Josh H

Overall:

Best of Show: Metroid Prime, Gamecube
(runners up: Blinx: The Timesweeper, Xbox; DOOM III, PC; Kingdom Hearts, PS2;
Metroid Fusion, GBA)

Best Graphics: Doom III, PC
(runners up: EverQuest II, PC;
Splinter Cell, Xbox; Star Fox Adventures, GameCube; Star Wars Galaxies, PC)

Most Innovative Design: Blinx: The Timesweeper, Xbox (runners up: Alter Echo, PS2; e-Reader, GBA; Republic: The Revolution, PC)

Technological Excellence: Doom III, PC
(runners up: Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer, PC; Republic: The Revolution; Star Wars Galaxies, PC)

Best Non-playable Presentation: DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball
(runners up: Devil May Cry 2, PS2; Ninja Gaiden, Xbox)

Best Booth: Ubi Soft
(runners up: Nintendo, Rockstar)

Biggest Surprise: Dave Mirra BMX XXX, multi-platform
(runners up: America's Army, PC; Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball , Xbox)

Best Hardware/Peripheral: Xbox Live
(runners up: e-Reader, GBA; WaveBird, GameCube)

Overall Best Game for Each System:

Gamecube: Metroid Prime
Gameboy Advance: Metroid Fusion
Playstation 2: Kingdom Hearts
X-box: Blinx: The Timesweeper
PC: Doom III

Below are links to the rest of the individual system awards, as there were far too many for each system to post here.

Gamecube
Gameboy Advance
Playstation 2
X-box
PC

gcribbs

Biggest Surprise
PS2
and
Best Action Game:
PS2




War of the Monsters
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
Developer: Incog., Inc.

We knew that Incog Inc. was using its kick-ass Twisted Metal: Black engine again, but never in a million years did we think that it would turn out to be this fun. With 10 unique stages, 10 different types of monsters including apes, aliens, and mechanized robots, and a special moves list taken directly out of your favorite B movies from the '50s and '60s, War of the Monsters is a good example of how to preserve the Power Stone legacy and move action party games to the next level.

very fun game!!!

I was shocked by how much I liked it

RichardW

What, no Best Booth Babe award?

Josh H

Actually, they had that award, but I didn't bother posting it. I figured it would take away from discussion of their picks in the game categories.

Mattalos

Kingdom Hearts ownz!

Keyblade fo life!

Shuki

http://thetechzone.com/display.php?i=165&p=1

RichardW

Aghama

Kind of off topic, but has it been established if Kingdom Hearts is a kid's game or not, ala FF:MQ?

boobietheclown

Blinx: The Timesweeper

Anyone have any screenshots of this...???

thanks

Josh H

From what I've read it's definitely not for kids. It's harder than FFX according to OPM.

I'm still not interested in it, as I'm a very casual RPG fan to begin with and can't stand Disney.

Outlaw

If I remember correctly I think Famitsu gave Kingdom Hearts a 36/40, which is a 9 from each reviewer. The game looks sweet, Square did an awesome job with Super Mario RPG, they're the only ones who could pull this job off and from the movies it looks great! If you saw Extended Play's preview of the game on last weeks show, there's quite a bit of action in it, it plays sorta like Threads of Fate but different. They also show a lot of characters from previous FF games like Cloud who have voices now. Its taking way too long to get here but it'll be worth it

I can't wait for Metroid Prime either. I don't like many FPS games but I watched the intro movie and when it played the classic intro metroid music I was jumping outta my chair!

squidget

I didn't think it was a kids game. and it reminded me more of a action platformer than a traditional RPG. ill probably buy it when it comes