Best Remake/Re-release

Nominations:

• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
• The Sly Collection
• Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
• The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Collection

WINNER

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

Best Licensed Game

Nominations:

• WWE’ 12
• Batman: Arkham City
• FIFA 12

WINNER

Batman: Arkham City

Most ‘value for money’

Nominations:

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Saints Row: The Third
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

WINNER

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Best MMO Game

Nominations:

• Rift
• Earthrise
• DC Universe Online

WINNER

Rift

Most Addictive Game

Nominations:

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Pokemon Black/White
• Battlefield 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

WINNER

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Best Free To Play Game

Nominations:

• Team Fortress
• DC Universe Online
• Farmville

WINNER

Team Fortress

Best Trailer of the Year

Nominations:

• Dead Island Announcement Trailer
• Skyrim- Extended Director’s Cut
• Mass Effect 3- War for Earth Trailer
• Dragon Age II- Destiny Extended Trailer

WINNER

Dead Island Announcement Trailer

Best Intro

Nominations:

• Gears of War 3
• Resistance 3
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

WINNER

Gears of War 3

Funniest Game

Nominations:

Portal 2

Best Ending

Nominations:

• Gears of War 3
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• L.A. Noire
• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

WINNER

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

Most Disappointing Game

Nominations:

• Homefront
• Dragon Age II
• Crysis 2
• Brink

WINNER

Brink

Best Cutscenes

Nominations:

• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
• Gears of War 3
• Batman: Arkham City
• Resistance 3

WINNER

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Best Textures

Nominations:

• Crysis 2
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
• Battlefield 3

WINNER

Crysis 2

Best Motion Capture

Nominations:

• L.A. Noire
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
• Gears of War 3

WINNER

L.A. Noire

Best Story

Nominations:

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Gears of War 3
• Batman: Arkham City
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

WINNER

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

Best Voice Acting

Nominations:

• L.A. Noire
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
• Gears of War 3
• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

WINNER

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Best Soundtrack

Nominations: 

• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Battlefield 3
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

WINNER

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Best Graphics

Nominations:

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
• Rage
• Battlefield 3
• Crysis 2
• Gears of War 3

WINNER

Crysis 2

Best thing to happen in 2011 for video games

Nominations:

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim gets released
• Wii U’s Announcement
• PSV Announcement
• Battlefield 3 versus Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3

WINNER

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Best Publisher

Nominations:

• EA
• Sony
• Ubisoft
• Paradox Interactive

WINNER

EA

Best Developer

Nominations:

• Naughty Dog
• Epic Games
• Bethesda Game Studios
• Eidos Montreal
• DICE

WINNER

Epic Games

Most Difficult Game

Nominations:

• Dark Souls
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

WINNER

Dark Souls

Best Boss Fights

Nominations: 

• Gears of War 3: Final Boss Fight With Myrrah
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Batman: Arkham City
• Pokemon Black/White

WINNER

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Most Memorable Moment

Nominations:

• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception- Plane Crash
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim- Fus Roh Dah
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3- Eiffel Tower Falls
• Gears of War 3: The End Of Dom

WINNER

Gears of War 3- The End Of Dom

Best Beta

Nominations:

• Gears of War 3
• Battlefield 3
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
• Star Wars: The Old Republic

WINNER

Gears of War 3

Best Environment/Art

Nominations:

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
• Killzone 3
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

WINNER

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

Best DLC

Nominations:

• Fallout: New Vegas- Old World Blues
• Magicka- Vietnam
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution- Missing Link

WINNER

Magicka- Vietnam

Worst Game of the Year

Nominations: 

• Mindjack
• Brink
• Duke Nukem Forever
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2

WINNER

Duke Nukem Forever

Most Underrated Game

Nominations:

Resistance 3

Best Couple/Duo

Nominations:

• Portal 2 Robots (Portal 2)
• Dom and Marcus (Gearts of War 3)
• Sully And Drake (Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception)
• Link and Zelda (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

WINNER

Sully And Drake (Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception)

Best Antagonist Female

Nominations:

Glados (Portal 2)

Best Antagonist Male

Nominations:

The Joker (Batman: Arkham City)

Best Protagonist Female

Nominations:

• Elena Fisher (Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception)
• Anya Stroud (Gears of War 3)
• Zelda (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

WINNER

Elena Fisher (Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception)

Best Protagonist Male

Nominations:

• Nathan Drake (Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception)
• Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
• Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
• Marcus Fenix (Gears of War 3)
• Captain Price (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3)

WINNER

Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)

Best Sequel

Nominations:

• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
• Resistance 3
• Gears of War 3
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution

WINNER

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Best Fighting Game

Nominations:

Mortal Kombat

Best Rhythm/Music Game

Nominations:

• Dance Central 2
• Child of Eden
• Rocksmith
• Michael Jackson The Experience
• Just Dance 3

WINNER

Child of Eden

Best Survival Horror Game

Nominations:

• Dead Space 2
• Amnesia: Dark Descent
• Dead Space Extraction
• Dead Island

WINNER

Amnesia: Dark Descent

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Note: A probability meter is mentioned in the article for each game, which indicates the chances of the game winning. Also this list might not have mentioned your favorite game, but you can always list that in the comments below.

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Probability: 9/10

Uncharted 2 swept every major award back in 2009 and the third entry in the series is already looking very strong. This time supporting 3D, Naughty has a tough task of bettering what they did with Among Thieves. But judging by the initial screens, Uncharted 3 is already looking as good as or even better than Uncharted 2. We hope to see more of the game in 2011 and undoubtedly this is a huge contender for the Game of the Year 2011.

Gears of War 3

Probability: 9/10

Right up there with Uncharted 3 is Epic’s and Microsoft’s biggest franchise this generation. The third iteration in the hugely popular Gears of War franchise will hit on Xbox 360 next fall. Featuring four player co-op and a mind boggling single player campaign, Gears of War 3 will look to stun crowds in 2011. Gears of War 2 was a stunning achievement and just like Naughty Dog, Epic Games too have a daunting task of bettering the previous installment.

Crysis 2

Probability: 8/10

Selecting Crysis 2 was a pretty tough choice for me since there are tons of shooters coming around next year. I think Crysis 2 could eventually do better than any other shooter on the market and this means a lot since the competition is in the form of cracking games like Killzone 3, Bulletstorm, Bioshock Infinit and may be Halo 4 and a new Call of Duty Game. The recent screens suggest that this is going to be a visually stunning game and I really hope it will deliver the game play to match it.

Mass Effect 3

Probability: 8/10

Mass Effect 2 is a prime example on how a role playing game. In fact I would go ahead and say that Mass Effect 2 is the pinnacle of video gaming in 2010. Officially announced recently at the Video Game Awards 2010, Mass Effect 3 is scheduled to hit the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC Fall 2011. You character will get affected on what decisions you took in Mass Effect 2 as well as the original Mass Effect. It will be very interesting to see how that pans out.