2K4 Game of the Year awards

[Michael Bluth]

IGN Editor's Choice - Overall

Best Action Game
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)

Best Adventure Game
Sid Meier's Pirates! (PC)

Best Fighting Game
Dead or Alive Ultimate (Xbox)

Best First-Person Shooter
Half-Life 2 (PC)

Best Multiplayer Game
Halo 2 (Xbox)

Best Music Game
Donkey Konga (GameCube)

Best Persistent World Game
World of Warcraft (PC)

Best Platform Game
Sly 2: Band of Thieves (PS2)

Best Racing Game
Burnout 3: Takedown (PS2, Xbox)

Best RPG
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GameCube)

Best Sports Game
ESPN NFL 2K5 (PS2, Xbox)

Best Strategy Game
Rome: Total War (PC)

Best Graphics
Half-Life 2 (PC)

Best Soundtrack
Katamari Damacy (PS2)

Best Use of Sound
Half-Life 2 (PC)

Best Story
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)

Most Innovative Design
Katamari Damacy (PS2)

Biggest Surprise
Electronic Arts Grabs Exclusive NFL License

Best Game No One Played
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (PS2, Xbox)

Overall Game of the Year
Half-Life 2 (PC)



1UP Reader's Choice Awards
MMO
World of Warcraft (PC/Mac, Blizzard)

Most Innovative
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (PS2/Xbox/PC, Ubisoft)

Online/Multiplayer
Halo 2 (Xbox, Bungie, Microsoft)

Fighting/Wrestling
Dead or Alive Ultimate (Xbox, Team Ninja, Tecmo)

Adventure
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2, Rockstar North, Rockstar)

Sports
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (PS2/Xbox/GC/PC, Neversoft, Activision)

Action
Ninja Gaiden (Xbox, Team Ninja, Tecmo)

Racing
Burnout 3 (PS2/Xbox, Criterion, Electronic Arts)

Shooter
Halo 2 (Xbox, Bungie, Microsoft)

Strategy/Simulation
The Sims 2 (PC, Maxis, Electronic Arts)
Full Spectrum Warrior (PC/Xbox/PS2, Pandemic/THQ)

RPG
Fable (Xbox, Lionhead, Microsoft)

Game of the Year
Halo 2 (Xbox, Bungie, Microsoft)



GameSpot Editor's Choice 2004
Best Game No One Played
Silent Storm (PC)

Best Action Adventure
Game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)

Best Shooter
Half-Life 2 (PC)

Best Fighting Game
Mortal Kombat: Deception (XBOX, PS2)

Best Platformer
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (PS2)

Best Adventure Game
Myst IV Revelation (PC)

Best Driving Game
Burnout 3: Takedown (XBOX, PS2)

Best Puzzle/Rhythm Game
Katamari Damacy (PS2)

Best Role-playing Game
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GC)

Best Massively Multiplayer Online Game
World of Warcraft (PC)

Best Traditional Sports Game
ESPN NFL 2K5 (XBOX, PS2)

Best Alternative Sports Game
Mario Power Tennis (GC)

Best Strategy Game
Rome: Total War (PC)

Best N-Gage Game
Colin McRae Rally 2005 (NGE)

Best Game Boy Advance Game
Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA)

Best GameCube Game
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GC)

Best PlayStation 2 Game
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)

Best Xbox Game
Burnout 3: Takedown (XBOX)

Best PC Game
World of Warcraft (PC)

Game of the Year
World of Warcraft (PC)



Post links to others and I'll get 'em up, or you can too.

[MCKingKongMushi]

Damn, that's horrible. MGS3 got no respect.

We still love you, Kojima.

[Michael Bluth]

Damn, that's horrible. MGS3 got no respect.

We still love you, Kojima.

IGN gave it 2 awards. :baby:

[Pro A.]

If this were any other year it would have received plenty of respect. This was a very stacked year.

[Xer0]

Best Xbox Game
Burnout 3: Takedown (XBOX)



It wasn't Halo?!

[X2_revolution]

yeah, Halo 2 was better than Burnout 3 but Gamespot always seems like they try to be diffrent from everyone eles in some way.

[MCKingKongMushi]

IGN gave it 2 awards. :baby:

But it deserved oh so much more than that :(

Plus, it seems IGN was the only site that gave it any awards at all.