2012 Nominee Fast Facts

Games With Multiple Nominations

Four Nominations:
Dishonored
Halo 4
The Last of Us

Three Nominations:
Assassin's Creed III
Tomb Raider

Two Nominations:
Beyond: Two Souls
Borderlands
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Company of Heroes 2
Dance Central 3
Game & Wario (wt)
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Planetside 2
Quantum Conundrum
SimCity
Unfinished Swam
XCOM: EnemY Unknown

Publisher Breakdown
(Plus Trend Analysis Over Past 4 Years)

Sony Computer Entertainment
12 nominations (-2 from 2011; +6 from 2010; -1 from 2009; +1 from 2008)

Microsoft
8 nominations (-3 from 2011; -3 from 2010; +3 from 2009; +1 from 2008)

Electronic Arts
8 nominations (-6 from 2011; -7 from 2010; -10 from 2009; -13 from 2008)

Nintendo
8 nominatinos (+2 from 2011; +3 from 2010; +3 from 2009; +5 from 2008)

Bethesda
6 nominations  (+1 from 2011; Same as 2010; +6 from 2009; +3 from 2008)

Square Enix
6 nominations (+3 from 2011; +5 from 2010; +3 from 2009; +4 from 2008)

Ubisoft
5 nominations (-2 from 2011; Same as 2010; +2 from 2009; +1 from 2008)

2K Games
5 nominations (Same as 2011; +3 from 2010; +4 from 2009: +5 from 2008)

Sega
3 nominations

THQ
3 nominations (+1 from 2011; +1 from 2010; +3 from 2009; Same as 2008)

Activision
3 nominations (+1 from 2011; +1 from 2010; -7 from 2009; +2 from 2008)

Namco
2 nominations (-1 from 2011; +2 from 2010; Same as 2009; +1 from 2008)

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
2 nominations (-4 from 2011; Same as 2010; -1 from 2009; +1 from 2008)

SOE
2 nominations

Atlus
2 nominations

Nominee Breakdown by Platform

(Multiplatform games are counted in all appropriate platform tallies. Information based on announced platforms for each game as of 6/20/12. Does not include hardware/peripherals)

PlayStation 3
52 nominations (+4 from 2011; +13 from 2010; +13 from 2009; +14 from 2008)

Xbox 360
48 nominations (-7 from 2011; +2 from 2010; +6 from 2009; +6 from 2009)

PC
41 nominations (-1 from 2011; +11 from 2010; +18 from 2009; +14 from 2008)

PSVita
7 nominations (same as 2011)

3DS
6 nominations (+1 from 2011)

Wii
4 nominations (+2 from 2011; -10 from 2010; -4 from 2009; -4 from 2008)

Wii U
5 nominations (+4 from 2011)

iPad
1 nomination (same as 2011)