After the nominations were announced on May 27th, it was widely expected that Halo 2 - for a second year running the most-nominated game of the awards - would dominate proceedings to almost the same extent as it did in 2003. Those expectations were confirmed as correct today, with Bungie's epic-looking sci-fi shooter notching up three awards, along with the 'Best Console Game' award that it won last year. Slightly more surprisingly, it was joined by Ubisoft's beautiful Splinter Cell 3, which bagged a hat-trick of awards itself.
Other notable winners included Nintendo's drum-a-thon Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (two awards), EA (who were involved in some capacity with five of the nine games which won awards) and Sony, who ran off laughing maniacally with the 'Best of Show' award for the scratchilicious PSP. Anyway, here's the full list of winners:
Best of Show Sony PSP
Best Original Game Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Best PC Game Splinter Cell 3
Best Console Game Halo 2
Best Peripheral/Hardware PSP
Best Action Game Halo 2
Best Action/Adventure Game Splinter Cell 3
Best Fighting Game Def Jam: Fight for New York
Best Role Playing Game Jade Empire
Best Racing Game Burnout 3
Best Simulation Game The Sims 2
Best Sports Game Madden NFL 2005
Best Strategy Game The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth
Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlour Game Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat
Best Online Multiplayer Halo 2
Special Commendation for Graphics Splinter Cell 3
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