Lucky XIII Wins ECTS Game Awards

Thanks to Gamesindustry.biz for their report on the results of the annual ECTS Awards in London, documenting the ceremonies based around the E3-like English trade show. According to the piece, "Ubi Soft's cel-shaded FPS title XIII... [walked] away from the ceremony with the Best Console Game and Game of Show awards tucked under its arm. The company's multiplayer FPS title Far Cry also won the Best PC Game award, while Everquest 2 - published in Europe by Ubi - picked up the Best Online game award." Interestingly, the Edge Award, chosen by editors of the boutique UK games magazine, went to Capcom's Viewtiful Joe, while Half-Life 2 only came away with one prize, the London Games Week award.

Comments

why do they award future products?

[gl4ss]

like, would you put much weight on oscars that would be chosen based on the trailer? are you really surprised that "omg halflife2 only got one prize" when it's not available for play even?

it's just insane and whoring, is there any sites that would guarantee playing the game for at least a week or two before making conclusions on if it's worth the money or not?

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Half-Life 2

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sure this game is going to be great. I just don't understand how you can give an award to hype.