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Microsoft launching XBLA Awards

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Jan 23, 2008 12:01 pm PT

Console maker polling Xbox Live users to elect the best downloadable 360 games of 2007; winners announced during GDC 08.

As award season continues to ramble on, a handful of top games have dominated the short lists, including Super Mario Galaxy, BioShock, and Call of Duty 4, among others. With the big-budget, high-profile games hogging the limelight, Microsoft will be calling out the best downloadable Xbox Live games this year with its inaugural Xbox Live Arcade Awards - 2007, to be awarded at the Game Developers Conference 2008 in February.

Though the finalists were selected by a panel of game-industry journalists, Microsoft is polling Xbox Live users to select the winners. Voting is currently open through Microsoft's Web site, and users will be able to cast their lots in each of the six categories until Wednesday, January 30.

Although each category is open to write-ins, top nominees include the Microsoft-sponsored student project Aegis Wing, classic board-game remakes Catan and Carcassonne from Big Huge Games and Sierra Online, respectively, as well as Backbone's Bomberman Live and Namco Bandai's Pac-Man Championship Edition. Microsoft will also be doling out awards in four additional categories: best-selling game, most played game, highest-rated game, and staff choice.

Nominees for the inaugural Xbox Live Arcade Awards - 2007 are listed in full below.

Best Overall Arcade Game:
Puzzle Quest
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Carcassonne
Bomberman Live
Alien Hominid
Catan

Best Cooperative Multiplayer Game:
Alien Hominid
Golden Axe
Aegis Wing
Double Dragon
Arkadian Warriors
TMNT

Best Family Friendly Game:
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Carcassonne
Catan
Bomberman Live
Hexic 2
Every Extend Extra Extreme

Best Classic Game:
Castlevania
Prince of Persia
Asteroids
Jetpac Refuelled
Sensible World of Soccer
Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Best Competitive Multiplayer Game:
Puzzle Quest
Carcassonne
Bomberman Live
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Undertow
Catan

Best Original Game:
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Boom Boom Rocket
Aegis Wing
Undertow
Band of Bugs
Hexic 2

82 Comments

  • NoseWeed619

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 5:56 pm PT

    I think that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 should win the best classic game award. And Hexic 2 should win the best original game. That would be awesome.

  • football_legend

    Posted Feb 20, 2008 12:19 am PT

    Undertow and Puzzle Quest.

  • guertt

    Posted Feb 18, 2008 7:55 pm PT

    Where is WORMS ?!!!!?

  • azimiballer

    Posted Feb 18, 2008 2:42 pm PT

    so they are gonna be giving out awards instead of showcasing games and stuff??

  • Dirk13

    Posted Feb 18, 2008 4:29 am PT

    i guess rez didnt make it in early enough.....but if it just didnt make the cut they're insane.

  • Lokar

    Posted Feb 18, 2008 4:05 am PT

    I thought Carcassone was overrated. Puzzle Quest is okay, but it moves really slow.

  • Soupflakez

    Posted Feb 17, 2008 12:01 pm PT

    im-a-roustabout, way to call the entirety of XBL customers stupid. The older classic arcade games cost $5. There are a lot of orignally made titles on XBL that haven't been seen on other platforms.

  • Soupflakez

    Posted Feb 17, 2008 11:57 am PT

    cocomacoco, it's the same exact situation with me. I have 15 arcade titles, I bought 12 of them. ALL of them turn into trials when I'm not online. Also, when I get on GH3 or Rockband my downloaded songs AREN'T EVEN THERE, that is when I'm offline! There is def. something strange going on that needs an update. If someone knows how to fix this problem message me.

  • marbigmarbig

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 9:53 pm PT

    No Rez?

  • sVebbe

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 8:18 am PT

    CastlevaniaSOTN, best on XBLA \,,/,

  • URError

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 7:15 pm PT

    don't really care

  • paco007mf

    Posted Feb 11, 2008 8:01 pm PT

    Where the hell is castlevania for best overall arcade?

  • Apokalipse

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 11:16 am PT

    hmmmm....Microsoft setting up awards that will be given to...um...Microsoft.

  • BadMunky

    Posted Jan 30, 2008 8:37 am PT

    Aegis Wing all the way

  • cocomacoco

    Posted Jan 30, 2008 7:59 am PT

    everytime when i'm offline my games go to trial, and that's really anoyying, i paid for Uno, carcassone, undertow, and then what a get offline, a trial, suit them should i!!!!!!

  • greystone227

    Posted Jan 26, 2008 11:07 pm PT

    Alien Hominid is awesome. It deserves an award or two. I hope it wins some.

  • godzillavskong

    Posted Jan 26, 2008 9:15 pm PT

    Hey , I know UNO wasn't really that original but c'mon, it translated really well to the console. I was actually impressed with UNO and it was funner than I thought it would be. I think its better then a few of those on that list.

  • Dav_id83

    Posted Jan 25, 2008 11:24 am PT

    Instead of messing around with stupid awards that no-one could really care less about why not fix the stupid DRM issue that makes all my arcade games when I am offline go to trial. 2 SEGA game always keep asking to be unlocked and sometimes IPS's don't always have perfect servers so they need to be turned off to be fixed thus why I would be offline.

    Awards yeah I'll them an award with a shiny boot where the sun don't shine.

  • Betaslayer

    Posted Jan 25, 2008 11:02 am PT

    You can write-in whatever game didn't make the list when voting ppl. I myself I had to put Worms in a number of times.

  • Glejs

    Posted Jan 25, 2008 6:19 am PT

    Worms should've gotten an award or two..

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