Best Action-Adventure

• Asura’s Wrath
  
• Sonic Generations – Sega
  
• Prototype 2
  
• Saints Row the Third
  
• Dead Island
  
• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
  
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
  
• Batman: Arkham City
  
• Darksiders II
  
• Sleeping Dogs

Best use of DLC

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Dawnguard)
  
• Asura’s Wrath (Ryu)
  
• Hitman: Absolution (Sniper Challenge)
  
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (The Missing Link)
  
• Rock Band 3 (Gold Star My Heart)
  
• The Gunstringer (Wavy Tube Man Chronicles)
  
• Gears of War 3 (RAAM’s Shadow)
  
• SSX ((Mount Eddie & Classic Characters))
  
• FIFA 12 (Euro 2012)
  
• The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Enhanced Edition)
  
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Creation Kit)
  
• Portal 2 (Perpetual Testing Initiative)
  
• Sniper Elite V2 (Kill Hitler)
  
• Batman: Arkham City (Harley Quinn’s Revenge)

Best Download Game

• Pullblox
  
• Sine Mora
  
• Renegade Ops
  
• Trine 2
  
• Skullgirls
  
• NFL Blitz
  
• I Am Alive
  
• Lone Survivor
  
• Closure
  
• Legend of Grimrock
  
• Botanicula
  
• Dear Esther
  
• The Walking Dead: Episode 1 – A New Day
  
• Minecraft (360)
  
• Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
  
• Trials Evolution
  
• Fez
  
• Journey
  
• Deadlight
  
• Superbros

Best Fighter

• Mortal Kombat Komplete
  
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
  
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm – Generations
  
• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
  
• Soul Calibur V
  
• Street Fighter X Tekken
  
• UFC Undisputed 3

Best Handheld Game

• Gravity Rush
  
• Super Mario Land 3DS
  
• Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
  
• Mario Kart 7
  
• Wipeout 2048
  
• Kid Icarus: Uprising
  
• Resident Evil: Revelations
  
• Uncharted: Golden Abyss

Best MMO Shortlist

• The Secret World
  
• Eve Online
  
• Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard
  
• TERA
  
• Star Wars: The Old Republic
  
• Rift
  
• Runescape
  
• League of Legends
  
• World of Tanks

Best Mobile or Tablet Game

• Waking Mars
  
• SpellTower
  
• LostWinds2: Winter of the Melodias
  
• Fireball SE
  
• Whale Trail
  
• CodeRunner
  
• Assassin’s Creed: Recollection
  
• Temple Run
  
• Shadowgun
  
• Chaos Rings II
  
• Beat Sneak Bandit
  
• Hero Academy
  
• Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation
  
• Gridrunner
  
• Mass Effect: Infiltrator
  
• Shark Dash
  
• Angry Birds Space
  
• Fibble – Flick ‘n’ Roll
  
• Infinity Blade II
  
• Pocket Planes

Best Racing Game

• Twisted Metal
  
• Need for Speed: The Run
  
• F1 2011
  
• Forza 4
  
• Driver: San Francisco
  
• TrackMania 2 Canyon
  
• Dirt Showdown
  
• Ridge Racer Unbounded

Best RPG

• Xenoblade Chronicles
  
• Dragon’s Dogma
  
• Final Fantasy XIII-2
  
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
  
• Diablo III
  
• Dark Souls
  
• Mass Effect 3
  
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  
• The Witcher 2: AoK Enhanced Edition (360)

Best Shooter

• Binary Domain
  
• Halo: Anniversary
  
• Syndicate
  
• Starhawk
  
• Spec Ops: The Line
  
• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
  
• The Darkness 2
  
• Rage
  
• Resistance 3
  
• Max Payne 3
  
• Gears of War 3
  
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  
• Battlefield 3
  
• Tribes Ascend

Best Browser Game

• Ghost Recon Commander
  
• Sim City Social
  
• Marvel Avengers Alliance
  
• Hello Adventure
  
• Raze 2
  
• Kingdom Rush
  
• New Star Soccer 5
  
• Triple Town
  
• Reprisal
  
• Galaxy Life
  
• Castleville
  
• Car Town
  
• Draw Something
  
• Slender

Best Sports Game

• Madden NFL 12
  
• Tiger Woods PGA 13
  
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
  
• NBA 2K12
  
• SSX
  
• NHL 12
  
• Football Manager 2012
  
• FIFA 12

Best Strategy Game

• Unity of Command
  
• Wargame: European Escalation
  
• Crusader Kings 2
  
• Might and Magic: Heroes VI
  
• Civilization V: Gods and Kings
  
• Tropico 4: Modern Times
  
• Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai
  
• ANNO 2070
  
• Age of Empires Online

The One to Watch Award

• Star Wars 1313
  
• Beyond: Two Souls
  
• Splinter Cell: Blacklist
  
• Pikmin 3
  
• ZombiU
  
• Watch Dogs
  
• Gears of War: Judgment
  
• Aliens: Colonial Marines
  
• Tomb Raider
  
• Hitman: Absolution
  
• The Elder Scrolls Online
  
• The Last of Us
  
• Bioshock: Infinite
  
• GTA V
  
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
  
• Crysis 3
  
• Total War: Rome 2
  
• Assassin’s Creed III
  
• Halo 4
  
• Dead Space 3

Top Gaming Moment

• Mass Effect 3 – Tuchanka Choice
  
• Resident Evil: Revelations – Two Ships!
  
• Sonic Generations – City Escape
  
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – ‘Turbulence’
  
• Gears of War 3 – ‘Score a Point for the Cougars’
  
• Journey – The Ending
  
• Asura’s Wrath – Asura vs. Wyzen
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Sand Sea
  
• Batman: Arkham City – The Ending
  
• Uncharted 3 – ‘Sink or Swim’
  
• Max Payne 3 – Hoboken Graveyard Shootout
  
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Throat of the World
  
• The Darkness 2 – Alternate Ending
  
• Battlefield 3 – ‘Going Hunting’
  
• Dark Souls – Beating Ornstein & Smough
  
• The Witcher 2: AoK – Bathhouse Bonk
  
• Dragon’s Dogma – Griffon Battle
  
• Sniper Elite V2 – Assassinating Hitler
  
• Spec Ops: The Line – White Phosphorus

The Golden Joystick Ultimate Game Award

• Diablo III
  
• Kid Icarus: Uprising
  
• Star Wars: The Old Republic
  
• Resident Evil: Revelations
  
• Max Payne 3
  
• Gears of War 3
  
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  
• Battlefield 3
  
• Trials Evolution
  
• Journey
  
• FIFA 12
  
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  
• Dark Souls
  
• Mass Effect 3
  
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
  
• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
  
• Batman: Arkham City
  
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
  
• Forza 4