Spike TV outlines the winners of their Video Game Awards, which were handed out last night. Their Game of the Year winner is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which prevailed over a field that included Batman: Arkham City, The Legend of Zelda, Skyward Sword, Portal 2, and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.
Alamar wrote on Dec 11, 2011, 18:44: As for Skyrim as GOTY... I think it's a fine game... And I think, if it had been released in January, it wouldn't be up on the radar... -Alamar
Nah, people would have remembered it. Plus with the modding community behind it (because the mod kit would be out April/May), we would have some awesome mods for replayability. Nothing else would have come close....