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Best of Show*
- F.E.A.R. (Monolith Productions/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
- Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)
- Xbox 360 (Microsoft)

* IMPORTANT NOTE ON HARDWARE ELIGIBILITY
The PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution were ineligible for Best of Show because judges did not experience "hands-on" play with the systems. PlayStation 3 was, however, eligible for Best Hardware/Peripheral because real-time hardware demos were shown.

Best Original Game
- Indigo Prophecy (Quantic Dream/Atari for PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Nintendogs (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)

Best PC Game
- Age of Empires III (Ensemble Studios/Microsoft Games Studios for PC)
- Battlefield 2 (Digital Illusions/Electronic Arts for PC)
- F.E.A.R. (Monolith Productions/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
- Prey (Human Head Studios/3D Realms/2K Games for PC)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)

Best Console Game
- Black (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studios for Xbox 360)
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)

Best Handheld Game
- Burnout Legends (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PSP)
- Infected (Planet Moon Studios/Majesco Games for PSP)
- Mario Kart DS (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Nintendogs (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo (Zipper/SCEA for PSP)

Best Peripheral / Hardware
- Game Boy Micro (Nintendo)
- Gizmondo (Tiger Telematics)
- PlayStation 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment/ Nvidia/IBM)
- Xbox 360 (Microsoft)

Best Action Game
- Battlefield 2 (Digital Illusions/Electronic Arts for PC)
- Black (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PS2, Xbox)
- Call of Duty 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision for PC, Xbox 360)
- F.E.A.R. (Monolith Productions/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
- Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)

Best Action/Adventure Game
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Peter Jackson's King Kong (UbiSoft for All Platforms)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)
- Ultimate Spider-Man (Treyarch/Activision for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)

Best Fighting Game
- Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (Nihilistic/EA for GC/PS2/Xbox/PSP)
- Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (Paradox/Midway Games for PlayStation 2/Xbox)
- Soul Calibur III (Namco for PlayStation 2)
- The Con (Think and Feel/Sony for PSP)

Best Role Playing Game
- City of Villains (Cryptic Studios/NC Soft for PC)
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Level 5/Square Enix for PS2)
- Hellgate: London (Flagship Studios/Namco for PC)
- Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix for PS2)
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Software for PC / Xbox 360)

Best Racing Game
- Burnout Legends (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PSP)
- Burnout Revenge (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2/Xbox)
- Full Auto (Pseudo Interactive/Sega for Xbox 360)
- Mario Kart DS (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Need for Speed Most Wanted (Electronic Arts for All Platforms)

Best Simulation Game
- Nintendogs (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Sims 2 (Electronic Arts for All Consoles)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)
- The Movies (Lionhead Studios/Activision for PC)
- Trauma Center: Under the Knife (Atlus Co. for Nintendo DS)

Best Sports Game
- Blitz: The League (Midway for PS2/Xbox)
- Madden NFL 06 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts for All Platforms)
- Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland (Neversoft/Activision for All Platforms)
- Top Spin 2 (2K Sports for Xbox 360)
- Virtua Tennis: World Tour (Sega for PSP)

Best Strategy Game
- Age of Empires III (Ensemble Studios/Microsoft for PC)
- Civilization IV (Firaxis Games/2K Games for PC)
- Company of Heroes (Relic/THQ for PC)
- Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (Big Huge Games/Microsoft for PC)
- Star Wars Empire At War (Petroglyph Games/LucasArts for PC)

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
- EyeToy: Kinetic (SCEE London Studio/SCEA for PS2)
- Mario Party 7 (Hudson/Nintendo for GameCube)
- Meteos (Q Entertainment/Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- We Love Katamari (Namco for PS2)
- Yoot Saito's Odama (Vivarium/Nintendo for GameCube)

Best Online Multiplayer Game
- Auto Assault (NetDevil/NCSoft for PC)
- Battlefield 2 (Digital Illusions/Electronic Arts for PC)
- City of Villains (Cryptic Studios/NCSoft for PC)
- SOCOM 3: U.S. NAVY SEALs (Zipper Interactive/SCEA for PS2)
- Star Wars Battlefront II (Pandemic Studios/LucasArts for PC, PS2, Xbox)
 
element said:
* IMPORTANT NOTE ON HARDWARE ELIGIBILITY
The PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution were ineligible for Best of Show because judges did not experience "hands-on" play with the systems. PlayStation 3 was, however, eligible for Best Hardware/Peripheral because real-time hardware demos were shown.
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RECOGNIZED by the MAN! :lol
 
