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    Best of E3: Our Picks

    GCA7.JPG OK, you've had an hour or so to argue, debate and decide which games you thought should receive which nominations, including the cherished Best of Show accolade. Now it's our turn. Before you hit the jump to see our picks know this, there was a whole lotta arguing that led up to these final selections and on more than one occasion it came down to votes... on one occasion that vote tied and we had to debate the issue for awhile. Also keep in mind that we made these choices based off of the very specific definitions that The Game Critics Awards follows. So Best of Show gives a lot of weight to buzz. Also, there were two categories that we didn't feel had three worthy nominations, so we didn't include them. They were fighting game and simulation game.

    We'll be posting up our own Kotaku awards later this week, but for now hit the jump and start complaining.


    Best of Show:
    1. Rock Band
    2. Super Mario Galaxy
    3. Fallout 3
    4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
    5. Wii Fit

    Best Original Game:
    1. LittleBigPlanet
    2. Wii Fit
    3. Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros
    4. Dewy's Adventure

    Best Game, Console:
    1. Super Mario Galaxy
    2. Mass Effect
    3. Rock Band
    4. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
    5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

    Best Game, Handheld:
    1. The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass
    2. God of War: Chains of Olympus
    3. Geometry Wars Galaxies DS
    4. Silent Hill Origins

    Best Game, PC
    1. Crysis
    2. Bioshock
    3. Fallout 3

    Best Hardware/Peripheral:
    1. Rock Band Drums
    2. Wii Balance Board
    3. Wii Party Station

    Best Action Game:
    1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat
    2. Bioshock
    3. Fracture
    4. Turok
    5. Haze

    Best Action/Adventure Game:
    1. Super Mario Galaxy
    2. The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass
    3. Ratchet and Clank: Future Tools of Destruction
    4. Folklore
    5. Assassin's Creed

    Best RPG:
    1. Mass Effect
    2. Fallout 3
    3. Blue Dragon
    4. Tabula Rasa
    5. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

    Best Racing Game:
    1. Burnout: Paradise
    2. Stuntman: Ignition
    3. Project Gotham Racing 4

    Best Sports Game:
    1. Skate
    2. Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
    3. Madden 08
    4. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08

    Best Strategy Game:
    1. Universe at War
    2. World in Conflict
    3. Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

    Best Social/Casual/Puzzle Game:
    1. Rock Band
    2. LittleBigPlanet
    3. Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros
    4. Pain
    5. De Blob

    Best Online Multiplayer:
    1. Burnout Paradise
    2. Army of Two
    3. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
    4. Haze

    Special Commendation for Graphics (Non-Playable Games Eligible in this category)
    1. Metal Gear Solid 4
    2. Killzone 2
    3. Mass Effect

    Special Commendation for Sound (Non-Playable Games Eligible in this category):
    1. Everyday Shooter
    2. Rock Band
    3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare


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