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I am honestly *slightly* shocked that BioShock, as beautiful game as it was, and its original and unique stotyline has turned out to be the winner in this years Video Game Awards. I was expecting Crysis to win the Best Game of the Year Award, but Crysis only had the Best Graphics Award, Bioshock got 3 Awards and Microsoft’s Halo 3 got 2. LAS VEGAS, Dec. 8 2007 Winners were announced for the Spike TV’s 5th annual “Video Game Awards,” the preeminent celebration of achievement in the gaming world. Talent from across the entertainment world gathered at the Mandalay Bay Events Resort and Casino in Las Vegas to honor this year’s accomplishments within the video game industry. Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, the 2007 “Video Game Awards” was presented on Spike TV Sunday, December 9. See the full list of all Awards above…

GAME OF THE YEAR
BioShock

STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Harmonix

BEST SHOOTER
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision/ Infinity Ward)

BEST RPG
Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios/ BioWare)

BEST MILITARY GAME
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision/ Infinity Ward)

BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
skate (Electronic Arts/ EA Black Box)

BEST HANDHELD GAME
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

BEST GRAPHICS
Crysis (Electronic Arts/ Crytek)

BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW
The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts/ EA Redwood Shores)

BEST RHYTHM GAME
Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)

BEST DRIVING GAME
DiRT (Codemasters/ Codemasters)

BEST ACTION GAME
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts/ EA Tiburon)

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)

BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY
The Orange Box/ Portal (Valve/ Valve)

BEST XBOX 360 GAME
BioShock

BEST WII GAME
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

BEST PS3 GAME
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Sony Computer Entertainment/
Insomniac Games)

BEST PC GAME
The Orange Box (Valve/ Valve)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BioShock

BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME
Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Bungie Studios)

MOST ADDICTIVE VIDEO GAME FUELED BY DEW
Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Bungie Studios)

Grand Theft Auto IV is coming for the consoles, it will be released at February 2008 and at first it will be available for Playstation 3 and Microsoft’s XBox 360, dates for PC release are not set yet, probably it will be several months like GTA San Andreas. Unlike the other series of the game that where always set in the past, this one is set in 2007.

“Life is complicated. I killed people. Smuggled people. Sold people. Perhaps here, things will be different.”

Grand Theft Auto IV’s protagonist, Niko Bellic, travelled to Liberty City in order to live the “American Dream,” where allegedly money and women come easy. Niko hails from an unspecified Eastern European country, which he recently departed after landing himself in hot water with the local gangs. Niko - unshaven, in his mid-thirties and sporting a cheap tracksuit - was enticed by his cousin Roman to try life in America. He claimed to be living with two women, four hot tubs and fifteen sport cars - a lifestyle which very much appealed to Niko - and so with things not working out back home, he packed his belongings and soon became America’s latest immigrant. Upon arrival, Niko discovers that his cousin’s claims were far from the truth, and he finds himself drawn into Roman’s (seemingly endless) list of personal problems.

The are some rumors about next game from the award winning battlefield series, Battlefield 3, it will be set in the modern day and with only 2 factions, MEC and NATO, it will ship with 8 maps and 40 players each team, 48 different vehicles and 34 different weapons plus 22 unlock and five playable classes; Sniper, Assault, Engineer, Medic and Support. This info comes from a leaked pdf document sent to Digital table, when confronted EA didn’t denied. Have a look at all the game specs here

Finally Crysis demo arrive, probably the most anticipated demo of the year, from the creators of Far Cry, Crytek second most import game to date will be released on 16 of November, Crytek games are well known for its amazing scenario of beautiful islands and superior AI, Crysis as well as Far Cry is set on a island but this time the jungle behaves differently, with much more interaction with the player, leaves move when you touch them and trees drop dows if you fire at them or drive in to it with a jeep, the second part of the game will be like an iceland as the island is freeze by the aliens.

The demo features the first level “Contact” its short but very good, you wont be disapointed by it, on the contraire you will buy the game for sure after played the demo, the only shame is that this game really needs a gaming machine!! I was playng on a Intel Core Duo E6850@ 3Gh 2GB RAM 800Mz Motherboard Evga 650i Sli and, Western Digital Raptor 10.000Rpm, GeForce 7950GT and i was only getting 15FPS at 1024×764 with all the settings on High, so if you planning to play this games, start upgrading!;-) You can get the demo here.