Uh-oh DS got short-changed in the nominees for best portable games. Sonic Rush fans am cry? I guess thats me. :(
 
element said:
Best Original Game
- Indigo Prophecy (Quantic Dream/Atari for PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Nintendogs (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)

Best Console Game
- Black (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studios for Xbox 360)
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)

Best Action/Adventure Game
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Peter Jackson's King Kong (UbiSoft for All Platforms)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)
- Ultimate Spider-Man (Treyarch/Activision for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
- EyeToy: Kinetic (SCEE London Studio/SCEA for PS2)
- Mario Party 7 (Hudson/Nintendo for GameCube)
- Meteos (Q Entertainment/Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- We Love Katamari (Namco for PS2)
- Yoot Saito's Odama (Vivarium/Nintendo for GameCube)
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Japan wins!
 
Best Original Game
- Indigo Prophecy (Quantic Dream/Atari for PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Nintendogs (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)

:lol


and best hand held game nominee for socom psp? that game looked like shit. no advance wars or castlevania ds, what asshats
 
These awards are worthless (like any other "award").. Let's look at past winners:

1999: Freelancer
2000: Black & White
2001: Nintendo Gamecube
2002: Doom III
2003: Half-Life 2
2004: PSP

Most likely Spore will win.
 
Wario64 said:
Best Original Game
- Indigo Prophecy (Quantic Dream/Atari for PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Nintendogs (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)

:lol


and best hand held game nominee for socom psp? that game looked like shit
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Man if Nintendogs takes home any awards I hope Drinky doesn't jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. Pefect Famitsu scores, Fastest selling portable game AND E3 award recognition? It could only be Divine Retribution.
 
And in 1998, they didn't have a "Best of Show", and instead had a "Most Promising" category, which they awarded to Homeworld, completely ignoring Ocarina of Time in all categories.
 
typhonsentra said:
And in 1998, they didn't have a "Best of Show", and instead had a "Most Promising" category, which they awarded to Homeworld, completely ignoring Ocarina of Time in all categories.
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Its so funny how much games can impress during the dev process then totally flop upon release while games that were lackluster during development end up owning everything else out there.
 
Nice to see lots of recognition for SotC and Okami, where elegible. Too bad none of them got selected for best of show though :( (and probably won't win anything anyways).
 
Animal Crossing not a nominee for best online?

Shove it judges, shove it.

Doesn't deserve to win, but nominated come on.
 
My votes:

Best of Show*
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)

* IMPORTANT NOTE ON HARDWARE ELIGIBILITY
The PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution were ineligible for Best of Show because judges did not experience "hands-on" play with the systems. PlayStation 3 was, however, eligible for Best Hardware/Peripheral because real-time hardware demos were shown.

Best Original Game
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)

Best PC Game
- I don't play PC games so I really don't care

Best Console Game
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)

Best Handheld Game
- Mario Kart DS (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
Where is New Super Mario Bros or Sonic Rush?

Best Peripheral / Hardware
- PlayStation 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment/ Nvidia/IBM)

Best Action Game
- Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)

Best Action/Adventure Game
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)

Best Fighting Game
- Soul Calibur III (Namco for PlayStation 2)

Best Role Playing Game
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Level 5/Square Enix for PS2)

Best Racing Game
- Mario Kart DS (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)

Best Simulation Game
- Trauma Center: Under the Knife (Atlus Co. for Nintendo DS)

Best Sports Game
- Virtua Tennis: World Tour (Sega for PSP)

Best Strategy Game
Blah, who cares? I sure don't...

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
- Yoot Saito's Odama (Vivarium/Nintendo for GameCube)

Best Online Multiplayer Game
Blah nominees
 
spore will win all the categories it has been nominated in. Ps3 will win hardware. the rest, who cares? that is all. :D
 
Best of Show*
- F.E.A.R. (Monolith Productions/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
- Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)
- Xbox 360 (Microsoft)

* IMPORTANT NOTE ON HARDWARE ELIGIBILITY
The PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution were ineligible for Best of Show because judges did not experience "hands-on" play with the systems. PlayStation 3 was, however, eligible for Best Hardware/Peripheral because real-time hardware demos were shown.

