250,000 votes. Even more page views. Over 6,000 Facebook 'Likes'. Hundreds of Tweets.
When we asked the CVG readership to elect their Most Anticipated game of E3, we had no idea of the incredible, global response it would attract.
To refresh, for the past three weeks, our reader poll has given you all the chance to vote for a choice of 60 titles on our Most Anticipated long list.
In addition to the number of poll votes each nominated game has received, CVG's decided our winner based on the amount of 'buzz' generated by each title's special E3 Award-branded preview - taking into account Facebook Likes, Retweets and the number of times each page had been read.
Here, we can finally unveil your Top Five hottest games of the show. Congratulations to every one. Just writing about them has got us salivating for what next week has in store. E3 2011. Let's do this.
= 5: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
The all-too-common thinking these days is that Japanese games and the Resident Evil franchise have both taken a tumble in gamers' affections in the last few years. Not according to our results, where Operation Raccoon City proved our fifth most popular preview on the site in terms of page views.
= 5: Dead Island
Publisher: Deep Silver
Developer: Techland
Thought Call Of Juarez developer Techland's zombie open-world FPS head smasher couldn't maintain the excitement of that trailer? You thought wrong, friend.
We're expecting to see much more in terms of blood-splattered gameplay from this one in Los Angeles, as it shapes up to mix the best of Borderlands and Left 4 Dead into one skull-caving package.
4: Battlefield 3
Publisher: EA
Developer: DICE
The big guns cometh. Our preview of Battlefield 3 was the most popular on the site for a long time, and a consistently read piece throughout the three weeks of our E3 2011 Awards. More to the point, it was a huge smash in terms of poll votes, where it clearly took the No.4 spot, whilst was also perhaps the most enthusiastically Retweeted game we nominated.
3: Batman: Arkham City
Publisher: Warner Bros
Developer: Rocksteady
We always knew the Dark Knight would be popular, but his captivated fanbase certainly did Bruce Wayne proud. There were only two games that even came close to challenging this one in terms of the popularity of its preview on CVG, and this strength was supplemented by the best showing on Twitter of any game we nominated and a solid Top Three performance in the reader poll.
2: Mass Effect 3
Publisher: EA
Developer: BioWare
From the moment we posted its preview, Mass Effect 3's popularity was never in doubt. It took a clear second spot in the reader poll and our page view count, with thousands upon thousands of you dedicating your digital ballot paper to helping it level up.
1: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Publisher: Bethesda
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
The undisputed champ: the most popular article from of our entire list of 60, the No.1 game in our reader poll and a social media hit. Fans are desperate for an Elder Scrolls that lives up to five years' long wait, and Bethesda is delivering in spades.
We'll be rushing towards this one at E3 like gamers possessed - along with every other sane human being on the show floor.
"With all the great games being shown at E3 this year, we're honoured that CVG's readers have chosen Skyrim as their most anticipated game," said Bethesda's VP of marketing and PR, Pete Hines.
"We'll try to be worthy of that recognition - and give you plenty on Skyrim to see and read about at the show."
Look out for more CVG E3 2011 Awards during and after the show - including details of one more special reader-voted category
Comments
30 comments so far...
StonecoldMC on 3 Jun '11 said:
Well, you cant disagree with the people and the people have spoken.
Personally, I would swap a couple of Games from the ones listed, but you cant really argue with the choices, they all look to be stonking Games!
All I know is that E3 2011 is going to be a Cracker
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iggy666 on 3 Jun '11 said:
Good list,Skyrim has to No.1 but surely the biggest surprise is that there's no...MW3
a3HeadedMonkey on 3 Jun '11 said:
Bulls**t!
IGN's most anticipated game of E3 is more on the money!
originalbadboy on 3 Jun '11 said:
That looks about right to me ... They would have been my top five too ...
At least MW3 (spit) wasnt in the list.
JOHNKARA on 3 Jun '11 said:
It is a strong list but am surprised by a few ommissions, notably UC3 and The Last Guardian. Also, the inclusion of Dead Island at #5 is a surprise too.
MattyR95 on 3 Jun '11 said:
If it were my list i'd replace dead island and raccoon city with uncharted 3 and MGS: Rising.
g7punkfuk25 on 3 Jun '11 said:
well i agree a little. uncharted 3's top of my list. but then there's gears and of course Skyrim. still i want more uncharted
flash501 on 3 Jun '11 said:
Skyrim is my undoubted number 1 too. No Uncharted 3???
griffa94 on 3 Jun '11 said:
I'm so happy that Battlefield made it into the top 5 and MW3 didnt!
could this be DICE's chance to overtake Activision and infinity ward o.o
and I'm ecstatic Skyrim is first !
