Selecting IGN's Best of 2012 nominees and awards represents the culmination of a year's worth of observation, discussion and debate, along with countless hours spent in front of games, movies, comic books, and television shows. With a year marked by giant blockbuster highlights like Marvel's The Avengers, Halo 4, Breaking Bad, and the Mac Book Pro with Retina, to smaller but still fantastic high points like Journey, Dredd 3D, Community, and the new Saga comic series, 2012 represents some truly memorable entertainment.
Help us celebrate IGN's nominees and tune in on Dec. 19 to see the category and genre winners announced. And on December 21, check back to find out the overall winners, including IGN's 2012 Game of the Year. In the meantime, pick your own winners and vote now in IGN's People's Choice Awards.
Game of the Year Nominees
IGN's official nominees for 2012 Game of the Year are...- Mass Effect 3
- Guild Wars 2
- The Unfinished Swan
- Borderlands 2
- Hotline Miami
- FTL
- Halo 4
- The Walking Dead: The Game
- Journey
- Dishonored
