After a full month of anticipation, the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 #PGGA2011 are finally here. The ProGamist Game Awards are here to recognize and award the most deserving videogames, videogame blogs, videogame forums and videogame bloggers in their respective category.
The jury members are:
- Subham Singh, Editor-In-Chief, ProGamist (Blogs/RPG/Third-person)
- Aman Goyal, Editor, ProGamist (Console gaming)
- Anirban Das, Music & Videogame Admin, ProGamist (Portable Gaming)
- Rahul Malhotra, Editor-In-Chief, WikiGaming (Portable Gaming)
- Captain Doomz, Admin & Gaming Analyst, Se7ensins/Admin, Captain Doomz Blogspot (Multiplayer/Shooters/Forums)
- Ian Duxbury, Admin, GlobalGamers (RPG/Action-Adventure)
- Rishav Saraf, ProGamist Galaxy
ProGamist is proud to announce that the inagural ProGamist Game Awards are the first-kind of videogame awards in South-Asia with 36 tech and gaming sites (including forums) from Israel, Germany, UK, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, US, Pakistan, Italy and France covering ProGamist Game Awards today. ProGamist Game Awards will also be one of the largest videogame awards with over 60+ categories of awards being given. With that being said, let the ProGamist Game Awards begin:
#63. Best Videogame Forum of The Year
And the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best videogame Forum of the year is
Gamespot. The Gamespot forums cover almost everything related to videogames and their large community makes it possible though.
#62. HOLY S#!% Moment of The Year
2011 was one hell of a crazy year. Videogames show us almost everything which you could haven’t ever imagined. From “End of The World” climax to talking with Gods to the landmarks getting destroyed as a result it is really hard to pick the HOLY S#!% Moment of The Year and the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 HOLY S#!% MOMENT OF THE YEAR goes to:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for the “Eiffel Tower Collapse” sequence.
#61. Best DLC of the year
With great powers come great responsibilities.. Oops.. I mean with great games come great DLCs and yeah, it’s true to context of our next awards the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best DLC of The Year and the winner is:
Mass Effect 2 – Arrival DLC
#60. Best Videogame Trailer of The Year
Trailers do have an important role in deciding the fate of an upcoming game. The trailers which are really eye-catching can really capture a gamer’s attention. So, the next award is the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Videogame Trailer of The Year award and the winner is:
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
#59. Best Song Featured In a Videogame Trailer of the Year
It has become a tradition in videogame promotion that the recent videogame trailers have used songs in their trailers to give that trailer the ‘oomph’ factor. From Gears of Wars’ “Mad World” to “New York, New York” of Crysis 2. It has become a trend. So the next award is dedicated to the best song to feature in a videogame trailer in our ProGamist Game Awards 2011 and the winner is:
“Iron” by Woodkid for Assassin’s Creed Revelations.
#58. Best Fighting Game of The Year
The fighting games genre dates back to 1976 with the game Heavyweight Champ. Although the Soul series, Tekken series and Street Fighter series of games glorified this genre and made way for the awesome games to come. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Fighting Game of the Year award goes to:
WWE’12
#57. Best Sports Game of The Year
Talking of sports, who doesn’t want to be a million-dollar incoming footballer or a top-notch MVP in NBA. These games make you one of them. The history of sports games dates back to 1958 and the first game was Tennis For Two. Today Tennis, Cricket, Basketball, UFC, MMA, Football, Rugby etc can be played. ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Sports Game of The Year nominees are:
- NCCA Football 12
- FIFA 12
- NBA 2K12
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (PES 2012)
and the winner of the Best Sports Game is:
FIFA 12.
