This is a first for Kotaku. While we’ve been judges for oodles of other people’s best of E3 awards, we’ve never actually done our own. And there’s a reason for that: They’re really hard work. Just ask Geoff Keighley.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); But we figured that it was probably a good idea for us to start. Take a moment, if you’d like, to check out our list of nominees for best of E3 this year and let us know what you think. We’ll be declaring the winners next week. Also, we’d love to hear your take on our categories. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to those of you who are regular readers that we didn’t include a break down by genre.
Enjoy, debate, suggest. Ed’s Note: In case you were unable to read the proceeding four paragraphs and understand the difference, this is not a list of our nominees for the Game Critics awards. Those are entirely different, have different categories and a totally different set of rules used in the selection

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Best New Game (Not a sequel) Hamonix’s Dance Central for the Xbox 360 Junction Point’s Epic Mickey for the Wii SCE’s Sorcery for the PS3 Epic’s Bulletstorm for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC Ubisoft’s Shaun White Skateboarding for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii THQ’s Homefront for the PS3, Xbox 360,PC [[link]] Uber Entertainment’s Monday Night Combat for the Xbox 360 Id’s Rage for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Hudson’s Lost In Shadow for the Wii Playdead’s Limbo for the Xbox 360 Klei Entertainment’s Shank for the PS3, Xbox 360 Best Character Design Good Feel’s Kirby’s Epic Yarn for the [[link]] Wii Id’s Rage for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Splash Damage’s Brink for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC Fatshark’s Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 for the PS3, Xbox 360 Valve’s Portal 2 for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Capcom’s Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 for the [[link]] PS3, Xbox 360 Ignition’s El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron for the PS3, Xbox 360 Best Gameplay Mechanic Day 1’s FEAR 3 for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC : Fettel and Pointman dichotomy.
Lionhead’s Fable III for the Xbox 360, PC: Weapon morphing. Ubisoft Reflections’ Driver San Francisco for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC: Disembodied car swapping.
Yager’s Spec Ops The Line for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC: Use of sand. Ninja Theory’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West for the PS3, Xbox 360: Trip and Monkey’s relationship.
Splash Damage’s Brink for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC: Button-free traversing. Hudson’s Lost in Shadow for the Wii: Use of shadows. Epic’s Bulletstorm for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC: Reverse bullet-time. Fire Hose Game’s Slam Bolt Scrappers for the PS3: Mix of building and brawling.
Tiburon’s EA Sports MMA for the PS3, Xbox 360: Submission holds. Best Motion game Harmonix’s Dance Central for the Xbox 360 SCE’s Sorcery for the PS3 Ubisoft’s Your Shape: Fitness Evolved for the Xbox 360 Good Science’s Kinect Adventures! for the Xbox 360 SCE’s EyePet for the PS3, PSP Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii Q Entertainment’s Child of Eden for the PS3, Xbox 360 Best Trailer Click to view Ubisoft’s Your Shape: Fitness Evolved for the Xbox 360 Nintendo’s 3DS Iwata & Miyamoto & Reggie 3DS Trailer Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC Vigil’s Warhammer 40K MMO for the PC Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC Valve’s Portal 2 for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Relic’s Warhammer 40k Space Marine for the PS3, Xbox 360 Firaxis’s Civilization V for the PC https://kotaku.com/a-look-at-the-tunnels-helicopter-combat-and-blood-of-c-5563234 Boldest Move (Biggest gamble for a developer) Harmonix’s Rock Band 3 for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii Sony’s PlayStation Plus Seven45’s Power Gig for the PS3, Xbox 360 Sony’s PlayStation 3 3D Gaming Ubisoft’s Battle Tag Best Setting Yager’s Spec Ops: The Line for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC Crytek’s Crysis 2 for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC Id’s Rage for the

PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Junction Point’s Epic Mickey for the Wii Good Feel’s Kirby’s Epic Yarn for the Wii 2K’s XCOM for the Xbox 360, PC Valve’s Portal 2 for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Epic’s Bulletstorm for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC Ace Team’s Rock of Ages for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC Best PC Game Valve’s

Portal 2 for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Id’s Rage for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Bioware’s Star Wars: The Old Republic for the PC Vigil’s Warhammer 40K MMO for the PC Firaxis’s Civilization V for the PC CD Projekt’s The Witcher 2 for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC Best DS Game Capcom’s Okamiden for the DS Capcom’s Ghost Trick for the DS Camelot’s Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for the DS 5th Cell’s Super Scribblenauts for the DS Best PS3 Game Eat Sleep Play’s Twisted Metal for the PS3 Epic’s Bulletstorm for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC Valve’s Portal 2 for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC Crystal Dynamic’s Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC Id’s Rage for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Sucker Punch’s Infamous 2 for the PS3 Q-game’s Pixeljunk Shooter 2 for the PS3 Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet 2 for the PS3 Best PSP game Novarama’s Invizimals for the PSP Ready at Dawn’s God of War: Ghost of Sparta for the PSP Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep for the PSP Sega’s Valkyria Chronicles 2 for the PSP Pyramid’s Patapon 3 for the PSP Best Wii game Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii Good Feel’s Kirby’s Epic Yarn for the Wii Junction Point’s Epic Mickey for the Wii EA’s NBA Jam for the Wii Hudson’s Lost In Shadow for the Wii Best Xbox 360 game Bungie’s Halo: Reach for the Xbox 360 Epic’s Bulletstorm for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC Valve’s Portal 2 for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC Playdead’s Limbo for the Xbox 360 Harmonix’s Dance Central for the Xbox 360 Crystal Dynamic’s Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC Id’s Rage for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac Epic’s Gears of War 3 for the Xbox 360 Lionhead’s Fable III for the Xbox 360, PC