It wouldn't be E3 without any subsequent fanboy bickering over which game or console "won" the show. Games journalists like to bicker, too, but they also like to come to a consensus every now and then. Thus, the Games Critics Awards, an independent coalition of 36 US games journalists from various media outlets, has just released theirBest of E3 2008 list.Any game present in hands-on playable form was eligible - so if you're wondering why Fat Princess isn't Best of Show, there you go.
Everyone from Popular Science to your humble ol' GamesRadarparticipated, and this is what they had to say:
Best of Show:
Fallout 3
Bethesda Softworks for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Best Original Game
Mirror's Edge
DICE/EA 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
Bent 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, PlayStation3, 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 Arcades
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
Aug 5, 2008
