The best of E3 - Nominees announced

[GuiltySpark]

Well here they are:

Best of Show
Half-Life 2 (Valve/VU Games for PC)
Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox)
Nintendo DS (Nintendo Co. Ltd)
Sony PSP (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)


Do you notice:
-Three of the five noms for Best RPG are Xbox only.
-Halo 2 received four noms.
-The only games nominated for Best of Show will all end up on the Xbox.
-DOAU wasn't nominated for Best Fighter WTF!

[RockTheCasba]

good find dude

[ghost 009]

I'm thinking of getting an alienware to start playing pc games. Should have a fun time if I do it.

[Cryogenic Pyro]

I'm thinking of getting an alienware to start playing pc games. Should have a fun time if I do it.
Yea, a fun time shelling out cash ;).

[GuiltySpark]

Yea, a fun time shelling out cash ;).

Yeah really :cheers:

Hey Butterz, if you want a new computer you can build one that is very similar or even better than an alienware for prolly less than half the price of actually buying one. No one likes to blow $3,500 when you can get the same thing for $1,500, right? :cheers: