Best Downloadable Game
The nominees are:
Bastion
From Dust
Outland
Stacking
To the Moon
And The Winner Is…
Bastion
Both ends of the game’s forked tongue are as potent and downright paralyzing as a viper’s venom (I sat down with it and couldn’t move for anything). The organic flow of levels, never staying too long on one idea or purpose, throwing wrenches every which way. The balanced, responsive feel of the weapons, and the variety, not to mention a whole nest-full of give-and-take augments and abilities. The Bastion even customizes difficulty piece by piece, and gives incentive to push the limit with challenges.
– Dan Crabtree
Runner Up: To the Moon
WWE 12 beat out WWE All Stars? Absolute hogwash.
Yeah, we loved All-Stars, and some consider it more fitting for the “fighting” genre, but WWE 12 did a great job at pushing the sim side of pro wrestling, and felt deserving of the nomination.
It was a question whether or not to include a wrestling game here at all, actually.