IGN's Best of E3 2006 Awards




Posted by Axis

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?




Posted by BLUNTMASTER X

IGN are idiots.

:cool:




Posted by Axis

Why do you say that?




Posted by Klarth

IGN are System Shock 2 fanboys.




Posted by BLUNTMASTER X

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?




Posted by Vampiro V. Empire


Quoted post: IGN are System Shock 2 fanboys.


Except Bioshock looks amazing, and everyone seems to agree with that.



Posted by Axis

I guess Gamespot is no better seeing as they chose BioShock as best of show too.




Posted by The_Arbiter

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