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Game Critics Awards: Rock Band, EA best of E3 2007

Posted Aug 1, 2007 at 1:53PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: News Tags: Activision, Electronic Arts, Harmonix, Microsoft, MTV, Sony
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EA wins the game - Image 1When E3 comes, the Game Critics Awards is sure to follow. 36 judges have given their verdict, and the winners have surfaced. On top of the list is Rock Band (Xbox 360, PS3), which was branded "Best of the Show."

Activision may have taken a lead over Electronic Arts as the biggest third-party publisher in the industry, but EA's huge staple of games placed the giant company on top. EA won six awards, followed by Microsoft that earned three. Sony snatched two victories, while other publishers (2K Games, Activision, Nintendo, Sega, and Sierra) also won something.
  • Best of Show: Rock Band (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
  • Best Original Game: LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for PS3)
  • Best Console Game: Mass Effect (Bioware/Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360)
  • Best PC Game: Crysis (Crytek/EAP)
  • Best Handheld Game: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
  • Best Hardware/Peripheral: Rock Band Instruments (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
  • Best Action Game: Call of Duty 4 (Infinity Ward/Activision for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
  • Best Action/Adventure Game: Bioshock (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, Xbox 360)
  • Best Role Playing Game: Mass Effect (Bioware / Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360)
  • Best Racing Game: Burnout Paradise (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
  • Best Sports Game: Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts for All Platforms)
  • Best Fighting Game: Virtua Fighter 5 (Sega for Xbox 360)
  • Best Strategy Game: World in Conflict (Massive Entertainment/Sierra for PC)
  • Best Social/Casual/Puzzle: Rock Band (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
  • Best Online Multiplayer: Halo 3 (Bungie/Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360)
  • Special Commendation for Graphics: Killzone 2 (Guerilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for PS3)
It's worth nothing that only playable games at E3 were eligible for nomination. As to why Rock Band is the "Best Puzzle Game," your guess is as good as ours. Just head over Game Critics Awards' website via Read link below for more info.



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# socias/casual/puzzleSr_Moska 2007-08-01 15:15
dur! it's not a puzzle but its like a social/casual game!



what an a$$ really, don't try to sounds smart and cool if you're not :)



PS Learn to read!

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# ??? T_T ???Guest 2007-08-01 15:23
WHAT Why will they put in that list Halo 3 went is not out yet. How they can tell is the online is good or better then Halo 2 maybe is worst. and for Killzone 2 I think is ok if you are only talking about graphics but no one can talk about gameplay if nobody had played yet.

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# Can't help but noticeGuest 2007-08-01 15:28
Not one Wii game, many 360/PS3 games

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# ...Guest 2007-08-01 15:32
Rockband being best puzzle just shows that this list is crappy, rockband is lame anyway, i mean fun but i wouldnt go so far to call it best game of E3? its innovative and fun but how can it be better then a deep imersive game with a killer story line? Y dont ppl that wanna play rockband just get real instruments and learn to play the real thing, then it becomes cool and useful outside of playing on a console eh?

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# rageGuest 2007-08-01 16:31
love the rage against the machine cover, that band is awesome hope they get back together

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# sighGuest 2007-08-01 17:52
they are dip*****

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# RAGE!Guest 2007-08-01 18:12
HAHAHAHA! Rage against the Machine! HELL YES!

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# all best of game are on the 360Guest 2007-08-01 19:01
Notice how all the best games are on the 360. Enough said.

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# CGI!AoxomamoxoA 2007-08-01 20:09
i think kz2 looks like graw2. gears still looks better than kz2, even for its age.

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# nopeGuest 2007-08-01 20:58
Rage is not together. The singer went one way the rest went with chris cornell from Soundgarden.

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# ShooterGuest 2007-08-01 22:06
I don't see best shooter up there.

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# CrysisGuest 2007-08-01 23:33
crysis is also comin out on ps3, so x360 aint got best games

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# yepGuest 2007-08-02 00:45
actually rage against the machine is together, they reunited some time in April and their touring across the nation with public enemy, wu-tang clan, etc. I'm going to one of their concerts on august 11th.





I'm really looking forward to rock band!!!

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# ...Guest 2007-08-02 03:30
Ya, the category is Social/Casual/Puzzle, so rock band fits because it's all about being social with other "band members". What i don't understand is why those three things are lumped together. they don't have much of anything to do with each other.

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# Where did you hear that?Guest 2007-08-02 15:19
Who the ***** said crysis is coming for ps3 dip*****?



ps3 fanboys still make stuff up to save their system's rep.



Look any whwere crysis is only on PC. and if it were coming to consoles it would be 360, due strong relations with microsoft. But that aint happening either.

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# EA stand for---Guest 2007-08-02 15:26
EA stands for Evil *****s



Evil *****s --- Challenges everything!!!(N ot Including everyone we bought, WestWoods, Maxis, etc.)



Still... Talk about something more important. Not games.

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