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X-Play's Best of 2011 Awards Results - 2011 Game of the Year and More!

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Posted December 14, 2011 - By Mike D'Alonzo


X-Play Best of 2011 

Welcome to X-Play's Best of 2011 Awards.

X-Play has, once again, undergone hours and days of testing, in an effort to determine which of the games of 2011 had the right stuff to be considered the best in a number of categories. There were arguments, votes, and a few deaths, but we've finally got a handle on the best games of the year, and, without further ado, here they are.

Do you want to know what the nominees were?  For a look at all the nominees, click here.
 

GAME OF THE YEAR

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Best of 2011: Game of the Year »


 

MOST ORIGINAL GAME
Minecraft
 
BEST GAMEPLAY INNOVATION
Rocksmith - Teaching Real Guitar
 
BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
 
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
Batman: Arkham City
 
BEST MULTIPLAYER CO-OP
Portal 2
 
BEST SHOOTER
Gears of War 3
 
BEST ART DIRECTION
Batman: Arkham City
 
BEST ANIMATION
NBA 2K12
 
BEST WRITING
Portal 2
 
BEST SOUNDTRACK
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
 
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Battlefield 3
 
BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME
Stacking
 
BEST DLC
Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues
 
BEST RACING GAME
Forza Motorsport 4
 
BEST SPORTS GAME
NBA 2K12
 
BEST PUZZLE/STRATEGY GAME
Portal 2
 
BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
 
BEST MOBILE GAME
Infinity Blade 2
 
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
 
BEST HANDHELD GAME
Super Mario 3D Land

BEST GAME
THAT USES MOTION CONTROL

Dance Central 2

VIDEOGAME DEATHMATCH WINNER
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword  

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY 
NOLAN NORTH

Nathan Drake - Uncharted 3

BEST PERFORMANCE NOT BY 
NOLAN NORTH

Stephen Merchant - Wheatley - Portal 2

 

BEST REMAKE/RETRO RELEASE
Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection

BEST TRAILER
Dead Island

 

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  • CoolestNoob

    Skyrim is easily the GotY. Just because they have their own opinion doesn't mean their biased toward a game. Im pissed at them for giving Call of Booty best multiplayer, but i'm not complaining, now am i? ;)

    Posted: December 14, 2011 8:06 PM
  • SaltSlasher

    Xplay knows whats up!!!

    I mean 100% accurate in my eyes, and exactly how i would of picked.

    And i am a BF3 fan, but i think that MW3 has a way better console play than BF3, while BF3 is only good on PC.

    Posted: December 14, 2011 7:53 PM
  • ambarbaq

    I'm just glad Skyward Sword got best soundtrack, since I liked it, and as much I as would have loved to see it as GotY, we all knew that no game this year could give Skyrim any actual trouble in that category.

    Posted: December 14, 2011 7:51 PM
  • ACMan

    Ac should have won

    Posted: December 14, 2011 7:44 PM
    ACMan
  • Illinois Broski

    It's funny how everyone wants the game they bought to win awards to justify their purchases. Anyway, G4 is getting worse and worse. I don't understand how Call of Duty won best multiplayer. Skyrim is full of glitches, but it still won Game of the Year. Uncharted isn't even nominated for GOTY but Saint's Row and L.A. Noire are. It's honestly getting harder and harder to take G4 seriously. Not only that, they're always late reporting on news and they never break any new news themselves.

    Posted: December 14, 2011 7:39 PM
    Illinois+Broski
  • Buckeyes67890

    we all knew sky rim was gonna win. But portal has 4 wins!!!!!!!!

    Posted: December 14, 2011 7:36 PM
  • BolmungLK

    By doing this, G4 jsut took a massive nose dive in about half of its visitors/member's respect. I'm sure SKyrim deverves a special award, but it lost to Zelda via fan vote over a week ago. Grow up G4, accept that it lost in the 2nd ot last round and let whoever won next (ACR or ZSS) be on top.

    I'm never visiting this site again. Their word is useless, in correct, biased, unfair and downright rigged. G4 pulled Skyrim from the loser ballots and put it back in front because they felt like it, not because enough fans voted for it. At that point I would of MUCH rather of seen ACR or ZSS win.

