Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimis the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards Game of the Year. I knew it. I won’t tell you what I chose as a Spike Video Game Awards panelist judge, but I bet you could guess.

It was a shame that the staff, led by Game Director Todd Howard, didn’t have time for a proper acceptance tonight. The show threatened to teabag any presenter that went over the time limit.

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Skyrimalso won Best RPG, and Bethesda won Best Game Studio. Congrats, guys.

Skyrimbeat out four other really incredible games:Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Batman: Arkham CityandPortal 2. What an amazing year for videogames.

A battle scene in Battlefield 6 Open Beta

Check out the full list of this years awards and winners:

BEST INDEPENDENT GAMEMinecraft

BEST ADAPTED VIDEO GAMEBatman: Arkham City

BEST SONG IN A GAME“Build that Wall (Zia’s Theme)” by Darren Korb –Bastion

BEST ORIGINAL SCOREBastion

BEST GRAPHICSUncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALEStephen Merchant as Wheatley –Portal 2

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALEEllen McLain as GLaDOS –Portal 2

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A snap of the upcoming MESA update in PEAK

Naked Snake sneaking around in MGS Delta.

Battlefield 6 aiming RPG at a helicopter

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Milla Jovovich portraying Alice in Resident Evil 2002, wearing a red dress and holding a gun in her hand.