Topic: Game Critics Awards Nominees Announced

[WindyMan]

14 Wii games and 2 DS games are included among a very competitive field of the best games of E3.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=14081

 The Game Critics Awards has released its nominee list for the 2007.  The GCAs are held every year at the conclusion of E3 and voted on by the heads of major gaming publications across America.    

Nintendo-published games have been nominated eight times in seven different categories.  All told, 14 Wii (and multiplatform) and two Nintendo DS games have been nominated across all categories.  The top nominated game this year is EA's Rock Band, with five nominations.  Electronic Arts also picked up the most nominations as a publisher, with 14.    

Below are the categories in which Nintendo games have been nominated, as well as the Best in Show category that is devoid of a Wii or DS game.  The complete list can be found on the Game Critics Awards website.    

Best of Show
 - Bioshock (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, Xbox 360)
 - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
 - Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
 - Mass Effect (Bioware/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
 - Rock Band (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)    

Best Original Game
 - Bioshock (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, Xbox 360)
 - de Blob (Blue Tongue/THQ for Wii)
 - Little Big Planet (Media Molecule/SCEE for PS3)
 - Rock Band (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
 - Wii Fit (Nintendo for Wii)    

Best Console Game
 - Bioshock (Irrational Games/2K Games for Xbox 360)
 - Call of Duty 4 (Infinity Ward/Activision for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
 - Mass Effect (BioWare/Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360)
 - Rock Band (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
 - Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo for Wii)    

Best Handheld Game
 - Contra 4 (WayForward/Konami for Nintendo DS)
 - Dead Head Fred (Vicious Cycle/D3 for PSP)
 - God of War: Chains of Olympus (Ready at Dawn/SCEA for PSP)
 - Silent Hill: Origins (Climax/Konami for PSP)
 - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)    

Best Hardware
 - PSP-2000 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
 - Rock Band Instruments (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
 - Wii Balance Board (Nintendo for Wii)
 - Wii Zapper (Nintendo for Wii)    

Best Action Game
 - Call of Duty 4 (Infinity Ward/Activision for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
 - Crysis (Crytek/EA for PC)
 - Halo 3 (Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
 - Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Retro Studios/Nintendo for Wii)
 - Unreal Tournament 3 (Epic Games/Midway for PC, PlayStation 3)
   

Best Action/Adventure Game
 - Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
 - Bioshock (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, Xbox 360)
 - Heavenly Sword (Ninja Theory/SCEE for PlayStation 3)
 - Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo for Wii)
 - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)    

Best Fighting Game
 - Naruto: Rise of a Ninja (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for Xbox 360)
 - Virtua Fighter 5 (Sega for Xbox 360)
 - WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008 (Yuke’s/THQ for Nintendo Wii)    

Best Sports Game
 - Madden NFL 08 (Tiburon/EA for All Systems)
 - Skate (EA Black Box/EA for PS3, Xbox 360)
 - Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (Tiburon/EA Sports for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
 - Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (Neversoft/Activision for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)    

Best Social/Casual/Puzzle Game
 - Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Neversoft/Red Octane/ATVI for PS2, PS3, 360, Wii)
 - Little Big Planet (Media Molecule/SCEE for PS3)
 - Rock Band (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
 - Wii Fit (Nintendo for Wii)
 - Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure (Capcom for Wii)

[Arbok]

Uhh... yeah, so why is the "Best Fighting Game" category so small? They just didn't want to fall into the area where they had to nominate Godzilla: Unleashed it seems...

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

LAWL Mario is Action Adventure and Metroid isn't?  These critics have screwed up priorities.

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[Caliban]

Why is "Naruto: Rise of a Ninja" in bold if it belongs to the 360?

[Mashiro]

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Originally posted by: Caliban
Why is "Naruto: Rise of a Ninja" in bold if it belongs to the 360?

Yeah I noticed that too.

[Bill Aurion]

Why the hell wasn't Mario Galaxy nominated for Best of Show?  It boggles the mind to see crap like Rock Band in there...

[Mashiro]

More to the point could it really be up for "most original game" bid?

[GoldenPhoenix]

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Originally posted by: Mashiro
More to the point could it really be up for "most original game" bid?

I want to know how Bioshock got into best original game. The game is basically the spiritual successor to System Shock 2, and I would think best original game would mean a unique gaming concept.

[Mashiro]

Also Naruto:Rise of Ninja isn't really a fighting game. I mean you fight in it but it has a lot of action adventure elements in it.

I don't think these people know wtf is going on.

[GoldenPhoenix]

The Uninformed Game Critics Awards?

[Mashiro]

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Originally posted by: GoldenPhoenix
The Uninformed Game Critics Awards?

Lol yeah pretty much.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Is it just me or is there a ton of FPS games in there?

[nickmitch]

There are just a ton of FPS games on the market. It's the outgoing fad.

[Mario]

Rock Band over Mario Galaxy is pure hilarity

[Ceric]

Is it just me are did the 360 clean house?

[Stogi]

Man if SSBB was at E3.......

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Then no one would look at Metroid.  

[Stogi]

or any game for that matter.