2007 Spike Video Game Award Winners
The 2007 Spike Video Game Awards have been announced. Here is the winners list - hat tip Gamers Game.Posted on December 12, 2007
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2007 Game Critics Award Winners
The winners of the 2007 Game Critics Awards have been announced. Rock Band led by winning three awards. Mass Effect won two awards. Publisher Electronic Arts won the most awards among game publishers with six awards.
- Best of Show: Rock Band (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PS3, Xbox 360) Amazon listing
- Best Original Game: LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule/Sony for PS3)
- Best Console Game: Mass Effect (Bioware/Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360) Amazon listing
- Best PC Game: Crysis (Crytek/EAP) Amazon listing
- Best Handheld Game: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo for Nintendo DS) Amazon listing
- Best Hardware/Peripheral: Rock Band Instruments (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PS3, Xbox 360) Amazon listing
- Best Action Game: Call of Duty 4 (Infinity Ward/Activision for PC, PS3, Xbox 360) Amazon listing
- Best Action/Adventure Game: Bioshock (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, Xbox 360) Amazon listing
- Best Role Playing Game: Mass Effect (Bioware / Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360) Amazon listing
- Best Racing Game: Burnout Paradise (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PS3, Xbox 360) Amazon listing
- Best Sports Game: Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts for All Platforms) Amazon listing
- Best Fighting Game: Virtua Fighter 5 (Sega for Xbox 360) Amazon listing
- Best Strategy Game: World in Conflict (Massive Entertainment/Sierra for PC) Amazon listing
- Best Social/Casual/Puzzle: Rock Band (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PS3, Xbox 360) Amazon listing
- Best Online Multiplayer: Halo 3 (Bungie/Microsoft Games Studio for Xbox 360) Amazon listing
- Special Commendation for Graphics: Killzone 2 (Guerilla Games/Sony for PS3) Amazon listing
Posted on August 23, 2007
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Writers Write, Inc. Launches Fantasy and Science Fiction Blog
Writers Write, Inc. has added a new blog to its blog network called FantasySFBlog.com. Fantasy/SF Blog is a daily blog covering what's new and interesting in the worlds of fantasy, SF, and horror, including books, movies, TV and gaming.
Recent posts include:
RSS subscription informaton for the Fantasy/SF Blog can be found here.
Posted on August 15, 2007
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Entertainment Twitters
Here are several entertainment-related Twitter news accounts that are available. They provide frequently updated news about books, games, music, movies and other entertainment categories.- Book news microblog
- Celebrity gossip news microblog
- Gaming news microblog
- Movie news microblog
- Music news microblog
- TV and Movies microblog
- Toy news microblog
- Videos microblog
Posted on May 25, 2007
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Gears of War Dominates 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Gears of War has emerged as the dominant game winner at the 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. Gears of War won overall Game of the Year as well as Console Game of the Year, Online Game Play, Animation, Art Design, Visual Engineering, Outstanding Character Performance and Action/Adventure Game of the Year. Gears of War was developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Gears of War was also GameSpot's Game of the Year.
Joystiq and Gamasutra have some other highlights from the awards. Gears of War also congratulates themselves here. You can see a complete list of the winners here on the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' website.
Posted on April 1, 2007
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Award News Roundup 2-11-07
Here are some recent happenings in book, games and movie awards.Posted on February 11, 2007
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2006 Video Game Award Winners
The winners of the 2006 Video Game Awards have been announced. Below is a list of the winners.Joystiq which liveblogged the awards also notes that Sony was ignored at the 2006 awards.
Posted on January 4, 2007
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Doom RPG Wins Mobile Game of the Year
The Third Annual Mobile Entertainment Awards (aka the Mobies) were announced recently at the CTIA Wireless 2006 conference in Las Vegas. Doom RPG from Jamdat won the Mobile Game of the Year award at the 2005 the 2005 Mobies. Here is a list of the winners.GameSpot has a video clip from the awards presentation.
Posted on June 21, 2006
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2005 Spike TV Video Game Award Winners
The winners of the 2005 Spike TV Video Game Awards (VGA) were announced at an awards show hosted by Samuel L. Jackson. Several games took multiple awards including Resident Evil 4, Peter Jackson's King Kong, True Crime: New York City, God of War and World of Warcraft. Here is a list of this year's winners.
Posted on December 12, 2005
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2005 Spike TV Video Game Award Nominees Announced
The nominees for the Spike TV Video Game Awards (VGAs) have been announced. Gamasutra points out that the nominees include some games that have yet to launch:The nominations for the awards have also been announced, with perhaps the most interesting aspect being a number of nominations for games that have not yet launched. Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie from Ubisoft tops this year's VGA nominations with seven including "Best Action Game," "Best Graphics," "Best Performance by a Human -- Male & Female" for actors Jack Black and Naomi Watts and Michel Ancel for "Designer of the Year." 50 Cent: Bulletproof (Vivendi Universal Games); World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment); James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (Electronic Arts) and Call of Duty 2 (Activision, Inc.) and each have six nominations.Gamers can see the nominees and vote online at the Spike TV website. The awards will be announced on December 10th at an awards ceremony hosted by Samuel L. Jackson.