Ellscore on 3 Jun '11 said:
This list hasn't made me wet. I would quite like to see the vote totals and calculation methods. Something seems a bit fishy.
gmcb007 on 3 Jun '11 said:
I misread that there before scrolling down. I actually thought 'Racoon City' was the most voted. That would have scared me.
ricflair on 3 Jun '11 said:
Batman from that list. None of those games really excite me but then not many on the list did to be honest. Although I've never played an Elder Scrolls game before, so I'm a little intrigued about that.
It's pretty much Nintendo for me this year. Although it always is, just sometimes I'm left a little disappointed.
Oh and Anarchy Reigns is quite possibly top.
shogunreaper on 3 Jun '11 said:
I fail to see how uncharted 3 didn't even make the list, not to mention get beat out by resident evil and dead island lol?
KiZEETA on 3 Jun '11 said:
Am I the only one who wasn't impressed at all by the Dead Island trailer, and think the game itself looks fairly... well, s**t?
Polarwiseman II on 3 Jun '11 said:
My guess is because people who own either console would be voting for them, but if you only own a 360 you wont really care about Uncharted too much, and if you only own a PS3 you aren't as bothered about Gears.
duende667 on 3 Jun '11 said:
yeah i have to say i was'nt too impressed with it either.the graphics and game mechanics look a bit far cry 1 to me...
aawells07 on 3 Jun '11 said:
Yeah im with ya on the Dead Island gameplay.I went from being pretty excited to not caring at all about it and that to me is a shame as i had high hopes for it. It drives me crazy sometimes when devs make absolute sh*t games. Skyrim was and is on the top of my list im foaming at the mouth to see some more gameplay of it at E3.
Imaduck on 3 Jun '11 said:
Dead Island?
Surprised Gears 3 isn't there.
Barca Azul on 3 Jun '11 said:
Vote like FIFA, was rigged. I had to select 3 games from 3 categories. Not my top 3 games. Batman and U3 were in the same category for example.
Marlonjb on 3 Jun '11 said:
I'd have shuffled a few around, taken some out, put others in but at least the MW crowd haven't started blocking everything up yet.
Reegeee on 3 Jun '11 said:
Wasn't GTA 5 in the list? I'm sure I voted for that.
360_Fan on 4 Jun '11 said:
No Gears or GTA5. GTA5 probably due to the lack of info out there. R* certainly know how to keep a secret.
Felly117 on 4 Jun '11 said:
Woo hoo Skyrim number 1! This is the game I'm looking forward to more than any other ever! EXCLAMATION MARK!!!
sweatyBallacks on 4 Jun '11 said:
Yep Skyrim is my most anticipated too, but I'm also really looking forward to seeing a bit more on RAGE.
The_Jaster on 4 Jun '11 said:
Most anticipated for me is anticipating a game that is yet to be revealed.
pRM8 on 4 Jun '11 said:
3 of those are definite purchases for me, BF3, ME3 and Skyrim. Batman can wait till it's at a bargain bucket price and I've not been interested in a resident evil game since the Gamecube days.
Happy to see many people are excited about Skyrim as I am
LiqzZ on 4 Jun '11 said:
wtf is up with the batman obsession? Totally don't get it.
COOKIELICIOUS on 4 Jun '11 said:
wow im surprised MW3 isnt on the list, i guess gamers are got their eyes open with that black ops disaster
Joe90_Remy700 on 5 Jun '11 said:
i know. i thought it was the game that parents dead set on their child not playing MW2/BO had to play instead. maybe i'm wrong, but its still a superhero game.
no suprise skyrim is top, i gave it a vote as i would love to see it but with BF3 out at the same time i wont pick up skyrim till after xmas, it will be a fantastic game. RE has a big fanbase, i enjoyed the first few but 5 was really bad and has put me off future ones.
but the big story is... MW3! no votes! shocking. genuinely
BenThomasFoster on 6 Jun '11 said:
although yea i agree for how good the scores on UC series have been and for it not to be in top 5 is little suprising but that list is EXTREMAL SOUND SPECIALLY THE TOP 2 both are my top 2 anticipated and both have an amazing game series behind thejm, being developed by the best dev's in the business both having given tantalising details about the gameplay and With elder scroll's amazing look land and free roam and with ME3 story and setting.
I respect batman being in there but super hero games don't real "inspire me" maybe because i don't really like how it's already a franchise built on solid foundations and all that movies and games do to that is destroy what was once good about them