Gaming
The cream of the Xbox 360 titles have been rewarded after the Official Xbox Magazine announced its games of the year for 2007 at a ceremony in London.
Among the winners were Microsoft’s Gears of War, Take-Two’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Atari’s Test Drive Unlimited, Eidos’s Lara Croft Tomb Raider, Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 6 and Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Vegas.
“The spread of winners just goes to show the variety and quality of games that are available for Xbox 360. We wanted to celebrate what’s been a brilliant year for Xbox 360, and the fifth birthday seemed like the perfect opportunity,” said Emma Parkinson, Assistant Publisher.
The full list of winners is:
Best First-Person Shooter: Call of Duty 3
Best Third-Person Action Game: Gears of War
Best Sports Game: Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Best Fighting Game: Fight Night Round 3
Best Open World Game: Dead Rising
Best Strategic Game: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
Best Racing Game: Test Drive Unlimited
Best Family Game: Viva Piñata
Best Story In A Game: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Best Co-op Game: Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Best Game Over Xbox Live: Gears of War
Best Xbox Live Arcade Game: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Best Game Character: Lara Croft (Tomb Raider: Legend)
Best Game: Gears of War
Most Wanted Game: Halo 3
OXM Readers’ Choice: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Best HD DVD Movie: Superman Returns.
Among the winners were Microsoft’s Gears of War, Take-Two’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Atari’s Test Drive Unlimited, Eidos’s Lara Croft Tomb Raider, Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 6 and Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Vegas.
“The spread of winners just goes to show the variety and quality of games that are available for Xbox 360. We wanted to celebrate what’s been a brilliant year for Xbox 360, and the fifth birthday seemed like the perfect opportunity,” said Emma Parkinson, Assistant Publisher.
The full list of winners is:
Best First-Person Shooter: Call of Duty 3
Best Third-Person Action Game: Gears of War
Best Sports Game: Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Best Fighting Game: Fight Night Round 3
Best Open World Game: Dead Rising
Best Strategic Game: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
Best Racing Game: Test Drive Unlimited
Best Family Game: Viva Piñata
Best Story In A Game: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Best Co-op Game: Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Best Game Over Xbox Live: Gears of War
Best Xbox Live Arcade Game: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Best Game Character: Lara Croft (Tomb Raider: Legend)
Best Game: Gears of War
Most Wanted Game: Halo 3
OXM Readers’ Choice: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Best HD DVD Movie: Superman Returns.
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