Game Critics Awards announce their E3 2012 Awards
By: Jeff Rivera
Every year the Game Critics Awards hands out what generally becomes known as the official E3 best of show awards. The GCA is comprised of several media members from a variety of media outlets, and each member is given deeper access to the E3 offerings than the standard E3 attendee. After E3, the group publishes their awards and usually issues a brief statement about each category winner.
For E3 2012, the Last of Us did quite well, gathering up a handful of awards, including Best of Show. For the full list of winners, see below:
- Best of Show: The Last of Us
- Best Original Game: The Last of Us
- Best Console Game: The Last of Us
- Best Handheld/Mobile Game: Sound Shapes
- Best PC Game: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Best Hardware/Peripheral: Wii U
- Best Action Game: Halo 4
- Best Action/Adventure Game: The Last of Us
- Best Role Playing Game: South Park: The Stick of Truth
- Best Fighting Game: Injustice: Gods Among Us
- Best Racing Game: Need for Speed Most Wanted
- Best Sports Game: FIFA Soccer 13
- Best Strategy Game: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Best Social/Casual Game: Dance Central 3
- Best Motion Simulation Game: Dance Central 3
- Best Online Multiplayer: Halo 4
- Best Downloadable Game: Unfinished Swan
- Special Commendations for Graphics: Star Wars 1313, Watch Dogs
- Special Commendation for Sound: The Last of Us
- Special Commendation for Innovation: Watch Dogs
While we haven't published our official picks for E3 2012, Gamer Theory did indeed award several publishers and developers with Best of E3 awards during the show. Those picks will be posted later today.
