18/01/12 – Readers of the world’s largest games website IGN ( http://www.ign.com) have named The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword their game of 2011 in IGN’s annual “Best of” awards.

The long-awaited Nintendo Wii title was the resounding winner of the IGN People’s Choice Game of 2011 category in the “Best of” awards - beating Bethesda’s multi-format title, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Naughty Dog’s PS3 exclusive, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. The hotly contested category saw more than 30,000 gamers have their say on the best last year had to offer.

The IGN People’s Choice Game of 2011

1.       The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo Wii)

2.     The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Microsoft Xbox 360, PC, Sony PlayStation 3)

3.     Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Sony PlayStation 3)

4.     Batman: Arkham City (Microsoft Xbox 360, PC, Sony PlayStation 3)

5.     Portal 2 (Microsoft Xbox 360, PC, Sony PlayStation 3)

IGN’s team of Editors and writers in the US, UK and Australia named Valve’s puzzler, Portal 2 as their game of the year, stating that “no single game charmed, challenged and awed us like Portal 2 has.”

The full results of IGN’s “Best of 2011” awards, which attracted 300,000 votes across games, comics, TV, movies and tech categories are available online now at - http://uk.ign.com/wikis/best-of-2011.

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