The MyGaming gnomes have been hard at work tallying all of your nominations for the 2011 MyGaming Community Game of the Year Award 2011, and after threatening them with Justin Bieber’s music, they’ve completed the job in record time!
Your top five MyGaming community game of the year nominees are:
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Battlefield 3
- Portal 2
- Batman Arkham City
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
How exciting! These are the five games which will be going into the voting round for the coveted solid bismuth MyGaming Community Game of the Year Award 2011 trophy. The global gaming industry holds its collective breath.
There were 271 participants during the nomination round, generating a total of 813 game nominations. The breakdown is below.
| Game | Nominations |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 177 |
| Battlefield 3 | 121 |
| Portal 2 | 77 |
| Batman: Arkham City | 76 |
| Deus Ex: Human Revolution | 50 |
| The Witcher 2 | 34 |
| Uncharted 3 | 30 |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 | 29 |
| Gears of War 3 | 23 |
| Forza 4 | 23 |
| FIFA 12 | 23 |
| Assassin’s Creed Revelations | 18 |
| Dark Souls | 16 |
| NFS The Run | 15 |
| Minecraft | 12 |
| RAGE | 8 |
| L.A. Noire | 8 |
| Dead Space 2 | 7 |
| Crysis 2 | 6 |
| DIRT 3 | 4 |
| InFamous 2 | 3 |
| Bastion | 2 |
| Bulletsorm | 2 |
| Dead Island | 2 |
| F1 2011 | 2 |
| PES 2012 | 2 |
| Saints Row The Third | 2 |
| Sonic Generations | 2 |
| StarCraft 2 | 2 |
| Super Mario 3D Land | 2 |
| The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | 2 |
| Anno 2070 | 1 |
| Child of Eden | 1 |
| Civilization 5 | 1 |
| Cordy (Android Game) | 1 |
| DCS: A-10C Warthog | 1 |
| DDO | 1 |
| Gran Turismo 5 | 1 |
| Halo Anniversary | 1 |
| Jonah Lomu Rugby Challange | 1 |
| Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 | 1 |
| Mario Kart 7 | 1 |
| Might and Magic – Heroes VI | 1 |
| Mortal Kombat | 1 |
| Orcs Must Die | 1 |
| Pokemon White Version | 1 |
| Rayman Origins | 1 |
| Resistance 3 | 1 |
| Rift | 1 |
| Shogun 2 | 1 |
| Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure | 1 |
| Terraria | 1 |
| The Haunted : Hellsreach | 1 |
| Trackmania 2 | 1 |
| Trine 2 | 1 |
To stand a chance to win the 250GB Xbox 360 bundle giveaway, head on over to the community forums and post your vote – and if you took part in the nomination round, that means you’ll have double the chance of winning.
To vote, just follow these three easy steps:
- Log in to the MyGaming forums (If you haven’t signed up already, do so here).
- Mosey on down to the voting thread and read up on the competition rules.
- Post your vote for game of the year.
It couldn’t be easier.
Remember, you only get one vote, so make it count!
Voting closes on Wednesday 14 December at midnight. The winning game will be announced in an article published on 15 December 2011. The lucky winner of the Xbox 360 250GB bundle will be announced in the competition thread at 11AM on Thursday 15 December 2011; so be sure to check back then and see if you have won!
Good luck, and happy voting!