BioShock Infinite Wins Top Game Critics: Best of E3 Award

June 28, 2011

The results are in for the 2011 Game Critics Awards: Best of E3, and the big winners this year (according to games journalists for various publications) are BioShock Infinite, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Battlefield 3, and Sound Shapes.

Irrational Games' next BioShock game won four awards including Best of Show, Best Original Game, Best PC Game, and Best Action/Adventure Game.

Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim picked up two awards - Best Console Game and Best role Playing Game, while Battlefield 3 picked up awards for Best Action Game, and Best Online Multiplayer. Finally, Queasy Games' Sound Shapes won Best Handheld Game and Best Social/Casual Game. The full list of winners can be found below:

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)

Congratulations to all of this year's winners. We hope you can live up to the accolades and hype you've earned at E3.

Comments

Re: BioShock Infinite Wins Top Game Critics: Best of E3 ...

Submitted by Kajex on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 17:36.

Great. Awards for games that haven't even been friggin' released yet, based solely on presentation.

Re: BioShock Infinite Wins Top Game Critics: Best of E3 ...

Submitted by Quarantine on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 09:10.

The naive and impulse buyers outweigh the conservatives. So, I'm pretty sure it's a gold mine. It's a safety net in case of utter failure. Wasn't BioShock 2 a complete diaster?

And I do like a little mystery as to what's in the game rather than seeing it 3-4... 5-6 years before it's offically released. Nonetheless, the game does look pretty sweet :)

----------------------------------------

"Because this town is under the stranglehold of a few tight eyed Tree Huggers who would rather play Hacky Sack than lock up the homeless" -- Birch Barlow

---------------------------------------- "Because this town is under the stranglehold of a few tight eyed Tree Huggers who would rather play Hacky Sack than lock up the homeless" -- Birch Barlow

Re: BioShock Infinite Wins Top Game Critics: Best of E3 ...

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 18:10.

Need to bear in mind, hearing about it is absolutely nothing compared to seeing it first hand.

Re: BioShock Infinite Wins Top Game Critics: Best of E3 ...

Submitted by Quarantine on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 17:13.

You don't say?

----------------------------------------

"Because this town is under the stranglehold of a few tight eyed Tree Huggers who would rather play Hacky Sack than lock up the homeless" -- Birch Barlow

---------------------------------------- "Because this town is under the stranglehold of a few tight eyed Tree Huggers who would rather play Hacky Sack than lock up the homeless" -- Birch Barlow

Re: BioShock Infinite Wins Top Game Critics: Best of E3 ...

Submitted by DorkmasterFlek on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 06:48.

Yup, exactly what I was thinking.  It's awards for a marketing presentation.  Not just a award, but 17 of them with 5 nominations each.  This is the most useless thing I think I've ever seen, from a group that should know better.

Re: BioShock Infinite Wins Top Game Critics: Best of E3 ...

Submitted by Monte on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 17:59.

Pretty much what I was thinking. Such awards seems so utterly pointless. Presentation means nothing compared to what the final product will turn out to be.

Re: BioShock Infinite Wins Top Game Critics: Best of E3 ...

Submitted by axiomatic on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 17:18.

Well done Irrational Games!

Now just dont let your publisher 2K Games screw up all your hard work with ham fisted DRM and you might have a money maker on your hands.

Re: BioShock Infinite Wins Top Game Critics: Best of E3 ...

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 17:22.

And if the collector's edition comes with that Skyhook prop, it might be the first collector's edition I ever buy.

Forgot your password?
Username :
Password :

Shout box

You're not permitted to post shouts.
tallimar: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57440902-94/microsoft-legal-win-over-google-may-signal-ceasefire/05/24/2012 - 10:17pm
ZippyDSMlee: TIme or an operation!05/24/2012 - 6:43pm
ZippyDSMlee: PC parts are in wish me luck or hell!!05/24/2012 - 6:43pm
MaskedPixelante: 38 Studios and Big Huge Games are pretty much dead now. http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/38-studios-and-big-huge-games-lay-off-entire-staffs05/24/2012 - 4:39pm
DorthLous: Actually, nop, I did miss the emoticon for some reason (getting used to pics?) and I didn't know you changed it since (since I posted previous to my shout and it was still there.) Anyhow, thanks for taking it out!05/23/2012 - 6:01pm
james_fudge: Well we were just testing it. but it is still on the submission to fight $pam.05/23/2012 - 5:48pm
E. Zachary Knight: James, No I don't have it. I was just wondering who does and why. More curiosity than anything.05/23/2012 - 5:38pm
james_fudge: Did you not see the emoticon and did you not see that it has already been changed back?05/23/2012 - 5:10pm
james_fudge: LOL05/23/2012 - 5:07pm
DorthLous: Why? Not shocked that people are barking to an additional hoop to jump through when posting from their already logged in account or just mentionning this to try to paint me as one always complaining?05/23/2012 - 4:45pm
james_fudge: big shock there ;)05/23/2012 - 4:30pm
DorthLous: I'll add my voice to those wanting it gone :S I'm already logged in, I don't need a captch'a. That's for those registering.05/23/2012 - 3:54pm
james_fudge: Et tu EZK?!?05/23/2012 - 3:51pm
Craig R.: I'm a One Man Quorum! And it's working for me now, thanks. :)05/23/2012 - 3:48pm
E. Zachary Knight: How do we determine who get's the game/captcha thingy? Is there a certain posting threshhold users have to meet before it is turned off?05/23/2012 - 2:25pm
james_fudge: Give it a chance, we're still adjusting it ;)05/23/2012 - 11:20am
james_fudge: One does not a Quorum make Craig.05/23/2012 - 11:16am
Craig R.: If I complete the stupid game, and it just deletes my comment, what's the point?05/23/2012 - 11:15am
Craig R.: Ok, the little captcha game? You can get rid of it already.05/23/2012 - 11:13am
Craig R.: FCC boss is giving the thumbs up to usage-based pricing for Internet access05/23/2012 - 11:08am
All shouts

Be Heard - Contact Your Politician