Most Hated Award for most hated game of the year

1st. Mass Effect 3
2nd. The War Z
3rd. Diablo III
4th. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
5th. Fez
6th. Kinect Star Wars, 7th. Resident Evil 6, 8th. Medal of Honor: Warfighter, 9th. Hitman: Absolution, 10th. Borderlands 2, 11th. Katawa Shoujo, 12th. Halo 4, 13th. Assassin's Creed III, 14th. Street Fighter x Tekken, 15th. Ninja Gaiden 3

Least Worst Award for least worst game of the year

1st. The Walking Dead
2nd. Hotline Miami
3rd. Sleeping Dogs
4th. Katawa Shoujo
5th. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
6th. Faster Than Light, 7th. Journey, 8th. Monster Girl Quest: Part 2, 9th. Persona 4: Golden, 10th. Dishonored, 11th. Max Payne 3, 12th. Kid Icarus: Uprising, 13th. Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2, 14th. Frog Fractions, 15th. Atelier Meruru

Press X To Win The Award for worst gameplay

1st. Katawa Shoujo
2nd. Mass Effect 3
3rd. Diablo III
4th. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
5th. Resident Evil 6
6th. The Walking Dead, 7th. Medal of Honor: Warfighter, 8th. Assassin's Creed III, 9th. Hitman: Absolution, 10th. Halo 4

BUZZWORD Award for best gameplay

1st. Hotline Miami
2nd. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
3rd. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
4th. Sleeping Dogs
5th. Dishonored
6th. FTL: Faster Than Light, 7th. Max Payne 3, 8th. Borderlands 2, 9th. Kid Icarus: Uprising, 10th. Katawa Shoujo

Hamburger Helper Award for most atrocious writing

1st. Mass Effect 3
2nd. Diablo III
3rd. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
4th. Borderlands 2
5th. Resident Evil 6
6th. Medal of Honor: Warfighter, 7th. Assassin's Creed III, 8th. Halo 4, 9th. Katawa Shoujo, 10th. Hitman: Absolution

Nature Of A Man Award for best writing

1st. The Walking Dead
2nd. Katawa Shoujo
3rd. Spec Ops: The Line
4th. Max Payne 3
5th. Sleeping Dogs
6th. Hotline Miami, 7th. Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, 8th. Dishonored, 9th. Kid Icarus: Uprising, 10th. Borderlands 2

Not So Rehash Award for updating a series nicely

1st. Far Cry 3
2nd. Torchlight 2
3rd. Max Payne 3
4th. Borderlands 2
5th. Halo 4

Blunder of the Year setting a new standard for failure

1st. Tortanic F2P
2nd. The War Z
3rd. Mass Effect 3
4th. Diablo III
5th. Playstation Vita
6th. Resident Evil 6, 7th. Medal of Honor: Warfighter, 8th. Borderlands 2, 9th. Guild Wars 2, 10th. Halo 4

Hyperbole Award for best trailer

1st. Watch Dogs
2nd. Grand Theft Auto V
3rd. The Phantom Pain
4th. Dark Souls 2
5th. The Last Of Us
6th. Bioshock Infinite, 7th. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, 8th. Dishonored, 9th. Assassin's Creed III, 10th. Borderlands 2, 11th. Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale, 12th. Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Gamebryoken Award for glitchiest and/or most unoptimized game

1st. The War Z
2nd. Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
3rd. Diablo III
4th. Mass Effect 3
5th. Planetside 2
6th. Assassin's Creed III, 7th. Medal of Honor: Warfighter, 8th. Guild Wars 2, 9th. Far Cry 3, 10th. XCOM: Enemy Unknown

/v/irgin Award for best new IP

1st. Hotline Miami
2nd. Dragon's Dogma
3rd. Sleeping Dogs
4th. Tokyo Jungle
5th. Dishonored
6th. FTL: Faster Than Light, 7th. Katawa Shoujo, 8th. Gravity Rush, 9th. Mark of the NInja, 10th. Lollipop Chainsaw

