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The Last of Us Wins E3 Game Critics Awards

Posted on Tuesday, June 26 @ 16:08:50 Eastern by


Once again, the collective Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2012 have been revealed. The Last of Us won five of the categories, while Dance Central 3, Halo 4, Watch_Dogs, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown took two each. The majority of wins when to Sony (7) and Microsoft (4), with Nintendo only receiving 1 award.

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 of Graphics - Star Wars 1313, Watch Dogs
Special Commendation for Sound - The Last of Us
Special Commendation for Innovation - Watch Dogs

Compared to our own Best of E3 Awards, which are not based on any categories this year, we also gave commendations to other games that were not given a Game Critics Award, including:
Tomb Raider, Borderlands 2, Dead Space 3, Assassin's Creed III, Beyond: Two Souls, Resident Evil 6, SimCity, Dishonored, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Persona 4: Arena, and Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.
Yeah, that's a lot...

I'm not saying that the Game Critics Awards lack importance, but I think they might need to reconsider their categorical awards so that all these awesome games aren't ignored.
Related Games:   Halo 4, The Last of Us
Tags:   The Last of Us, Halo 4


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  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 4:46 pm
    I can easily see why The Last of Us cleaned up. The game was amazing. Although, I would have expected Tomb Raider to have done extremely well, too.

    This is exactly why we don't use categories in our awards. There were what, two racing games at the show? Yet Need for Speed: Most Wanted walks away with an award and Tomb Raider doesn't. I'm sorry, but that's broken.
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  • cheesegod99
    cheesegod99
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Jun 26th, 2012 at 4:59 pm
    Granted, I haven't seen The Last of Us in action, but I am worried that it might end up just a re-skinned Uncharted. Not that I have anything against Uncharted, I would just like to see something different. Also, no love for Sleeping Dogs? That game looks like what GTA IV should have been. At the end of the day, my most anticipated game is still ACIII. At least until Rocksteady makes another Batman game.
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  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Jun 27th, 2012 at 4:21 am
    Sleeping Dogs is a great game. Far better than I think anyone expected with Activision cancelling it. But it's no The Last of Us. I was afraid it was going to be too much like Uncharted, too. Aside from some cover/shoot mechanic, and the visual fidelity, it's nothing at all like it.
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  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jun 27th, 2012 at 2:11 am
    Borderlands 2 is going to be so much fun.
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  • used44
    used44
    Joined: Mar 2002
    Posted: Jun 27th, 2012 at 6:58 am
    I prefer to see these awards categorized like this.
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