Best Original Game
- Indigo Prophecy (Quantic Dream/Atari for PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Nintendogs (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)

Best PC Game
- Age of Empires III (Ensemble Studios/Microsoft Games Studios for PC)
- Battlefield 2 (Digital Illusions/Electronic Arts for PC)
- F.E.A.R. (Monolith Productions/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
- Prey (Human Head Studios/3D Realms/2K Games for PC)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)

Best Console Game
- Black (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studios for Xbox 360)
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)

Best Handheld Game
- Burnout Legends (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PSP)
- Infected (Planet Moon Studios/Majesco Games for PSP)
- Mario Kart DS (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Nintendogs (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo (Zipper/SCEA for PSP)

Best Peripheral / Hardware
- Game Boy Micro (Nintendo)
- Gizmondo (Tiger Telematics)
- PlayStation 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment/ Nvidia/IBM)
- Xbox 360 (Microsoft)

Best Action Game Dunno
- Battlefield 2 (Digital Illusions/Electronic Arts for PC)
- Black (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PS2, Xbox)
- Call of Duty 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision for PC, Xbox 360)
- F.E.A.R. (Monolith Productions/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
- Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)

Best Action/Adventure Game
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Peter Jackson's King Kong (UbiSoft for All Platforms)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)
- Ultimate Spider-Man (Treyarch/Activision for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)

Best Fighting Game dunno
- Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (Nihilistic/EA for GC/PS2/Xbox/PSP)
- Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (Paradox/Midway Games for PlayStation 2/Xbox)
- Soul Calibur III (Namco for PlayStation 2)
- The Con (Think and Feel/Sony for PSP)

Best Role Playing Game
- City of Villains (Cryptic Studios/NC Soft for PC)
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Level 5/Square Enix for PS2)
- Hellgate: London (Flagship Studios/Namco for PC)
- Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix for PS2)
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Software for PC / Xbox 360)

Best Racing Game
- Burnout Legends (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PSP)
- Burnout Revenge (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2/Xbox)
- Full Auto (Pseudo Interactive/Sega for Xbox 360)
- Mario Kart DS (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Need for Speed Most Wanted (Electronic Arts for All Platforms)

Best Simulation Game
- Nintendogs (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Sims 2 (Electronic Arts for All Consoles)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)
- The Movies (Lionhead Studios/Activision for PC)
- Trauma Center: Under the Knife (Atlus Co. for Nintendo DS)

Best Sports Gamedunno
- Blitz: The League (Midway for PS2/Xbox)
- Madden NFL 06 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts for All Platforms)
- Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland (Neversoft/Activision for All Platforms)
- Top Spin 2 (2K Sports for Xbox 360)
- Virtua Tennis: World Tour (Sega for PSP)

Best Strategy Game None of the below
- Age of Empires III (Ensemble Studios/Microsoft for PC)
- Civilization IV (Firaxis Games/2K Games for PC)
- Company of Heroes (Relic/THQ for PC)
- Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (Big Huge Games/Microsoft for PC)
- Star Wars Empire At War (Petroglyph Games/LucasArts for PC)

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
- EyeToy: Kinetic (SCEE London Studio/SCEA for PS2)
- Mario Party 7 (Hudson/Nintendo for GameCube)
- Meteos (Q Entertainment/Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- We Love Katamari (Namco for PS2)
- Yoot Saito's Odama (Vivarium/Nintendo for GameCube)
Three-way tie

Best Online Multiplayer Game dunno
- Auto Assault (NetDevil/NCSoft for PC)
- Battlefield 2 (Digital Illusions/Electronic Arts for PC)
- City of Villains (Cryptic Studios/NCSoft for PC)
- SOCOM 3: U.S. NAVY SEALs (Zipper Interactive/SCEA for PS2)
- Star Wars Battlefront II (Pandemic Studios/LucasArts for PC, PS2, Xbox)
 
Shaheed79 said:
Uh-oh DS got short-changed in the nominees for best portable games. Sonic Rush fans am cry? I guess thats me. :(
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That is exactly what I thought. DS had tons of pretty original stuff along with some retreads (Kart, AC, etc), and yet the only really original game on that idiotic list is Nintendogs (although I didn't hear anything about Infected, maybe I should check it out). PSP was barely heard from and yet 3 games are nominated guess they were all quietly shown off.
 
