Game Critics: Best of E3 2007 Nominees Announced - COD4, LBP,UT3, Bioshock, Halo 3 and more

Game Critics: Best of E3 2007 Nominees have just been announced. List follows:

Best of Show
- Bioshock (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, Xbox 360)
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
- Mass Effect (Bioware/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360)
- Rock Band (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Read On.

[ps3gogetitt]

COD4 looks like it's about to take everything again, with a possible bioshock upset

[Al]

Its all about Bioshock, and Mass Effect. COD4 is cool... like the graphics and the new "modern" thing going on (its always about some evil Russian guy isn't it), but yeah... Bioshock has totally redefined a FPS and Mass Effect looks to redefine how far a video game story can go.

[Odion]

ok i have to say it

Only 1 system u can play all the best of show games XBOX!

[SimmoUK]

Give me a break nobody had even heard of this site until today, trust me Heavenly Sword, LAIR, Uncharted, Ratchet and clank, LBP, WarHawk, Unreal Tournament, GT5 Prologue, SOCOM and Haze all appeal to me much more than any xbox game this holiday season... did i miss anything the list is long? :)

[Al]

Good for you, but I know that come November I'll be playing the Game OF the YEAR exclusively on the 360. Oh, and next year I'll be enjoying UT3 and Haze (so there).

Ps. SOcom? C'mon man.

[ps3gogetitt]

Gamecritics is a combined judges pool from multiple gaming and news sites out there, pretty much all the ones you visit, but they're not new.

....No need to get so angry "simone" just like there are movie critics there are game critics, it's up to you whether you want to listen or not but calm down girl, I.T.S A.N O P I N I O N.....

@simone 4.5
You don't even know what you want or you're just a liar....one day you say mass effect looks promising and the next day you say it's just another sci fi theme....

[SimmoUK]

No you will be playing someone's opinion of the best game of the year, not everyone's, that's pretty obvious as many sites have named different games for best of show, personally this random site no one has heard of i couldn't give a crap what they think...

[Al]

Keep telling yourself that. But deep down inside, where your fanboy instincts don't exist, you KNOW you wanna play some Mass Effect. Just a little, tweeny bit... I don't blame you

[SimmoUK]

Honestly not Mass effect because it's the same old Sci-Fi theme that appeals to the hardcore gamer and Microsoft fan like last generation, but Bioshock is a game that i'm looking forward to on my 360, too human has gone off the radar and i've never been interested in Halo, Alan wake looks like it could have potential...

[FirstknighT]

Many sites agree that Call of Duty 4 took E3 this year. Easily the best looking FPS to date. And the 360 is the lead platform so expect huge improvements on the 360.

Oh yes...the power of the 360! :)

[Aquanox]

The Playstation 3 exclusives are virtually absent from this nominations except from Little Big Planet.

On the other hand, the Xbox 360 is dominating by far:

* All "Best of Show" nominees.
* 4 of 5 Best Console Games.
* 3 fo 5 Best Action Games.
* All Best Fighting Games.
* 4 of 5 RPGs.
* 3 of 5 Strategy Games.
* 3 of 5 Multiplayer Games.
* All Racing Games.
* All Sport Games.

phewwww..!

I think it's clear now who "WON" E3... and for the 2nd year in a row.

[Meus Renaissance]

I'm not sure, but I hope your not including Multi-platform games into your analysis.

[chitown]

u go to be fu(kin retarded if u thought the 360 was the winner of E3. give props where props r due ps3 won without a doubt. u'd have to be a fanboy to think otherwise, i mean what exactly did ms show that ws new?????????????????????

[San anto]

suck my balls beetch, just look at ur M$ D!ck riding avatar, so sad.

[Meus Renaissance]

E3 was two weeks ago and in conclusion, everyone made their own mind up and have read and watched the reviews of the show. Why then, are we still seeing more "nominations" for awards that we care nothing about?

The games have not even been released or play-tested yet they're jumping to give medals.

[felidae]

well .. COD4 all over again.

[ElementX]

OK, enough "best of" articles. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Everyone has opinions on which was the best, it's not news.

[tomfoolery]

Aquaman for the xbox was the best game ever.

just breaking up the monotony.

[achira]

every list which does not contain kz2 is a list made by xbots.

[razer]

But outside of the the fanboy towers known as N4G, people seem to be "meh" to the whole game. Their loss..

Btw - Isn't this site kind of the semi-"official" people who determine the winners and losers of E3?

I was also surprised by the lack of PS3 titles.. LBP and Heavenly Sword I saw but the rest were not even mentioned. You would think Factor 5 and their Lair project would be buzzed about all over since it's coming up so soon to release.. I'm sure it's almost finished and you'd think they could use this as a good promo opportunity and buzz creator yet it was absent from E3. Almost like they didn't want to show it..

[Al]

I never knew there could be so many xbots...

Edit:
I was KIDDING guys, sheesh

[Bloodmask]

Does that mean that since Best RPG, Racer, and Sports game don't have KZ2 in them that those lists are made by Xbots??

[Lex Luthor]

Ha, look at all the sony fanboys getting their panties in a twist, looks like xbox 360 is gonna clean sweep these awards as well deliver the best xmas lineup in history.

Only on 360.

[Bloodmask]

seem to be the critics favorites. They are in a variety of different catagories.

