E3 awards: Fallout 3 = Best of Show; LittleBigPlanet = Best Console game

This is it, folks. The winners of the official Game Critics Awards for E3 2008 – as chosen by 36 representatives (including yours truly) from most of the leading video game outlets – have been revealed. Leading the pack with two wins each are Fallout 3 – winner of "Best of Show" and "Best RPG" – along with LittleBigPlanet – winner of Best Console game and Best Social/Casual/Puzzle game.

The top publisher was EA (just like in our own awards) with five wins, while Sony took second place with an impressive three wins. In terms of platform concentration, the Xbox 360 barely edged out the competition with eight wins versus both the PC and PS3's seven (for those of you keeping track, the Wii only managed one win and that was for its version of Madden 09). We've got the full list after the break, or check out the Game Critics site for the breakdown by publisher and platform or refresh your memory with this list of nominees in the various categories.

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 360)

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)

Reader Comments (68)

@Marty

I'm actually quite calm. I was just making fun of 4MF. Look at his post history. You'll see where you has said "Cry the fuck more" twice recently.

You're banned, so don't come back, okay?

lol:

"Previous Fallout games have always funneled the player into a particular character type based on past actions and responses. Act like a fabulously magnanimous arse for your first few quests in Vault City and certain quests will start dropping out of reach for you – you can’t become Captain of the Guard if you’ve got false citizenship papers and a liberal, peaceful attitude to nearby towns.

Fallout 3 however has a slightly different ethic and has spun this round somewhat because there’s a hidden flaw wrapped in the model of the previous games – that the player doesn’t always know how their options are being trimmed, their choices culled. You might miss out on important quests and information without knowing it, so as well as extending development time by factoring in all this redundant content, you can leave players feeling falsely trapped or locked into a game they don’t want to play.

Fallout 3 avoids this neatly then, giving players a constant string of second chances. You’re reputation is still tracked locally and globally via the karma evil-o-meter that labels you with different titles and insults based on your allegiances and actions, but you have a permanent ability to disobey your own ethic.

You can, for example, take on a specifically evil quest to slaughter the entire population of kittens a town, but doing so won’t prevent you from taking a good quest later or having a chance to expand the kitten orphanage to nicer premises if you want to turn your life around."

They fixed a crucial flaw in Fallout. Now your actions no longer mean shit and you can do everything!

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/08/04/fallout-3-hands-on-preview/

Best in Show? This dog is fucking brain dead.

What do you have against brain dead dogs?

Brain dead dogs are people too, you know.

Oh crap, I just read that. It sounds like Bethesda just fucked the Fallout series even more. I'm still playing it, but that doesn't sound too good at all.

ARGH, god forbid an RPG where you had to stick to ROLE PLAYING.

Fuckity shits. I was giving Bethesda the benefit of the doubt (I still kind of am, hardly though), but NOTHING I have seen from the atmosphere and world of this game does the original two Fallout's justice.

Ugh, October is gonna make me broke.

I think Rhythm Heaven should have won something :( It looks so damn awesome. Its like warioware with rhythm.

Was going to wait for FFXIII to show up before picking up a PS3, but screw it. Little Big Planet sounds too damn fun to pass on.

* Madden NFL 09
* (Tiburon/EA for All Systems)

* goes to check if it's available for N-Gage *

How the fuck did LBP win best console game? How much did Sony have to pay to get this award...

You are a poor excuse for a person.

Why do my comments keep getting rated down?

Maybe it won't be this time.

Or this time.

Going for 3 hearts!

What?

*sigh* Supposed to be a reply to 4myfriends; a parody of his constant reposting of comments that get voted down each time. Comment system fail.

E3 awards: Fallout 3 = Best of Show; LittleBigPlanet = Best Console game

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