E3 Awards: i candidati del 2001

Il sito web ufficiale dell'Electronic Entertainment Expo, la fiera informatica statunitense di cui troverete su Freegames il reportage completo dell'edizione 2001, è stato aggiornato con la lista dei videogiochi selezionati dai 40 giudici per l'assegnazione dell'ambito premio Best of E3 Game Critics Awards.
I vincitori verranno annunciati il 18 giugno 2001. Quali, a vostro dire, i possibili candidati?

Best of Show
- Medal of Honor Allied Assault (2015 Inc./Electronic Arts per PC)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Konami per PlayStation 2)
- Nintendo GAMECUBE
- Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron 2 (Factor 5/LucasArts per GAMECUBE)
- Star Wars Galaxies (Sony Online Entertainment/LucasArts per PC)

Best Original Game
- Majestic (Electronic Arts per PC)
- Pikmin (Nintendo per GAMECUBE)
- Project EGO (Big Blue Box Studios/Lionhead/Microsoft per Xbox)
- Republic: The Revolution (Elixir Studios/Eidos Interactive per PC)
- Sigma: The Adventures of Rex Chance (Relic Entertainment/Microsoft per PC)

Best PC Game
- Max Payne (Remedy/3D Realms/Gathering of Developers per PC)
- Medal of Honor Allied Assault (2015 Inc./Electronic Arts per PC)
- Neverwinter Nights (BioWare/Interplay per PC)
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Gray Matter Interactive/id Software/Activision per PC)
- Star Wars Galaxies (Sony Online Entertainment/LucasArts per PC)

Best Console Game
- Devil May Cry (Capcom per PlayStation 2)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Konami per PlayStation 2)
- Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (Oddworld Inhabitants/Microsoft per Xbox)
- Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron 2 (Factor 5/LucasArts per GAMECUBE)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (Neversoft Entertainment/Shaba/Activision per PlayStation 2)

Best PC Hardware
- AMD Athlon Processor
- Logitech's Cordless MouseMan Optical
- Logitech's iFeel MouseMan
- Nvidia's GeForce 3

Best Console Hardware
- Logitech GT Force Steering Wheel (per PlayStation 2)
- Microsoft Xbox
- Nintendo Game Boy Advance
- Nintendo GAMECUBE
- Nintendo GAMECUBE Gamepad

Best Action Game
- Halo (Bungie Software/Microsoft per Xbox)
- Max Payne (Remedy/3D Realms/Gathering of Developers per PC)
- Medal of Honor Allied Assault (2015 Inc./Electronic Arts per PC)
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Gray Matter Interactive/id Software/Activision per PC)
- Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron 2 (Factor 5/LucasArts per GAMECUBE)

Best Action/Adventure Game
- Devil May Cry (Capcom per PlayStation 2)
- Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (Naughty Dog, Inc./SCEA per PlayStation 2)
- Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo per GAMECUBE)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Konami per PlayStation 2)
- Silent Hill 2 (Konami per PlayStation 2)
- Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (Oddworld Inhabitants/Microsoft per Xbox)

Best Fighting Game
- Bloody Roar 3 (Hudson/Activision per PlayStation 2)
- Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium (Capcom per PlayStation 2)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo per GAMECUBE)
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival (Capcom per Game Boy Advance)
- Ultimate Fighting Championship: Tapout (Crave Entertainment per Xbox)

Best Role Playing Game
- Dungeon Siege (Gas Powered Games Corp./Microsoft per PC)
- Final Fantasy X (Squaresoft per PlayStation 2)
- Neverwinter Nights (BioWare/Interplay per PC)
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (BioWare/LucasArts per PC)
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Bethesda Softworks per PC)

Best Racing Game
- Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (Polyphony Digital Inc./SCEA per PlayStation 2)
- Motor City Online (Electronic Arts Seattle/Electronic Arts per PC)
- Project Gotham Racing (Bizarre Creations/Microsoft per Xbox)
- WaveRace Blue Storm (Nintendo per GAMECUBE)
- Wipeout Fusion (Studio Liverpool/SCEA per PlayStation 2)

Best Simulation Game
- IL-2 Sturmovik (Maddox Games/Blue Byte per PC)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 (Microsoft per PC)
- Microsoft Train Simulator (Microsoft per PC)
- Sid Meier's Sim Golf (Firaxis/Maxis/Electronic Arts per PC)
- The Sims Online (Maxis/Electronic Arts per PC)
- Star Trek Bridge Commander (Totally Games/Activision per PC)

Best Sports Game
- Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding (Microsoft per Xbox)
- Madden NFL 2002 (Electronic Arts per PlayStation 2)
- NBA Street (NuFX/EA Canada/Electronic Arts per PlayStation 2)
- SSX Tricky (EA Sports/Electronic Arts per PlayStation 2)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (Neversoft Entertainment/Shaba/Activision per PlayStation 2)

Best Strategy Game
- Age of Mythology (Ensemble Studios/Microsoft per PC)
- Battle Realms (Liquid Games/Ubisoft per PC)
- Civilization III (Firaxis Games/Infogrames per PC)
- Empire Earth (Stainless Steel Studios/Sierra Studios per PC)
- Republic: The Revolution (Elixir Studios/Eidos Interactive per PC)
- Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (Blizzard Entertainment per PC)

Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game
- Chu Chu Rocket (Sonic Team/Sega per GameBoy Advance)
- Frequency (Harmonix/SCEA per PlayStation 2)
- Fuzion Frenzy (Blitz Games/Microsoft per Xbox)
- Pikmin (Nintendo per GAMECUBE)
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, 3rd Edition (ImageBuilder/Disney Interactive/SCEA per PlayStation)

Best Online Multiplayer Game
- Anarchy Online (Funcom per PC)
- Neverwinter Nights (BioWare/Interplay per PC)
- PlanetSide (Sony Online Entertainment per PC)
- Star Wars Galaxies (Sony Online Entertainment /LucasArts per PC)
- The Sims Online (Maxis/Electronic Arts per PC)