Posted on October 25, 2005
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Teen Choice Award Winners Named
The winners of Teen People's Teen Choice Awards for 2005 have been announced. There are dozens of categories for favorite actress and actor, films, games, movies and tv shows. A complete list of the award winners can be found here. Some highlights are listed below:Posted on August 22, 2005
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G4TV Names G-Phoria Winners
G4TV has announced the winners of their annual G-Phoria game awards. Halo 2 obtained top honors and the most overall awards of the evening. The popular game, published by Microsoft and developed by Bungie Studios, took home "G-Phoria" awards for Game of the Year, Best Shooter, Best Multiplayer Game, Best Sound Design, Best Original Soundtrack, Best Boss and Best Male Voice Performance - David Cross. Sony Computer Entertainment America's God of War also made an impressive mark, winning the awards for Best Action Game, Best Cinematic, Best Original Game and Favorite Character. Additionally, Valve's Half-Life 2 won awards for Best Graphics and Best Female Voice Performance - Merle Dandridge. And actor William Shatner was on hand to honor the legendary Ralph Baer, who created the first ever videogame console and has left an immeasurable impact on the world of videogames.
G-Phoria 2005 Winners
Posted on August 15, 2005
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The 2005 MTV Movie Award Winners
The 2005 MTV Movie Awards were taped saturday night in Los Angeles. The awards were dominated by Napoleon Dynamite and Mean Girls. Napoleon Dynamite even won for best musical performance. Note: Click here if you want to learn how to dance like Napoleon. The awards show will debut on MTV on June 9th. More information about the MTV Movie Awards can be found here on MTV.com. Here is a list of the 2005 MTV Movie Award winners.
Best Movie: Napoleon Dynamite
Male Performance: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
Female Performance: Lindsay Lohan, Mean Girls
Best Kiss: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, The Notebook
Best Villain: Ben Stiller, Dodgeball
Musical Performance: Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite
Breakthrough Male: Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite
Breakthrough Female: Rachel McAdams, Mean Girls
Best Comedic Performance: Dustin Hoffman, Meet the Fockers
Best On-screen Team: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Mean Girls
Best Fight: Uma Thurman vs. Daryl Hannah, Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Best Frightened Performance: Dakota Fanning, Hide and Seek
Best Video Game Based on Movie: Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Best Action Sequence: Roland Emmerich, Destruction of Los Angeles, The Day After Tomorrow
MTV Generation Award: Tom Cruise
Posted on June 7, 2005
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Common Sense Media Winners Announced
Common Sense Media, a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to improving kids' media lives, has announced the winners of the 2005 Common Sense Media Winners. Here are the 2005 Common Sense Media Winners.2005 Common Sense Media Losers, The Golden Garbage Can Awards:
Posted on May 27, 2005
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Winners of the Mobies Announced
GameSpot recently announced the winners for The Second Annual Wireless Gaming Awards, also known as The Mobies, at the CTIA Wireless 2005 conference in New Orleans. Presented by GameSpot Mobile and Wireless Gaming Review, The Mobies are designed to showcase and reward the most innovative, well designed, and technically accomplished mobile games of 2004. Awards were given in 10 mobile gaming categories, with the highest honor, the 2004 Mobile Game of the Year, awarded to G-Mode for its simple, but highly addictive puzzle game, Topolon.Here is a list of the winners:
Posted on March 24, 2005
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Game Developers Choice Awards Announced
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) announced the recipients of the 5th annual Game Developers Choice Awards at a ceremony n San Francisco. Half-Life 2 continues to dominate awards for 2004 games and it continues its streak with the Game Developers Choice Awards. Half-Life 2 won in the Best Game, Character Design, Technology and Writing categories. Katamari Damacy won two awards (Game Design and Innovation categories). Other winners included World of Warcraft (Visual Arts), Halo 2 (Audio), Donkey Konga (Innovation) and I Love Bees (Innovation). A complete list of the winners can be found here on GamersGame.com.Posted on March 16, 2005
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BAFTA Game Award Winners Announced
Half-Life 2 continues to accumulate awards. It picked up six
awards at BAFTA's second interactive game awards. Half-Life 2's six awards including Best Game, Best Online Game, Best Action Adventure, Best PC Game, Art Direction and Animation. Half-Life 2 also recently won nine Interactive Achievement Awards. The BBC reports that
other BAFTA winners include the racing game Burnout 3, which won three awards; Halo 2 (Best Xbox Game); Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Best GameCube);
and Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (Best Sports Game). A list
of the games that were nomatinated can be found here and BAFTA should have the winners posted there soon. Posted on March 1, 2005
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Wired Names Rave Award Winners
Wired has announced the winners of its 2005 Rave Awards. These awards are given to people who Wired says are "reinventing TV and technology, music and medicine, buildings, books, and blogs. They're 15 mavericks and dreamers." In Film, the winner was Brad Bird, who is up for two Oscars for the hit animated action film, The Incredibles. And in Blogs the winner was Kevin Sites, the journalist who has been up-close to the fighting in Iraq. Other categories included Books (Winner: Jeff Hawkins for On Intelligence), Games (Winner: Pete Parsons & the Bungie Crew for Halo 2), Television (Winner: Blair Harrison for iFilm) and Music (Winner: Danger Mouse). Here is a complete list of the Rave Award winners.Posted on February 25, 2005
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Interactive Achievement Award Winners Announced
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) has announced the winners of this year's Interactive Achievement Awards. This is the 8th year the organization has given awards for interactive entertainment. The awards are extensive with 39 different categories. Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal), which won in the Game of the Year category, won nine awards total. Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft), which won in the Consule Game of the Year category, won four different awards. World of WarCraft won in the popular MMORPG category. Sly Cooper 2 won the children's consule game of the year. And in the interesting Outstanding Character Performance by a Female category, actress Judy Dench won for her role in the game Golden Eye: Rouge Agent (Electronic Arts). Click here for a complete list of this year's winners in all 39 categories.Posted on February 12, 2005
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