GAME CRITICS Best Games of E3 Noms!!

courtesy of Kotaku.com

kinda shocked there's no killzone 2 in best of show, while i think cod4 looked better - still, wtf? below are the outlets that had a vote.

Rock Band leads with five nominations, followed by Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Bioshock with 4 nominations each

EA leads publishers with 14 nominations, followed by Activision, Microsoft and Nintendo with 8 nominations each

Xbox 360 most nominated platform with 38 nominations, followed by PS3 with 29, PC with 21 and Wii with 14

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 PC Game
- Call of Duty 4 (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Crysis (Crytek/Electronic Arts)
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Splash Damage/id/Activision)
- Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
- World in Conflict (Massive Entertainment/Sierra)
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 Role Playing Game
- Eternal Sonata (Namco Bandai Games for Xbox 360)
- Fable 2 (Lionhead/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
- Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- Hellgate: London (Flagship Studios/EAP for PC)
- Mass Effect (BioWare/Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360)

Best Racing Game
- Burnout Paradise (Criterion Games/EA for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- Need for Speed ProStreet (EA Black Box/EA for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- Project Gotham Racing 4 (Bizarre Creations/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
- Stuntman: Ignition (Paradigm/THQ for PS2, PS3, Xbox 360)

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 Strategy Game
- Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (Firaxis/2K Games for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
- Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (Relic/THQ for PC)
- Halo Wars (Ensemble Studios/Microsoft Game Studios for PC, Xbox 360)
- Universe at War: Earth Assault (Petroglyph/Sega for PC, Xbox 360)
- World in Conflict (Massive Entertainment/Sierra for PC)
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)

Best Online Multiplayer Game
- Burnout Paradise (Criterion Games/EA for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Splash Damage/Nerve/id/ATVI for PC, PS3, 360)
- Halo 3 (Bungie/Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360)
- Little Big Planet (Media Molecule/SCEE for PlayStation 3)
- Unreal Tournament 3 (Epic Games/Midway for PC, PlayStation 3)

I will seriously be LMFAO if a multiplat title wins GOTY this year. Fanboy heads will be exploding Scanners-style if that happens. :lol:ColoradoKindBud

could happen, bioshock is multiplat, and so is cod4 :) cod4 winning could herald a year of peace between cows and lemmings :)

Good list. I'm gonna get all the best of show games hold rock band, +halo 3 and +orange box.Rilmatz

yeah, definitely not on for Rock Band, 300$ is a bit much for a rhythm game, heh. keep in mind i've added in the extra cost of 1 more guitar - you need another one for Bass.

[QUOTE="ColoradoKindBud"]I will seriously be LMFAO if a multiplat title wins GOTY this year. Fanboy heads will be exploding Scanners-style if that happens. :lol:3picuri3

could happen, bioshock is multiplat, and so is cod4 :) cod4 winning could herald a year of peace between cows and lemmings :)

I don't even think the second coming of Jesus El-Savior Christo could pull that truce off, but it would be awesome nonetheless.

let's make this thread into a debate about religion instead

Also, the fact that so many voted for rock-band leads me to suspect that many of them didn't deserve to have a vote.

THETRUEDOZAH

I was just making a joke man, wasn't trying to steer the thread toward religion. Give me a break.

[QUOTE="ColoradoKindBud"][QUOTE="THETRUEDOZAH"]

let's make this thread into a debate about religion instead

Also, the fact that so many voted for rock-band leads me to suspect that many of them didn't deserve to have a vote.

THETRUEDOZAH

I was just making a joke man, wasn't trying to steer the thread toward religion. Give me a break.

I was joking as well, but not about the part where a game that requires no technical achievement, no programming prowress, and is in the rythm-action genre gets handed 'game of the show'. Just goes to show their too much main stream press at the event, they should open the door back up to the masses of fanboys.

Gotcha :P

Good list. I'm gonna get all the best of show games hold rock band, +halo 3 and +orange box.Rilmatz

Same here. Gonna be a good year.

If bioshock wins, cows miss out again

[QUOTE="ColoradoKindBud"]I will seriously be LMFAO if a multiplat title wins GOTY this year. Fanboy heads will be exploding Scanners-style if that happens. :lol:3picuri3

could happen, bioshock is multiplat, and so is cod4 :) cod4 winning could herald a year of peace between cows and lemmings :)

I will seriously be LMFAO if a multiplat title wins GOTY this year. Fanboy heads will be exploding Scanners-style if that happens. :lol:ColoradoKindBud

Well, we all know how sick and disturbed people are on these forums. They'll end up arguing the better version as if its leagues upon leagues better then the other version.

Sweet. Both Bioshock and Mass Effect have quite a few nominations. :Dproject343

It'll be such a close GOTY race between those two games that I fear the massacre it could bring.

kinda shocked there's no killzone 2 in best of show, while i think cod4 looked better - still, wtf? 3picuri3

Not only was it not nominated for best of show, it was not nominated in ANY category.

