The nominations for this year's Game Critics Awards: Best of have just been revealed, with 2 topping a list of triple-A behemoths. Halo 2 received four nominations, with 3, God of War, 2, and Jade all garnering three apiece. and were the most tipped publishers with games totalling eleven each listed.

The Game Critics Awards are voted for by some of the industry's most high profile reporters (not us, hmph), from publications like Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, CNN Money and Today. The final winners will be revealed on June the 8th, here are the nominations in full:

Best of Show

  • Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
  • Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox)
  • Nintendo (Mobile Gaming System - Nintendo Co. Ltd)
  • Sony (Mobile Gaming System - Computer Entertainment)
  • Splinter Cell 3 (UbiSoft Montreal/UbiSoft for PC)
Best Original Game
  • Destroy All Humans! (Pandemic/THQ for PlayStation 2, Xbox)
  • Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Nintendo for GameCube)
  • God of War (SCEA Santa Monica/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
  • Jade Empire (Bioware/Microsoft for Xbox)
  • Yoot Saito's Odama (Vivarium/Nintendo for GameCube)
Best Game
  • Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
  • Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth (EALA/Electronic Arts for PC)
  • Rome: Total War (Creative Assembly/Activision for PC)
  • Sims 2 (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)
  • Splinter Cell 3 (UbiSoft Montreal/UbiSoft for PC)
Best Console Game
  • God of War (SCEA Santa Monica/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
  • Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox)
  • Jade Empire (Bioware/Microsoft for Xbox)
  • Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Retro Studios/Nintendo for GameCube)
  • Resident Evil 4 (Capcom for GameCube)
Best Peripheral / Hardware
  • Alienware Video Array Technology (Alienware for PC)
  • Donkey Konga Bongo Drums (Nintendo for GameCube)
  • Nintendo DS (Mobile Gaming System - Nintendo Co. Ltd)
  • Phantom Gaming Service (Infinium Labs, Inc.)
  • Sony PSP (Mobile Gaming System - Sony Computer Entertainment)
Best Action Game
  • Doom 3 (Vicarious Visions/id/Activision for Xbox)
  • F.E.A.R. (Monolith Productions/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
  • Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)
  • Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox)
  • Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Retro Studios/Nintendo for GameCube)
Best Action/Adventure Game
  • God of War (SCEA Santa Monica/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
  • Prince of Persia 2 (UbiSoft Montreal/UbiSoft for All Systems)
  • Resident Evil 4 (Capcom for GameCube)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Insomniac Games/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
  • Splinter Cell 3 (UbiSoft Montreal/UbiSoft for PC)
Best Fighting Game
  • Def Jam: Fight for New York (EA Canada/EA for All Console Systems)
  • Guilty Gear Isuka (Arc System Works/Sammy Studios for PlayStation 2)
  • Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway Games for PlayStation 2/Xbox)
  • Rumble Roses (KCET/Konami for PlayStation 2)
  • Street Fighter Anniversary Collection (Capcom for PlayStation 2/Xbox)
Best Role Playing Game
  • Fable (Big Blue Box/Microsoft for Xbox)
  • Final Fantasy XII (Square-Enix for PlayStation 2)
  • Jade Empire (Bioware/Microsoft for Xbox)
  • Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (Obsidian/LucasArts for PC/Xbox)
  • Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (Troika Games/Activision for PC)
Best Racing Game
  • Burnout 3 (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2/Xbox)
  • Enthusia Professional Racing (Konami for PlayStation 2)
  • Forza Motorsport (Microsoft for Xbox)
  • Gran Turismo 4 (Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 2)
  • Street Racing Syndicate (Eutechnyx/Namco for All Console Systems)
Best Game
  • Full Spectrum Warrior (Pandemic/THQ for PC/Xbox)
  • Pacific Fighters (1C/UbiSoft for PC)
  • Sims 2 (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC)
  • The Movies (Lionhead Studios/Activision for All Platforms)
  • The Urbz: in the City (Maxis/Electronic Arts for All Console Systems)
Best Sports Game
  • ESPN 2005 (Visual Concepts/ESPN Videogames for PS2/Xbox)
  • FIFA Soccer 2005 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts for All Platforms)
  • Madden NFL 2005 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts for All Platforms)
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts for All Platforms)
  • Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Neversoft/Activision for All Platforms)
Best Strategy Game
  • Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth (EALA/Electronic Arts for PC)
  • Pikmin 2 (Nintendo for GameCube)
  • Rome: Total War (Creative Assembly/Activision for PC)
  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (Relic/THQ for PC)
Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
  • Donkey Konga (Nintendo for GameCube)
  • Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Nintendo for GameCube)
  • EyeToy: AntiGrav (Harmonix Music Systems/SCEA for PlayStation 2)
  • Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 (Harmonix Music Systems/Konami for PlayStation 2)
  • WarioWare, Inc. DS (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
Best Online Multiplayer Game
  • Battlefield 2 (Digital Illusions/EA Games for PC)
  • EverQuest II (Sony Online Entertainment for PC)
  • Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft for Xbox)
  • Star Wars Battlefront (Pandemic Studios/LucasArts for PC, PS2, Xbox)
  • World of Warcraft (Blizzard/Vivendi Universal Games for PC)

By Luke Guttridge

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  1. Gary Unregistered 5 years ago

    Go Nintendo!!!

  2. Frank Unregistered 5 years ago

    everything has got to have competition so sony stepped up to nintendo how do u know how long it lasts so what i would rather have good graphics than nothing there is going to be an external battery pack u can get also the battery is rechargable the eyetoy is way better than the gameboy camera yeah nintendo did come out with an analog on the 64 but ps2 was the first to use two analogs yeah microsoft is trash because all they're tryin to do is sell out the competition in my books sony is still on top actually in all books

  3. mr x Unregistered 5 years ago

    I sopose that Nintendo have dne well on this E3. They came out with lots of new games and the DS. And if there was a demo contest they would have won it with new Zelda game. And then, who actually gave the prizes? The critics who have never played the games. We can't say who is the best just yet. Everyone has his own tasets, someone prefers doom to Mario. The only thing I don't like is that someone say that GC is bad without even seeing it or that PS2 is a crap, you know. And there were not all the games at E3, actually the best ones. Like Nintendo didn't show Mario 128 for they're afraid someone can take the idea of the game. And some of you say Sony was on top. Why? They even don't make games. The only thing they showed was PSP, and no one knowes how good it really is. In my opinion DS is better. The games on it will be good for sure, and I don't know about the games on PSP, likr metal gear acid turened out to be a card game. Then, the cost: 200/150$ to 400/350$. The bettery life: 10h to 2/2,5h. And there're some other things I don't like in PSP. If you think about it. it actually turns out that Nintendo is on top.

  4. Justin Unregistered 5 years ago

    I like you mr. x. You reasonably state your opinion and I totally agree with you on everything. I'm sorry for my above comments I was bored and felt like being a part of what I have read about you guys lately. Sony was on top in sales but I have confidence in Nintendo and believe that their recent use of innovation will really push the other companies like Sony and Microsoft onto their heels.

  5. Miro Unregistered 4 years ago

    Fifa 2005? Where is WE8 or PES4?