect Disneyland Adventures (360)
Most Innovative
From Dust (XBLA+PSN+PC)
Stacking (XBLA+PSN+PC)
Catherine (PS360)
Lost in Shadow (Wii)
Minecraft (PC)
LA Noire (PS360, PC)
Biggest Disappointment
Dragon Age 2 (PS360+PC)
Dead Island (PS360+PC)
Dead Rising Off the Record (PS360)
Assassin's Creed Revelations (PS360)
Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 (PSN+XBL)
MotorStorm: Apocalypse (PS3)
Duke Nukem Forever (PC, 360, PS3)
Socom 4 (PS3)
Best Game No One Played
Elemental Monster Online Card Game
Xenoblade (Wii)
Dance Central 2 (360)
Ghost Trick: Phantom detective (DS)
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (PS360)
MotorStorm: Apocalypse (PS3)
The Book of Unwritten Tales (PC)
Best New IP
To the Moon (PC)
Xenoblade (Wii)
Catherine (PS360)
LA Noire (PS360+PC)
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (PS360)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (DS)
Magicka (PC)
Most Anticipated Game
GTA5
Halo 4
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Mass Effect 3
Diablo 3
BioShock Infinite
Pikmin 3
The Last Guardian
Hitman Absolution
Dragon Quest X
Paper Mario 3DS
Tomb Raider
StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm
World of WarCraft: Mists of Pandaria
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Guild Wars 2
The Last Story
Dragon Quest X
Grand Theft Auto 5
Luigi's Mansion 2
Resident Evil Revelations
Kid Icarus Uprising
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