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.