Best of Show*
- F.E.A.R. (Monolith Productions/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
- Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)
- Xbox 360 (Microsoft)

* IMPORTANT NOTE ON HARDWARE ELIGIBILITY
The PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution were ineligible for Best of Show because judges did not experience "hands-on" play with the systems. PlayStation 3 was, however, eligible for Best Hardware/Peripheral because real-time hardware demos were shown.

Best Original Game
I don't know

Best PC Game
I don't play PC games :D

Best Console Game
- Black (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studios for Xbox 360)
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)

Best Handheld Game
- Burnout Legends (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PSP)
- Infected (Planet Moon Studios/Majesco Games for PSP)
- Mario Kart DS (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Nintendogs (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo (Zipper/SCEA for PSP)

Best Peripheral / Hardware
- Game Boy Micro (Nintendo)
- Gizmondo (Tiger Telematics)
- PlayStation 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment/ Nvidia/IBM)
- Xbox 360 (Microsoft)

Best Action Game
- Battlefield 2 (Digital Illusions/Electronic Arts for PC)
- Black (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PS2, Xbox)
- Call of Duty 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision for PC, Xbox 360)
- F.E.A.R. (Monolith Productions/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
- Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft for Xbox 360)

Best Action/Adventure Game
- Okami (Clover Studios/Capcom for PlayStation 2)
- Peter Jackson's King Kong (UbiSoft for All Platforms)
- Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo for GameCube)
- Ultimate Spider-Man (Treyarch/Activision for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)

Best Fighting Game
- Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (Nihilistic/EA for GC/PS2/Xbox/PSP)
- Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (Paradox/Midway Games for PlayStation 2/Xbox)
- Soul Calibur III (Namco for PlayStation 2)
- The Con (Think and Feel/Sony for PSP)

Best Role Playing Game
- City of Villains (Cryptic Studios/NC Soft for PC)
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Level 5/Square Enix for PS2)
- Hellgate: London (Flagship Studios/Namco for PC)
- Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix for PS2)
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Software for PC / Xbox 360)

Best Racing Game
- Burnout Legends (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PSP)
- Burnout Revenge (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2/Xbox)
- Full Auto (Pseudo Interactive/Sega for Xbox 360)
- Mario Kart DS (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Need for Speed Most Wanted (Electronic Arts for All Platforms)

Best Simulation Game
- Nintendogs (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Sims 2 (Electronic Arts for All Consoles)
- Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)
- The Movies (Lionhead Studios/Activision for PC)
- Trauma Center: Under the Knife (Atlus Co. for Nintendo DS)

Best Sports Game
- Blitz: The League (Midway for PS2/Xbox)
- Madden NFL 06 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts for All Platforms)
- Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland (Neversoft/Activision for All Platforms)
- Top Spin 2 (2K Sports for Xbox 360)
- Virtua Tennis: World Tour (Sega for PSP)

Best Strategy Game
- Age of Empires III (Ensemble Studios/Microsoft for PC)
- Civilization IV (Firaxis Games/2K Games for PC)
- Company of Heroes (Relic/THQ for PC)
- Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (Big Huge Games/Microsoft for PC)
- Star Wars Empire At War (Petroglyph Games/LucasArts for PC)

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
I don't know :s

Best Online Multiplayer Game
Anyone
 
Black was cool, but they're early on in development and not even shipping to the game till 2006. My guess as to why media isn't out for it yet. However, it gets my stamp of approval. If you want a pure, action filled shooter, this is going to quench your thirst like gatorade.
 
MetatronM said:
Based on everything I've seen from E3, Spore deserves to dominate.
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No, but you got to watch as a developer played it, which is the cool new way to mask crappy gameplay and still be elgible for E3 awards.


But spore does look cool.
 
thorns said:
These awards are worthless (like any other "award").. Let's look at past winners:

1999: Freelancer
2000: Black & White
2001: Nintendo Gamecube
2002: Doom III
2003: Half-Life 2
2004: PSP

Most likely Spore will win.
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You're selectively mixing your awards there.

Didn't Halo 2 win 2004 - E3 GOTS?
 
