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Our Best of E3 Nominations

Posted on Thursday, June 24 @ 17:40:13 Eastern by Blake_Morse

Duke has been doing this whole pretending to have a real job while just playing video games all the time thing for quite some time now. So long in fact that he's actually one of the few folks in the industry that gets to call himself an E3 judge. Here's what's going in as his official nominations for this years "best of" categories.

Best of Show:

1. Nintendo 3DS

2. Rage

3. Little Big Planet 2

4. Kinect

5. Vanquish



Best Original Game:

1. Rage

2. Vanquish

3. Homefront

4. Epic Mickey

5. Kirby's Epic Yarn



Best Game, Console:

1. Rage

2. Little Big Planet 2

3. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

4. Marvel vs Capcom 3

5. Vanquish



Best Game, Handheld/Mobile:

1. Okamiden

2. Ghost of Sparta

3. Ghost Trick

4. Super Scribblenauts




Best Game, PC

1. The Old Republic

2. Rage

3. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood




Best Hardware/Peripheral:

1. Nintendo 3DS

2. Kinect

3. Pacman Battle Royale

4. Power Gig: Rise of the Six-String




Best Action Game:

1. Rage

2. Homefront

3. Vanquish

4. Gears of War 3




Best Action/Adventure Game:

1. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

2. Crackdown 2

3. Dead Rising 2

4. Epic Mickey




Best RPG:

1. The Old Republic

2. Fallout New Vegas

3. Deus Ex Human Revolution




Best Fighting Game:

1. Marvel vs Capcom 3

2. Lucha Libre: Heroes del Ring

3. EA Sports: MMA




Best Racing Game:

1. Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

2. Test Drive Unlimited 2

3. Gran Turismo 5

4. Driver San Francisco




Best Social/Casual Game:

1. Dance Central

2. Rock Band 3

3. Glee Karaoke Revolution

4. Pac Man Battle Royale

5. Bomberman Live Battlefest



Best Motion Simulation Game:

1. Dance Central

2. Heavy Rain

3. Your Shape

4. Joy Ride




Best Online Multiplayer:

1. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

2. The Old Republic

3. Little Big Planet 2

4. The Agency

5. Tera



Special Commendation for Graphics (Non-Playable Games Eligible in this category)

1. Crysis 2

2. Deus Ex Human Revolution

3. Rage



Special Commendation for Sound:

1. Rock Band 3

2. Power Gig




Special Commendation for Innovation:

1. Journey

2. Little Big Planet 2

3. Echochrome 2

Well, that's it. What do you think? Do you agree or disagree with Duke's pics? What do you think belongs on this list that isn't there?



  • Lien
    Lien - Joined: Feb 1, 2008
    Kirby as best original game? Oh boy... I smell fanboyism in here...
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    Posted: Jun 24th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
  • LinksOcarina
    LinksOcarina - Joined: Nov 9, 2005
    Epic Yarn looks...well, Epic. I approve!
    0 0Like or Dislike?
    Posted: Jun 24th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
  • mr-adriano
    mr-adriano - Joined: Jul 13, 2009
    You guys must have really not cared for Portal 2.
    0 0Like or Dislike?
    Posted: Jun 24th, 2010 at 8:39 pm

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