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2011 in video games
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Numerous video games were released in 2011. Many awards went to games such as Batman: Arkham City, Portal 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Madden NFL 12, NBA 2K12, WWE '12, WWE All-Stars, and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. 2011 also marked the worldwide release of the Nintendo 3DS, the first console of the eighth generation.
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Series with new installments in 2011 include Ace Combat, Alice: Madness Returns, Assassin's Creed, Batman: Arkham, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Call of Juarez, Cities XL, Crysis, Dead Space, Deus Ex, Dragon Age, Driver, Duke Nukem, Dynasty Warriors, The Elder Scrolls, F.E.A.R, Forza Motorsport, Gears of War, Infamous, Killzone, The Legend of Zelda, LittleBigPlanet, Mario Kart, Modern Combat, Mortal Kombat, MX vs. ATV, Need for Speed, Operation Flashpoint, Pokémon, Portal, Rayman, Red Faction, Red Orchestra, Resistance, Saints Row, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Super Mario, Total War, Tropico, Uncharted, Sonic the Hedgehog, and The Witcher.
2011 saw the introduction of several new properties, including Bastion, Dark Souls, Dead Island, Homefront, L.A. Noire, Minecraft, Rage, and Skylanders.
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Legend
| 3DS | Nintendo 3DS, 3DS Virtual Console, iQue 3DS | BBOS | Term not found | DROID | Android |
| DS | Nintendo DS, DSiWare, iQue DS | iOS | iOS, iPadOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod | LIN | Linux |
| OSX | macOS | PS2 | PlayStation 2 | PS3 | PlayStation 3 |
| PSN | PlayStation Network | PSP | PlayStation Portable | WEB | Browser game |
| Wii | Wii, WiiWare, Wii Virtual Console | WIN | Microsoft Windows, all versions Windows 95 and up | WP | Windows Phone |
| X360 | Xbox 360, Xbox 360 Live Arcade |
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Hardware releases

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| Date | Console | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| February 26 | Nintendo 3DSJP | [citation needed] |
| April 1 | Xperia Play | [1] |
| October 23 | Wii (Family Edition/RVL-101 model)NA | [2] |
| December 17 | PlayStation VitaJP | [3] |
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Critically acclaimed titles
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Scores of 90+
Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.
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| Game | Publisher | Release Date | Platform | MC score | GR score |
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| Batman: Arkham City | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | October 18, 2011 | PS3 | 96/100 | 95.94% |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Bethesda Softworks | November 11, 2011 | X360 | 96/100 | 95.15% |
| Portal 2 | Valve | April 19, 2011 | WIN | 95/100 | 95.16% |
| Portal 2 | Valve | April 19, 2011 | X360 | 95/100 | 94% |
| Portal 2 | Valve | April 19, 2011 | PS3 | 95/100 | 93.95% |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Bethesda Softworks | November 11, 2011 | WIN | 94/100 | 94.42% |
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D | Nintendo | June 16, 2011 | 3DS | 94/100 | 93.89% |
| Batman: Arkham City | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | October 18, 2011 | X360 | 94/100 | 93.88% |
| Mass Effect 2 | Electronic Arts | January 17, 2011 | PS3 | 94/100 | 93.09% |
| The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | Nintendo | November 18, 2011 | Wii | 93/100 | 93.15% |
| LittleBigPlanet 2 | Sony Computer Entertainment | January 18, 2011 | PS3 | 91/100 | 92.04% |
| The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection | Sony Computer Entertainment | September 22, 2011 | PS3 | 92/100 | 91.79% |
| Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | Sony Computer Entertainment | November 1, 2011 | PS3 | 92/100 | 91.78% |
| Rayman Origins | Ubisoft | November 15, 2011 | Wii | 92/100 | 91.27% |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Bethesda Softworks | November 11, 2011 | PS3 | 92/100 | 88% |
| Pushmo | Nintendo | October 5, 2011 | 3DS | 90/100 | 91.5% |
| Gears of War 3 | Microsoft Game Studios | September 20, 2011 | X360 | 91/100 | 91.49% |
| Forza Motorsport 4 | Microsoft Game Studios | October 11, 2011 | X360 | 91/100 | 90.66% |
| Batman: Arkham City | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | October 18, 2011 | WIN | 91/100 | 90.43% |
| FIFA 12 | EA Sports | September 27, 2011 | PS3 | 90/100 | 90.65% |
| FIFA 12 | EA Sports | September 27, 2011 | X360 | 90/100 | 90.55% |
| Bastion | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | December 9, 2011 | WIN | 86/100 | 90.36% |
| Deus Ex: Human Revolution | Square Enix | August 23, 2011 | WIN | 90/100 | 90.19% |
| Metal Gear Solid HD Collection | Konami | November 8, 2011 | PS3 | 89/100 | 90.14% |
| Super Mario 3D Land | Nintendo | November 3, 2011 | 3DS | 90/100 | 90.09% |
