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27th Annual Golden Joystick Awards Voting Opens
Now's your chance to make sure your favorite games make it onto the short list in the 27th Annual Golden Joystick Awards. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Dead Giveaway: Fable 2 Fallout 3 Left 4 Dead Gears of War 2 Is what I'll drop the votes on. Also Modern Warfare 2 is on one... 3 Responses | Other threads
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g4
Watch The Game Developers Choice Awards On G4 Tonight
Don't forget, like I did, that G4 will be airing the 2009 Game Developers Choice Awards tonight, giving the cable-subscribing masses a chance to hear great Tim Schafer jokes and watch awards being accepted. More » -
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Nickelodeon Kids Choose Guitar Hero Over Rock Band
Nickelodeon once again justifies our nation's voting age restrictions, as Guitar Hero World Tour comes out at the top of a rather sad nominee pool at the 2009 Kids' Choice Awards. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by eddienoteddy: kids know best. cant deny that. personally I really dislike Rock Band, it just seems broken to me, it doesnt... 37 Responses | Other threads
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xbox 360
Castle Crashers Is The Xbox Live Game Of The Year
Microsoft has announced the winners of the 2008 Xbox Live Arcade Awards, with The Behemoth's Castle Crashers walking away with Game of the Year. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Rompehamster: This game is the most fun i had since the time i used to play the X-men beat 'em up... 16 Responses | Other threads
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gdc09
You Too Can Watch The Game Developers Choice Awards
One of the highlights of next week's Game Developers Conference will be the show's annual awards ceremony. Tim Schafer will host. Sides will be split. Everyone will be happy. And you can watch it. More » -
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Here Are Your BAFTA Winners
After a year off in 2008 to sort themselves out, the British Academy Video Games Awards are back. With proceedings in London now done and dusted, let's see who took home a golden mask! More »
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BAFTA Video Game Awards Happening Now
The GAME British Academy Video Games Awards are starting to be handed out in the UK. So far the official BAFTA Twitter has named a few winners. More » -
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Vote For The Best Independent Game Of 2008
The Independent Games Festival has launched the voting site for the 2009 Audience Award, with 15 finalists seeking your nod as the best independent game of 2008. More » -
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And The Mod Of The Year Award Winners Are...
Mod DB has announced the winners of their 7th Annual Mod of the Year Awards, which celebrate the most creatively remastered video games and game modifications. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Modus_Operandi: Why do people want more realism in shooters constantly? 9 Responses | Other threads
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awards
BAFTA Games Awards Nominees Announced (It's Mario Galaxy vs Grand Theft Auto IV)
Remember the 2008 BAFTA gaming awards? Liar. There weren't any, because the organisers realised holding the awards in October - before many of the year's biggest games are out - was silly. More »
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Comment by BubbleF**kingBuddy: I feel like the only guy who didn't like Super Mario Galaxy. The motion controls felt too tacked on. 18 Responses | Other threads
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bafta
Nolan Bushnell To Be Awarded BAFTA Fellowship
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will bestow their highest honor at this years GAME British Academy Video Games Awards to the gather of Atari and pioneer of Pong, Nolan Bushnell. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Grooveraider: Even though Gunpei Yokoi passed away - he deserves to be recognized for bringing gaming industry back from the dead and... 6 Responses | Other threads
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iphone
iPhone Dominates Independent Games Fest Mobile Award Finalists
Maybe Apple's iPhone really is "the future of gameplay." This year's Independent Games Festival Mobile finalists are almost entirely comprised of titles for iPhone and iPod Touch platforms, with just one Nintendo DS entry appearing. More »
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Comment by schmeankman: Well how bout them apples. I have most of those, but I end up using the flashlight app more. 4 Responses | Other threads
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spike vgas
Spike Awards TV Ratings Tank, Down 26%
Ah, the Spike Awards. What better way to celebrate the year's achievements in an ever-maturing and important creative industry than with an evening of advertisements and ill-advised celebrity cameos? More »
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Comment by Little_Chief: Wait, Spike? I'll start watching it after I buy a Jeep, pop my collar and start hitting the clubs. Perhaps... 13 Responses | Other threads
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awards
Here Are Your Writers Guild Video Game Award Nominees
The Writers Guild of America know video games can have good writing. And last year handed out their first video game writing awards. This month, it's time to hand out their second awards. More »
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Comment by Ad-hominem: Well, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was a lousy story riding on whatever coattails the Star Wars Legacy still has. Command... 16 Responses | Other threads
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The Boll Cut
Uwe Boll Receives Four Razzie Nominations
The Golden Raspberry Awards are the anti-Oscars, celebrating the worst that film has to offer, so it comes as no surprise that our favorite video game movie director Uwe Boll be nominated for four. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Dryden: In other news, M. Night Shyamalan's next horror film is reportedly centered around an everyman-aspiring writer/director/producer that dumb lucks his... 20 Responses | Other threads
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Boring Whoring
2008 Alternative Edge Awards Highlight Deficiencies In Fallout 3's Whoring
