ACTION
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Bioshock 2, Call of Duty Black Ops, God of War III, Halo Reach
WINNER: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Call of Duty Black Ops, God of War III, Heavy Rain, LIMBO, Mass Effect 2
WINNER: God of War III
FAMILY
Dance Central, Kinnect Adventures, Kinnect Sports, Kinectimals, Lego Harry potter: Years 1-4, Toy Story 3
WINNER: Kinnect Sports
GAMEPLAY
Assassin’s Creed,God of War III, Heavy Rain, LIMBO, Mass Effect 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2
WINNER: Super Mario Galaxy 2
HANDHELD
Cut the Rope, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Professor Layton and the Lost Future, Sonic Colours, Super Scribblenauts
WINNER: Cut The Rope
MULTIPLAYER
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Halo: Reach, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
WINNER: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Alan Wake, Fable III, Heavy Rain, James Bond 007: Bloodstone, Mass Effect 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2
WINNER: Heavy Rain
SOCIAL NETWORK GAME
Bejeweled Blitz, Farmerama, FIFA Superstars, My Empire, Zoo Mumba, Zuma Blitz
WINNER: My Empire
SPORTS
F1 2010, FIFA 11, Football Manager 2011, Gran Turismo 5, International Cricket 2010, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
WINNER: F1 2010
STORY
Alan Wake, BioShock 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Fallout: New Vegas, Heavy Rain, Mass Effect 2
WINNER: Heavy Rain
STRATEGY
Civilization V, Fallout: New Vegas, FIFA Manager 11, Napoleon Total War, Plants vs. Zombies XBLA, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
WINNER: Civilization V
TECHNICAL INNOVATION
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Halo: Reach, Heavy Rain, Kinectimals, Super Mario Galaxy 2
WINNER: Heavy Rain
USE OF AUDIO
Alan Wake, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, DJ Hero 2, LIMBO
WINNER: Battlefield Bad Company 2
BEST GAME
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, FIFA 11, Heavy Rain, LIMBO, Mass Effect 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2
WINNER: Mass Effect 2
This information comes from High Voltage Art Director Matt Corso, who was asked if the Wii could be pushed further in terms of graphics…
“Yes. It definitely can, but you need a lot of experience with the hardware. I would say that Conduit 2, in many ways, is not really achieving the system’s full potential. Every time we do a game on Wii, we find little advancements we can make with the hardware that we didn’t know we could do with the last game.”
In addition to the above, Corso said that a third Conduit game “would look even better and play even better.” Corso doesn’t think the Wii is on its way out, either. He said, “The Wii isn’t done yet, there’s still a lot more to achieve.”
While at PAX East this past weekend, I had the opportunity to check out the 3DS and a few of the games Nintendo brought to the event. Below are my impressions of three games I got the chance to check out while in Boston. Be warned – the booths only allowed for ten minute demo sessions so the sections are going to be a bit small.
