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Games Convention award noms named
Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 receives only multiplatform nomination in German trade show's "Best of GC" awards.
Representatives from this week's Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, have announced their "Best of GC" nominees today. To be eligible for nomination, entries must be in a playable state and present at the convention. Category winners will be announced August 24.
Eschewing any genre-based honors, the Games Convention jury simply broke down its categories by best overall experience on each individual platform. The platform awards were further augmented by online gaming and hardware nominees. In all, more than 25 different games were nominated in the 11 different categories.
Surprisingly, Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 walked away with the only multiplatform nomination at the European event. The latest iteration in the long-running soccer sim series was nominated on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 2.
However, several games received a nod in multiple categories, including Flagship Studios' Hellgate: London and Splash Damage's Enemy Territory: Quake Wars receiving acclaim in both the PC and online categories. Otherwise, the award nominations were disbursed fairly evenly over the many upcoming big-name titles.
A complete list of nominees from this year's Game Convention is list below.
Best of PC
Sam & Max Season One (Telltale Games)
Starcraft II (Blizzard Entertainment)
Hellgate: London (Flagship Studios)
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire (Blue Byte)
Crysis (Crytek)
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Splash Damage)
Best of Xbox 360
BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (Ascaron Entertainment)
Eternal Sonata (Tri-Crescendo)
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Io Interactive)
Best of PSP
God of War: Chains of Olympus (Ready at Dawn)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
Silent Hill: Origins (Climax)
Best of PS2
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
Crash of the Titans (Radical Entertainment)
Singstar - Die Toten Hosen (Sony Computer Entertainment)
Buzz! - The Hollywood Quiz (Relentless)
Best of PS3
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Kojima Productions)
SingStar (Sony Computer Entertainment)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Naughty Dog)
The Eye of Judgment (Sony Computer Entertainment)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
Best of Wii
Wii Fit (Nintendo)
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
Best of Nintendo DS
Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
Undercover: Dual Motives (Sproing)
The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)
Best of Mobile
Skate (Electronic Arts)
Medal of Honor: Airborne (Electronic Arts)
Best of Online Games
Hellgate: London (Flagship Studios)
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Splash Damage)
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Funcom)
Best of Hardware
Wii Balance Board (Nintendo)
Rock Band peripherals (Electronic Arts)
PlayStation Eye (Sony Computer Entertainment)
Featured Game
Developer: Konami
Genre: Soccer Sim
Platform: X360
Release Date: Nov 22, 2007 (JP)
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mannnnnn rock band is gonna be hella killer but it wonder how much it will cost with all the instruments
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the winners are (i think) :
PC : Crysis
XBOX 360 : Bioshock
PSP : God of War: Chains of Olympus PS2 : Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 PS3 : Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Wii : SUPER MARIO GALAXY !! =)
DS : -
Mobile: - Online: Age of Conan Hardware : Wii Balance Board
where the hell is rayman raving rabbids 2 (wii)
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I wish MGS4 was coming out for the 360 but starcraft will be better.
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MGS4 all the way.But frankly with what have been shown so far on Unchartered,the latter might well get through
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Here are the winners:
Best 360 Game: BIOSHOCK
Best PS3 Game: PES 2008
Best Wii Game: MARIO & SONIC OLYMPICS
Best PC Game: CRYSIS
Best PS2 Game: PES 2008
Best PSP Game: GOD Of WAR - CHAINS OF OLYMPUS
Best DS Game: EYE TRAINING
Best Online Game: AGE OF CONAN - HYBORIAN ADVENTURES
Best Hardware: Wii BALANCE BOARD
Some odd choices...
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Where the hell is Metroid Prime 3?
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seems kinda right
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Here's what games I think should win:
PC - Crysis
X360 - Bioshock
PSP - God of War
PS3 - Metal Gear Solid 4
Wii - Super Mario Galaxy
DS - -------------------------
Mobile - -------------------
Online - Quake Wars
Hardware - Rock Band Peripherals
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What's so surprising that a soccer game walked away with a multi platform nomination in EUROPE. Considering soccer is really popular there and is the most played sport in the world. ( It is an awesome game BTW.)
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Wheres little big planet???
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They Should put ''Walk this way'' in rock band it would be funny singin rap and playing guitar i think you should support me maybe we can achieve it xD
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It still makes me laugh that Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games is real. I remember when everyone accused the main web page of fakery when it first came out. XD
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I hope that GOW:chain of olympus wins the nomination of best of PSP. About the game "Buzz", i was surprised that this game was nominated for the best of PS2...
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SH:O - great. Hope they win!
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they just chose best playable games, other games will probably be better when realeased
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What?!?!?!?!? No Metroid Prime 3?!?!?! Metroid Prime 3 looked so good it sould be on the best Wii games.
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Buzz?! Are they serious? It looks like they got no decent games based on what they were forced to choose. Seriously....Buzz?!
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Well there you go, my money is on Quake Wars!! for the PC
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BioShock should win best Xbox 360 game, simple as that.
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THIS GAME ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it deserves every award it gets
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WHO SHOULD WIN:
rakes Fortune
ual Motives
Best of PC:Crysis
X360:Skate, but its not there, so Kane and Lynch
PS3: Uncharted
Wii:Super Mario Galaxy
DS:Undercover
Mobile:MoH
Online:Conan
Hardware:Rock Band Peripherals
REMEMBER THESE!!IF THEY WIN, NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED
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Ratchet and Clank should be up there!
This is outrageous!
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Most of these games aren't even released, so is it right to award games this early on?
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Hmm.....best Wii game, guess whos going to win THAT one.
And why do they Mobile awards??
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NO Mass Effect ? Come on !!!!
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STARCRAT!
WOOT!
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some games are all like "yay! were about to come out" in my head while others are more like "we are totally gonna suck but don't worry we'll still sell millions"
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why are there games nominated that arent even out yet?
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cool.
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PES 2008 is the game to have (for Europeans especially)!!! It's shaping up quite nicely!
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i see 8 games on here that are intresting.
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im glad GOW is on PSP list
cant wait for next august :/
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That list is pretty crappy. I only see 4 or 5 notable games. But hey this Germany. And I'm not sure what is happening in their game market. because it must be different from the rest of the world.
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Sacred 2 and Kane &Lynch; are 2 games I am definitely looking forward to.
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its all about BRAND NEW / upcoming games
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what was up with the best of x360? those games were crap.
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I hope Kane & Lynch get somewhere...
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What happened with The Witcher? The game is present at the GC for sure!
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No sign of the Witcher, I thought it would be there since they are based in a country near there if I remember correctly.
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ehh i kinda wanted to see kilzone at leipzig
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Quake wars is also coming to Mac. They never post that any game that is coming to the mac platform, but wii fit should prove interesting, just imagine you can have a skating game that uses the board.
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hmm i thought the darkness on the 360 was a great title too.
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Is PlayStation Eye the eye toy. If so the eye toy SUCKS!!!
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@Eternal_Phoenix:
THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THAT GAME YET
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lol skate mobile wonder how thatll be...
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i hope quake wars lives up to all these awards/noms
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your right MaDNuGgU bioshock isnt the best game ever but I would say its is easily the best game so far this year
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Go BioShock
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Seems a lot of games are missing.
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