D.I.C.E

This week the game industry is sitting down to chat about business... Developers will be sharing some of their feelings on where the industry is going, how to expand the market, and what they think makes a game good...Alright, so I'm not really 100% sure what, exactly, goes on at D.I.C.E... There are some speeches and what not, but I pretty much just described GDC - game developers conference (which is coming up soon aswell). Anyways, what I do know is that, Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln, Nintendo legends were honoured.

But what we all actually care about, THE AWARDS! unlike the oscars there were no scandilous dresses, or metalic naked men to distract us - but, much like the oscars I'd suppose there are some questionable winners. Personally, I think it's a pretty good list.

Best Strategy Game: Company of Heroes

Best Simulation: Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Best Sports: Tony Hawk Project 8

Action/Adventure: Gears of War

Fighting: Fight Night Round 3

Racing: Burnout Revenge

Game Design: Wii Sports

Visual Engineering: Gears of War

Downloadable game: Bookworms Adventure

Game Play Innovation: Wii Sports

Online Game Play: Gears of War

Game Play Engineering: Wii Sports

Story and Character Development: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

First-Person Shooter: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas

Character Performance Male: Gears of War

Character Performance Female: Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion

Children's Game: Loco Roco

Family Game: Guitar Hero II

Sound Design: Call of Duty 3

MMO/Persistent World: Guild Wars: Nightfall

Soundtrack: Guitar Hero II

Cell Phone: Orcs and Elves

Handheld: Brain Age

Art Direction: Gears of War

Animation: Gears of War

Computer Game: Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion

List comes via Dean Takahashi