Special Awards

XBLA Game of the Year

Tie: Pinball FX2; Costume Quest

PSN Game of the Year

Joe Danger

WiiWare Game of the Year

Cave Story

IOS Game of the Year

Neuroshima Hex!s

DLC of the Year

"Minerva’s Den" for BioShock 2

Best Game to Not Win an Award

Dead Rising 2

Best Expansion

Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising

Best Indie Game:

Din’s Curse

Best Casual Game:

Bejeweled 3

Best Writing

Metro 2033

Best Voice Acting

Mass Effect 2

With Better AI I Woulda Been a Contender!

Civilization V

Wait, This Really Didn’t Win an Award?

StarCraft II

Worst Writing

StarCraft II (Happy?)

Needs Color. Stat.

Elemental: War of Magic

Boring Car and Driver Award

Mafia II

Best Art Direction

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Best Score

Red Dead Redemption

Best Character

Ezio Auditore, Asssassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

Best Weapon

Pneumatic ball bearing sniper rifle Metro 2033 and Oddjob’s hat, Goldeneye 007

Best Ending (tie)

Metro 2033; BioShock 2

The Broken Controller Award for Hardest Game

Donkey Kong Country Returns

The Pussyfoot Prize for Fiddle-farting and Getting Jerked Around for 40 Hours

John Marston,Red Dead Redemption

The Goebbels Cup, Awarded for Best Argument for Genocide

Mordin Solus, Mass Effect 2

The Commander Shepard “Maybe we shouldn’t have” Medal for Most Awkward Sex Scene

Jack, Mass Effect 2

The Golden Wheel Award for Best Vehicle

My 1969 Fathom Green Metallic Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Gran Turismo 5

The Strange Bedfellows Award for Best Team

Robert McNamara, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and Fidel Castro Call of Duty: Black Ops

The Kohler Kommendation for Best Use of a Urinal

Sam Fisher, Splinter Cell: Conviction

Most Annoying Enemy Catch Phrases

Splinter Cell: Conviction

Cover Girl’s Award for Best Use of Lipstick

Bayonetta

Best Boss Fights in the History of All Video Gaming

Bayonetta

Best Portrayal of Christ in a Video Game

Pietro Rossi, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

Game Most Likely to Be Played by Guys with Ponytails that Hang out at Guitar Center

Power Gig: Rise of the Six String

Biggest Letdown

Epic Mickey and Warren Spector’s reaction to its criticism

Motion Controller of the Year

Bandai U-Force

Best Use of John Cleese

Fable III

It’s Dead ,Jim

Guitar Hero

Ridiculously Violent:

Splatterhouse

Best Awful Game:

Deadly Premonition

Great Franchise Most Shamed by a Bad Sequel

Metroid(Metroid: Other M)

Best Architectural Use of Genitals and Demon Babies

Dante’s Inferno

Biggest Comeback

Sonic the Hedgehog