VGA 2011 Summary

Sean VanGorder

A short summary of the awards and announcements from this year's Video Game Awards.

 

Awards

Game of the Year – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Studio of the Year – Bethesda Game Studios, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Character of the Year – The Joker, Batman: Arkharm City
Gamer God – Blizzard Entertainment
Hall of Fame – Shigeru Miyamoto, The Legend of Zelda
Best Xbox 360 Game – Batman: Arkham City
Best PS3 Game – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Best Wii Game – The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Best PC Game – Portal 2
Best Handheld/Mobile Game – Super Mario 3D Land
Best Shooter – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Best Action Adventure Game – Batman: Arkham City
Best RPG: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Best Multiplayer – Portal 2
Best Individual Sports Game – Fight Night Champion
Best Driving Game – Forza Motorsport 4
Best Fighting Game – Mortal Kombat
Best Motion Game – The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Best Independent Game – Minecraft
Best Adapated Video Game – Batman: Arkham City
Best Song in a Game – “Setting Sail, Coming Home (End Theme)”
Best Original Score – Bastion
Best Graphics – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Best Performance by a Human Male – Stephen Merchant in Portal 2
Best Performance by a Human Female – Ellen McLain in Portal 2
Best Downloadable Game -Bastion
Best DLC – Portal 2 – Peer Review
Most Anticipated Game – Mass Effect 3
GameTrailers.com Trailer of the Year – Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, E3 2011 Trailer

 

Announcements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84-l6Ct3hAI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bge-OrFK7vA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRk5B3pRh4g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGy4jpdlUNM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWzcYbtZQrk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q10u2SIQ4pw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6bg6yhyTK4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMz8PKe5RFU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZg1hJPEDeU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUq5lossiRU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BIfFeen9q8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SNo8h-KfAU

What are you most excited for?

We're talking about it here: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92142

 

 

R3D

Bah, no Left 4 Dead 2: Episode 1 announcement?

Joshua Stubbles

- Hitman
- Command & Conquer
- Bioshock

Nice having Forza up there with an award ;D

csprance

best shooter MW3? WTF? C'mon!!!! It's rigged! Rigged I tell ya!

Kupikimijumjum

As much as I don't care for the VGA's, it's nice to see Bastion getting its props! That game's score is fantastic.

DarkStar

COD MW3 and no BF3???? what a fuking joke....

Mark Dygert

Metal Gear raising looks like they borrowed the name just to hump the franchise some more. It really looks like it should be a separate game with a different name. But then I haven't bothered to play the last 2 MG games so maybe this is normal...

jmiles

Bioshock Infinite.. looks so damn sexy

Permafrost

MW3 being shooter of the year makes me question how they come up with these winners. I mean c'mon, what kind of shit is that, did they forget BF3 was released as well.

kevlar jens

A bit sad to see that Deus Ex: Human Rev, my personal GOTY, didn't get any love at all.

Kurt Russell Fan Club

Skyrim winning over Dark Souls? No accounting for taste, I guess.

Danger_Sideburns

VGA is a joke, I'm surprised you guys are even featuring it here.

Also, REVENGEANCE

POFFINGTON

Darksiders 2...trailer?

walreu

Its funny to watch ME3 trailer and that Spiderman trailer after that ,deja vu..

Damn that Metal Gear looks dumb. First you see people cutting soldiers with one strike, then you see gameplay where you have to slash soldiers for ages before they go into pieces, and i know imagination is nice when doing games but when you see the player throwing that huge robot.. please god no. Where's the sneaking and stealth things?