The 2012 Grimmys: Games of the Year Winners
Well that was certainly one way to end 2012. Grimmy grew up a bit this year, adding over 20 new categories, and for the first time ever we livestreamed our games of the year selection process. Thank you to those of you that braved the argument marathon with us. We hope we didn’t get too much on you. If so, it shouldn’t take too much acid to get that off.
Whether you can remember what happened or were just waiting for the storm to clear, we present to you a much more digestible version of The 2012 Grimmys. Here are all the awards and how they happened. Click through to see the finalists and more info on the award itself.
The Awards
Games of the Year
- Game of the Year (Mass Effect 3)
- Downloadable Game of the Year – Coins Division (The Walking Dead)
- Downloadable Game of the Year – Bottlecaps Division (FTL: Faster Than Light)
- Story of the Year (The Walking Dead)
- Indie Developer of the Year (Klei Entertainment)
- Music of the Year (Dustforce Soundtrack / Fastfall by Lifeformed)
- Local Multiplayer Game of the Year (Trials Evolution)
- Competitive Multiplayer Game of the Year (Planetside 2)
- Co-op Game of the Year (Orcs Must Die! 2)
- Handheld Game of the Year (Resident Evil Revelations)
- Mobile Game of the Year (Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land)
- Best Looking Game of the Year (Dust: An Elysian Tail)
Best Awards
- Best Debut (Dishonored)
- Game Against Humanity Award (Hotline Miami)
- Tingle Award for Worst Character (Redacted Character – Mass Effect 3)
- F*** Me Award (Spelunky)
- Queued Up Award (Planetside 2)
- Not Entertained Award (Twisted Metal)
- Mr. Dave Award for Best New Character (Vaas – Far Cry 3)
- Infinite Lives Award (Skyrim)
- Shock and Ahh Award (Silent Hill Downpour)
- Comeback Award (X-COM)
- BFG Award (Sleeping Dogs)
- Quickie Award (Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles)
- Date Night Award (Diablo III)
- More of These Award (Dragon’s Dogma)
Things That Matter
- Best Digital Butt (Chris Redfield – Resident Evil 6)
- Best Trucks (Halo 4)
- Best Hype Package (Borderlands 2)
- Best Gunz (Recurve Bow – Far Cry 3)
- Best Brosef (Garrus Vakarian – Mass Effect 3)
The Supplementals
It’s not just about the awards, it’s about the journey/fighting over opinions. We decided to take our arguments public this year, in addition to sharing our individual games of the year lists just to make sure we gave props and slams to all that were deserving of them.
Podcasts
Games of the Year 2012 Lists from the Horrible Night Writers
