Gamers across the world have named Valve’s Dota 2 as their favourite game of Gamescom 2011 as the winner of the Guinness World Record breaking IGN People’s Choice Award is announced. Dota 2 was unveiled by Valve Software on the show floor at Gamescom 2011, and promises a blend of online RTS and RPG action.<\/p>\n
The new award attracted 258,367 votes on IGN.com and the Gamescom show floor, picking up the World Record for “Most individuals voting for a videogame award” – as verified by Guinness World Records – Gamer’s Edition. Voting on the Gamescom show floor proved a success, with one in five attendees taking part in the IGN People’s Choice Award.<\/p>\n
The IGN People’s Choice Award becomes the world’s largest videogames award – based on the number of individuals voting. In its first year, it overtakes other gaming awards ceremonies that attract a larger total number of votes due to their multi-category format, but deliver a far smaller number of gamers taking part.<\/p>\n
The IGN People’s Choice Award shortlist featured a total of 25 games across 15 publishers, picked by a global panel of IGN Editors.<\/p>\n
The IGN People’s Choice Award – Gamescom 2011<\/p>\n
Winner: Dota 2 (Valve Software)<\/p>\n
Highly commended (in alphabetical order)<\/p>\n
• Battlefield III (Electronic Arts)
• Diablo III (Activision Blizzard)
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
• Guild Wars II (NC Soft)<\/p>\n
Alex Simmons, UK Editor-in-Chief, IGN.com, said “Dota 2 is a deserving winner for our first-ever IGN People’s Choice Award – it really captured the imagination of fans on the show floor and hundreds of thousands more around the world.”<\/p>\n