PlayStation Game and Community Awards 2011

Grab your chance to vote for the best community members and your favourite PlayStation games of 2011.

From 9 January 2012 to 3 February 2012, you should visit the official PlayStation Forums to take part in the PlayStation Game and Community Awards 2011.

The awards are divided into two stages: nominations and voting. During the nominations stage, you can back your favourite in each category and the top ten in each section will go through to the voting stage*, which runs up until 3 February before the winners are revealed on 6 February 2012.

Key dates

• 9 January 2012: Nominations open.
• 23 January 2012: Nominations close.
• 27 January 2012: Voting opens.
• 3 February 2012: Voting closes.
• 6 February 2012: Winners announced.

Game Awards 2011

• PlayStation 3 Game of the Year.
• PlayStation Move Game of the Year.
• Best Multiplayer Mode in a PS3 Game.
• PSP Game of the Year.
• PlayStation Network Service of the Year.
• Downloadable Game of the Year.
• Downloadable Game Add-ons of the Year.
• Most Anticipated PS Vita Game.
• Most Anticipated PlayStation Game of 2012.
• Most Wanted Trophy.
• Best Art and Design in a PlayStation Video Game.
• Video Game Character of the Year.

Community Awards 2011

• Friendliest Online Gamer.
• Most Helpful Member.
• Funniest Member. 
• Best Clan.
• Best Community Event or Contest.
• Thread of the Year.
• Most Creative Member of the Year.
• Best PSN Online ID Created in 2011.
• Newbie of the Year.

Head over to the official PlayStation Forums to get involved now in the PlayStation Game and Community Awards 2011.

In order to vote, you'll need to create a Sony Entertainment Network Account, either on a PlayStation 3 system or a Wi-Fi enabled PSP system. Alternatively, you can create one on a PC by visiting au.playstation.com/registration.

* In order to take part in the voting stage, you need to have been a registered PlayStation Community member for at least two weeks.

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