Though the nominees were announced less than a week ago, the clandestine cabal of award-bestowing Game Critics have narrowed the field and announced the Best of E3 winners. Those dudes work pretty fast, apparently.
To the surprise of essentially no one, BioShock Infinite took home all four awards it was nominated for, including Best PC Game, Best Action/Adventure Game, Best Original Game, and the most-covered Game of the Show award.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Battlefield 3, and Sound Shapes were the other multi-award-winners, with two apiece.
Elsewhere, the PlayStation Vita took home the award for Best Hardware, edging out the Wii U (which, to be fair, wasn't really showing any actual games), Sony's own proprietary 3D display monitor (we think they're okay with this loss), Ubisoft's guitar game RockSmith, and some Nyko-produced Kinect thing.
Among the few big games shut out entirely, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Batman: Arkham City, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 all went home empty-handed.
If you're really into seeing the words "BioShock" and "Infinite" repeated over and over again in a list-based format, you can check out the full roster of winners below.
== TEASER ==Best of Show
BioShock Infinite
(Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Original Game
BioShock Infinite
(Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Console Game
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
(Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda for PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Handheld Game
Sound Shapes
(Queasy Games/SCEA for PSVita)
Best PC Game
BioShock Infinite
(Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Hardware
PlayStation Vita
(Sony Computer Entertainment)
Best Action Game
Battlefield 3
(DICE/EA Games for PC)
Best Action/Adventure Game
BioShock Infinite
(Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Role Playing Game
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
(Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda for PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Fighting Game
Street Fighter X Tekken
(Capcom/Capcom for PS3, Xbox 360, PSVita)
Best Racing Game
Forza 4
(Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
Best Sports Game
FIFA 12
(EA Canada/EA Sports for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Strategy Game
From Dust
(Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Social/Casual Game
Sound Shapes
(Queasy Games/SCEA for PSVita)
Best Motion Simulation Game
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
(Nintendo EAD/Nintendo for Wii)
Best Online Multiplayer
Battlefield 3
(DICE/EA Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Downloadable Game
Bastion
(Supergiant Games/WB Games for PC, Xbox 360)