Viewers vote for favourite family game
The awards vote on games in each of the following age groups:
- Infants: New Super Mario Bros U
- Juniors: Skylanders Giant
- Teens: LEGO Lord of the Rings
- Students: Trials Evolution
- Workers: Halo 4
- Parents: The Walking Dead
- Seniors: Professor Layton and Miracle Mask
Here's how the voting broke down this year:
| Vote for Infant Game of Year (3 to 6 yrs) | |||
| Kinect Sesame Street TV | 9% | ||
| Go Vacation | 7% | ||
| New Super Mario Bros U | 43% | ||
| Just Dance 4 | 41% | ||
| Vote for Juniors Game of Year (7 to 11 yrs) | |||
| Skylanders Giants | 53% | ||
| LittleBigPlanet Karting | 13% | ||
| Epic Mickey 2 | 13% | ||
| Wonderbook | 20% | ||
| Vote for Teen Game of Year (12 to 15 yrs) | |||
| Rocksmith | 28% | ||
| Lego Lord of the Rings | 41% | ||
| F1 Race Stars | 17% | ||
| Paper Mario Sticker Star | 15% | ||
| Vote for Student Game of Year (16 to 17 yrs) | |||
| Trials Evolution | 36% | ||
| Deadlight | 0% | ||
| Little Big Planet Vita | 30% | ||
| Xenoblade Chronicles | 34% | ||
| Vote for Worker Game of Year (18 and over) | |||
| Uncharted Golden Abyss | 18% | ||
| Fez | 4% | ||
| Need for Speed Most Wanted | 20% | ||
| Halo 4 | 57% | ||
| Vote for Parent Game of Year | |||
| <Papo and Yo | 8% | ||
| The Walking Dead | 54% | ||
| Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed | 29% | ||
| XCOM: Enemy Unknown | 8% | ||
| Vote for Grandparent Game of the Year | |||
| Pinball Arcade | 7% | ||
| Unfinished Swan | 7% | ||
| Rhythm Thief | 19% | ||
| Prof Layton Miracle Mask | 67% | ||
Games are selected for the award throughout the year, one in each category in each season. The awards are now looking ahead to 2013 and picking games to be voted on for Spring. The games selected aim to reflect the age-centric nature of FGTV family viewers.
You can browse the winning games over the years by the following age group pages — Infants, Juniors, Teens, Students, Workers, Parents and Seniors. Each of these should provide a good starting point for choosing games. Unlike the ESRB or PEGI ratings the games here also reflect how well a person of that age will enjoy the experience as well as how appropriate the content is for them.
