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The Last of Us Wins Big at Best of E3 Game Critics Awards, Full Winners Listed

June 27, 2012 by Alex Co

Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us cops the major prize at this year’s Best of E3 Game Critics Awards.

While this year's E3 has come and gone, the industry's 34 voting publications included in the Game Critics Awards voted for the best games they saw at this year's show.

The big winner this year is Naughty Dog's The Last of Us for Sony. It managed to cop five awards within the association — which means it must have impressed them mighty fierce.

The full list of winners can be seen below.

Best of Show

The Last of Us

(Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)

 

Best Original Game

The Last of Us 

(Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)

 

Best Console Game

The Last of Us

(Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)

 

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

Sound Shapes

(Queasy Games/SCEA for PSVita, PS3)

 

Best PC Game

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

(Firaxis Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

 

Best Hardware/Peripheral

Wii U

(Nintendo)

 

Best Action Game

Halo 4 

(343 Industries/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)

 

Best Action/Adventure Game

The Last of Us

(Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)

 

Best Role Playing Game

South Park: The Stick of Truth

(Obsidian Entertainment/THQ for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

 

Best Fighting Game

Injustice: Gods Among Us

(NetherRealm Studios/WBIE for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U)

 

Best Racing Game

Need for Speed Most Wanted

(Criterion Games/EA for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

 

Best Sports Game

FIFA Soccer 13

(EA Canada/EA Sports for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

 

Best Strategy Game

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

(Firaxis Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

 

Best Social/Casual Game

Dance Central 3

(Harmonix/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)

Best Motion Simulation Game

Dance Central 3

(Harmonix/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)

 

Best Online Multiplayer

Halo 4

(343 Industries/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)

 

Best Downloadable Game

Unfinished Swan

(Giant Sparrow/SCEA for PlayStation 3)

 

—

 

Special Commendations for Graphics

Star Wars 1313

(LucasArts for TBD Platforms)

 

Watch Dogs

(Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

 

Special Commendation for Sound

The Last of Us

(Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)

 

Special Commendation for Innovation 

Watch Dogs

(Ubisoft Montrea`l/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Well, there you have it. While most of the winners were sequels or from already established franchises, Ubisoft's Watch Dogs and Lucas Arts' Star Wars 1313 did manage to make a dent somewhat. It's also worth pointing out that this might be one of the weakest E3s we've had in quite some time, too. So there's also that.

Do you agree with The Last of Us winning Best of Show? What do you want to see at next year's E3?

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