Fallout 3, Electronic Arts clean up at Game Critics E3 Awards

by Xav de Matos { Aug 5th 2008 at 3:15PM }

Fallout 3 from Bethesda Softworks nabbed the coveted Game of the Show award today from Game Critics -- a panel of judges comprised of editors from various online/offline publications (including Joystiq's own Chris Grant). Fallout 3 also took home the award for Best RPG at the show.

Electronic Arts brought home 5 awards including Best Action/Adventure game for Dead Space and Best Original Game for Mirror's Edge. The Xbox 360 platform was at the top of the award count with 8 for the console, including a Best Action Game win for Gears of War 2.

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 36)

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)

Tags: awards, dead-space, e3-08, e3-2008, e308, fallout-3, game-critics, gears-of-war-2, mirrors-edge

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

LilTmac2003 @ Aug 5th 2008 3:37PM

Other than LittleBigPlanet, majority of all the games make an appearance on the 360.

Overall, thumbs up.

Gears 2 is going to be insane, Fable II is also going to be awesome.

I also got to show some love to Too Human.

gnik eltrut @ Aug 5th 2008 3:57PM

LBP vs Gears 2.

Which is Gayer?

Neuromancer @ Aug 5th 2008 4:11PM

Gears. There was a grand total of one woman in the first game, compared to about a hundred bulky dudes.

bigdaddy @ Aug 5th 2008 7:17PM

I like how most (if any) of these games aren't even out yet, but they're winning categories like "Best RPG". That seems a little...presumptuous. Shouldn't they be called "Best New RPG" or "Best Upcoming RPG".

Of course, context is everything, but it's good to see that a little of that traditional E3 spirit still lives on. Grist for the Hype Mill as usual I suppose.

Fortunately for us, our fair, fair games media keeps those big bad marketing types from spinning things out of control. I guess that means we ALL win, huh? :)

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