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Gears of War tops the D.I.C.E. 07Siggy @ Feb 12, 2007 08:26
Gears of War came on top as the clear winner of the summit with eight awards, including Outstanding Character Performance - Male, Outstanding Achievement in Animation, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Online Play, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering, Action/Adventure Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year, and Overall Game of the Year. Other multi-award winners included Wii Sports with three awards, and Guitar Hero 2, LocoRoco and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion each with two awards.
The full list of nominees below (winners in bold):
Overall Game of the Year: Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) Wii Sports (Nintendo/Nintendo) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo) Guitar Hero 2 (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks/2K Games)
Console Game of the Year: Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo) Wii Sports (Nintendo/Nintendo) Guitar Hero 2 (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane) Viva Piņata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios)
Computer Game of the Year: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks/2K Games) Company of Heroes (Relic/THQ) Battlefield 2142 (D.I.C.E./Electronic Arts) Prey (Human Head Games/2K Games) Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs (Ensemble Studios/Microsoft Game Studios)
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Wii Sports (Nintendo/Nintendo) Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo/Nintendo) Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) Viva Piņata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios) LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment/Sony Computer Entertainment)
Handheld Game of the Year: LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment/Sony Computer Entertainment) Elite Beat Agents (Nintendo/Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo/Nintendo) Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo/Nintendo) Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (TT Games/Lucas Arts)
Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) Daxter (ReadyatDawn/Sony Computer Entertainment) Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (TT Games/Lucas Arts) Rayman Raving Rabidds (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft) Fight Night Round 3 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts)
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix/Square Enix) Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft) Viva Piņata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios)
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Guitar Hero 2 (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane) SingStar Rocks! (Sony Computer Entertainment London/Sony Computer Entertainment) FIFA '07 (Electronic Arts Canada/Electronic Arts) Marc Ecko's Getting Up (The Collective/Atari) Scarface (Radical Entertainment/Sierra Entertainment)
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision) LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment/Sony Computer Entertainment) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks/2K Games) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Ubisoft Shanghai/Ubisoft) Black (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks/2K Games) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Redstorm Studios/Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Ubisoft Shanghai/Ubisoft) Company of Heroes (Relic/THQ)
Outstanding Character Performance - Male: Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent(Ubisoft Shanghai/Ubisoft) Bully (Rockstar Games/Rockstar Games) Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (TT Games/Lucas Arts) Daxter (ReadyatDawn/Sony Computer Entertainment)
Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Female: Saints Row (Volition/THQ) Desperate Housewives (Liquid Entertainment/Buena Vista Games) Viva Piņata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios) Bully (Rockstar Games/Rockstar Games) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks/2K Games)
Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development: Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock (GameTap/Telltale Games) Saints Row (Volition/THQ) 24: The Game (Sony Online Entertainment/2K Games) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo) Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Funcom/Aspyr)
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: Wii Sports (Nintendo/Nintendo) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks/2K Games) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo) Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) Company of Heroes (Relic/THQ)
Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Redstorm Studios/Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft) Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) Chromehounds (From Software/Sega of America) Battlefield 2142 (D.I.C.E./Electronic Arts)
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Viva Piņata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios) Resistance: Fall of Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment) Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision) Company of Heroes (Relic/THQ)
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Wii Sports (Nintendo/Nintendo) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks/2K Games) Company of Heroes (Relic/THQ) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo) Nintendo Brain Age (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Sports Game of the Year: Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Neversoft Entertainment/Activision) MLB '06: The Show (SCEA SD Sports Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment) NBA 2K7 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports) FIFA '07 (Electronic Arts Canada/Electronic Arts) NBA '07 (SCEA SD Sports Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment)
Strategy Game of the Year: Company of Heroes (Relic/THQ) Star Wars: Empire at War (Petroglyph/Lucas Arts) Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts) Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (Big Huge Games/Microsoft Game Studios) Medieval II: Total War (Creative Assembly/Sega of America)
First-Person Action Game of the Year: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft) Resistance: Fall of Man (Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment) Prey (Human Head Games/2K Games) Half Life 2: Episode 1 (Valve/Electronic Arts) Black (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts)
Fighting Game of the Year: Fight Night Round 3 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts) Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (Midway/Midway) WWE Smackdown! Vs. Raw 2006 (Yuke's Co. Ltd./THQ) Tekken Dark Ressurection (Namco/Namco)
Racing Game of the Year: Test Drive Unlimited (Eden Studios/Atari) Burnout Revenge (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts) Excite Truck (Nintendo/Nintendo) Full Auto 2: Battlelines (Pseudo Interactive/Sega of America) Need for Speed: Carbon (Black Box/Electronic Arts)
Role-Playing Game of the Year: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks/2K Games) Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix/Square Enix) Final Fantasy III DS (Square Enix/Square Enix) Titan Quest (Iron Lore Entertainment/THQ) Phantasy Star Universe (Sonic Team/Sega of America)
Children's Game of the Year: LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment/Sony Computer Entertainment) Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (The Pokemon Co./CHUNSOFT Co./Nintendo) Disney's Kim Possible: What's the Switch (A2M/Buena Vista Games) Over the Hedge (Edge of Reality/Activision) Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (Krome Studios/Sierra Entertainment)
Action/Adventure Game of the Year: Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Ubisoft Shanghai/Ubisoft) Saints Row (Volition/THQ) Daxter (ReadyatDawn/Sony Computer Entertainment)
Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: Eve Online: Revelations (CCP Games/CCP Games) Guild Wars: Nightfall (Arena Net/NCsoft) Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach (Turbine/Atari/Wizards of the Coast) Auto Assault (Net Devil/NCsoft)
Family Game of the Year: Rayman Raving Rabidds (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft) Viva Piņata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios) Guitar Hero 2 (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane) Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (TT Games/Lucas Arts) Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Simulation Game of the Year: Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Microsoft Game Studios/Microsoft Game Studios) Sid Meier's Railroads! (Firaxis Games/2K Games) Tourist Trophy (Polyphony Digital, Inc./Sony Computer Entertainment)
Downloadable Game of the Year: Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects (Big Fish Games/Big Fish Games) Virtual Villagers: A New Home (Last Day of Work/Big Fish Games) Diner Dash: Flo on the Go (Playfirst/Playfirst) Bookworm Adventures (PopCap/PopCap) Plantasia (Playfirst/Playfirst)
Mobile Game of the Year: Orcs & Elves (Fountainhead Entertainment/Electronic Arts Mobile) Tropical Madness (Gameloft/Gameloft) Duckshot (MoFactor/Hands-On Mobile) Brothers in Arms 3D (Gameloft)
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