| MLB 11: The Show | Sony Computer Entertainment | March 8, 2011 | PS3 | 90/100 | 89.88% |
| NBA 2K12 | 2K | October 4, 2011 | PS3 | 90/100 | 89.81% |
| Metal Gear Solid HD Collection | Konami | November 8, 2011 | X360 | 90/100 | 89.81% |
| Limbo | Playdead | July 19, 2011 | PS3 | 90/100 | 89.55% |
| Total War: Shogun 2 | Sega | March 15, 2011 | WIN | 90/100 | 89.42% |
| Dead Space 2 | Electronic Arts | January 25, 2011 | X360 | 90/100 | 89.1% |
| FIFA 12 | EA Sports | September 27, 2011 | WIN | 90/100 | 90%[6] |
| NBA 2K12 | 2K | October 4, 2011 | X360 | 90/100 | 88.39% |
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Major awards
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Video game-based film and television releases
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| Title | Date | Director | Distributor(s) | Franchise | Original game publisher | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Player | March 13, 2011 | Damon Santostefano | Nickelodeon | — | — | [7] |
| Mortal Kombat: Legacy | April 11, 2011 | Kevin Tancharoen | Machinima, Inc. | Mortal Kombat | Midway Games | [8] |
| Victini and Reshiram/Victini and Zekrom | July 16, 2011 | Kunihiko Yuyama | Toho | Pokémon | Game Freak | [9] |
| Tekken: Blood Vengeance | July 26, 2011 | Yōichi Mōri | Asmik Ace | Tekken | Bandai Namco | [10] |
| Dragon Age: Redemption | October 10, 2011 | Peter Winther | — | Dragon Age | BioWare | [11] |
| Assassin's Creed: Embers | November 15, 2011 | Laurent Bernier | Ubisoft | Assassin's Creed | Ubisoft | [12] |
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Events
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| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| January 6 - 9 | International Consumer Electronics Show 2011 held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | [13] |
| February 26 | The Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo's newest handheld console, releases in Japan. | [14] |
| February 28 – March 4 | Game Developers Conference 2011 held in San Francisco, California. | [15] |
| March 11 | As a result of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, certain video game releases were cancelled or postponed. Additionally, several servers used for Internet gaming were shut down temporarily. | [citation needed] |
| March 11 - 13 | PAX East 2011 held in Boston, Massachusetts. | [16] |
| March 25 - 31 | The Nintendo 3DS released in America, Europe and Australia. | [citation needed] |
| April 20 | PlayStation Network services were suspended by Sony. The suspension lasted for 23 days. | [citation needed] |
| May 19 | South Korea passes a law known as the "Youth Protection Revision Act", which regulates children under the age of sixteen playing online video games. | [citation needed] |
| June 6 | Twitch.tv, a video game livestreaming service and website that focuses on video game content and esports is launched. | [citation needed] |
| June 7 - 9 | E3 2011 was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. | [17] |
| June 21 | Sonic the Hedgehog, one of the best-selling video game franchises of all-time, celebrated its 20th anniversary. | [citation needed] |
| June 27 | The Supreme Court of the United States issues their ruling on Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, declaring video games as protected free speech. | [citation needed] |
| August 4 - 7 | QuakeCon 2011: The massive annual LAN party held in Dallas, Texas. | [citation needed] |
| August 15 - 17 | Game Developers Conference 2011 Europe held in Cologne, Germany. | [citation needed] |
| August 18 - 22 | Gamescom 2011 held at Cologne, Germany | [citation needed] |
| August 26 - 28 | PAX Prime 2011 held in Seattle, Washington. | [18] |
| September 9 | The Crash Bandicoot franchise celebrated it's 15th anniversary. | [19] |
| September 15–18 | Tokyo Game Show 2011 | [citation needed] |
| September 22–25 | Eurogamer Expo 2011 held in Earls Court in London, England. | [citation needed] |
| October 15–16 | EB Games Expo 2011 held in Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Australia. | [citation needed] |
| October 21–22 | BlizzCon 2011 held in Anaheim Convention Center in California. | [citation needed] |
| November 18–19 | Minecon held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Minecraft gets its full release on the 18th. | [citation needed] |
| December 3 | 10th anniversary of the Jak and Daxter series. | [20] |
| December 10 | Spike Video Game Awards. | [citation needed] |
| December 17 | PlayStation Vita was released in Japan. | [citation needed] |
| December 31 | Artech Studios disbanded. | [citation needed] |
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Notable deaths
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- May 20 – Randy Savage, 58, pro wrestler and actor (cover star of WWF WrestleMania Challenge, WWF Super WrestleMania, WWE All Stars).[21]
- October 5 – Steve Jobs, 56, businessman and creator of Apple and iOS.[22]
Games released in 2011
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