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(PC) (Vivendi)
-- God of War (PS2) (SCEA)
-- Gran
Turismo 4 (PS2) (SCEA)
-- GTA: Liberty City Stories (PSP) (Rockstar)
-- Guild Wars (PC
) (NCsoft)
-- Guitar Hero (PS2) (Red Indigo Prophecy (PC, PS2, Xbox) (Atari)
-- King Kong
(PS2, Xbox, GC, PC, 360) (Ubisoft)
-- The Movies (PC) (Activision)
-- Perfect Dark Zero
(360) (Microsoft)
-- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Xbox, PS2, GC, PC) (Ubisoft)
-- Project Gotham Racing 3 (360) (Microsoft)
-- Psychonauts (PS2, Xbox) (Majesco)
-- Resident
Evil 4 (PS2, GC) (Capcom)
-- Shadow of the Colossus (PS2) (SCEA)
-- Soul Calibur 3 (PS2
) (Namco)
-- Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (PS2, Xbox, PC, GC) (Ubisoft)
-- We Love Katamari
(PS2) (Namco)
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1UP.com Announces Nominees for Third Annual 1UP Awards
"Game
developers have reached a new peak
in their achievements on the current generation of consoles and
PCs, and we've
also seen some amazing products on new platforms.
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"We've been blown away
by the quality of game titles in 2005," said Sam
Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief of 1UP.natrolis darkstalkers
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The
2005 1UP
Award nominees are:
ROLE PLAYING GAME:
-- Digital Devil Saga 2 (PS2)
(Atlus)
-- Dragon Quest VIII (PS2) (Square Enix)
-- Freedom Force vs. RAW 2006 (PS2) (THQ
)
ONLINE/MULTIPLAYER:
-- Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) (Nintendo)
-- Battlefield
2 (PC) (EA)
-- Mario Kart DS (DS) (Nintendo)
-- Perfect Dark Zero (360) (Microsoft)
-- Project Gotham Racing 3 (360) (Microsoft)
-- SOCOM: U. Additional information is available
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The Third Reich (PC) (Irrational Games)
-- Jade Empire (Xbox) (Microsoft)
-- Mario +
Luigi: Partners in Time (DS) (Nintendo)
-- PoPoLoCrois (PSP) (Agetec)
-- Radiata Stories
(PS2) (Square Enix)
-- Suikoden Tactics (PS2) (Konami)
-- X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
(PS2, Xbox, GC) (Activision)
STRATEGY/SIMULATION:
-- Advance Wars: Dual Strike (DS
) (Nintendo)
-- Age of Empires III (PC) (Microsoft)
-- Battalion Wars (GC) (Nintendo)
-- Civilization IV (PC) (2K Games)
-- Darwinia (PC) (Pinnacle Software)
-- Fire Emblem:
Path of Radiance (GC) (Nintendo)
-- Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones (DS) (Nintendo)
-- The
Movies (PC) (Activision)
-- Nintendogs (DS) (Nintendo)
-- Sid Meier's Pirates! (Xbox)
(2K Games)
-- Silent Hunter III (PC) (Ubisoft)
-- Under the Knife: Trauma Center (DS)
(Atlus)
-- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War-Winter Assault (PC) (THQ)
SHOOTING:
-- Battlefield 2 (PC) (EA)
-- Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood (PS2, Xbox, PC) (Ubisoft)
-- Call of Duty 2 (PC, 360) (Activision)
-- Doom 3 (Xbox) (Activision)
-- F.A. PlayStation
Magazine. The Company also
produces highly-targeted b-to-b and consumer technology events including
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1up.S., is the
largest publisher of electronic gaming magazines and websites in
the United
States, reaching over 17 million gamers in print and 10 million gamers online.com and
1UP.drakengard dweep
com.com, the industry's most powerful game news and reviews
aggregator.darwinia quackers
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Monthly, Computer Gaming World, and Official
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The 1UP Awards will be voted
on by the 17-million-plus magazine readers
and 10-million-plus online visitors of Ziff Davis Media
Game Group's leading
gaming properties which include the 1UP Network (1UP.S. (PC) (Vivendi)
-- Far Cry: Instincts (Xbox) (Ubisoft)
-- Half-Life 2 (Xbox) (EA/Valve)
-- Oddworld
Stranger's Wrath (Xbox) (EA)
-- Perfect Dark Zero (360) (Microsoft)
-- Quake 4 (PC, 360
) (Activision)
-- Resident Evil 4 (PS2, GC) (Capcom)
-- Serious Sam II (PC) (2K Games)
-- SWAT 4 (PC) (Vivendi)
SPORTS/EXTREME SPORTS:
-- Amped 3 (360) (2K Games
)
-- Blitz: The League (PS2, Xbox) (Midway)
-- Fight Night Round 2 (PS2, Xbox) (EA Sports
)
-- Madden NFL 2006 (360) (EA Sports)
-- Mario Superstar Baseball (GC) (Nintendo)
-- NBA 2K6 (PS2, Xbox) (2K Sports)
-- NBA Street V3 (PS2, Xbox, GC) (EA Sports)
--
NCAA Football 2006 (PS2, Xbox) (EA Sports)
-- SSX on Tour (PS2, Xbox, GC) (EA Big)
--
Super Mario Strikers (GC) (Nintendo)
-- Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (PS2, Xbox, GC, 360)
