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• 3DS and Rage are big winners of E3 2010 Game Critics Awards

  Just one week after revealing the nominees of the E3 2010 Game Critics Awards, the numbers are in and the big winner is ... Nintendo's look-ma-no-glasses 3D handheld, the 3DS. But wait, the 3DS is just the Best of Show and Best Hardware winner! If you're looking for software, look no further than id Software's look-ma-crab-hands mutant-infested shooter, Rage, which took home the most awards in the show: Best Console Game, Best Action Game and Special Commendation for Graphics.

  If you think it must've been frustrating to be either Sony or Microsoft, both of which were busy showing off their newest motion-sensitive gadgetry, you'd be mostly right. Microsoft did have one small consolation prize: Dance Central, Harmonix's look-ma-no-coordination dancing game for Kinect, took the well-deserved Best Original Game and Best Motion Simulation prizes. None of Microsoft's first-party Kinect efforts and no PlayStation Move games, first-party or otherwise, made the list.

  Find the entire list of award winners, with links into our game pages for all of our coverage, after the break.

  Best of ShowNintendo 3DS

  (Nintendo)

  Best Original GameDance Central

  (Harmonix/MTV Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)

  Best Console GameRage

  (id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

  Best Handheld GameGod of War: Ghost of Sparta

  (Ready at Dawn/Sony Santa Monica for PSP)

  Best PC GamePortal 2

  (Valve)

  Best HardwareNintendo 3DS

  (Nintendo)

  Best Action GameRage

  (id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

  Best Action/Adventure GamePortal 2

  (Valve for PC / Mac, PS3 and Xbox 360)

  Best Role Playing GameStar Wars: The Old Republic

  (BioWare Austin/LucasArts/EA for PC)

  Best Fighting GameMarvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds

  (Capcom for PS3 and Xbox 360)

  Best Racing GameNeed for Speed Hot Pursuit

  (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

  Best Sports GameNBA Jam

  (EA Canada/EA Sports for Wii)

  Best Strategy GameCivilization V

  (Firaxis/2K Games for PC)

  Best Social/Casual GameRock Band 3

  (Harmonix/MTV Games/Electronic Arts for PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii)

  Best Motion Simulation GameDance Central

  (Harmonix/MTV Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)

  Best Online MultiplayerAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood

  (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

  Special Commendation for GraphicsRage

  (id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)