Every year E3 comes and goes. Along with it comes the Best of E3 awards. I saw this years list and I was kind of shocked to see certain games at the top in some categories. Well, here, take a look for yourself!
I'll start off with the Xbox 360 Awards:
Xbox 360 Awards
Best Action Game = Gears Of War
Best FPS = Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
Best Persistant World Game = Huxley
Best Racing Game = MotoGP '06
Best RPG= BioShock
Best Strategy Game = LotR: Battle for Middle Earth II
Best Sports Game = NBA 2k7
Best Xbox Live Arcade Game = Lumines Live!
Best Graphics Technology = Mass Effect
Best Artistic Design = BioShock
Best Multiplayer Experience = Gears of War
Technological Excellence = Live Anywhere
Most Innovative Design = Mass Effect
Best Non-Playable Presentation = Halo 3
Biggest Suprise = Consistent High Quality of Xbox 360 Games
Best OVERALL Xbox 360 Game = BioShock
Playstation 3
Best Action Game: Assassin's Creed
Best Multiplayer Game: Resistance: Fall of Man
Best Racing Game: MotorStorm
Best Sports Game: Virtua Tennis 3
Best Artistic Design: Heavenly Sword
Best Graphics:Assassin's Creed
Most Innovative Game: Eye of Judgment
Award for Technological Excellence: Heavenly Sword
Best Non-Playable Presentation: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Biggest Surprise: Sony's Underwhelming Press Conference
Best OVERALL PS3 Game: Assassin's Creed
Nintendo Wii
Best Action Game: WarioWare Smooth Moves!
Best Adventure Game: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Best Racing Game: Excite Truck
Best Sports Game: Wii Sports
Best Graphics Technology: Super Mario Galaxy
Best Artistic Design: Super Mario Galaxy
Best Multiplayer Experience: Wii Sports
Technological Excellence: Wii Controller
Best Innovative Design: Wii Controller
Best Non-Playable Presentation: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Trailer
Biggest Surprise: Solid Snake in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Best OVERALL Wii Game: Super Mario Galaxy
PC
Best PC Action Game: John Woo Presents: Stranglehold
Best PC FPS Game: Crysis
Best PC Persistent World Online Game: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
Best PC RPG: The Witcher
Best PC Simulation: Spore
Best PC Strategy Game: Company of Heroes
Best Technical Graphics: Crysis
Best Artistic Design: Spore
Best PC Multiplayer: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Technological Excellence: Crysis Running on CryEngine 2
Most Innovative Design: Spore
Biggest Surprise: The High Quality of Games at the Show
PC Game of the Show: Spore
IGN's Overall BEST of E3 2006 Awards
Best Action Game: Assassin's Creed (PS3)
Best Adventure Game: Okami (PS2)
Best Fighting Game: Virtua Fighter 5 (Arcade)
Best First-Person Shooter: TIE: Crysis (PC) and Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Vegas (Xbox 360)
Best Music Game: Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Best Persistent Online Game: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC)
Best Platform Game: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Best Puzzle Game: Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (DS)
Best Racing Game: MotoGP 06 (Xbox 360)
Best Role-Playing Game: BioShock (Xbox 360)
Best Strategy Game: Medieval 2: Total War (PC)
Best Sports Game: NBA 2K7 (Xbox 360)
Best Graphics Technology: Crysis (PC)
Best Artistic Design: BioShock (Xbox 360)
Best Multiplayer Experience: Gears Of War (Xbox 360)
Technical Excellence: Spore (PC)
Most Innovative Design: Wii Controller
Best Hardware / Peripheral: Wii Controller
Best Booth: Nokia (WTF?)
El Jefe's Fifth Annual Best Booth Babe Award TIE: Lisa Gleave and Natalie Summerlin
Best Non-Playable Presentation: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
Biggest Surprise: Sony's Underwhelming Press Conference
Handheld Game of the Show: Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS)
Console Game of the Show: BioShock (Xbox 360)
PC Game of the Show: Spore
GAME OF THE SHOW:
BioShock = Xbox 360
Like I said, I thought that the list was kind of shocking. I didn't expect to see BioShock to win so many awards, especially Game of the Show! I thought that Gears of War would win the 360 section for sure but it looks like Mass Effect and BioShock beat it out. I was also suprised with Super Mario Galaxy winning best Wii game as well, I thought that Metroid Prime 3 was the most impressive one. Thoughts on the list?
IGN are idiots.
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Why do you say that?
IGN are System Shock 2 fanboys.
IGN have poor writers, and are easily swayed by cash incentives. Therefore, I generally avoid their website like a plague. I wonder how much Nokia paid them to say their booth was the best?
I guess Gamespot is no better seeing as they chose BioShock as best of show too.
Yeah like vampiro said Bioshock looks amazing and im willing to spend the 60 dollars to get it and the best of e3 awards i agree with