Best Action/Adventure
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft)
Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros)
Dead Space 2 (EA)
L.A. Noire (Rockstar Games)
Saints Row: The Third (THQ)
Reader’s Choice: Best Action/Adventure
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Best Return of a Pop-Culture Iconic Character from Cartoons
Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros)
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)
Sonic Generations (Sega)
Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)
Best Fighting Game
Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Capcom)
Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros)
WWE 12 (THQ)
WWE All-Stars(THQ)
Best Console Download Game (XBLA/PSN)
Bastion (Warner Bros)
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (Fuelcell Games)
Renegade Ops (Sega)
Rochard (Recoil Games)
Street Fighter III: Third Strike — Online Edition (Capcom)
Best Mind Bending, Puzzle Game
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Capcom)
ilomilo (Microsoft Game Studios)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Professor Layton and the Last Specter (Nintendo)
Stacking (THQ)
Most Entertaining Platformer
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft)
LittleBigPlanet 2 (SCEA)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (SCEA)
Best Sequel
Portal 2 (Valve)
Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros)
Dead Space 2 (EA)
Gears of War 3 (Microsoft)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision)
Best Shooter
Battlefield 3 (EA)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision)
Gears of War 3 (Microsoft)
Killzone 3 (SCEA)
Rage (Bethesda Softworks)
Best Game for Children
Kirby Mass Attack (Nintendo)
Kirby’s Return to Dreamland (Nintendo)
Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (Disney)
Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure (Activision)
Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)
Best Sports
Fifa 12 (EA Sports)
Fight Night Champion (EA Sports)
NHL Hockey 12 (EA Sports)
NBA 2K12 (2K Sports)
Madden NFL 12 (EA Sports)
Best Racer
Dirt 3 (Codemasters)
F1 2011 (Codemasters)
Forza Motorsport 4 (Microsoft)
NASCAR 2011 (Activision)
Shift 2 Unleashed (EA)
Best Throwback
Cave Story 3D (3DS, NIS)
God of War: Origins Collection (PS3, SCEA)
GoldenEye 007: Reloaded (Xbox 360/PS3, Activision)
The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection (PS3, SCEA)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS, Nintendo)
Best RPG
Dark Souls (Namco)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Square-Enix)
Dragon Age II (EA)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
Best Motion Game
Child of Eden (Ubisoft)
Dance Central 2 (Microsoft)
Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft)
Kinect Sports Season Two (Microsoft)
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)
Best Handheld (DS/PSP/3DS)
Aliens: Infestation (DS, Sega)
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (PSP, Square-Enix)
Kirby Mass Attack (DS, Nintendo)
Pokémon Black and White (DS, Nintendo)
Super Mario 3D Land (3DS, Nintendo)
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars (3DS, Ubisoft)
Best Wii
Conduit 2 (Sega)
Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Nintendo)
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)
Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure (Activision)
Best Game on PS3
Killzone 3 (SCEA)
LittleBigPlanet 2 (SCEA)
Resistance 3 (SCEA)
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (SCEA/Naughty Dog)
Best Game on PS3
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Best Game on Xbox 360
Dark Souls (Namco)
Dead Space 2 (EA)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Square-Enix)
Forza Motorsport 4 (Microsoft)
Gears of War 3 (Microsoft)
Best Game on Xbox 360
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Best Overall Game
Batman: Arkham City (WB Interactive/Rocksteady)
Dark Souls (Namco)
Dead Space 2 (EA)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Square-Enix)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Reader’s Choice: Best Overall Game
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BuzzFocus: Best of TV 2011 Nominations
* All BuzzFocus Winners will be Announced on Jan 1, 2012. Readers’ Choice Award Winners will be announced at the same time.
*Please feel free to submit write-ins for Reader’s Choice in the comments below.