Forza Motorsport 4 – Game Critics Award for Best Racing Game at E3
The Game Critic Awards are chosen from the selection of games on show at the E3 event, with 35 judges from North American videogame publications, and they’ve named Forza Motorsport 4 as Best Racing Game from the show.
No racing game made an appearance in any other category, with Bioshock Infinite getting the big ‘Best of Show’ award, along with 3 more. Battlefield 3 also won 2 awards.
Best of Show
- BioShock Infinite
- (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Original Game
- BioShock Infinite
- (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Console Game
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda for PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Handheld Game
- Sound Shapes
- (Queasy Games/SCEA for PSVita)
Best PC Game
- BioShock Infinite
- (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Hardware
- PlayStation Vita
- (Sony Computer Entertainment)
Best Action Game
- Battlefield 3
- (DICE/EA Games for PC)
Best Action/Adventure Game
- BioShock Infinite
- (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Role Playing Game
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Fighting Game
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- (Capcom/Capcom for PS3, Xbox 360, PSVita)
Best Racing Game
- Forza 4
- (Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
Best Sports Game
- FIFA Soccer 12
- (EA Canada/EA Sports for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Strategy Game
- From Dust
- (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Social/Casual Game
- Sound Shapes
- (Queasy Games/SCEA for PSVita)
Best Motion Simulation Game
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo for Wii)
Best Online Multiplayer
- Battlefield 3
- (DICE/EA Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Downloadable Game
- Bastion
- (Supergiant Games/WB Games for PC, Xbox 360)
GT Academy wins big award
The GT Academy competition has not only led to Lucas Ordonez finishing in second place at the LMP2 class at the 2011 Le Mans 24 hours with Signatech Nissan – now it’s gone and won a prestigious award in marketing and advertising.
It picked up a Cannes Golden Lion at the equivalent of the Oscars for ad types, for ‘Best Use of Branded Content’. The reasons included being covered by over 160 broadcasters around the world, masses of print and digital coverage, 1.3 million downloads of the GT5 demo required to enter, and another previous winner, Jordan Tresson, has gone on to race in the European GT4 Cup in a Nissan 370Z.
It’s also good timing as Jann Mardenborough has just been announced as the winner of the 2011 GT Academy. The Welsh 19-year-old will be training to take part in the Dubai 24 Hour race in January in a Nissan 370Z.
If you’re thinking about training for the next one, you can get a PS3 with GT5 for £241 from Amazon, GT5 on it’s own for £45 (Or Prologue for £7.50), and here’s a handy guide to the best cars to buy in Gran Turismo 5.
Kazunori Yamauchi honoured by Esquire magazine
It’s always nice to see online racing appearing in mainstream media, and the December 2010 UK issue of Esquire magazine has featured Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi as one of their 10 ‘Man at the Top Awards 2010′.
Individuals were selected as those who “rewrote the future through their works in the past year”, and Yamauchi was placed fourth in the countdown. Within the feature is an interview with Kazunori, covering the philosophy of Gran Turismo 5, visions for the future and workings behind the scenes at Polyphony Digital.
The Esquire UK website includes some pictures from the Polyphony Digital offices, taken in preparation for the December issue.
