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Today marked the end of yet another year of another E3 for 4Player Podcast. We saw and played a lot of the hottest games that will be hitting store shelves over the next year. This year also marked the first year that we handed out booth awards to games that warranted engaging discussions and sparked our imagination. While some titles like "Bioshock Infinite" and "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" are certainly deserving of awards (and believe me, they did), it just isn't the 4PP way to hand out nominations and awards to the obvious choices. In celebration of our first actual "booth awards", I have included photos of our awards on each of the booths! With that said, I present to you the 4PP E3 2011 Game of Show Runner Ups:


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While the games mentioned above are certainly shining examples of games that we all are very excited to play in the coming year, there is still something to be said for sheer surprise. Games like Hitman and Tomb Raider, while not perfect, are games that are willingly breaking the mold and taking chances in order to keep things interesting. Surprisingly, it was another game that none of us had high expectations for that took us by surprise and earned our "2011 Game of Show Award"

4PP E3 2011 Game of the Show

Sharing a booth with a game like Skyrim is daunting for a developer i'm sure but the guys at Human Head Games held their head high as they showed off their latest title, Prey 2 to unexpecting audiences. Even in an age where all of us suffer from severe shooter fatigue, a game like Prey 2 which is still a FPS at it's core, left us with our jaw on the floor. Be sure to read my full preview from yesterday for the details!

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    LostKing
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Prey 2 was my choice too, its on the top of my hype list, good form for human head.

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    kd_battletoad
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Great choice for nomination and excellent choice for Game of the Show. Prey 2 looks like a great game with a fresh and unique style which the FPS genre of this decade needs.

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    Fodie
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Prey 2 really surprised me from what I've read and seen. Very nice to see this earn some accolades.

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    Cramoss
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Since Prey 2's CGI trailer I've been really interested about this game, I love the style and the Mirror's Edge elements.

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    Necrodancer
    12 years, 9 months ago

    You just know Chris Hecker is going to be pestering you for one of those awards...

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    Dano25655
    12 years, 9 months ago

    I realized your awards don't have the website link on them, but I guess they can just look up 4Player Podcast on Google or something.

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    Mufasagoose
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Nice nominees and great choice for Game of the Show. The awards are precious.

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    AkumaBear
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Those are some awesome nominees and I'm definitely hyped about Prey 2, very interesting.

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    Zladko
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Good choice. Prey 2 looks great.

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    Sickbrain
    12 years, 9 months ago

    So the game that didn't show the actual game play got the Best Game of E3?

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    Relay
    12 years, 9 months ago

    That's surprising. (For me atleast) I trust your judgments and will look forward to what this game to become.

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    ArcHeRHooD
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Yeah, I for one was really surprised with how Prey 2 looked. At first I was kinda sad they didn't have the Portals from the original, but now that might not be so bad at all.

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    XLD50X
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Ah, a nice surprise, also like the XCOM choice as i have been looking forward to seeing/hearing more about it. Not to mention this is one hell of a way to get the 4PP name out there :>

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    Comradebearjew
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Can't say I expected that.

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    MasterVader
    12 years, 9 months ago

    I just watched a video of a stage demo of Prey 2 and was surprised how fun it looks. Great choice for game of show.

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    TheSage
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Great choice for game of the show.

    Prey 2 has been the biggest surprise from what I've seen, and even though it comes out next year, and there are bigger games that come out before (Skyrim, ME3), I am maybe more excited for Prey 2 than those games.

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    GaiusBaltar
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Sometimes obvious choices for Game of E3 are obvious for a reason. The original Prey was poor at best and Im surprised they were even green lit for Prey 2. How many games do you know of that the original is bad and the sequel is the GOTY? I actively quit playing FPS games 2 years ago and have been looking for a reason to play one again...maybe your game of show will be it. But ill look forward to Skyrim in the meantime.

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    Hitman
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Wait, even though I'm not involved with the gaming community at all, If I go to pax with 6 stickers, and give my actual feelings about a game, I could do that?

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