(Activision)
-- Virtua Tennis: World Tour (PSP) (Sega)
-- World Soccer Winning Eleven 8
International (PS2, Xbox) (Konami)
RACING:
-- Burnout Legends (PSP) (EA)
-
- Burnout Revenge (PS2, Xbox) (EA)
-- Forza Motorsport (Xbox) (Microsoft)
-- Gran Turismo
4 (PS2) (SCEA)
-- GTR FIA Racing (PC) (10tacle Studios)
-- Mario Kart DS (DS) (Nintendo
)
-- MotoGP 3 (Xbox) (THQ)
-- Need for Speed: Most Wanted (PS2, Xbox, PC, GC, 360) (EA
)
-- Project Gotham Racing 3 (360) (Microsoft)
-- Racing Gears Advance (GBA) (Orbital Media
)
-- Ridge Racer (PSP) (Namco)
-- Wipeout Pure (PSP) (SCEA)
ACTION:
-- God of War (PS2) (SCEA)
-- Gunstar Super Heroes (GBA) (Sega)
-- Mortal Kombat: Shaolin
Monks (PS2, Xbox) (Midway)
-- Ninja Gaiden Black (Xbox) (Tecmo)
-- Peter Jackson's King
Kong (Xbox, PS2, GC, PC, 360) (Ubisoft)
-- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Xbox, PS2, GC,
PC) (Ubisoft)
-- Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (PS2) (SCEA)
-- Sonic Rush (DS) (Sega)
-- Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (Xbox, PS2, GC, PC) (Ubisoft)
-- Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel
Without a Pulse" (Xbox) (Aspyr)
-- The Warriors (Xbox, PS2) (Rockstar)
-- We Love Katamari
(PS2) (Namco)
ADVENTURE:
-- Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Xbox) (2K
Games)
-- Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) (Konami)
-- Condemned: Criminal Origins (360
) (Sega)
-- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PSP) (Rockstar)
-- Indigo Prophecy
(PC, PS2, Xbox) (Atari)
-- Kameo (360) (Microsoft)
-- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (DS
) (Capcom)
-- Psychonauts (Xbox, PS2) (Majesco)
-- Shadow of the Colossus (PS2) (SCEA)
FIGHTING/WRESTLING:
-- Dead or Alive 4 (360) (Tecmo)
-- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
Tenkaichi (PS2) (Atari)
-- Fight Night Round 2 (PS2, Xbox, GC) (EA Sports)
-- Soul Calibur
3 (PS2) (Namco)
-- Street Fighter Anniversary Collection (PS2, Xbox) (Capcom)
-- WWE Day
of Reckoning 2 (GC) (THQ)
-- WWE SmackDown! vs.darkspace dirge
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Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo (PSP) (SCEA)
-- Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (Xbox, PS2, GC, PC) (Ubisoft
)
-- Star Wars Battlefront II (PS2, Xbox) (LucasArts)
PUZZLE:
-- Dig Dug: Digging
Strike (DS) (Namco)
-- Lumines (PSP) (Ubisoft)
-- Meteos (DS) (Nintendo)
-- Polarium
(DS) (Nintendo)
-- Zoo Keeper (DS) (Ignition Ent.A. Computer Gaming World is the longest running
and most respected
publication for core PC gamers.dweep quackers
com, Ziff Davis Media Game
Group's online home
for gamers, announced today the nominees for the third
annual 1UP Awards. The website provides
up
-to-the-minute news and reviews, video podcasts, tips and tricks, and a
networked community for gamers
, including free personal homepages, member
blogs, and blogs by industry celebrities covering all
game platforms.)
MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER:
-- City of Villains (PC) (NCsoft)
-- Guild Wars (PC) (NCsoft)
-- Puzzle Pirates (PC) (Ubisoft)
MOST INNOVATIVE:
-- Indigo Prophecy (PC, Xbox, PS2) (Atari)
-- Infected (PSP) (Majesco)
-- Kirby: Canvas
Curse (DS) (Nintendo)
-- Meteos (DS) (Nintendo)
-- The Movies (PC) (Activision)
-- Nintendogs (DS) (Nintendo)
-- Pac-Pix (DS) (Namco)
-- Pheonix Wright: Ace Attourney
(DS) (Capcom)
-- Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse" (Xbox) (Aspyr)
-- Trauma
Center: Under the Knife (DS) (Atlus)
-- WarioWare Twisted (DS) (Nintendo)
GAME OF
THE YEAR:
-- Battlefield 2 (PC) (EA)
-- Call of Duty 2 (360, PC) (Activision)
-- Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) (Konami)
-- Civilization IV (PC) (2K Games)
-- Dead
or Alive 4 (360) (Tecmo)
-- Dragon Quest VIII (PS2) (Square Enix)
-- F. In the United
States, the Company publishes 7 magazines
including PC Magazine, eWEEK, CIO Insight, Baseline, Electronic
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We look forward to
seeing which titles the gamers choose as the best of the best.E. The
Company exports the power
of its brands internationally, with publications in
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The 1UP
Awards are named for Ziff Davis Media Game Group's online
destination for gaming enthusiasts, 1UP
.
The Game Group's print and online editors, widely recognized as the
foremost authorities
in the industry, collaborated to select the nominees for
the top video and PC games of the year in
13 distinct categories.mandark drummania