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Reader Games Of The Year 2012
Last year will go down as one of the better years in video games, with titles like Halo 4, Far Cry 3, and The Walking Dead coming out among many others. But before we turn the page on 2012, here's a look at the games that readers voted as their favorites of the year.
Our Reader Games of the Year poll garnered 56,415 respondents, with the two stipulations being people could vote multiple times, and that they didn't have to vote on every category.
Here are the list of winners in each category, but you can also check out the full survey below.
Reader Games of the Year 2012 (GI picks in parentheses if different)
Game of the Year Halo 4 (Mass Effect 3)
Shooter Borderlands 2 (Halo 4)
RPG Mass Effect 3
Strategy XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Fighter Soulcalibur V (Tekken Tag Tournament 2)
Sports FIFA 13
Puzzle Quantum Conundrum (Fez)
Action Assassin's Creed III (Dishonored)
Platformer Rayman Origins (handheld) (New Super Mario Bros. U)
Racing Need for Speed: Most Wanted
MMO Guild Wars 2
Co-op Multiplayer Borderlands 2
Competitive Multiplayer Halo 4
PS3 Exclusive Journey
Xbox 360 Exclusive Halo 4
PC Exclusive Guild Wars 2 (Torchlight II)
Wii Exclusive Mario Party 9 (Xenoblade Chronicles)
Wii U Exclusive New Super Mario Bros. U
Handheld Exclusive Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
(Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward)
Downloadable Exclusive The Walking Dead (Mark of the Ninja)
Mobile Exclusive Angry Birds Star Wars (10000000)
DLC of the Year The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dragonborn
(Mass Effect 3: Leviathan)
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