#56. Best Mobile Game of The Year
A mobile phone can be the most used handheld console of all time as mobile gaming’s never old as per as the operating systems are progressing day-by-day. A mobile game may not be the heavy-graphics-possessing but it can be addictive as hell. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Mobile Game of The Year goes to:
Asphalt 6: Adrenaline by Gameloft (Android)
#55. Best Indie Game of The Year
Indie games or we can say the independent videogames which are developed by small teams or individuals. You think, these games are not good enough? Every once in a while, these indie games jump out from nowhere to become the most successful franchises ever, 2011 was no different. ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Indie Game of The Year goes to:
Angry Birds by Rovio Mobile.
#54. Best EPIC Moment of The Year
In every game, there will be the moments which will make you say “Oh my goodness!” or even more explicit when you see “epicness” being shown out of nowhere in the game which you’re playing. ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best EPIC Moment of The Year is:
“End of The World” ending sequence from Assassin’s Creed Revelations
#53. Best Real-Time Strategy Game of The Year
Real-Time Strategy (RTS) Games – Some like them, some don’t but these games can be addictive for even a beginner in this genre as these games require you to deliver the best by making own strategy and that too in realtime. 2011 saw some good RTSes but which one’s the best? ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Real-Time Strategy Game of The Year goes to:
Total War: Shogun 2
#52. Best Emerging Gaming Website of The Year
Gaming websites (/blogs) are pretty much part of the videogame industry providing previews, reviews, now-a-days DLC codes. Voila, so moving on to The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Emerging Gaming Website of The Year and it is:
#51. Best Promotion of The Year
Now a days, games are pushing extremely hard for marketing themselves, to promote themselves and good promotion can lead to success. In 2011, especially November, saw a great amount of promotion done by the game publishers. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Promotion of The Year award goes to:
Activion’s promotion of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
#50. Best Engine
The main component of a game is its engine. Existing engines can be modified for a game, new engines can be created for a game. But the thing is best animation, best graphics, best AI etc will be the best engine. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Engine Award goes to:
FROSTBITE 2 by D.I.C.E (Battlefield 3)
#49. Best Artwork of The Year
Artwork describes the imagination of how a game is printed on the minds of the creators. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Artwork of The Year goes to:
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
#48. Best Fan-Art of The Year
There is a difference between fanboys and fans. The fanboys constantly mark out their favourite games like anything but the fans do this. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Fan-Art of The Year goes to:
Evolution of Ezio by doubleleaf (Assassin’s Creed Series)
#47. Best In-Game Environment of The Year
Now a days, a game’s environment can be interactive, destructive, ever-changing etc and this type of evolution in modern gaming makes tough competitors when it comes to award the best. ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best In-Game Environment of The Year goes to the game:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
#46. Best Racing Game (Simulation)
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Racing Game (Simulation) is
Forza Motorsport 4
#45. Best Racing Game (Arcade)
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Racing Game (Arcade) is:
Need For Speed: The Run
#44. Best Simulation Game of The Year
Simulation is a genre which took up speed by the release of the titles like the EA’s The Sims, Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X etc. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Simulation Game of The Year Award goes to:
The Sims 3: Pets
#43. Best Quote of The Year
Sometimes a character’s quote really gets really stuck in a Gamers’ mind as it’s a memorable one but the memorable one doesn’t mean that the quote can only be related to seriousness. The ProGamist Game Awards – Quote of The Year is:
“I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.”
- Guard, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
#42. Best Humour/Comedy Game of The Year
One of the hardest things to do is to make someone laugh and making a hardcore gamer laugh.. umm.. is not that possible but yes there are games which have achieved it. From Neighbors from Hell series to Overlord series, these games have beautifully redefined the genre of humour in gaming. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Humour/Comedy Game of the Year goes to:
Sam and Max: Beyond Time and Space
#41. Best Emerging Developers of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Emerging Developers of The Year are:
343 Industries (Halo Franchise)
#40. Best Debutant Developer of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Debutant Developer of The Year goes to:
No one. (Empty Award)
#39. Best Announcement
When games are being announced, there might be a game which strike right in the bull’s eye if the announcement’s being done right. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Announcement of The Year goes to:
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V)
#38. Most Anticipated Game of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Most Anticipated Game of The Year award goes to:
Resident Evil 6
#37. Best Science-Fiction Game of The Year
Science-fiction genre is not a stranger to Hollywood nor the gaming world too. ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Science-Fiction Game of The Year is:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
#36. Confusing Moment of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Confusing Moment of The Year award goes to:
Desmond’s Dream Sequences (Assassin’s Creed Revelations)
#35. Best Videogame Blog of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards – Best Videogame Blog of The Year award goes to:
#34. Best Videogame Editor of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards – Best Videogame Editor of The Year is:
Jim Sterling, Destructoid
#33. Best Xperia Play Game of The Year
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play happens to be a revolution in mobile/portable gaming. Xperia Play can termed as the spiritual successor to the once-reigning Nokia N-Gage. Presenting you the first ever Xperia Play Videogame award with the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Xperia Play Game of The Year and the winner is:
Dead Space (Xperia Play)
#32. Gaming Troll of The Year
Trolls as we know are universally-accepted creatures generally found in comment boxes and multiplayers. This time we’re dealing with the later. The ProGamist Game Awards – Gaming Troll of The Year award goes to:
GrieferParadise [for excessively frustrating team-killing] (Battlefield 3)
#31. Best Sequel of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Sequel of The Year award goes to:
Batman Arkham City
#30. Best Ending-Sequel of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards – Best Ending-Sequel of The Year goes to:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
#29. Breakthrough In Gaming Technology
The technology involving modern gaming is advancing on a daily basis. WII to Xbox 360 Kinect to Playstaion 3 Move to something else. I can’t say about anything else but in the gaming field’s technology, mankind is reaching towards the level of “alienware”. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Breakthrough In Gaming Technology award goes to:
Kinect for Xbox 360
#28. Best Original Score
No matter what juvenile critics say, music is one of the key elements in a game and an original music score really scores high. The ProGamist Game Awards – Best original Score of The Year goes to:
Battlefield 3 OST “Main Theme” composed by Johan Skugge & Jukka Rintamaki
#27. Best Music Composer
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Music Composer of The Year goes to:
Jesper Kyd (Assassin’s Creed Revelations)
#26. Best Creative Director of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Creative Director of The Year is:
Lars Gustavsson (Battlefield 3)
#25. Best Videogame Character of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Videogame Character of The Year award goes to:
Joker (Batman Arkham City)
#24. Disappointment of The Year
Some games even after months (and some even years) to build-up and finally when these games release they don’t stand up to the expectations of the Gamers. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 - Disappointment of The Year is:
Duke Nukem Forever
#23. Best Ending/Climax of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Ending/Climax of The Year goes to:
Batman Arkham City
#22. Best Antagonist of The Year
And the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Antagonist/Villain of The Year award goes to:
Vladimir Makarov (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3)
#21. Best Protagonist of The Year
The ProGamist Game of The Year 2011 – Best Protagonist of The Year award goes to:
Ezio Auditore Da Firenze (Assassin’s Creed Revelations)
#20. Best Survival-Horror Game of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards – Best Survival-Horror Game of The Year is:
F.E.A.R 3
#19. Best Action-Adventure Game of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Action-Adventure Game of The Year is:
Batman Arkham City
#18. Best Open-World/Sandbox Game of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Open-World/Sandbox Game of The Year is:
Saints Row: The Third (Saints Row 3)
#17. FAIL of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – FAIL of The Year award goes to:
