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The Last of Us wins five Best of E3 2012 awards

It’s hard to argue with those who believe The Last of Us reigned supreme at this year’s E3 Expo. That claim has been given some further validation by the Game Critics Awards, which handed five “Best of E3 2012” statues to Naughty Dog for The Last of Us.

The game, which stars two survivors of a post-apocalyptic America, won “Best of Show,” “Best Original Game,” “Best Console Game,” and “Best Action/Adventure Game.” It also took home a “Special Commendation for Sound.”

No other game came close, though Dance Central 3, Halo 4, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown all won two awards and Watch Dogs collected two Commendations.

The Wii U was mostly shut out of the awards show, though the system itself won “Best Hardware” and the multiplatform Injustice: Gods Among Us won for “Best Fighting Game.”

A complete list of winners can be found after the break. (more…)

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Game Critics Awards announce nominees for Best of E3 2012

The world’s biggest gaming websites, including Kotaku, IGN, Nintendo Power, Joystiq and The Escapist (don’t worry, Warp Zoned will be there one day!) have released their full list of nominees for awards pertaining to what was shown and played at this year’s E3 Expo. Some of the highlights of the show, such as Star Wars: 1313 or Ubisoft’s surprise Watch Dogs do not qualify, as the rules state the journalists must be able to “manipulate a game in real-time while running on its native platform.” However, it seems there was not much love for Nintendo’s Wii U, with no mention of the system’s most-anticipated game, ZombiU. Although both Wii Fit U and Game & Wario made it into the “Best Motion Simulation” category.

The awards will be handed out at GameCriticsAwards.com on June 26. The full list of nominees is available after the break. (more…)

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EA @ E3 12: Need For Speed: Most Wanted coming in October

Criterion has just left the stage at EA’s E3 2012 Press Conference where they showed off Need For Speed: Most Wanted, their open-world take on one of “the best games in the franchise.”

Need For Speed: Most Wanted will be available on October 30 for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

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Criterion-developed Need For Speed: Most Wanted confirmed as next NFS game

EA has been teasing the next Need For Speed game over the last few weeks, and today they’ve confirmed that it’ll be titled Need For Speed: Most Wanted. This won’t be the first Need For Speed game to carry that title. Another “Most Wanted” game was released in 2005 for the GameCube, PC, PS2, Xbox, and Xbox 360.

This new version will be developed by Criterion (makers of the Burnout series and Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit) and will make its public debut at next week’s E3 Expo. To get you geared up for that reveal, EA has released a single screenshot of the game, which you can see on the right.

We’ll have more on Need For Speed: Most Wanted next week.

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