Rage and Nintendo 3DS Take Home Most E3 Game Critics Awards

After the nominations were announced last week, a panel of industry insiders revealed the winners of the E3 Game Critics Awards, with Rage, the post apocalyptic first person shooter from id Software and Bethesda Softworks, taking three awards, for best action game, best console title and graphics. The game is set to arrive on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, the PC and the Mac at some point in 2011.

The Best in Show award was taken home by Nintendo with its new 3DS handheld, which promises to deliver three-dimensional gaming without the use of specialized glasses before the end of this year.

The full list of winners for the Game Critics Awards is available below:

Best of Show
Nintendo 3DS - Nintendo

Best Original Game
Dance Central - Harmonix/MTV Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360

Best Console Game
Rage - id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

Best Handheld Game
God of War: Ghost of Sparta - Ready at Dawn/Sony Santa Monica for PSP

Best PC Game
Portal 2 – Valve

Best Hardware
Nintendo 3DS - Nintendo

Best Action Game
Rage - id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

Best Action/Adventure Game
Portal 2 - Valve for PC / Mac, PS3 and Xbox 360

Best Role Playing Game
Star Wars: The Old Republic - BioWare Austin/LucasArts/EA for PC

Best Fighting Game
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds - Capcom for PS3 and Xbox 360

Best Racing Game
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit - Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

Best Sports Game
NBA Jam - EA Canada/EA Sports for Wii

Best Strategy Game
Civilization V - Firaxis/2K Games for PC

Best Social/Casual Game
Rock Band 3 - Harmonix/MTV Games/Electronic Arts for PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii

Best Motion Simulation Game
Dance Central - Harmonix/MTV Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360

Best Online Multiplayer
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

Special Commendation for Graphics
Rage - id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.