Edge's 2008 Alternative Edge Awards celebrate the best and worst moments in 2008 gaming from a slightly skewed perspective, driving home a point that many reviewers missed: Fallout 3's whoring sucked. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Modus_Operandi: Whats worse than boring whoring you ask? The inablility to kill children! How can I apply my Method acting talents... 13 Responses | Other threads
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spike tv
A Raving, Rabid Spike VGAs TV Party
Spike TV held its sixth annual Video Game Awards show in Culver City, California last night, honoring the biggest, best and brightest the game industry had to offer in 2008. Oh, did we say "honoring"? More » -
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CD Projekt Founders Win Entrepreneur Of The Year Award
Two co-founders of Polish publishing, development, and distribution company CD Projekt have been awarded the coveted Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Poland. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by ScottG13: Two great successes off the bat. Despite the stupid name, I look forward to their continued works. 3 Responses | Other threads
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aias
Bruce Shelley To Enter AIAS Hall Of Fame
Bruce Shelley - the nice man who helped bring you Civilization, Railway Tycoon, Age of Empires and other classics - is to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall Of Fame. More » -
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Our Spike TV Video Game Award Picks
So, this year round turns out that many of my picks for finalists didn't make the cut for the 2008 Spike TV's Video Game Awards. That being said, I still felt we had an obligation to select what we thought were the best games among those finalists I listed earlier this week.
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Comment by FP_slomo788: You did a good job with was available, nice choices. GTA4 is arguable, but still a good pick. 13 Responses | Other threads
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Game of the year 2008
Spike TV Announces Nominees for 6th VGAs
It's going on six years now that Spike TV has been handing out awards to game developers on television for the year's best video games and each year, it seems, the show gets just a touch better.
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The Best And Worst Of Widescreen Gaming On The PC
While it’s fairly common these days for console games (Wii excepted) to launch with widescreen/16:9 support, PC games aren’t so fortunate. Even in 2008, with widescreen monitors becoming so popular that even the Xbox 360 natively supports many of their resolutions, a ton of PC games don’t ship with proper widescreen support. Widescreen Gaming Forum to the rescue!. If there’s a workaround, you’ll find it there. If there’s complaining to be had, it’ll start there. So it’s great seeing that the site have just held their first “Widescreen Gaming Awards”, to both honour and shame the best and worst in supporting widescreen gaming on the PC. More »
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Comment by Derangel: I love Widescreen Gaming Forums. It can't possibly be that hard to add true widescreen can it? I mean if... 8 Responses | Other threads
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golden joystick awards
Golden Joystick Voting Ends Next Week
It's your last chance to try desperately to make your voice heard in the 26th Annual Golden Joystick Awards. The world's longest-running video game awards have once again broken their voting record, with nearly 800,000 votes submitted so far. I sincerely doubt they'll be able to break their target of 1 million before voting ends on the 27th of December, but by gum they're pulling out all the stops trying, offering up prizes for every 10,000th vote submitted. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by VenomIreland: LittleBigPlanet better win it's category 6 Responses | Other threads
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popular mechanics
Popular Mechanics Honours Spore, Dual Flush Toilet
Science & Technology journal Popular Mechanics is hosting its annual Breakthrough Awards this evening and will be celebrating the past year's high achievers in the fields of invention, engineering and general cleverness. More »
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Comment by DreamoftheEndless: Is it just me, or did people just stop talking about Spore? I mean, it was supposed to be a... 3 Responses | Other threads
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the maw
The Maw Devours PAX 10 Audience Choice Award
The results of the inauguaral PAX 10 indie games showcase are in and the audience has spoken. 10 games won spots on display at the 2008 Penny Arcade Expo, where convention goers were asked to cast secret ballots selecting their favorite of the lot, and Twisted Pixel's XBLA action platformer The Maw came out on top. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Karlott: Had to be really good to beat Audiosurf, so it probably rocks. more » | Other threads
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Games Convention 2008
Behold, Leipzig's Best In Show
What would a games show be without awards? We wouldn't know. Haven't really seen one without awards. Don't think the back-of-the-box art bullet point teams would stand for a show without them. So without further ado, here are the Best In Show winners from the Leipzig GC last week! Sure, none of them are new games, but they're still the best games the show had, so give them all a round of applause. More »
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Comment by robur: Use the Force, Luke: "Die Dunkle Bruderschaft" is nothing more but a direct translation of "The Dark Brotherhood", the game's... more » | Other threads
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bungie
Halo 3 Beats Out GTA IV, Portal, Wii Fit For Edge Innovation Award
UK outlet Edge has declared that Bungie's mega-blockbuster Halo 3 "does most to further the creative culture of gaming" by awarding it the Edge Award for Interactive Innovation at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival today. The Xbox 360 game beat out Grand Theft Auto IV, Portal, Rock Band, Super Mario Galaxy and Wii Fit to secure the honor, with Edge writing that it's "the integration and coherence of Halo 3’s online content that makes the game stand apart." More »
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Comment by Clarson0420: Halo did bring one innovation to the online console FPS.. It taught thousands of children the meaning of the word "teabag"... more » | Other threads
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G-Phoria 2008
And The G-Phoria Winners Are...
