Numerous video games were released in 2011. Many awards went to games such as ', Portal 2, ', ', Madden NFL 12, NBA 2K12, WWE '12, WWE All-Stars, and '. 2011 also marked the worldwide release of the Nintendo 3DS, the first console of the eighth generation.
Series with new installments in 2011 include Ace Combat, ', Assassin's Creed, ', 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, ', Resistance, Saints Row, ', 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.
The following is a list of game consoles released in 2011.
This year saw the release of the first two consoles in the eighth generation of gaming, the Nintendo 3DS and the PlayStation Vita (only in Japan).
Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.