Need help find the best of the best in video games at stores for the holidays? Check out the nominations for the video game television channel G4′s ninth annual X-Play Awards. X-Play is one of their weekly shows. Read the press release below for more details:
G4’s “X-Play,” the most watched video game series on television, announces the nominees for the ninth annual “X-Play Best of 2011 Awards” as selected by G4’s team of gaming experts. In what will be remembered as one of the biggest years to date for the video game industry, the onslaught of shooters, sequels and sci-fi epics has lead to the culmination of 25 award categories including Best Shooter, Best Writing, and Best Animation. In a special one-hour show, “X-Play” will take fans through each category to reveal the champions, ultimately revealing the winner of the highly coveted Game of the Year award.
In addition, “X-Play” will announce the winner of G4tv.com’s Videogame Deathmatch where the fans choose their favorite game of 2011. The battle began with 32 contenders and now is down to only two fan favorites: Assassin’s Creed: Revelations vs. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
Don’t miss the hour-long year-in-gaming celebration when hosts Adam Sessler , Morgan Webb and Blair Herter present “X-Play Best of 2011 Awards” premiering Wednesday, December 14, at 6:00PM ET/PT, only on G4.
Check out the following nominees and voice your opinion below…especially you Uncharted fans. Way to go Sesame Street and Nolan North for having two categories named after you:
Most Original Game
Catherine, L.A. Noire, Minecraft, Stacking, and Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery
Best Gameplay Innovation
L.A. Noire – Facial animation/capture
League of Legends – Dominions mode
Minecraft – Creative freedom
Rocksmith – Teaching real guitar
Skylanders – Figurine integration
Best Multiplayer Game
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Dark Souls, and Gears of War 3
Best Multiplayer Co-Op Game
Dance Central 2, Gears of War 3, Ilomilo, Portal 2, and Saints Row: The Third
Best Sports Game
FIFA 12, MLB 11: The Show, NBA 2K12, NHL 12, and WWE ‘12
Best Downloadable Game
Bastion, inFamous: Festival of Blood, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Iron Brigade, and Stacking
Best Downloadable Content
Call of Duty: Black Ops – Rezurrection
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Missing Link
Fallout: New Vegas – Old World Blues
Gears of War 3 – Raam’s Shadow
Portal 2 – Co-Op Challenges
Best Shooter
Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Gears of War 3, Rage, and Resistance 3
Best Role-Playing Game
Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, and The Witcher 2
Best Fighting Game
King of Fighters XIII, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition, and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
Best Art Direction
Alice: Madness Returns, Batman: Arkham City, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, Portal 2, and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Best Animation
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Batman: Arkham City, NBA 2K12, Rage, and Rayman Origins
Best Writing
Batman: Arkham City, L.A. Noire, Portal 2, Saints Row: The Third, and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Best Soundtrack
Deus Ex: Human Revolution, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Portal 2, and Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery
Best Sound Design
Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Dead Space 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Portal 2
Best Action/Adventure Game
Batman: Arkham City, L.A. Noire, Rayman Origins, Super Mario 3D Land, and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Best Racing Game
Dirt 3, F1, Forza Motorsport 4, Motorstorm: Apocalypse, and Shift 2: Unleashed
Best Motion Control Game
Dance Central 2, Just Dance 3, Killzone 3 w/Sharpshooter, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster
Best Handheld Game
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Pokemon Black & White, Professor Layton and the Last Specter, and Super Mario 3D Land
Best Puzzle/Strategy Game
Achron, Catherine, Portal 2, Professor Layton and the Last Specter, and Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
Best Performance By Nolan North
Adventure/Space/Fact Cores – Portal 2
Deadpool – Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Desmond Miles – Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
Nathan Drake – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
The Penguin – Batman: Arkham City
Best Performance Not By Nolan North
Aaron Staton – Cole Phelps, L.A. Noire
JK Simmons – Cave Johnson, Portal 2
John DiMaggio – Marcus Fenix, Gears of War 3
Mark Hamill – The Joker, Batman: Arkham City
Stephen Merchant – Wheatley, Portal 2
Best Remake/Retro Release
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition
Best Trailer
Dead Island
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Live Action
OverStrike
Game of the Year
Batman: Arkham City
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Gears of War 3
L.A. Noire
Portal 2
Saints Row: The Third
Super Mario 3D Land
