User blog comment:Dr Mutran/Mass Effect 3 in VGA 2012 (Results)/@comment-737801-20121208193617/@comment-737801-20121208205346

The decision in those two categories I mentioned are completely decided by fans. The others are voted on by a panel who are not privy to the votes that fans make. Fans can say what they want, but the judges are not given that information for obvious reasons. Spike usually posts the actual result and the fan vote within a week of the awards.