Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2012
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The fifth annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb.

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3515326-2012b.png Giant Bomb's Game of the Year Awards celebrates 2012's best and worst in the world of video games. Much like 2011, the skits produced for GOTY stole the show. With the site's move to CBS Interactive, the crew decided to make parodies of television shows. If one thing was learned from GOTY 2012, it's that Hunkadunk is an epidemic that is leaving some kids dunked for life.

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The Awards

===Game of the Year===
  1. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  2. The Walking Dead (Game)
  3. Far Cry 3 (Game)
  4. Fez (Game)
  5. Journey
  6. Mark of the Ninja (Game)
  7. Syndicate
  8. Mass Effect 3 (Game)
  9. ZombiU (Game)
  10. Sleeping Dogs (Game)||2560504-20121203215908%21xcom_enemy_unknown_game_cover.jpg


===Worst Game of the Year Presented by Alex Navarro===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse


===Biggest News===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* THQ (Company) on Fire


===Best Trend===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection

  • Leaderboards Everywhere||2122559-psnps3.png


===Dumbest Motion-Controlled Moment===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor


===Most Disappointing Game===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Mass Effect 3 (Game)


===Best Story===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Dust: An Elysian Tail


===Best Multiplayer===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Spaceteam (Game)


===Best Download Game That Makes Us Want to Eliminate Award Categories for Download Games===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Mark of the Ninja (Game)


===WarioWare Spirit Award===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Rhythm Heaven Fever (Game)


===URL of the Year===

<p data-right-indent="0" data-left-indent="1">Runners-Up</p>* http://ludonaut.de/the-message/


===Please Stop===
  • DLC That Should Be in the Main Game
  • Article

<p>Runners-Up</p>* The All-Story


===Best-Looking Game===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Far Cry 3 (Game)


===Best Use of Nolan North===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* None||2507639-137231030208.jpg


===Best Use of Skrillex===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Call of Duty: Black Ops II


===Best Use of a Licensed Song===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* "Hush" by Deep Purple (Spec Ops: The Line)


===Miiverse Community of the Year===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* YouTube


===Best Surprise===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Sleeping Dogs (Game)


===Best Debut===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Mark of the Ninja (Game)


===Walking Dead Episode of the Year===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Episode 2

  • Episode 4||3516158-2413402615-maxre.jpg


===Best Classic Revival===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Syndicate


===Best Music===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Fez (Game)


===Best New Character===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Lee Everett (Character) (The Walking Dead (Game))


===Best Moment or Sequence===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* Side View Sliding (Journey)


===2012's 2011 Game of the Year===

<p>Runners-Up</p>* TrackMania 2: Canyon


Staff Picks

Links in names go to each staff members' video breakdown.

===Jeff Gerstmann===
  1. Far Cry 3
  2. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  3. Syndicate
  4. Fez
  5. Forza Horizon
  6. FTL: Faster Than Light
  7. Rhythm Heaven Fever
  8. Persona 4 Arena
  9. The Pinball Arcade
  10. Call of Duty: Black Ops II||2367497-box_fc3.png


===Ryan Davis===
  1. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  2. The Walking Dead
  3. Hotline Miami
  4. Mark of the Ninja
  5. FTL: Faster Than Light
  6. Forza Horizon
  7. Rock Band Blitz
  8. Journey
  9. Asura's Wrath
  10. Alan Wake's American Nightmare||2560504-20121203215908%21xcom_enemy_unknown_game_cover.jpg


===Vinny Caravella===
  1. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  2. The Walking Dead
  3. Sleeping Dogs
  4. Mass Effect 3
  5. Binary Domain
  6. Fez
  7. Spec Ops: The Line
  8. The Book of Unwritten Tales
  9. Tiny &amp; Big: Grandpa's Leftovers
  10. Journey||2560504-20121203215908%21xcom_enemy_unknown_game_cover.jpg


===Brad Shoemaker===
  1. Mass Effect 3
  2. The Walking Dead
  3. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  4. Mark of the Ninja
  5. Journey
  6. Asura's Wrath
  7. Far Cry 3
  8. Dust: An Elysian Tail
  9. Frog Fractions
  10. Trials Evolution||3516160-5867976417-mass_.jpg


===Drew Scanlon===
  1. Halo 4
  2. The Walking Dead
  3. Diablo III
  4. Spec Ops: The Line
  5. Journey
  6. Digital Combat Simulator
  7. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  8. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
  9. FTL: Faster Than Light
  10. Hotline Miami||2348782-box_halo4.png <p> </p>


===Alex Navarro===
  1. The Walking Dead
  2. Journey
  3. Hotline Miami
  4. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  5. Forza Horizon
  6. Rhythm Heaven Fever
  7. Sound Shapes
  8. FTL: Faster Than Light
  9. Sleeping Dogs
  10. Rock Band Blitz||2348800-box_twdead.png


===Patrick Klepek===
  1. The Walking Dead
  2. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  3. ZombiU
  4. Mark of the Ninja
  5. Dishonored
  6. Fez
  7. Journey
  8. Papa &amp; Yo
  9. Asura's Wrath
  10. Slender: The Eight Pages||2348800-box_twdead.png


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# The Walking Dead (Game)
  1. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  2. Journey
  3. Mass Effect 3 (Game)
  4. Borderlands 2 (Game)
  5. Far Cry 3 (Game)
  6. Sleeping Dogs (Game)
  7. Hotline Miami (Game)
  8. Mark of the Ninja (Game)
  9. Dishonored (Game)||2348800-box_twdead.png
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