UPDATE: The votes are in! See the winners of the 2012 PlayStation.Blog Game of the Year Awards here.
The critics have named their favorite games of the year — now it’s your turn. We’re pleased to announce the first-ever PlayStation.Blog Game of the Year Awards, a chance for PlayStation fans to select the best of the best in PlayStation gaming for 2012.
Voting is easy: Click on your pick from each of the nominee lists below. Don’t see the game you want to vote for? No problem! Just write in your selection by clicking the bottom option on any of the polls. We’ll reveal your winners next Wednesday, December 19th.
While we’ve put a lot of thought into our very first PlayStation.Blog Game of the Year Awards, this is a first step in a much bigger journey. Next year, we hope to expand them to include more international regions, introduce more specific categories and bestow new awards. Be sure to let us know if you have any bright ideas for next year. We’re all ears!
But enough talk. It’s time to vote! See you on Wednesday.
PS3 Game of the Year
It wasn’t easy to condense the best of this year’s Blu-ray lineup into a manageable list, but we did it — barely. Vote once from the list of 15 finalists below. If you think we missed a game, vote for it using the write-in option at the bottom!
PS3 Game of the Year (PSN only)
This category is dedicated to PS3 titles that have only (or initially) been released on PlayStation Network, excluding full-priced digital Blu-ray games. We counted standalone games, free games, and episodic series such as The Walking Dead.
PS Vita Game of the Year
Vote for your favorite physically released PS Vita game of 2012. Don’t see your favorite on the list? Write in your vote at the bottom of the poll below!
PS Vita Game of the Year (PSN only)
We dedicated this category to digitally released PS Vita titles that weren’t available on store shelves, including free games such as Treasure Park and Frobisher Says.
PS Mobile Game of the Year
The newest member of the PlayStation family is only a few months old, but it’s already attracted a solid launch lineup of bite-sized gems.
Best Use of PlayStation Move
This year saw some intriguing applications of PlayStation’s motion controller, from music creation to new gameplay experiences. We counted any application of PlayStation Move, from full-priced Blu-ray games to PSN downloads to Add-on packs.
Most Anticipated PS3 Game
What upcoming PS3 game are you most eager to play? Vote from the list of 20 nominees or write in your selection at the bottom of the poll.
Most Anticipated PS Vita Game
Choose your most-anticipated PS Vita game, physical or digital, or write in a pick at the bottom of the poll app.
Now that you’ve voted, tell us what you voted for in the comments and why.
My most anticipated PS Vita Game is Warrior’s Lair, well.. from what we’ve seen so far which is very little… I hope it hasn’t been cancelled!
Despite a few design choices I didn’t agree with SSX wins this year for me.
Borderlands 2, Rainbow Moon, Persona 4 Golden, Ni No Kuni and Dragon Fantasy Book II all get my votes.
Soul Sacrifice because it reminds me of Monster Hunter and it looks great, love me some co-op. The Last of Us, pretty hard to chose from God of War but it’s a new ip from Naughty Dog and I do enjoy the survival aspect of the game. UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss, its the best game that displays the vita’s power and is definitely better than Uncharted 3 in the story department. Walking Dead for psn, nuff said
Starhawk seems to be missing :(
Write it in! It was agony to hack that list down to 15 and we knew we’d have to leave off some good games. Do you think we should do an even bigger list of nominees next year?