It's that time of year again: the presents are unwrapped, the Steam Holiday Sale is in full swing, and we're giving a tip our sweet green fedoras to the PC games that impressed us the most in 2011. This has been one of the most amazing years on record, and the list of awesome games the GameSpy crew had to whittle down to just a few winners was imposing indeed. Some of these calls were no-brainers, others made us want to bash each other's brains out and eat them. After all, what kind of game is Minecraft, anyway? But call them we did, and here's how it all went down. Read on to see which of the games that came out this year we think you absolutely can't afford to miss.


GameSpy's 2011 Videogame Award Categories

Monday, December 26th
Shooter of the Year
Puzzle Game of the Year

Tuesday, December 27th
PC Exclusive of the Year
Strategy Game of the Year

Wednesday, December 28th
RPG of the Year
Adventure Game of the Year

Thursday, December 29th
Action Game of the Year
MMO of the Year

Friday, December 30th
Special Award
Free-to-Play Game of the Year
MOBA of the Year
GameSpy's 2011 Game of the Year


Click on through for the winners: