Game Critics Awards 2007

Griff0rd · 08-02-2007, 02:32 PM

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Game Critics Awards 2007 E3 Media And Business Summit Winners Announced

Today, the Game Critics officially announced the winners of this year's Game Critics Awards. The Game Critics are an independent group of journalists from 36 different North American outlets that cover the video game industry. In order for a game to be considered it must be shown in a hands-on playable format.

Rock Band led the awards with three wins including Best Of Show. Mass Effect nabbed two awards including Best Console. Xbox 360 was the leading platform with 11 wins, PS3 followed with 8 games playable on PS3. EA was the leading publisher with 6 awards, Microsoft followed with three.

The winners for the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2007 are as follows:

Best of Show
Rock Band
(Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Best Original Game
LittleBigPlanet
(Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for PS3)

Best Console Game
Mass Effect
(Bioware/Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360)

Best PC Game
Crysis
(Crytek/EAP)

Best Handheld Game
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
(Nintendo for Nintendo DS)

Best Hardware/Peripheral
Rock Band Instruments
(Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Best Action Game
Call of Duty 4
(Infinity Ward/Activision for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Best Action/Adventure Game
Bioshock
(Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, Xbox 360)

Best Role Playing Game
Mass Effect
(Bioware / Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360)

Best Racing Game
Burnout Paradise
(Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Best Sports Game
Madden NFL 08
(Electronic Arts for All Platforms)

Best Fighting Game
Virtua Fighter 5
(Sega for Xbox 360)

Best Strategy Game
World in Conflict
(Massive Entertainment/Sierra for PC)

Best Social/Casual/Puzzle
Rock Band
(Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Best Online Multiplayer
Halo 3
(Bungie/Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360)

Special Commendation for Graphics
Killzone 2
(Guerilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for PS3)

Guardian Devil · 08-03-2007, 09:23 AM

I guess this gives us a clue what to buy this year considering none of these games are out yet. Should be a useful hint, thanks Griff.

Griff0rd · 08-03-2007, 12:30 PM

I basically take a way that i will be getting Mass Effect and will look into Call of Duty 4. I was all ready planning on getting those, but good to know they are looking solid

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