Burnout Legends was garbage for PSP too.. bad/unstable frame rate, average graphics (for PSP), and your car crashed MUCH too easily compared to the console versions. All in all, it was quite average. Sonic Rush, Phoenix Wright, etc. not being nominated is INSANE. Not to mention, where is Mario and Luigi 2 in all categories which was utterly sublime?
 
Meier said:
Burnout Legends was garbage for PSP too.. bad/unstable frame rate, average graphics (for PSP), and your car crashed MUCH too easily compared to the console versions. All in all, it was quite average. Sonic Rush, Phoenix Wright, etc. not being nominated is INSANE. Not to mention, where is Mario and Luigi 2 in all categories which was utterly sublime?
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Keep in mind, it's mostly american press idiots who do the nominations, including guys from Time magazine (yeah, I don't know, either.) :lol

What's the full list of guys who are on the board that decides who gets nominated for what and who wins what?
 
Wow, SOCOM for PSP is nominated? The version showed at E3 was very early (I think like 10-20 %) and it played sluggish as hell and looked rather ass to be honest. There were a lot more reasonable options in this category than SOCOM, both for DS and PSP. I'm perplexed...
 
ah, here it is...

http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/judges.html


Maxim
USA Today
Time
OXM
PSM (unofficial)
Game-Revolution
Vibe Magazine
Gannett News Service
G4
Entertainment Weekly
Gamepro
GamesMania/Sympatico.ca
PC Gamer
CNN/Money
Rolling Stone
LA Times
Game Informer
Seattle Post (Steve Kent)
Electric Playground & Judgement Day (Victor Lucas)
Gamespy
Business 2.0 (Geoff Keighley)
Gamespot
EGM
The Washington Post
Yahoo! Games Domain
Computer Gaming World
"Hollywood Reporter" (John Gaudiosi)
UGO
Ziff Davis Media Game Group
Newsweek
Comcast.net
IGN
Official PSM


wtf? :lol
 
Kiriku said:
Wow, SOCOM for PSP is nominated? The version showed at E3 was very early (I think like 10-20 %) and it played sluggish as hell and looked rather ass to be honest. There were a lot more reasonable options in this category than SOCOM, both for DS and PSP. I'm perplexed...
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Half of the American gaming press hates Nintendo. You should have noticed by now.

I mean Infected? WTF?
 
Looks like it'll be aired on SpikeTV.

NEW YORK, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Spike TV will celebrate the best in the
world of videogames with the first-ever televised presentation of "Game
Critics Awards: The Best of E3" awards. This announcement event will take
place on Spike TV Tuesday, June 7 at 11:25 PM, ET. Leading up to and
immediately following this special award announcement, Spike TV will feature
an entire evening of videogame themed programming with special presentations
of E3 CINEMA and THE ULTIMATE GAMER.
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Source: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-31-2005/0003767018&EDATE=
 
:lol

I hope that those people voting in this topic are the ones that were there and actually played the games in question. :lol
 
how funny. checking my tivo guide and spiketv has the movie "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" airing before the E3 special. haha
 
Wario64 said:
how funny. checking my tivo guide and spiketv has the movie "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" airing before the E3 special. haha
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If you followed the link in my post it says that, as well as this,
Immediately following the awards announcement, Spike TV will premiere THE
ULTIMATE GAMER: E3 (11:30 PM - Midnight, ET/PT). This original special will
take viewers for an inside look at the E3, the world's largest video game
industry convention and will offer a sneak peek at some of the games that will
start hitting stores later this year. THE ULTIMATE GAMER specials present
some of videogame's hottest and most anticipated game titles. The series
features never before seen game footage, highlights incredible play action of
upcoming releases and surprises the "ultimate" fan of a particular video game
franchise, sending him on a whirlwind tour to experience the game in real
life.
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You notice that the award show is only 5-minutes long? That's because they're only airing the announcement of the winners for five categories: Best of Show, Best Original Game, Best PC Game, Best Console and Best Peripheral/Hardware.
 
What a load of bollocks. Shocking lack of Sonic Rush and New Super Mario Bros... the DS in general had a great showing that isn't represented here.

They got the PS3 eligibilty ASS-BACKWARDS too...

It would make more sense for PS3 to be Best of Show. They showed people things after all, and put out some headline making visuals... even then, I'm not sure they'd deserve it. But Best Hardware? Final hardware wasn't there to play. I totally think this should go to GBMicro or Xbox 360...
 
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