As it turns out, the people's choice ceremony was honoring games form last year, and a few, like God of War II, which sorta seem like games from last year. The rather untimely celebration featured nominees like Guitar Hero II and Call of Duty 3 just as their respective sequels prepare to enter the market. Halo 3 Beta was considered among the 'Innovations' of the year, but the actual game, well, that will have to wait until ... next year.
Full list of award winners follows.
- 02 Ultimate Game of the Year 2007 - Gears of War
- Sonopress Xbox Game of the Year 2007 - Gears of War
- PC Game of the Year 2007 (sponsored by PC Gamer) - The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar
- PlayStation Game of the Year 2007 (sponsored by Official PlayStation Magazine UK) - God of War II
- Nintendo Game of the Year 2007 (sponsored by Official Nintendo Magazine) - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Editor's Choice - Gears of War
- The Publisher of the Year 2007 (sponsored by Future) - Nintendo
- The Vivendi Retailer of the Year 2007 - Game
- The One to Watch (sponsored by Total Film) - Assassin's Creed
- Next-Gen.biz UK Developer of the Year - Codemasters
- The GameTribe Online Game of the Year 2007 - World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
- Nuts All-Nighter - Gears of War
- The 1Xtra Soundtrack of the Year - Guitar Hero II
- The Innovation of the Year 2007 (sponsored by T3) - Nintendo Wii
- 4Talent Mobile Game of the Year 2007 - Final Fantasy
- Games Radar Handheld Game of the Year - GTA Vice City Stories
- The Sun Family Game of the Year 2007 - Wii Sports
- The Bliss Girls' Choice Game of the Year 2007 - Guitar Hero II
(Page 1) Reader Comments
They should give the award to Katamari every single year anyway.
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One thing tho, only the first 2 Katamari games are worth metioning (and well, the one for psp since its considered a port with extras), the last one just plain sucks...
Which awards do you lot all follow? The game industry seems peculiarly divided in how it doles out awards, with tons of parties (including the ESA itself), who has the most credible and/or comprehensive awards?
I say IGN, giving awards for all genres, no overall GOTY, and then various technical awards, as well as their "Best game that Nobody Played" which is always a pleasant hats off to the hidden gems
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Ign does give out an overall goty, it was okami last year.
And I think portal needs to be a little bit longer to be considered for goty. The gameplay is good, but it is short.
Nah, I actually kinda follow all over them and sort of make an aggregate consensus over what the best game in what category was. This method also enables my own personal biases to come into play, thus insulating me from the cold hard Hell that is oftentimes reality.
Oh well, doesn't change my opinion much...
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last third of the game was a joke
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No one has given me a serious answer of why you have to switch between plasmids and guns. It makes no sense.
And why isn't there multiplayer? Cause it's not Halo? I swear, I'll break your neck if that's the best you people can come up with.
About what about such classics as 'Vampire Rain', 'Kengo: Legend of the 9', 'Cyberball 2072' not being nominated?
Time to start a petition, me thinks...
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CONGRATS!!!
CANT WAIT TILL GEARS 2
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The only game I ever played with more blocks than that piece of crap was tetris.
Every once in a while, I'd like to play a game that DOESN'T take place in Willy Wonka's factory.
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why not just give these out at the beginning of january every year?
oh... and why not just disband BAFTA altogether? =)
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