Games Critics Awards Announces E3 2008 Winners

The judges behind the Games Critics Awards, a panel of more than 30 video game journalists headed up by Geoff Keighley and Rob Smith, have weighed in on their ballots. Bethesda’s Fallout 3 took top honors as best in show. EA walked away with five wins, the most of any publisher, and provides a nice symmetry to spending the most money of any company at the conference. In the PvPvP arena, Microsoft led with eight wins compared to seven trophies for Sony and one award for the Wii. While there was plenty of hype around the “heated” controversy on whether or not the Critics could include Activision on the ballots, why didn’t anyone at the GCA even mention Gamecock?

Best of Show:

• Fallout 3
• (Bethesda Softworks for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Best Original Game:

• Mirror’s Edge
• (DICE/Electronic Arts for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Best Console Game:

• LittleBigPlanet
• (Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3)

Best PC Game:

• Spore
• (Maxis/EA)

Best Handheld Game:

• Resistance: Retribution
• (Bend Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment for PSP)

Best Hardware/Peripheral:

• Rock Band 2 Ion “Drum Rocker” Set
• (ION Audio/MTV Games for Xbox 360)

Best Action Game:

• Gears of War 2
• (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)

Best Action/Adventure Game:

• Dead Space
• (EA Redwood Shores/EA for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Best Role Playing Game:

• Fallout 3
• (Bethesda Softworks for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Best Racing Game:

• Pure
• (Black Rock/Disney Interactive Studios for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Best Sports Game:

• Madden NFL 09
• (Tiburon/EA for All Systems)

Best Fighting Game:

• Street Fighter IV
• (Capcom for Arcade)

Best Strategy Game:

• Tom Clancy’s EndWar
• (Ubisoft Shanghai/Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Best Social/Casual/Puzzle:

• LittleBigPlanet
• (Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3)

Best Online Multiplayer:

• Left 4 Dead
• (Valve/EAP for PC, Xbox 360)

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