Glad to see Eternal Sonata nominated.

[bootsaf1]

COD 4 looks great, i personally cant wait to play it. As far as the best FPS out to date. Well it has alot to live up too. But hey anything can happen. As far as these people on here getting but hurt over the ps3 not winning E-3. Well i'll be honest i can see where your coming from. But they kinda did them selves in. Sony lied about the battery power of the psp. The fact that the new psp can last twice as long as the old one. Yes that's factual, but they failed to tell you that the tests were done on batteries from the old psp of which wont even fit into the new one. Now if did'nt catch all that, i'll refraise it and make it short. They lied about the batteries lasting twice as long because the batteries dont fit. And as far as the games being old new on xbox's behalf. Dude, sony has been showing the same videos shown at e-3 as you can find on the internet, and they have been on the internet for some time now. So who didn't have anything new. Just a lie sofar is what i gathered from them. Now, not to take anyone's side the whole xbox thing winning, ya it was almost rigged. It's been out the longest more 3rd party supporters because of that, and well had more games than anyone. So to give you an analogy (you shoot a shot gun full of bb's at a squirrel only 3 ft away i'm sure your going to get it) well thats all i really have to say about that, i'm not going to rip on the ps3, manely because it's not a debate about the console, just the e-3 showing and who won.

[FeralPhoenix]

I and others said right after the show that COD4 was the best of the show, but it doesn't matter though, its just an opinion some might have thought other games were better, but the bottom line is that COD4 seems to have "shined" the brightest for most people. The good news is its multi-plat so we all get to enjoy it. -Honestly I think alot of attention is because no one was expecting it to look as good as it did, seriously although I knew it was not going to be another WWII shooter, I still found myself thinking: "Here we go again another COD game just updated a bit", don't get me wrong COD2 was very impressive IMO for the 360 but COD3 wasn't much of an upgrade, if not worst in some respects IMO...so I think this is why everyone is excited about this game now because Infinity has come so far in such a short time and it looks great. -Damm, there is alot of 360 stuff in these awards and Gamecritics is pretty well known. OK, I'm sorry....I really do try to keep my comments brief but its hard for me, I tend to be long winded if you haven't noticed from 95% of my posts, its a curse and a blessing. End.

[Al]

E3, was an expo designed to show Upcoming Games. Ps 3 showed a lot of movies and new projects, but what about the demos, man. In the end, its not enough to just showcase a handful of short movies (alright, KZ2 was kinda long), you gotta show some demos, and MS was the one to bring the games "right here, right now" (that's a great phrase by the way- not just for gaming)

pS: wassup, Pheral

[THAMMER1]

I have to say that Bio Shock, and Halo 3 back to back AUG. and SEP. are going to be awesome. I cannot wait to use the plasmids in Bio Shock and finish the fight on Halo 3. FPS games are my personal favorite and this just ices my cake.

On topic: I see 360 getting allot of awards is a trend. Good for M$ and 360 owners and fans alike. Dose any one know the COD4 release date?

[gnothe1]

some time in November Thammer1!! an whats been going on homie! I got your message the other day. guess what, we were talking across XBL an not even using our Xboxs. I was on xbox.com an so were you, an we were passing messages back an forth like we were on our systems.

[THAMMER1]

We used to have some good times. COD2, GOW, and all that. I'm buying spades when I get my stuff back. I play with you more then my own [email protected] brother and that is real. NOV. 2007 its on!! I'm mofo with tat pistol right. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.

[ps3FTW]

Meh so so list.

[Last_Life]

Call of Duty has never interested me, just the stereotypical war games.

BioShock all the way, the concept and gameplay will FTW, I cannot wait to "visit rapture"

And man, if you don't play Mass Effect you will be losing a great experience, Sony fans must be pissing of envy.

Xbox owns 2007 and 2008, Sony fans and their overrated games must get over it. You cannot name Killzone 2 as game of the show, it sure looks good on video (as Sony games always seems to look) but it was demoed? Someone of the press played it? I wouldn't be too confident about it being too good since the first Killzone was totally crap.

Sony sells you promises (very expensive ones) MS is giving you games that already proved to be great, all the fuss about Bioshock is true, Halo 3 was already test with great success (and it was just a Beta!) Mass Effect is tangible, as Blue Dragon, Lost Odissey, etc...

Just wait to 2008 with Fable 2, Banjo-Kazooie 3, Gears of War 2, Too Human, and only God knows wich surprises are awaiting... Yeah!

[San anto]

After reading that sh!t u just puked up i have one thing to say.
Banjo-Kazooie 3 lmfao!
You claim 360 ownz 2007 and 8, no greater amount of bs was ever uttered from one man.
Dont even make me go into the 2008 list.

[EDF 2017]

I thought that was the PS3's SAVIOR? I guess the 360 has alot better games than Killzone 2. Bioshock and Mass Effect own Killzone 2 in graphics and obviously gameplay, by the looks of the nominees. PS# and Killzone 2 got OWNED!

[tomfoolery]

It looks like an o.k. next-gen FPS.............wait,I thought Sonypuppets mocked the 360 for having these type of games,and now to find out this
game was their "savior" at E3!
Tsk tsk tsk,shame on Sony fans.
You can see their true colors shining through,and it's not that it's bad,
it's just not......not.........not good.