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Critics Pick Their Favorite Video Games

by Tim Stevens on July 25, 2007 at 09:35 AM

E3's Game Critics Award Nominees AnnouncedThe 2007 Electronics Entertainment Expo is a distant memory, closing its doors a whole two weeks ago. But, the Game Critics Awards are just getting started. Each year a panel of judges selected from a variety of major publications and sites vote on their favorite games from the show. The nominees are collected and awards are handed out, often to games that are still years away. This year, though, they kept their sights a little closer, lavishing the most nominees, five, to 'Rock Band,' the new music game from Harmonix, formerly of 'Guitar Hero' fame, that's due this fall.

It was one five games given the nod as a nominee for Best of Show. Here's the complete list:
Another hot category is Best Original Game, which also sees 'Rock Band' making an appearance:
  • 'Bioshock' (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, Xbox 360)
  • 'de Blob' (Blue Tongue/THQ for Wii)
  • 'Little Big Planet' (Media Molecule/SCEE for PS3)
  • 'Rock Band' (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
  • 'Wii Fit' (Nintendo for Wii)

We can't help but think 'Little Big Planet', Sony's little PS3 platformer that's unlike anything else, is a shoe-in here. Unfortunately, though, it won't be available until sometime next summer.

How about you? Any games you think should be on this list that the critics missed?


Tags: E3, Game Critics Awards, GameCriticsAwards

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