GamerZitch Game of the Year Nominees For 2011

Well, that time has come again. It's the final judgment of civ... I mean it's the Game of the Year nominees! If you weren't here last year for the inaugural GotY awards than sit forward and check out the nominees for the near 20 award categories.

Like last year there were numerous blockbuster game releases from the usual Call of Duty to the surprise hit that is Portal 2. The awards are the same as last year but with some new categories that are sure to make you mad with indecision. Below are the categories, and nominees for those respective categories. The winners will be announced on January 1st along with the Game of the Year edition of the ZitchCast.

So take a look at our nominees, let us know what you think of them, and tell us what you think should be winning.

Action/Adventure

• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
• Assassins Creed: Revelations
  
• Dark Souls
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Batman: Arkham City
  
• inFamous 2
  

Best Multiplayer Game

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  
• Battlefield 3
• Resistance 3
• Uncharted 3
• DC Universe Online
• Portal 2
  

Best Portable Game

• Super Mario 3D Land
• Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
• Infinity Blade II
• Pokemon: Black and White
  
• Patapon 3
  

Best Fighter

• WWE All Stars
  
• DragonBall Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
  
• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
• King of Fighters XIII
• Mortal Kombat
  
• Fight Night Champion
  

Best Sports Game

• NHL 12
• WWE 12
• MLB 11
  
• Madden 12
• NBA 2k12
  
• FiFA 2012

Biggest Disappointment

• Dragon Age 2
• LotR: War in the North
• Homefront
• X-Men: Destiny
• Spider-Man: Edge of Time
  
• Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

Biggest Surprise

• Captain America: Super Soldier
• Dead Island
• Warhammer 40k: Space Marine
  
• Crysis 2
• Bulletstorm
  
• Shadow of the Damned
  

Best RPG

• Mass Effect 2
  
• Dragon Age II
• Dark Souls
• Witcher II
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
  

Best Downloadable Game

• Bastion
• From Dust
• Outland
  
• Bionic Commando ReArmed 2
• Joe Danger
  
• Limbo
• Solar 2
• Binding of Isaac
  
• Minecraft
  

Best Shooter

• Crysis 2
  
• Resistance 3
  
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  
• Battlefield 3
• Killzone 3
• Halo: Anniversary Edition
  

Best Visuals

• Rage
• Uncharted 3
• Batman: Arkham City
  
• LA Noire
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  
• Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
  

Best Written Game

• Batman: Arkham City
  
• Catherine
  
• Bastion
  
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  
• LA Noire
• Portal 2
  

Best New Character

• Wheatley (Portal 2)
  
• Narrator (Bastion)
  
• Ulysses (Fallout: Lonesome Road)
  
• Zimos (Saints Row the Third)
• Grayson Hunt (Bulletstorm)
• Vincent (Catherine)
  

Most Original Game

• Dead Island
• Rage
  
• LA Noire
  
• Bastion
• Shadows of the Damned
• Catherine
  

Best Sequel

• inFamous 2
  
• Batman: Arkham City
• Portal 2
  
• Dead Space 2
  
• Resistance 3
  
• Uncharted 3
  

Worst Game

• X-Men: Destiny
  
• Spider-Man: Edge of Time
  
• Duke Nukem Forever
• Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
  
• The Cursed Crusade
• Thor: God of Thunder

Best Platformer

• Super Mario 3D Land
  
• Outland
• Sonic Generations
• LittleBigPlanet 2
  
• Rayman Origins
• Kirby's Return to Dreamland

Best Racer

• Need for Speed: The Run
• Forza Motorsport 4
• Driver: San Francisco
  
• Motorstorm Apocalypse
• Mario Kart 7
• Shift 2
  

Best Sound Design

• Batman: Arkham City
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  
• Uncharted 3
  
• Bastion
  
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Portal 2
  

Best Soundtrack

• Uncharted 3
  
• Batman: Arkham City
• Bastion
• Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  
• Saints Row the Third
  

Most Fun

• Minecraft
  
• Saints Row the Third
  
• Dungeon Defenders
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  
• Portal 2
  
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Best Meme

• .."The I Took An Arrow to the Knee." (Skyrim)
• "Space, Space, Space, Let's Go to Space." (Portal 2)
• "Fus Ro Dah" (Skyrim)
  
• "Creeper" (Minecraft)
• "Combustible Lemons" (Portal 2)
  