Weren't those G-Phoria awards exciting last night? I was on the edge of my seat the entire time! Okay, I was at Walmart buying cat litter, but I did brush precariously close to some seats in the office furniture section. So what did I miss? Nintendo getting shut out of every award except best racing game for Mario Kart Wii for one...an award it really didn't deserve. Rock Band and Grand Theft Auto IV each came away with three awards, with Metal Gear Solid 4 and Call of Duty 4 taking home two each. For those keeping track, that's seven awards to games that were number four in their respective series. It was a year of damn fine sequels, wasn't it? Turok walked away with the coveted Uwe Boll Film Award, which seems far more fitting than Skate winning Best Sports Game. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by freespeech2: who cares!!?!?!?!? stop whining, it's just a stupid awards show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more » | Other threads
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G-Phoria Awards
G-Phoria Awards 2008 Air Tonight
It's here, it's here! It's finally here! Tonight at 8PM Eastern time, X=Play presents G-Phoria 2008, the only video game awards show where the gamers vote for their favorite titles. Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb will be putting their personal opinions aside and let the viewers decide which games deserve the awards, from the lowly Best Downloadable Content to the possibly highly coveted Game of the Year. They've even got a Game Most Deserving of an Uwe Boll Movie Adaptation award! Hilarity ensues. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Orionsaint: @Kenny: Why Kenny? Are you that much fun? Hahaha! more » | Other threads
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game critics best of e3 2008
Game Critics Best of E3 By the Numbers
You've had a chance to digest the raw data of who won what from the Game Critics Best of E3 awards. Now here's a bit of fuel for that angry fanboy deep inside you: A run down of all of the 2008 Best of E3 Game Critics Awards stats. More »
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Comment by Shaoko: How the hell does EA win? Honestly... I think Sony deserved it more than they did, I mean Sony actually... more » | Other threads
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Game Critics Announce Best of E3 Winners
Fallout 3 and LittleBigPlanet tied for the game with the most awards handed out for this year's Game Critics Best of E3 awards.
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Comment by fuchikoma: I'm with LBP. I'm hyped for Fallout, but so far it looks like an apocalypse-themed shooter. I hope it has the... more » | Other threads
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game critics awards: Best of e3 2008
Kotaku's Picks for Game Critics Best of E3 Awards
Last week the Game Critics Best of E3 finalists were announced with much fanfare and debate.
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Comment by Crawl to China: @KaemonKei: Left 4 Dead is Original? Which definition of "original" are we using here? more » | Other threads
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best of e3
Game Critics' Best of E3 Finalists Announced
Each year journalists from 36 North America media outlets come together to select what they believe are the best games of E3. The annual Game Critics Awards are meant to recognize the games that "will shape the future of interactive entertainment."
