2012 Winners

The 34 voting publications for the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 are proud to announce the following winners for 2012.

For a list of facts including a breakdown of wins by publisher and platform, see fast facts.

Best of Show
The Last of Us
(Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)

Best Original Game
The Last of Us 
(Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)

Best Console Game
The Last of Us 
(Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)

Best Handheld/Mobile Game
Sound Shapes
(Queasy Games/SCEA for PSVita, PS3)

Best PC Game
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
(Firaxis Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360) 

Best Hardware/Peripheral
Wii U
(Nintendo)

Best Action Game
Halo 4 
(343 Industries/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)

Best Action/Adventure Game
The Last of Us
(Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)

Best Role Playing Game
South Park: The Stick of Truth
(Obsidian Entertainment/THQ for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Best Fighting Game
Injustice: Gods Among Us
(NetherRealm Studios/WBIE for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U)

Best Racing Game
Need for Speed Most Wanted
(Criterion Games/EA for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Best Sports Game
FIFA Soccer 13
(EA Canada/EA Sports for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Best Strategy Game
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
(Firaxis Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Best Social/Casual Game
Dance Central 3
(Harmonix/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)

Best Motion Simulation Game
Dance Central 3
(Harmonix/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)

Best Online Multiplayer
Halo 4
(343 Industries/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)

Best Downloadable Game
Unfinished Swan
(Giant Sparrow/SCEA for PlayStation 3)

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Special Commendations for Graphics
Star Wars 1313
(LucasArts for TBD Platforms)

Watch Dogs
(Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Special Commendation for Sound
The Last of Us
(Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)

Special Commendation for Innovation 
Watch Dogs
(Ubisoft Montrea`l/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

SOURCE: Game Critics Awards

At least it wasn't SmartGlass.

*looks at G4*

ok we posted at the same time lol. i said they can close mine and like i already said there:

like expected (see my sig)^^ everyone has to buy the last of us if he likes single-player and everyone who loves shooters and loves multi-player has to buy halo 4 . YES EVERYONE

And why the hell is Sound Shapes up there? It doesn't look like a game worthy of this magnitude.

Lol, got to be quick to survive in the place. Did you see it from the PlayStaton tweet aswell?

i read pretty often that is has to be awesome. and since this is the endresult of 34 magazines it seems like it wasn't only the opinion of one or two people.

I know but it's such an odd choice... isn't it a music game.

no but it was a tweet haha. from halo 4's lead designer^^

Sound Shapes is pretty good. Level editor, music based platformer. Very interesting, though it did have some tough competition. It might have been a big help that it was very available. Were some of the Nintendo 3DS games playable?

THQ was at the E3?
Nice to see South Park winning the best RPG award. I will get this on for my PS3