The organization plans to have a panel of game journalists and other industry folks debate the list and predict the winners during the PAX East festival this April. It will announce the winners shortly afterwards.
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Animation:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Dead Space 2
- L.A. Noire
- Rayman: Origins
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Control Design, 2D or Limited 3D:
- Anomaly: Warzone Earth
- Child of Eden
- Kung-Fu High Impact
- Little Big Planet 2
- Rayman: Origins
Control Design 3D:
- Batman: Arkham City
- Bulletstorm
- El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
- Gears of War 3
- Portal 2
Control Precision:
- Dead Space 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Portal 2
- Rayman: Origins
- Super Mario 3D Land
Direction in a Game Cinema:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Catherine
- Dead Space 2
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Game Design, New Intellectual Property:
- Bastion
- From Dust
- Frozen Synapse
- Solatorobo: Red the Hunter
- SpaceChem
Game Design, Franchise:
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- Batman: Arkham City
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Portal 2
- Rayman: Origins
Graphics, Technical:
- Crysis 2
- The Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection HD
- L.A. Noire
- Little Big Planet 2
- Sonic Generations
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Innovation in Gameplay:
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Lost in Shadow
- Minecraft
- Rayman: Origins
- SpaceChem
Innovation in Game Technology:
- Child of Eden
- Just Dance 3
- L.A. Noire
- Rayman: Origins
- Rift
Supporting Performance in a Comedy:
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- Chris Cox as “Rell” (Bulletstorm)
- Anthony De Longis as “General Serrano” (Bulletstorm)
- Greg Ellis as “Johnson” (Shadows of the Damned)
- Colin McFarlane as “Avalon Centrifuge” (Little Big Planet 2)
Supporting Performance in a Drama:
- Will Collyer as “James Tiernan” (L.A. Noire)
- Erika Heynatz as “Elsa Lichtmann” (L.A. Noire)
- Yuri Lowenthal as “Tobias Nebbins” (Catherine)
- Kevin McKidd as “Soap” (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3)
- Michelle Ruff as “Katherine McBride” (Catherine)
Lead Performance in a Comedy:
- Logan Cunningham as “Rucks” (Bastion)
- Steve Blum as “Grayson Hunt” (Bulletstorm)
Lead Performance in a Drama:
- Troy Baker as “Vincent Brooks” (Catherine)
- Adam Harrington as “Roy Earle” (L.A. Noire)
- Billy Murray as “Price” (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3)
- Aaron Staton as “Cole Phelps” (L.A. Noire)
- Elias Toufexis as “Adam Jensen” (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
Use of Sound in a New Intellectual Property:
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- Catherine
- L.A. Noire
- Papa Sangre
- Pulse
- Rage
Use of sound in a franchise:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Dead Space 2
- F.E.A.R. 3
- Rayman: Origins
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Writing in a Comedy:
- The Baconing
- Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
- Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One
- Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster
- Stacking
Writing in a Drama:
- Brink
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Catherine
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
This Year’s Honorary Award Recipient: Skip Rizzo, for the use of virtual reality, motion control, and gaming technologies in pain distraction for surgery and chemotherapy, as well as for training, stress relief, and rehabilitation of cognition and memory loss
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Game of the Year:
- Batman: Arkham City
- Battlefield 3
- Catherine
- Dark Souls
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Minecraft
- Portal 2
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception