Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2010 noms en-Rage-d

Id's postapocalyptic actioner leads multipublication panel's award nominees; Epic Mickey, Dance Central, and Portal 2 all net four nods each; winners to be revealed next week.

Over two weeks after the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo ended, the 46,500-person convention continues to make headlines. Today, the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2010 nominees were announced, with id Software's Rage leading the pack with five nominations, including Best of Show, Best Original Game, Best Console Game, Best PC game, and best Action game. Though it has no firm release date, the postapocalyptic action and car combat game will be published by Bethesda Softworks simultaneously on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and Mac.

This guy is excited about Rage getting five Game Critics: Best of E3 2010 nominations.

This guy is excited about Rage getting five Game Critics: Best of E3 2010 nominations.

Also lauded by the Game Critics' judges, which includes editors from 31 media outlets including GameSpot, was Epic Mickey. The Wii-exclusive new take on Disney's iconic rodent was nominated in four categories, including Best of Show, Best Action/Adventure Game, Best Original Game, and Best Console Game.

Portal 2 also racked up a quartet of nods from the jury following the shock announcement that the dimension-hopping action platformer--previously announced for the PC and Xbox 360--is coming to the PS3 in early 2011. Also racking up four nominations was Dance Central, the upcoming Xbox 360-exclusive dancing game, which uses the Kinect motion-sensing system.

A full list of the Game Critics: Best of E3 2010 is below, and the winners will be revealed on Tuesday, July 6. GameSpot just announced its own individual Best of E3 2010 Winners, viewable in the video below.


Best of Show
- Dance Central (Harmonix/MTV Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)
- Disney's Epic Mickey (Junction Point/Disney Interactive Studios for Wii)
- Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo)
- Portal 2 (Valve for PC / Mac, PS3 and Xbox 360)
- Rage (id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

Best Original Game
- Bulletstorm (People Can Fly/Epic Games/Electronic Arts for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)
- Child of Eden (Q Entertainment/Ubisoft for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Dance Central (Harmonix/MTV Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)
- Disney's Epic Mickey (Junction Point/Disney Interactive Studios for Wii)
- Rage (id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

Best Console Game
- Epic Mickey (Junction Point/Disney Interactive Studios for Wii)
- InFamous 2 (Sucker Punch/Sony Computer Entertainment for PS3)
- Kirby's Epic Yarn (Good-Feel/Nintendo for Wii)
- Portal 2 (Valve for PC / Mac, PS3, and Xbox 360)
- Rage (id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

Best Handheld Game
- Ghost Trick (Capcom for Nintendo DS)
- God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Ready at Dawn/Sony Santa Monica for PSP)
- Okamiden (Capcom for Nintendo DS)
- Super Scribblenauts (5TH Cell/WBIE for Nintendo DS)
- Valkyria Chronicles 2 (Sega for PSP)

Best PC Game
- Civilization V (Firaxis/2K Games)
- Crysis 2 (CryTek/Electronic Arts)
- Portal 2 (Valve)
- Rage (id Software/Bethesda)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin/LucasArts/EA)

Best Hardware
- Kinect (Microsoft for Xbox 360)
- Move (Sony for PlayStation 3)
- Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo)
- Rock Band 3 Pro Guitars (Harmonix/MTV Games/Mad Catz)
- Rock Band 3 Keyboard (Harmonix/MTV Games/Mad Catz)

Best Action Game
- Bulletstorm (People Can Fly/Epic Games/Electronic Arts for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops (TreyArch/Activision for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
- Gears of War 3 (Epic Game/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
- Halo: Reach (Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
- Rage (id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

Best Action/Adventure Game
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
- Dead Space 2 (Visceral Games/Electronic Arts for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
- Epic Mickey (Junction Point/Disney Interactive Studios for Wii)
- Portal 2 (Valve for PC / Mac, PS3, and Xbox 360)
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo for Wii)

Best Role Playing Game
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Eidos Montreal/Square-Enix for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Fable III (Lionhead/Microsoft Game Studios for PC and Xbox 360)
- Fallout: New Vegas (Obsidian/Bethesda for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin/LucasArts/EA for PC)
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (CD Projekt RED STUDIO/Atari for PC)

Best Racing Game
- Gran Turismo 5 (Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment for PS3)
- MotorStorm: Apocalypse (Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment for PS3)
- Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
- Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Eden Games/Atari for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)

Best Fighting Game
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Capcom for PS3 and Xbox 360)
- Mortal Kombat (NetherRealm/WBIE for PS3 and Xbox 360)
- WWE All Stars (THQ San Diego/THQ for PS3 and Xbox 360)

Best Sports Game
- EA Sports MMA (EA Tiburon/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Madden NFL 11 (EA Tiburon/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)
- NBA Jam (EA Canada/EA Sports for Wii)
- NCAA Football 11 (EA Tiburon/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)
- NHL 11 (EA Canada/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)

Best Strategy Game
- Civilization V (Firaxis/2K Games for PC)
- Company of Heroes Online (Relic/THQ for PC)
- End of Nations (Petroglyph/Trion Worlds for PC)
- Shogun 2: Total War (The Creative Assembly/Sega for PC)

Best Social/Casual Game
- Dance Central (Harmonix/MTV Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)
- DJ Hero 2 (FreeStyle Games/Activision for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
- Kinect Adventures (Good Science Studio/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
- Rock Band 3 (Harmonix/MTV Games/Electronic Arts for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)

Best Motion Simulation Game
- Child of Eden (Q Entertainment/Ubisoft for PS3 and Xbox 360)
- Dance Central (Harmonix/MTV Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)
- SOCOM 4 (Zipper/Sony Computer Entertainment for PS3)
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo for Wii)
- Your Shape: Fitness Evolved (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for Xbox 360)

Best Online Multiplayer Game
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
- Gears of War 3 (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360 )
- Halo Reach (Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
- Medal of Honor (EALA/DICE/EA for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin/LucasArts/EA for PC)

159 Comments

  • wedran123

    Posted May 23, 2011 2:45 am GMT

    Moro10 YOU ARE A TOOL OP!....and that game is more crap put together than crysis 2....

  • JOSH1968

    Posted Sep 22, 2010 6:53 am GMT

    editors choice awards suck this don't count for the million of people around the words.
    let the million of people around the words awards games
    not just 3or 4 editors

  • itachi100

    Posted Jul 17, 2010 8:58 pm GMT

    There may be hope for this game

  • Moro10

    Posted Jul 14, 2010 4:53 pm GMT

    CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS!!

  • john670

    Posted Jul 12, 2010 3:45 pm GMT

    please tell me I'm not the only person who finds this guy's voice BLOODY ANNOYING!

  • yujun_wu

    Posted Jul 8, 2010 1:34 am GMT

    This is so good...

  • LegenderyPro

    Posted Jul 6, 2010 11:24 pm GMT

    K I L L Z O N E 3 IS THE DA BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • iBlooba

    Posted Jul 6, 2010 2:57 pm GMT

    Erhm, this list is crap. Sorry.

  • Xbox360Gamer15

    Posted Jul 4, 2010 11:36 am GMT

    yay!!! assassins creed brotherhood gets 2 awards!!!!

  • FaintRain

    Posted Jul 4, 2010 7:10 am GMT

    no 360 slim in the hardware awards list?

  • Trendy67 posted Jul 3, 2010 5:23 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Trendy67

    Posted Jul 3, 2010 5:23 pm GMT (hide)

    really? kirby's epic yarn? gamespot might be turning into some IGNorant fools =P

  • kdawg88

    Posted Jul 2, 2010 4:15 pm GMT

    I just thought of this...don't you think it'd be a bit weird for Warren Spector having a Deus Ex title at the show, and him having nothing to do with it?

  • gamingfrendly

    Posted Jul 2, 2010 12:23 pm GMT

    what kind of lists is this a drunk list or a total trash list??? its just too much the same cr@#p over and over with no place for other games

  • rocka_

    Posted Jul 1, 2010 9:02 pm GMT

    @ Vojtass

    What make you say that?
    None of them being in HD? None of them being on a home console? None of them being western styled?

    Are you aware that DQ IX sold 4.2M only on Japan?
    Are you aware that GS was probably the best RPG to ever set foot on the GBA? And has being begging for a sequel for 7 years?
    And that FFgaiden is a throwback to the firsts FF games that made the series what they are?

    I beg to differ, but this 3 games are excellent games, and although the other might be also good games, some of this games should be on that list... they're clearly favoring western style RPGs.

    Anyway, that's just my opinion.

  • thecraponahat

    Posted Jul 1, 2010 7:08 pm GMT

    Im in RAGEd oh and 3DS

  • TrueIori

    Posted Jul 1, 2010 6:06 pm GMT

    wonder where GS fav ? hmm i dont see it -_-. I laugh at that pink idiot, it nice to see some people thought Rage was awesome unlike a certain site ....

  • ChiefFreeman

    Posted Jul 1, 2010 5:53 pm GMT

    I just hope RAGE lives up to its hype, which are mainly because of the beautiful graphics. Maybe ID learned a few things from Doom 3. I want Rage to blow us all away.

  • Vojtass

    Posted Jul 1, 2010 3:01 pm GMT

    @ rocka_
    I'm pretty sure. None of them deserved to be on list. This is my final word.

  • Chavtheworld

    Posted Jul 1, 2010 8:08 am GMT

    If 3DS doesn't win best hardware my foot will Kinect with your ass and Move it into your face.

  • dawil123

    Posted Jul 1, 2010 2:13 am GMT

    *until this point i have never gauged your recklessness and lazyness. have you left no sign of decency*?

    this show really embarrassed you. it just calls your credibility into question