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Comment by TheCakeIsALie: Was I one of the only ones turned off by the Fallout demo? I didn't really know too much going... more » | Other threads
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The Golden Joystick Awards
Golden Joystick Shortlist Voting Opens
The 26th Annual Golden Joystick Awards have done away with those nasty, confusing long lists and moved on to the much easier to navigate shortlists round of voting. Gamers from all over the world are urged to head over to the site and make their voices heard as the competition begins to get hot and heavy. There are 15 categories to be determined, including the prestigious Ultimate Game Of The Year award. This year's nominees for the best of the best? Age of Conan, Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Burnout Paradise, CoD 4, Quake Wars, GTA IV, Halo 3, Mario Kart Wii, MGS 4, Portal, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, and The Witcher. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Davizias: @Jorw: don't suppose you watched last years award show? Long story short all the presenters thought the publishers made the games... more » | Other threads
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codemasters
Codemasters Co-Founders Get Queenly Honors
Codemasters co-founders David and Richard Darling were recognized by the Queen of England, Elizabeth II during her annual birthday honors. Both brothers were named Commanders of the Order of the British Empire, a British order of chivalry established back in 1917 by King George V, recognized for their contribution to the video game industry. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Mr_Fujisawa: Congratulations! David may you forever be able to look forlorne in newspapers bemoaning being so rich, yet unable to get a... more » | Other threads
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sid meier
Sid Meier Is The Most Award-Winning Developer Ever!
Does an entry in the Guinness World Records count as an award? If so, chalk up another one for Sid Meier, who has just entered the 2008 Gamer's Edition of that prestigious publication as the game industry's most award-winning creator. Among his many achievements are numerous awards for the Civilization series, induction into the Computer Museum of America's and Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Halls of Fame, and a commemorative star on the Walk of Game. How does it feel? More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by drmcscott: @develin: I agree his recent games are rehashes. @GoalieLax: Dont worry about Revolution, just play Civ 4 again. In some ways Civ... more » | Other threads
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awards
Golden Joysticks Team With London Games Festival
The 3rd annual London Games Festival is set to kick off in late October, and for the first time the Golden Joystick Awards will be there. Now in its 26th year, the 2008 Golden Joystick Awards show will now be a major part of the week-long gaming festival, taking place from the 25th of October through the 2nd of November. Says Keith Ramsdale, Chairman of the 2008 LGF, More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by hchaudh1: In the online games section, the have TimeShift and Area51. WTF! Warhawk is not included in the online section. But... more » | Other threads
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awards
26th Annual Golden Joystick Voting Opens
The world's oldest video game awards return for their 26th year, and they need your opinion. Voting has opened for the 26th annual Golden Joysticks, Future UK's yearly video game awards decided strictly by votes taken from the gamers themselves. Last year over 750,000 votes were tallied to prove that people really, really liked Gears of War. This year they aim to up that to over a million folks telling us how good BioShock was. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Samos42: Thing is, when does the voting close? It doesn't really make sense. They allow you to vote for games that... more » | Other threads
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adwatch
EA's Simpsons Win Golden Trailer Award
With Halo 3's "Believe" ad campaign winning advertising awards left and right, it's time for EA to step up to the award podium, or at least EA's trailer producers, Hammer Creative. They've just been awarded the "Best Video Game Trailer" award at the 9th Annual Golden Trailer Awards for their The Simpsons Game: Medal of Homer trailer. A spoof of EA's own Medal of Honor series, the ad features Bart and Homer invading Franchise, belching, and scratching their asses...truly the hallmarks of a truly great trailer, ever since Humphrey Bogart garlic-burped in Ingrid Bergman's face in the classic Casablanca teaser. Hammer Creative is no stranger to the Golden Trailer Awards, having won last year for the trailer to Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent and the year before for The Godfather: The Game. Hit the jump to see the award-winning clip in all its pristine glory. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Masamuru123: Really? Becuase compared to Halo 3, Gta 4, and TF2 this is shite. more » | Other threads
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adwatch
Halo 3 Keeps Winning (Advertising) Awards
Say what you will about Bungie's Halo 3 from a gameplay or plot standpoint, there is one aspect of the game that was excellent from start to finish - the ad campaign. Created by the McCann Worldgroup and T.A.G., the Halo 3 "Believe" ad campaign featured no gameplay footage, instead creating a mood using strong imagery that stirred the audience in a way simply looking at a video game could not. Last night the campaign received best in show at The One Show, an annual worldwide advertising awards show that celebrates great ideas in marketing."The 'Believe' campaign catapulted Halo 3 from an ordinary video game into a worldwide cultural phenomenon due to its ability to build an emotional rapport with the audience," said Mary Warlick, CEO of The One Club. "The innovative stream of interactive TV, Web and cinema advertisements was an inspired approach that successfully attracted an audience beyond the typical gamer."
Just last week the campaign walked away with the Grandy, the top honor at the 2008 International Andy Awards. Halo 3 shall truly go down in history as one of the best (advertised) video games of all time. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Platinumstorm: I'm surprised more people aren't talking about the "Mad World" ad. I don't own an XBOX360, and haven't played... more » | Other threads
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