Gamerate Announces Game of the Year 2011 – Gamers Choice Awards

Gamerate has announced that the "Gamers Choice Awards" will start on Monday, October 8th.  The company stated, "32 Nominated games are divided  into pairs/battles/matches,  winner of each pair/battle advance to next round. (Similar to NHL playoff bracket/tree). Gamers are voting for games by Gamerate.net account and by social network buttons (Facebook, Google +1, Twitter)." Read on to learn more!

Where: Gamers are voting for games by Gamerate account and social networks (FB, G+, Twitter). Visit the official website to learn more: http://gamerate.net/awards/game-of-year-2011/

What: 32 Nominated games are splited into pairs/battles/matches, winner of each pair/battle advance to next round. (Similar to NHL playoff bracket/tree).

Round Details:

• Round 1: October 8 - October 22, 2012 (32 Games)
• Round 2: October 22 - November 5, 2012 (16 Games)
• Round 3: November 5 - November 19, 2012 (8 Games)
• Round 4: November 19 - December 3, 2012 (4 Games)
• Round 5: December 3 - December 17, 2012 (2 Games)

(Gamers can add from 1 till 4 votes in each battle (If they have FB, G+ and Twitter accounts)).

16 Battles in first round:

• Anno 2070 vs Assassin's Creed Revelations
• Bastion vs Battlefield 3
• Bulletstorm vs Batman Arkham City
• Crysis 2 vs Call of-Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Dark Souls vsDead Island
• Dead Space 2 vs Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Dragon Age II vs Duke Nukem Forever
• Fifa 12 vs Gears of War 3
• L.A. Noire vs Limbo
• LittleBigPlanet 2 vs Minecraft
• Portal 2 vs Rage
• Skyrim vs The Old Republic
• To the Moon vs Shogun 2: Total War
• Trine 2 vs Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
• World of Tanks vs The Witcher 2
• Batman: Arkham City vs LittleBigPlanet 2

How: Gamers can add votes in each battle by:
1. Gamerate account
2. Facebook like button
3. Google plus button
4. Twitter button