in a battle where there can only be up to 15 winners....
WHO WILL WIN?!?
Only time, will time...

I have to say, I'm quite pleased with just about every nominee.

Just a question, though- was Halo 2 playable or only shown on video?

From what I've heard, it wasn't playable on the floor, but some press did get to actualy play head to head.

I'm not 100% sure though...

Yeah, Halo 2 was playable, but only behind closed doors.

Do you know anyone that actually got to play it? Or can they even talk about it, considering the secrecy?

I agree with four of those choices for Best of Show but Splinter Cell 3? I don't recall any sort of major buzz for that game from people who attended the show. The coverage seemed to be a "oh Splinter Cell 3 was there too" sort of thing. RE4 and MP2 both seemed to recieve much more positive feedback from any sites I've read and I'm not just saying that because they're Cube exclusives. KOTOR 2 also was more popular. Sure those examples are all sequels but so is Splinter Cell 3.

OH YES DK JUNGLE BEAT!

BEAT THOSE MONKEYS!

Gamespot gave Splinter Cell 3 best action adventure game, best PC game, and Game of Show awards (PC version).

Yes I must say, i found myself going back to Jungle Beat more than anything else at E3, really fun stuff.

I know the guy who runs www.xboxevolved.com got to play halo 2. He was staying with us in the hotel. 2 of our guys almost got to. Half Life 2 was only shown as video again, and its still nominated. Thats pretty stupid in my opinion. But glad to see the DS, Konga, and Jungle Beat get so many nominations. RE4 should win at least 1 or 2 awards.

You crazy fool. This man hunted us down and shot us --- with his camera. Good seeing you in person Michael.

As much as i like how the nominations went i feel the actual awards will be #@%@#$ up.

Why u ask, because it says the voters are:

TV Guide * TIME * Newsweek * Entertainment Weekly * Rolling Stone * Business 2.0 * USA Today * Los Angeles Times * The Washington Post * Gannett News Service * San Jose Mercury News * Seattle Post * Computer Gaming World * Electronic Gaming Monthly * Game Informer * Gamepro * GameSpot * GameSpy * GMR * Happy Puppy *
Hollywood Reporter * IGN * Official PlayStation Magazine *
Official Xbox Magazine * PC Gamer * PSM * UGO.com * XBN * Yahoo! Games Domain * Bell Canada GamesMania * Game-Revolution * CNN/Money * Electric Playground * G4TV * TechTV *


Why Tv Guide, Time, Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, USA Today, etc?

Oh and why does XBOX and PS2 official mags get a vote and Nintendo Power doesn't?

These awards are BS!

These awards are BS!

4X

Hey now, I've met the guy from Newsweek. He's pretty cool. And USA Today... wouldn't that be Steven Kent you're talking about? While I'm not sure how much TV Guide or Rolling Stone has to input, not all the guys working at mainstream press outlets are outsiders.

I don't see Tales of Symphonia up for Best RPG.

why

WHY!>?

Just wait for next year, Zelda will win all 15 awards. Dont give me any crap like "It wont win best racing game" YES IT WILL I TELL YOU!

YOU TELL IT BROTHER!

why didn't Reggie get a nomination for 'Best HARDware'?

I'm also definitely disappointed to not see Tales of Symphonia, but otherwise I think the nominations look good.

Something that I notice from looking over these, and something that I've been thinking about in general lately, is that there's really a drought of good puzzle games in this console generation. None of the games in the all-encompassing puzzle/trivia/parlour category would even rate as puzzle games in my opinion (well, I don't know about the eyetoy game, but none of the others really count).

Seeing Mary-Kate and Ashley sue Acclaim, I can't help but think that THQ's stagnant monopolization of the Tetris liscence warrants a lawsuit. Of course I don't know who'd do the suing...does Alexei Pajintnov (I apologize if my spelling is all wrong) still control Tetris?

Boy, that's an awfully political post.

Alexei Pajitnov never controlled Tetris; as soon as he created it, the game was property of the Soviet government, and later it was sold to several licensees, with most of the rights being delved out to Henk Rogers. He is the man behind The Tetris Company, which controls Tetris licensing to game publishers (they don't make any games themselves). In general, The Tetris Company will grant you the license if you can pay their fee and are making a game deemed worthy of the license.

In other words, it's probably not so much that THQ has been stagnant with the license, but that other publishers have seen the sales of Tetris Worlds and have chosen not to create any new Tetris games.

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why didn't Reggie get a nomination for 'Best HARDware'?

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Guys, I have a question. Here's the way I see it:

Sony released online periphrials for the Playstation 2. Developers are now using them in their games.
Microsoft released online periphrials for the Xbox. Developers are now using them in thieir games.
Nintendo released online periphrials for the GameCube. Developers ARE NOT using them in thieir games. WHY?

Well i think sony and micro$oft have made a backbone to get online games, xboxlive and SOE(Sony Online Entertainment).

Nintendo does not have a online backbone, the only online games we have are the Phantasy Star Online games, which Sega operates on its own.

Developers are not willing to waste money to make and operate thier own online mode on GCN, seeing how Sony and Micro$oft does the job pretty much for them.

P.S. What was that other game Nintendo was getting that was online, it looked like animal crossing but it wasn't, and i do believe they said it was a rpg, what happend to that?

Homeland, by Chunsoft.

"Nintendo released online periphrials for the GameCube. Developers ARE NOT using them in thieir games. WHY?"

Sony and MS release there own online titles. Nintendo has not released any of their own online titles. Since they're not willing to take the risk how can they expect third parties to? Technically the PS2 and Cube online models are identical. However Sony hypes it up as a big feature and Nintendo spends their time telling everyone online games aren't profitable. Thus third parties feel much more safe developing online PS2 games.

SOE is a software maker responsible for the likes of Everquest and Planetside, they don't operate servers for third parties.

Not only is Tales of Symphonia not on the list for Best RPG, but Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich isn't too. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....Freedom Force owns as a PC RPG (IGN voted it as the best PC RPG at E3).

Freedom Force is an RPG? I thought it counted as stealth-tactics (like Commandos)?

It is really more of a tactical-RPG. You can develop your superheros by adding new powers and upgrading them.