Mashable on awarding WWE’12 their Game of The Year
#16. Worst Game of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Worst Game of The Year goes to:
Ra.One The Game (PS3)
#15. Glitchy Game of The Year
Bugs and glitches are part and parcel of a game. The developers won’t deny it but sometimes it feels like a game is incomplete and the game testers are nuts. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Glitchy Game of The Year goes to:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
#14. Best Game Soundtrack of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Game Soundtrack of The Year is:
Battlefield 3 OST “Main Theme” composed by Johan Skugge & Jukka Rintamaki (Battlefield 3)
#13. Best Song Featured In A Game
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Song Featured In A Game award goes to:
“God’s Gonna Cut You Down” by Johnny Cash (Battlefield 3)
#12. Best Stealth Game of The Year
Stealth games date back to 80s with the early games being Castle Wolfenstein, Metal Gear etc. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Stealth Game of The Year award goes to:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
#11. Best Multiplayer Kill of The Year
Multiplayers are being played by two species: Noobs and Pros. We’ll consider giving the award to the later one as Pros can pull off some epic kills out of nowhere. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Multiplayer Kill of The Year goes to:
KYR SP33DY (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3)
#10. Best Multiplayer of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Multiplayer of The Year award goes to:
Battlefield 3
#9. Best Storyline of The Year
Now a days, games are fighting with hollywood in almost everything. Action sequences, dialogues and now storylines. Good story-telling can be a major feature of a game and series-wise can push a game’s limit to a good extent. The ProGamist Game Awards – Best Storyline of The Year goes to:
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
#8. Best Publisher of The Year
It’s almost every game developers’ requirement to get a good publisher which shows belief and trust in their product. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Publisher of The Year is:
Activision
#7. Best Role-Playing Game of The Year
Most games in this genre are considered to be epic. Character development, Character customization, nice storylines, immersive gameplay, etc are some of its features or in-short epic. The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Role-Playing Game of The Year goes to:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
#6. Best Third-Person Shooter Game of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Third-Person Shooter Game of The Year goes to:
Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360)
#5. Best First-Person Shooter Game of The Year
Statistics show that, maximum number of gamers are into the FPS genre. 2011 saw some ‘World War 3′ when it came to First-Person Shooters. The nominations for the ProGamist Game Awards – Best First-Person Shooter Game of The Year are:
- Battlefield 3 (EA)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision)
- Crysis 2 (EA)
and after much consideration among jury members we’re concluding on the basis of some key points (out of 10): - BF3 – MW3 – Crysis 2
* Multiplayer – 9 – 8.5 – 7
* Campaign – 8 – 9.5 – 8.5
* Replayability (Multiplayer has taken into account) – 9 – 9 – 7
* Bang-for-the-buck – 10 – 6 – 8
* Innovative – 9 – 7 – 7
* Lots of new features – 8 – 8.5 – 8
* Graphics – 10 – 8 – 9
and the winner by just few points is:
Battlefield 3
#4. Best Xbox 360 Game of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best Xbox 360 Game of The Year nominations are:
- L.A. Noire (Rockstar Games)
- Portal 2 (Valve)
- Batman Arkham City (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- Assassin’s Creed Revelations (Ubisoft)
- Gears of War 3 (Microsoft Studios)
And the winner is:
Batman Arkham City
#3. Best PS3 Game of The Year
The ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best PS3 Game of The Year nominations are:
- LittleBigPlanet 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Assassin’s Creed Revelations (Ubisoft)
- Killzone 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- inFAMOUS 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
and the winner is:
#2. Best PC Game of The Year
- Battlefield 3 (EA)
- Portal 2 (Valve)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Microsoft Windows/ Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- New engine whereas rest of games are using modded engines
- Bang-for-the-buck/Price Value/Cheap, the rest of games are bit more costly (without offering replayabilty/multiplayer)
- DLC offering more materials (Playable materials)
- Multiplayer having replay value as well as entertaining than others.
- A social network for alike-gamers always adds to the game value.
With that being said, the ProGamist Game Awards 2011 – Best PC Game of The Year is:
#1. Game of The Year
- Batman Arkham City (Action-Adventure/Stealth) [Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]
- Battlefield 3 (First-Person Shooter) [Electronic Arts]
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Action-Adventure) [Nintendo]
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Role-Playing Game) [Bethesda Softworks]
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Action-Adventure/Platform) [Sony Computer Entertainment]
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