[QUOTE="3picuri3"]

kinda shocked there's no killzone 2 in best of show, while i think cod4 looked better - still, wtf? Kestastrophe

Not only was it not nominated for best of show, it was not nominated in ANY category.

yeah, a bit fishy - i wonder if Sony bothered to invite all of the major outlets? maybe the midnight thing at the sushi restaurant was just for a limited few...

If bioshock wins, cows miss out again

[QUOTE="3picuri3"]

[QUOTE="ColoradoKindBud"]I will seriously be LMFAO if a multiplat title wins GOTY this year. Fanboy heads will be exploding Scanners-style if that happens. :lol:Bdking57

could happen, bioshock is multiplat, and so is cod4 :) cod4 winning could herald a year of peace between cows and lemmings :)

[QUOTE="Kestastrophe"][QUOTE="3picuri3"]

kinda shocked there's no killzone 2 in best of show, while i think cod4 looked better - still, wtf? 3picuri3

Not only was it not nominated for best of show, it was not nominated in ANY category.

yeah, a bit fishy - i wonder if Sony bothered to invite all of the major outlets? maybe the midnight thing at the sushi restaurant was just for a limited few...

Or perhaps the game did not deserve to be nominated :|

LOL! They put in Naruto but not Ssbb? What a joke.Stabby2486

[QUOTE="Kestastrophe"][QUOTE="3picuri3"]

kinda shocked there's no killzone 2 in best of show, while i think cod4 looked better - still, wtf? 3picuri3

Not only was it not nominated for best of show, it was not nominated in ANY category.

yeah, a bit fishy - i wonder if Sony bothered to invite all of the major outlets? maybe the midnight thing at the sushi restaurant was just for a limited few...

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)

3picuri3

Sounds good, and Fallout 3 will probably get it.

Not Playable

They did show Ssbb in the conference.

[QUOTE="ColoradoKindBud"]I will seriously be LMFAO if a multiplat title wins GOTY this year. Fanboy heads will be exploding Scanners-style if that happens. :lol:3picuri3

could happen, bioshock is multiplat, and so is cod4 :) cod4 winning could herald a year of peace between cows and lemmings :)

anyone else noticing how Killzone 2 is winning no awards at any major sites ?? its because only Sony fanboys are hyping it upprimetime2121

[QUOTE="Bdking57"]

If bioshock wins, cows miss out again

[QUOTE="3picuri3"]

[QUOTE="ColoradoKindBud"]I will seriously be LMFAO if a multiplat title wins GOTY this year. Fanboy heads will be exploding Scanners-style if that happens. :lol:da1on2

could happen, bioshock is multiplat, and so is cod4 :) cod4 winning could herald a year of peace between cows and lemmings :)

Your not a cow though, your a Cowmit.

[QUOTE="ColoradoKindBud"]I will seriously be LMFAO if a multiplat title wins GOTY this year. Fanboy heads will be exploding Scanners-style if that happens. :lol:3picuri3

could happen, bioshock is multiplat, and so is cod4 :) cod4 winning could herald a year of peace between cows and lemmings :)

No the 2 would compare every pixel to the others and state that it looks better on one console.

[QUOTE="primetime2121"]anyone else noticing how Killzone 2 is winning no awards at any major sites ?? its because only Sony fanboys are hyping it upsoldier-dark

[QUOTE="soldier-dark"][QUOTE="primetime2121"]anyone else noticing how Killzone 2 is winning no awards at any major sites ?? its because only Sony fanboys are hyping it upXanaduTheBand

Halo 3 was playable but behind closed doors. Gamespot got to watch it being played. They stated that they seen the middle of chapter 1(to hide spoilers) after that MC metup with the Arbiter.

Link: http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/halo3/news.html?sid=6174324

[QUOTE="Stabby2486"]LOL! They put in Naruto but not Ssbb? What a joke.da1on2

[QUOTE="Kestastrophe"][QUOTE="3picuri3"]

kinda shocked there's no killzone 2 in best of show, while i think cod4 looked better - still, wtf? 3picuri3

Not only was it not nominated for best of show, it was not nominated in ANY category.

yeah, a bit fishy - i wonder if Sony bothered to invite all of the major outlets? maybe the midnight thing at the sushi restaurant was just for a limited few...

true.

[QUOTE="ColoradoKindBud"]I will seriously be LMFAO if a multiplat title wins GOTY this year. Fanboy heads will be exploding Scanners-style if that happens. :lol:3picuri3

could happen, bioshock is multiplat, and so is cod4 :) cod4 winning could herald a year of peace between cows and lemmings :)

Bioshock is multi-plat? I thought it was 360 exclusive. CyanX73

No it always been a multiplat.

I just want to stress people about the Cod4 bashing. Forget Cod2 and Cod3. This game has been in development far longer and will be the BEST in the series. I didn't like Cod3 that much but this game will blow a lot of games out of the water this year. Graphcially it look much better than any FPS on consoles.Riviera_Phantom

cod3 wasn't done by the same team as 2, but 4 is - so it should be stellar.