Game Critics Awards 2004 (Post E3)

2004 Nominees
The 35 publications voting for the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2004 are proud to announce this year's nominees.

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, June 8, 2004.

Best of Show
- Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
- Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox)
- Nintendo DS (Mobile Gaming System - Nintendo Co. Ltd)
- Sony PSP (Mobile Gaming System - Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Splinter Cell 3 (UbiSoft Montreal/UbiSoft for PC)

Best Original Game
- Destroy All Humans! (Pandemic/THQ for PlayStation 2, Xbox)
- Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Nintendo for GameCube)
- God of War (SCEA Santa Monica/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- Jade Empire (Bioware/Microsoft for Xbox)
- Yoot Saito's Odama (Vivarium/Nintendo for GameCube)

Best PC Game
- Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
- Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth (EALA/Electronic Arts for PC)
- Rome: Total War (Creative Assembly/Activision for PC)
- Sims 2 (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)
- Splinter Cell 3 (UbiSoft Montreal/UbiSoft for PC)

Best Console Game
- God of War (SCEA Santa Monica/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox)
- Jade Empire (Bioware/Microsoft for Xbox)
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Retro Studios/Nintendo for GameCube)
- Resident Evil 4 (Capcom for GameCube)

Best Peripheral / Hardware
- Alienware Video Array Technology (Alienware for PC)
- Donkey Konga Bongo Drums (Nintendo for GameCube)
- Nintendo DS (Mobile Gaming System - Nintendo Co. Ltd)
- Phantom Gaming Service (Infinium Labs, Inc.)
- Sony PSP (Mobile Gaming System - Sony Computer Entertainment)

Best Action Game
- Doom 3 (Vicarious Visions/id/Activision for Xbox)
- F.E.A.R. (Monolith Productions/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
- Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
- Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox)
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Retro Studios/Nintendo for GameCube)

Best Action/Adventure Game
- God of War (SCEA Santa Monica/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- Prince of Persia 2 (UbiSoft Montreal/UbiSoft for All Systems)
- Resident Evil 4 (Capcom for GameCube)
- Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Insomniac Games/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- Splinter Cell 3 (UbiSoft Montreal/UbiSoft for PC)

Best Fighting Game
- Def Jam: Fight for New York (EA Canada/EA for All Console Systems)
- Guilty Gear Isuka (Arc System Works/Sammy Studios for PlayStation 2)
- Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway Games for PlayStation 2/Xbox)
- Rumble Roses (KCET/Konami for PlayStation 2)
- Street Fighter Anniversary Collection (Capcom for PlayStation 2/Xbox)

Best Role Playing Game
- Fable (Big Blue Box/Microsoft for Xbox)
- Final Fantasy XII (Square-Enix for PlayStation 2)
- Jade Empire (Bioware/Microsoft for Xbox)
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
(Obsidian/LucasArts for PC/Xbox)
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (Troika Games/Activision for PC)

Best Racing Game
- Burnout 3 (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2/Xbox)
- Enthusia Professional Racing (Konami for PlayStation 2)
- Forza Motorsport (Microsoft for Xbox)
- Gran Turismo 4 (Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 2)
- Street Racing Syndicate (Eutechnyx/Namco for All Console Systems)

Best Simulation Game
- Full Spectrum Warrior (Pandemic/THQ for PC/Xbox)
- Pacific Fighters (1C/UbiSoft for PC)
- Sims 2 (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)
- The Movies (Lionhead Studios/Activision for All Platforms)
- The Urbz: Sims in the City (Maxis/Electronic Arts for All Console Systems)

Best Sports Game
- ESPN NFL 2005 (Visual Concepts/ESPN Videogames for PS2/Xbox)
- FIFA Soccer 2005 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts for All Platforms)
- Madden NFL 2005 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts for All Platforms)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts for All Platforms)
- Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (Neversoft/Activision for All Platforms)

Best Strategy Game
- Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth (EALA/Electronic Arts for PC)
- Pikmin 2 (Nintendo for GameCube)
- Rome: Total War (Creative Assembly/Activision for PC)
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (Relic/THQ for PC)

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
- Donkey Konga (Nintendo for GameCube)
- Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Nintendo for GameCube)
- EyeToy: AntiGrav (Harmonix Music Systems/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
- Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 (Harmonix Music Systems/Konami for PlayStation 2)
- WarioWare, Inc. DS (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)

Best Online Multiplayer Game
- Battlefield 2 (Digital Illusions/EA Games for PC)
- EverQuest II (Sony Online Entertainment for PC)
- Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox)
- Star Wars Battlefront (Pandemic Studios/LucasArts for PC, PS2, Xbox)
- World of Warcraft (Blizzard/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)

Note on eligibility: Judges were given the option of "hands-on" gameplay time with all nominated games. Games shown in non-playable form were not eligible for awards. => Terecht!

Ik ben benieuwd

Mijn favorieten:

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Op woensdag 26 mei 2004 12:14 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:
2004 Nominees
Best of Show
- Nintendo DS (Mobile Gaming System - Nintendo Co. Ltd)

Best Original Game
- Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Nintendo for GameCube)

Best PC Game
- Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)

Best Console Game
- Resident Evil 4 (Capcom for GameCube)

Best Peripheral / Hardware
- Nintendo DS (Mobile Gaming System - Nintendo Co. Ltd)

Best Action Game
- Doom 3 (Vicarious Visions/id/Activision for Xbox)

Best Action/Adventure Game
- Prince of Persia 2 (UbiSoft Montreal/UbiSoft for All Systems)

Best Fighting Game
- Guilty Gear Isuka (Arc System Works/Sammy Studios for PlayStation 2)

Best Role Playing Game
- Final Fantasy XII (Square-Enix for PlayStation 2)

Best Racing Game
- Burnout 3 (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2/Xbox)

Best Simulation Game
- The Movies (Lionhead Studios/Activision for All Platforms)

Best Sports Game
- FIFA Soccer 2005 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts for All Platforms)

Best Strategy Game
- Rome: Total War (Creative Assembly/Activision for PC)

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
- Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Nintendo for GameCube)

Best Online Multiplayer Game
- Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox)

Ja, ik verwacht ook wel dat HALO 2 game van de show wordt Daar kan ik best mee leven. Wat ik postte geldt ook alleen voor mij

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Op woensdag 26 mei 2004 16:56 schreef bugeye het volgende:
ben benieuwd naar Half-Life 2 (omdat Half-Life mijn favoriete game alltime is )
wanneer komt ie uit?

"When it's done"

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_{offtopic: Notorious_Roy, maybe interesse in een nieuwe usericoon? je mag de mijne hebben, want ik neem een andere}

Thnx, but no thnx.

Uitslag bekend:

Best of Show
Sony PSP

Best Original Game
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Best PC Game
Splinter Cell 3

Best Console Game
Halo 2

Best Peripheral/Hardware
PSP

Best Action Game
Halo 2

Best Action/Adventure Game
Splinter Cell 3

Best Fighting Game
Def Jam: Fight for New York

Best Role Playing Game
Jade Empire

Best Racing Game
Burnout 3

Best Simulation Game
The Sims 2

Best Sports Game
Madden NFL 2005

Best Strategy Game
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat

Best Online Multiplayer
Halo 2

Special Commendation for Graphics
Splinter Cell 3


Terechte awards voor HALO 2 en DK:Jungle beat denk ik zo. Alleen geen awards voor de NDS Dat snap ik persoonlijk ECHT niet Maar goed, ik ben het wel vaker niet eens met de gerenomeerde internationale gamespers...

Ik had overigens 4 voorspellingen goed