    Goodbye G4, you were so useless.....

    Posted: December 14, 2011 7:35 PM
    BolmungLK
  • BolmungLK

    I'm so freaking confused, didn't Skyrim lose in the and to last round? Why're they suddenly saying it's #1? What happened to ACR and LoZSS?????

    Posted: December 14, 2011 7:23 PM
    BolmungLK
  • efan

    I personally found Arkham City to be my Game of the Year (in terms of personal enjoyment), but I can see why pretty much everyone is giving it to Skryim. It is a remarkable game in terms of scope and even if you personally didn't care for it, you can't help but appreciate what it did.

    Posted: December 14, 2011 7:18 PM
  • efan

    I personally found Arkham City to be my Game of the Year (in terms of personal enjoyment), but I can see why pretty much everyone is giving it to Skryim. It is a remarkable game in terms of scope and even if you personally didn't care for it, you can't help but appreciate what it did.

    Posted: December 14, 2011 7:16 PM
  • efan

    I personally found Arkham City to be my Game of the Year (in terms of personal enjoyment), but I can see why pretty much everyone is giving it to Skryim. It is a remarkable game in terms of scope and even if you personally didn't care for it, you can't help but appreciate what it did.

    Posted: December 14, 2011 7:15 PM
  • Tmidiman

    Hey G4! Kudos for showing who won what without the need for us to click below the " cut". That plus not giving madden and Zelda a free pass with the awards this year. I think I'm see a little more integrity in the gaming media.

    And I'm sorry but any Nintendo fan who thinks Zelda should be GOTY over Skyrim is out of their minds. Maybe 25 years ago, but now? No way! I echo what other have said, because I agree. Zelda may not be a bd game, but no way is it that good compared to what's out in the market TODAY!

    Posted: December 14, 2011 7:05 PM
    Tmidiman
  • school__zone

    i wonder who is on the take at g4 bf3 beat cod in a online vote at this website,but it still loses for best online multiplayer game??? and then g4 throws a token award for best sound toward battlefield what a joke sounds like bad politics to me p.s skyrim 10 out of 10? not even close no multiplayer g4's ability to honestly evaluate games??? : /

    Posted: December 14, 2011 6:45 PM
    school__zone
  • school__zone

    i wonder who is on the take at g4 bf3 beat cod in a online vote at this website,but it still loses for best online multiplayer game??? and then g4 throws a token award for best sound toward battlefield what a joke sounds like bad politics to me p.s skyrim 10 out of 10? not even close no multiplayer g4's ability to honestly evaluate games??? : /

    Posted: December 14, 2011 6:42 PM
    school__zone
  • assassinsnoire

    Deus ex should have been nominated for game of the year.

    Posted: December 14, 2011 6:36 PM
    assassinsnoire
  • assassinsnoire

    Am i the only one surprise that uncharted 3 didnt get nominated for game of the year?

    Posted: December 14, 2011 6:35 PM
    assassinsnoire
  • Curtt

    What multiplayer were you guys playing?! BF3 was hands down better in every way than MW3. You guys lost some credibility in my department. Or at least i hope it was to keep the codfags from bitching

    Posted: December 14, 2011 6:33 PM
    Curtt
  • Pie47

    Im really glad both skyrim and ss won something big. Couldn't have been better for me this year.

    Posted: December 14, 2011 6:25 PM
    Pie47
  • riku47

    Wow... Sometimes i wonder when the internet will stop surprising me with how petty people are. How about we all do what is supposed to happen when awards are given out. Congratulate everyone who got one AND the ones who gave it a shot. Stop whining about who didn't win. Just shut up and play game you wanted to win. Does a lot more good to the world than you speaking.

    Posted: December 14, 2011 6:17 PM
    riku47
  • xWikiDx

    wow...can you say "sellout" this years awards were for the most popular games in their category not for the best! you have successfully become video games "LEAST TRUSTED WEBSITE...(YEAH, REALLY.)"

    Posted: December 14, 2011 6:16 PM
    xWikiDx

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