Early Categories - Best U.I

nominees: Bulletstorm / Dead Space 2 / Alice - Madness Returns

WINNER: DEAD SPACE 2

Early Categories - Best Atmosphere

nominees: Dark Souls / Dead Space 2 / TES V - Skyrim

WINNER: SKYRIM

Early Categories - Best Armor designs

nominees: Dark Souls / Dead Space 2 / Dragon Age 2

WINNER: DARK SOULS

Early Categories - Best Weather

nominees: TES V - Skyrim / Gears of War 3 / The Witcher 2

WINNER: SKYRIM

Early Categories - Best Sound design

nominees: Shadows of the Damned / Dead Space 2 / TES V - Skyrim

WINNER: SHADOWS OF THE DAMNED

Early Categories - Best Sidekick

nominees: Johnson (Shadows of the Damned) / Wheatley (Portal 2) / Cole (Gears of War 3)

WINNER: WHEATLEY