Kotick Award for crimes against gaming

1st. Tropes vs Women in Video Games
2nd. EA + Bioware
3rd. Dewritogate
4th. Actiblizzard
5th. Tameem
6th. /v/ga 2011, 7th. Capcom, 8th. Spike VGAs

Kong Award for best soundtrack

1st. Hotline Miami
2nd. Rhythm Heaven Fever
3rd. Journey
4th. Katawa Shoujo
5th. Max Payne 3
6th. Kid Icarus: Uprising, 7th. Gravity Rush, 8th. Dustforce, 9th. Torchlight II, 10th. Frog Fractions

STYLISH! Award for best visual aesthetics

1st. Journey
2nd. Skullgirls
3rd. Hotline Miami
4th. Dishonored
5th. The Walking Dead
6th. Far Cry 3, 7th. Borderlands 2, 8th. Dear Esther, 9th. Dustforce, 10th. Dust: An Elysian Tail

IP Twist Award for best new implementation of an old franchise

1st. Black Mesa
2nd. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
3rd. Spec Ops: The Line
4th. Kid Icarus: Uprising
5th. Persona 4 Arena
6th. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, 7th. Double Dragon Neon, 8th. SSX

Stop It Award for raping a dead horse

1st. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
2nd. New Super Mario Bros. 2
3rd. Medal of Honor: Warfighter
4th. Halo 4
5th. Assassin's Creed III
6th. The 2012 /v/GAs

Sanic Award for fastest game

1st. Tribes: Ascend
2nd. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
3rd. Hotline Miami
4th. FTL: Faster Than Light
5th. Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
6th. Need for Speed: Most Wanted, 7th. Kid Icarus: Uprising, 8th. Dustforce, 9th. SSX, 10th. Dishonored

FUCK YOU Award for worst character

1st. Diana Allers
2nd. Star Child
3rd. Claptrap
4th. Shepard
5th. Tiny Tina
6th. Connor, 7th. Ben, 8th. Halo, 9th. Cortana

Reddit Award for most hated fanbase

1st. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
2nd. reddit
3rd. Biodrones
4th. Call of Duty
5th. League of Legends
6th. Minecraft, 7th. Katawa Shoujo, 8th. Dota 2, 9th. Starcraft 2, 10th. /v/

Slender Award for worst vidya related Youtube personality(ies)

1st. PewDiePie
2nd. iJustine
3rd. Tobuscus
4th. DSPGaming
5th. Yogscast
6th. TotalBiscuit, 7th. Game Grumps

Meat & Fish Award for most pretentious indie game

1st. Fez
2nd. Dear Esther
3rd. Curiosity
4th. Slender
5th. Journey
6th. Hotline Miami

lods of emone award for biggest cashgrab

1st. Tropes vs Women in Video Games
2nd. The War Z
3rd. Ouya
4th. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
5th. Diablo III
6th. Mass Effect 3, 7th. Halo 4

Malignance Award for most detrimental force to vidya

1st. Corrupt Journalism
2nd. Low Standards
3rd. DLC
4th. Misguided Advocacy
5th. Corporations
6th. Gurl Gamurs, 7th. Crowd Sourced Funding, 8th. High Standards

Aerith Dies Award for biggest feels

1st. The Walking Dead
2nd. Katawa Shoujo
3rd. Spec Ops: The Line
4th. Journey
5th. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
6th. Dear Esther, 7th. Mass Effect 3

Nighthood Award for the worst part of the 2011 /v/GAs

1st. Reddit Influence
2nd. EPIC MAYMAYS
3rd. Portal 2 and Bastion
4th. Valve Dicksucking
5th. Unfunny Skits
6th. The Best Gamers

The results shown above are the same as those shown during the show and are based only on the votes from /v/. For more details, including vote counts and votes that we filtered out, see the detailed results and pairwise comparison pages.