G4TV.Com Announces Exclusively The "X-PLAY BEST OF E3 AWARDS" Honoring The Top Video Games From The 2010 E3 Expo

Nintendo 3DS Named Best of E3

Yesterday, G4tv.com revealed the results of the highly-anticipated "X-Play Best of E3 Awards."  24 awards were given out covering a range of categories honoring the top games from last week's 2010 E3 Media and Business Summit, the industry's biggest event of the year.  This year's coveted 'Best of E3' award was given to Nintendo 3DS.

"Despite the impressive achievements from so many developers the 3DS and Bioware/Lucasarts Star Wars: The Old Republic impressed us with the potential to fundamentally alter their respective forms of gaming," said Adam Sessler, host of X-Play and Editor-in-Chief, Games Content for G4.  

Below is a full list of all the "X-Play Best of E3 Awards" winners and the runner-ups.  For more information, please visit http://g4tv.com/BestofE3 Best of E3

Winner: Nintendo 3DS
Game of Show

Winner: Star Wars: The Old Republic       

Nominees: inFAMOUS 2, RAGE

Best Action/Adventure Game

Winner: Disney Epic Mickey            

Nominee: inFAMOUS 2

Best Shooter Game

Winner: RAGE        

Nominee: Spec Ops: The Line

Best 3D Game

Winner: Star Fox 64 3D       

Nominee: MotorStorm: Apocalypse

Best Multiplayer Game

Winner: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit       

Nominee: Halo: Reach

Best Platformer

Winner: Kirby's Epic Yarn                        

Nominee: Donkey Kong Country Returns

Best Handheld Game

Winner: God of War: Ghost of Sparta        

Nominee: Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

Best Downloadable Game

Winner: Journey             

Nominee: Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley

Best RPG

Winner: The Witcher 2: The Assassins of Kings

Nominee: Fallout: New Vegas

Best Fighting Game

Winner: Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds

Nominee: Mortal Kombat

Best Sports Game

Winner: EA Sports MMA            

Nominee: NBA Jam

Best Music Game

Winner: Rock Band 3     

Nominee: Def Jam Rapstar

Best Racing Game

Winner: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit       

Nominee: Gran Turismo 5

Best New Hardware

Winner: Nintendo 3DS

Nominee: Fender Squier Stratocaster

Most Original Game

Winner: Journey                         

Nominee: Limbo

Best Multi-Platform Game

Winner: RAGE     

Nominee: Dead Space 2  

Best Motion Game

Winner: Dance Central

Nominee: Child of Eden

Best Wii Game

Winner: Disney Epic Mickey       

Nominee: Kirby's Epic Yarn

Best 360 Game

Winner: Halo: Reach      

Nominee: Gears of War 3

Best PS3 Game

Winner: inFAMOUS 2        

Nominee: Journey

Best Trailer

Winner: Star Wars: The Old Republic

Nominee: Brink

Biggest Surprise

By Design: Valve's Portal 2 Coming to PS3 with Steamworks Support By Default: Nintendo

For more information on X-Play, please visit http://www.g4tv.com/xplay