Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 won the award for Best Shooter at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards, beating off competition from Epic Games' Gears of War 3, Bethesda's Rage and DICE's Battlefield 3. The VGAs are an awards ceremony held every year in which the public decide who wins what; as such, the below may not be fully representative of what the games truly have to offer.
The rest of the awards ceremony was dominated by Bethesda's Game of the Year winner The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Rocksteady Studios's Batman: Arkham City, Naughty Dog's Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Valve's Portal 2.
Full list of Spike Video Game Awards winners
- Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Studio of the Year: Bethesda Game Studios (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
- Character of the Year: The Joker (Batman: Arkham City)
- Gamer God: Blizzard Entertainment
- Best Xbox 360 Game: Batman: Arkham City
- Best PlayStation 3 Game: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
- Best Wii Game: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Best PC Game: Portal 2
- Best Handheld/Mobile Game: Super Mario 3D Land
- Best Shooter: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Best Action Adventure Game: Batman: Arkham City
- Best RPG: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Best multiplayer: Portal 2
- Best Individual Sports Game: Fight Night Champion
- Best Team Sports Game: NBA 2012
- Best Driving Game: Forza Motorsport 4
- Best Fighting Game: Mortal Kombat 9
- Best Motion Game: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Best Independent Game: Minecraft
- Best Adapted Video Game: Batman: Arkham City
- Best Original Score: Bastion
- Best Song in a Game: “Build that Wall (Zia’s Theme)” by Darren Korb (Bastion)
- Best Graphics: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
- Best Performance by a Human Male: Stephen Merchant as Wheatley (Portal 2)
- Best Performance by a Human Female: Ellen McLain as GLaDOS (Portal 2)
- Best Downloadable Game: Bastion
- Best DLC: Portal 2: Peer Review
- Most anticipated: Mass Effect 3
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