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The 2012 GiN Game Of The Year Nominees

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The ballots have all been counted, and here are the five nominees in each category for the 2012 GiN Game of the Year Awards. Congratulations to everyone who worked on a game that earned a spot on the ballot this year.

For all our voters, don’t forget to cast your final ballot for the overall winner in each category. Last year we had more than 100,000 votes cast, so be sure you’re ballot is in there. Voting is, as always, free. Lots of people worked really hard to bring us these great games. Show them we care!

And when you’re ready to vote, you can do so right here.

Best Adventure Game

  • Assassin’s Creed III
  • Dishonored
  • Sleeping Dogs
  • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • The Walking Dead

Best Family Game

  • Crazy Machines 2: Complete
  • Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes
  • Haunted
  • The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
  • Tiny Bang Story

Best Online Only Game

  • Desert Operations
  • Guild Wars 2
  • Guns of Icarus Online
  • War of the Roses
  • World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

Best Puzzle Game

  • American Mensa Academy
  • Anomaly: Warzone Earth
  • Curiosity: What’s Inside the Cube
  • Flow
  • House of 1,000 Doors: Family Secrets

Best RPG

  • Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition
  • Dragon’s Dogma
  • Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
  • Krater
  • Torchlight II

Best Shooter

  • Borderlands 2
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops II
  • Far Cry 3
  • Halo 4
  • Mass Effect 3

Best Simulation

  • Dwarf Fortress
  • Forza Horizon
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Sea
  • Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
  • Train Simulator 2013

Best Sports Game

  • FIFA Soccer 2013
  • Major League Baseball 2K12
  • MLB 12: The Show
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 3D
  • WWE 13

Best Strategy Game

  • History Legends Of War: Patton
  • Endless Space
  • Great Big Wargame
  • Tryst
  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Best Environment

  • Far Cry 3
  • Hitman: Absolution
  • Mass Effect 3
  • Skylanders: Giants
  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Best Expansion Pack Or DLC

  • Crazy Machines 2: Invaders From Space
  • Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut
  • Skyrim: Dragonborn
  • Star Wars: The Old Republic Legacy Update
  • World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

Best Original Score

  • Final Fantasy XIII-2
  • Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
  • Halo 4
  • Retro/Grade
  • Sleeping Dogs

Best Apple/iOS Game

  • Army of Darkness Defense
  • Avernum: Escape From the Pit
  • Flow Bridges
  • iBomber Defense Pacific
  • Wind-up Knight

Best DS/3DS Game

  • Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights
  • Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D
  • Spider-Man Edge Of Time
  • Tales Of The Abyss
  • Tekken 3D Prime Edition

Best PC Game

  • Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition
  • Diablo III
  • The Secret World
  • War of the Roses
  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Best PlayStation 3 Game

  • Assassin’s Creed III
  • Mass Effect 3
  • MLB 12: The Show
  • Tales of Graces F
  • Tekken Hybrid

Best Wii Game

  • Major League Baseball 2K12
  • Mega Man X
  • Skylanders: Giants
  • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • WWE 13

Best Xbox 360 Game

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops II
  • Dishonored
  • Forza Horizon
  • Halo 4
  • Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

And the overall best game of the entire year? We leave that up to you, so cast your ballot today!

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