The PC has been touted as a dying platform for games for several years now. Certainly, publishers focus on consoles more these days than ever before but the PC is still capable of things that consoles simply can’t achieve and the selection of nominated games reflects that well.
There could only ever really be one winner of this category though. Far more than just a simple PC game, this title has taken on a kind of cultural importance. So much so that huge console developer, Epic Games, has cited this game as an inspiration for its latest big Unreal-powered project. TheSixthAxis’ PC Game of the Year 2011 is Mojang’s masterpiece, Minecraft.
The Lone Steven
I’m not surprised that MineCraft has won GOTY on TSA but it feels like it’s been out longer. I may pick up Minecraft at some point as i can see myself liking it. I wonder if anyone has done a TSA theme thing in MineCraft?
I’m surprised that there’s not many games that got nominated for the PC award on TSA. :O
plutoniumdragon
@The Lone Steven – it has been out longer, the early Alpha’s were doing the rounds in 2009, it got featured quite heavily for a while on some of those “meme” sites.
KeRaSh
I hoped The Witcher would score higher but it’s still nice that it was even in the top 4. Great game. As for MC… What can I say? It’s a beautiful game. I love it. There are so many creative people out there who create really awesome maps every day. It’s like a new map pack is being released every other day. For free.
yogdog
Shogun 2 for me! Glad it grabbed second.