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[Reminder] The nominations for best games of 2011, your vote counts

  • Posted December 16th, 2011 at 20:37 EDT by Adam Dolge
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Reminder: Our Game of the Year awards are kicking off next week so be sure to visit this thread if you want your vote to count.

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It’s that time of year again. While the malls are filled with plump holiday shoppers and the elves are working overtime, we have a moment to slow down and reflect on the year’s best videogames. This is no easy task as 2011 was a stellar year for games across Sony’s platforms. That’s why we are again turning to the community of PlayStation fans to pick the best games of the year. The staff picked the nominees, and while we encourage you to pick your favorite game in each category, you may nominate a game we did not include in each category. This year we’ll combine the community’s pick with the staff’s pick to compile PSU’s Best Games of 2011.

The rules are simple. Hop into this forum thread and pick your favorite games. Let your voice be heard. Polls close on Friday, Dec. 16 and we’ll start announcing the winners the following week. Try to pick a game in each category so we have a complete shakedown. You can also vote in the comments section below. Please avoid filling this space and the forum with lengthy debates about the nominees (simply to make the process easier for us). You can, of course, drop a quick opinion about your picks and we’ll use them in our final 'best of' list.

Without further ado, here are the nominees for the best games in 2011:

Game of the Year:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Batman: Arkham City
Portal 2
Dark Souls
L.A. Noire
LittleBigPlanet 2
Dead Space 2

PlayStation 3 Exclusive:
LittleBigPlanet 2
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
inFamous 2
Resistance 3
Killzone 3

Action/Adventure Game:
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Dead Space 2
inFamous 2
Batman: Arkham City
L.A. Noire
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

Role-Playing Game:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Mass Effect 2
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Final Fantasy IV Complete

Racing Game:
Driver: San Francisco
Dirt 3
MotorStorm Apocalypse
F1 2011
Need for Speed: The Run

Sports Game:
FIFA 12
Madden NFL 12
NHL 12
NBA 2K12
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012

MLB 11: The Show

Shooter:
Killzone 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Battlefield 3
Resistance 3
Rage

Puzzle/Platform Game:
Portal 2
LittleBigPlanet 2
Patapon 3
Limbo

Catherine

PSP Game:
Final Fantasy IV Complete
Persona 2
Patapon 3
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
The 3rd Birthday

PSN Game:
PixelJunk Shooter 2
Limbo
Dungeon Defenders
Renegade Ops
NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
inFamous: Festival of Blood

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  1. tritrpt

    • 8:19pm EST - December 6th, 2011

    I strongly feel Catherine should be included in the Puzzle/Platform category. And it is also odd that MLB The Show 11 is left out from the Sports category seeing as its the best baseball sim out there.

  2. bplewis24

    • 8:21pm EST - December 6th, 2011

     Dark Souls better beat out the over-rated Skyrim!

  3. adamdolge

    • 8:37pm EST - December 6th, 2011

    @1 - agreed, and added.

  4. Don Oliveira | Other_

    • 9:55pm EST - December 6th, 2011

    Tough list... but that's what makes these things fun :)

  5. SolidMantis

    • 1:16am EST - December 7th, 2011

     GOTY: Arkham City

  6. jamesobachand | snake2112

    • 1:57am EST - December 7th, 2011

     GOTY: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    PS3 Exclusive: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

    Action/Adventure Game: Batman: Arkham City

    Role-Playing GameThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Racing Game: Need for Speed: The Run

    Sports Game: Madden NFL 12

    Shooter: Battlefield 3

    Puzzle/Platform Game: LittleBigPlanet 2

    PSP Game: The 3rd Birthday

    PSN Game: Dungeon Defenders 

    And that's about all I have to say about that.

  7. EatSleepAndPlay

    • 2:10am EST - December 7th, 2011

    I voted. :)

  8. DrinkDayNnight

    • 2:33am EST - December 7th, 2011

     @2 shut yo mouth!

  9. Triple Dk

    • 2:57am EST - December 7th, 2011

     Lol, what have I been doing this year? The only game from this list I've played in non-demo/beta version is Infamous 2... Which is a rather awesome game, though.

  10. Scarl | Scarl

    • 1:53pm EST - December 7th, 2011

    Good call  tritrpt , Catherine definitely deserves to be on the list!

    Dark Souls and Skyrim are both awesome... it will be a hard choice between them for me.

  11. HenryPSN

    • 5:42pm EST - December 7th, 2011

     Tough choice for GOTY between U3 and Batman: AC

  12. PlayStation4Evah

    • 5:02pm EST - December 16th, 2011

    Assassin\'s Creed Revelations beats all games.

  13. madhi19

    • 10:45pm EST - December 16th, 2011

    Dark Souls no contest while I bought most triple A release this fall it the one game I keep going back to.

  14. Orthus

    • 5:42am EST - December 17th, 2011

    Best game: Batman arkham city ps3 exclusive: infamous2 Action/adventure: Batman arkham city Rpg: Deus ex Racing: Driver: san francisco Sport: fifa 12 Shooter: call of duty mw3 puzzle: Limbo psp: Persona2 Psn;Limbo

  15. nick157 | mercy157

    • 9:23am EST - December 17th, 2011

    Game of the Year:
    Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
    PlayStation 3 Exclusive:
    Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
    Action/Adventure Game:
    inFamous 2
    Role-Playing Game:
    Mass Effect 2
    Racing Game:
    MotorStorm Apocalypse
    Sports Game:
    FIFA 12
    Shooter:
    Resistance 3
    Puzzle/Platform Game:
    Portal 2
    PSP Game:
    The 3rd Birthday
    PSN Game:
    inFamous: Festival of Blood

  16. thesupernova777 | thesupernova777

    • 1:26pm EST - December 17th, 2011

    Game of the Year: Batman: Arkham City

    PlayStation 3 Exclusive: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
    Action/Adventure Game: Dead Space 2
    Role-Playing Game: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
    Racing Game:MotorStorm Apocalypse
    Sports Game:Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters

    Shooter:Battlefield 3
    Puzzle/Platform Game:Portal 2
    PSP Game:The 3rd Birthday
    PSN Game:inFamous: Festival of Blood

  17. gammaray13

    • 2:26pm EST - December 17th, 2011

    it should never be Skyrim as it has way too many bugs and anyway Uncharted 3 is a way better game so that should win hands and only an idiot would give it to Skyrim

  18. Heavenly_King

    • 12:54am EST - December 18th, 2011

    GOTY: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

    PS3 Exclusive: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

    Action/Adventure Game: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

    Role-Playing GameThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Shooter: Killzone 3

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