E3 2012 Retrospective: Who Took Future’s Most Valuable Game Awards?

E3 is truly the show that never ceases giving. Long after the fervent fanatics led their en masse exodus from L.A's convention center (leaving a window or two cracked to expunge the all-pervasive stench of sweat, geek and sweaty geek from the superbly-upholstered interior), various attention-worthy matters remain to report. Today, we bring you the results of Future's Most Valuable Game Awards. Premiering at the preceding show, this tasks the entertainment/media/publishing colossus with selecting the choice cuts of gaming steak from this year's sumptuous cow's ass of a bounty. These are elected by editors from Future's most venerated publications, such as Official Xbox Magazine and GamesRadar.

Dead Space 3, Assassin's Creed 3 and Watch Dogs performed admirably, (without getting pissed and launching vicious verbal volleys of expletives and handfuls of man-turd at journalists. As, I'm assured, these ‘video games' are frequently wont to do) while some lesser releases also made fleeting Mr.Chad-over-the-wall appearances in the lists.

Hit the jump for the full aggregation of winners, and the latest footage from the top picks for your delectation.

GamesRadar.com Winners:

Assassin's Creed III
Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Dead Space 3

Far Cry 3

Injustice: Gods Among Us

The Last of Us

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Resident Evil 6

Tomb Raider

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Pikmin 3

Beyond: Two Souls

Watch Dogs

ZombiU

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

PC Gamer Winners:

Assassin's Creed III

Company of Heroes 2

Crysis 3

Dead Space 3

Gameglobe

Lego Batman 2

Metro: Last Light

Quantum Conundrum

SimCity

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Official XBOX Magazine Winners:

Assassin's Creed III

Dishonored

Dead Space 3

Halo 4

Injustice: Gods Among Us

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Metro: Last Light

Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Tomb Raider

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

@Gamer Winners:

Assassin's Creed III

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Dead Space 3

Dishonored

Far Cry 3

The Last of Us

Halo 4

Watch Dogs

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Beyond: Two Souls

PlayStation: The Official Magazine Winners:

Assassin's Creed III

Dead Space 3

Dishonored

God of War: Ascension

The Last of Us

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Tomb Raider

Beyond: Two Souls

Watch Dogs

DUST 514

Nintendo Power Winners:


ZombiU

New Super Mario Bros. U

Rayman Legends

Pikmin 3

Assassin's Creed III

Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

The Last Story - XSEED

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow-Mirror of Fate

Kingdom Hearts 3D

Project P-100

You're nut-numbingly stupefied at the dominance of Assassin's Creed 3, I don't doubt... The game continues to stride forth majestically on the gaming horizon, like a wondrous several-tonne mech colossus. Creative Director Alex Hutchinson shares some pearls of wisdom below:

Finally, some footage from some other show highlights, Dead Space 3 and Watch Dogs:

Source: digitalfuture.