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