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Xbox 360 cleans house in Game Critics Awards

Supernouva | August 01, 2007 | News | XBOX 360 E3 2007 
Looks like Xbox 360 games took the spotlight the most in this year's E3 convention, taking 11 awards, followed by the PS3 at 8 awards, and the Wii with a measly 1.
Microsoft's Xbox 360 took top honors as the console with the most award-winning games at E3 this year according to the Game Critics Awards. Xbox 360 games took home 11 awards, followed by PS3 with eight, and Wii with just one.

EA's Rock Band won Best In Show ousting Bioshock, Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect and Fallout 3 for the honor. Sony's Little Big Planet won Best Original Game, while Microsoft's Mass Effect took home the Best Console Game prize and Sony's Killzone 2 earned a congeniality award for outstanding visuals.

The Game Critics Awards is judged by a panel of 36 journalists who submit nominees in over a dozen categories for games that were playable at E3, the industry's most notable yearly conference.

Special attention by the judging body is given to so called "hardcore" games says the panel's co-founder Jeff Keighley. As a result, the industries two best selling systems, the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii, only went home with one award a piece.

The full list of awards can be found on the Game Critics Awards' home page.

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    Chronic Apathy | August 03, 2007
    Damn straight!

    Proving yet again the 360 has the best games.
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    sten mk II | August 10, 2007
    In the people at E3's opinion, it doesn't prove anything.

    That's like saying because a lot of people like the color blue, it makes it the best. Which isn't true.
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    FusionWeapons | August 11, 2007
    This proves everything the 360 is the best of this gen but i will give the wii some props its up there with 360 but never will be top.

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