• "Friendship Is Magic" (My Little Pony)

Most Anticipated Game of 2012

• Halo 4
• Grand Theft Auto V
• BioShock Infinite
  
• Assassins Creed 3
  
• Mass Effect 3
• Borderlands 2

Game of the Year

• Portal 2
  
• Batman: Arkham City
  
• WWE 12
• Assassins Creed Revelations
  
• Witcher 2
  
• Dead Space 2
  
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  
• Uncharted 3
• LA Noire
  
• Rage
  
• Resistance 3
  
• Gears of War 3
  
• Bastion
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  

Gamerzitch Game of the Year Nominees

Well it's that time, 2010 is almost over and 2011 is almost here. Around the Gamerzitch crew this means one thing Deathmatch... wait... I meant the 1st official "Gamerzitch Game of the Year Awards." 2010 was a great year for games with Triple A blockbusters like Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2, Starcraft II, Halo Reach, and Call of Duty: Black Ops. As well as indie darlings like Super Meat Boy, Limbo, and Deadly Premonition. Well now it's time to give these games their recognition. 21 categories with a total of over 40 games all battling for a chance to be called the best.

Awards for best shooter, best RPG, best racer, best action/adventure, best art direction, best writing, many more, and of course the coveted Game of the Year award. Below is the list of categories along with the nominees for each, the actual awards will be announced on January 1st, 2011, along with the premier episode of the Gamerzitch Podcast.

So take a look at our nominees, let us know what you think of them, and tell us what you think should be winning.

Action/Adventure

• Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
• Red Dead Redemption
• Bayonetta
  
• God of War III
• Darksiders

Best RPG

• Fallout New Vegas
• Mass Effect 2
• Dragon Quest IX
• Final Fantasy XIII
• Fable III

Best Shooter

• Halo Reach
• Call of Duty: Black Ops
• BioShock 2
• Battlefield Bad Company 2
• Mass Effect 2

Best Sports Game

• NBA 2k11
• Madden 11
• NHL 11
• Fifa 11
• MLB 10 The Show

Best Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: Black Ops
• Halo Reach
• Starcraft 11
• Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
  
• Rock Band 3

Best Racer

• Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
  
• Grand Turismo 5
• Blur
• Split/Second
• Modnation Racers

Biggest Surprise

• Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
• Toy Story 3
• Transformers: WfC
• 3D Dot Game Heroes
  
• Deadly Premonition

Best Sound Design

• Alan Wake
• Limbo
• Red Dead Redemption
  
• Metro 2033
• Halo Reach

Best Soundtrack

• Red Dead Redemption
  
• Rock Band 3
• Halo Reach
• Mass Effect 2
• Nier

Best DLC

• Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker
• Dragon Age Origins: Awakening
  
• Left 4 Dead: The Passing
• Red Dead Redemption: Undead Zombie Nightmare
• Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx

Best Downloadable Game

• Super Meat Boy
• Limbo
• Costume Quest
• Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
• Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Best Handheld

• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
• Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver
• Dragon Quest IX
• Persona 3 Portable
• Super Scribblenauts
  

Most Original

• Heavy Rain
• Limbo
• Minecraft
  
• Enslaved
• Deadly Premonition

Best New Character

• John Marston (Red Dead Redemption)
• Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition)
• Thane Krios (Mass Effect 2)
• Alan Wake (Alan Wake)
• Scott Shelby (Heavy Rain)

Best Art Direction

• Epic Mickey
• Red Dead Redemption
• God of War 3
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
• Limbo

Best Writing

• Red Dead Redemption
• Alan Wake
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
• Mass Effect 2
  
• Heavy Rain

Best Fighter

• Super Street Fighter 4
• Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All Stars
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift

Best RTS

• C&C 4: Tiberian Twilight
  
• Starcraft 2
• Civilization V

Game Most Likely To Steal Your Life

• Civilization V
• Call of Duty: Black Ops
• Halo Reach
• Minecraft
• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
  

Biggest Disappointment

• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
• Crackdown II
• Medal of Honor
  
• Fable III
• Lost Planet II

Game of the Year

• Mass Effect 2
• Red Dead Redemption
• Epic Mickey
• Halo Reach
• God of War III
• Super Meat Boy
• Starcraft II
• Limbo
• Heavy Rain
  
• Super Mario Galaxy 2
• Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
• Assassin's Creed Brotherhood