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Game Critics Announce The “Official” Best Of E3

5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Lots of sites and magazines will tell you what they thought the best stuff at E3 was. Heck, we did! But only one set of awards are the result of the biggest outlets joining forces. More »

Do Game Critic Awards Predict A Game’s Retail Success?

3:00AM Brian Crecente | Game Critics Awards are one of the most sought after badges of honour in the gaming industry, but does wining Best of E3 predict a retail success or impact the sales of a video game? More »

And The Game Critics Best Of E3 2009 Award Nominees Are…

4:00AM Mike Fahey | The official Game Critics Best of E3 2009 award nominee list has been released, with Brutal Legend and Uncharted 2 punctuating EA and Sony’s nomination domination. More »

ESA, Game Critics’ Awards Debate “Best Of E3″ Eligibility

10:40AM Leigh Alexander | A heated debate has erupted between the Entertainment Software Association and the Game Critics’ Awards over the eligibility of games in this year’s E3 Media and Business Summit. The dispute was prompted by Activision and Vivendi’s recent departure from the ESA and, simultaneously, from the show. The association assumed that the departed companies’ games would no longer be eligible for any of the annual “Best of E3″ awards, given out by an independent group of Game Critics’ Awards judges at each year’s show. But Geoff Keighley, GameTrailers executive producer and co-chairman of the Awards, said that decision hasn’t been made yet. The critics’ group, of which Kotaku managing editor Brian Crecente is also a member, still needs to meet to discuss the issue and decide how exactly to define which games are and are not eligible. “The fact that Activision is not a registered exhibitor for E3 has brought to light the issue of how to determine the eligibility of games,” Keighley said. More »