I didn\'t even know there was a gameshow being held until a minutes ago.
It looks as though the big winner included Sony\'s PlayStation 2 and its biggest titled to date in Europe -- Gran Turismo 3 A-spec.
The full line-up of winners is as follows:
CTW Award for Marketing: Infogrames for Alone in the Dark
MCV Best of British Award: Sold Out Software
Develop Magazine Award for British Game Design Innovation: Criterion for Renderware
The Edge Award for Excellence: PomPom (developer of Space Tripper)
PC Format Best New Kit Award: NVIDIA’s GeForce 3
PC Gamer Best PC Game Developer Award: Bohemia for Operation Flashpoint
The following awards were voted for by more than 750 visitors to the ECTS website:
Best Console of the Year: PlayStation 2 (Sony)
Best PC Hardware: NVIDIA’s GeForce 3
Best Console Game of the Year: Gran Turismo 3 (Sony)
Best PC Game of the Year: Max Payne (Take Two)
Publisher of the Year: Ubi Soft
The Game of the Show Awards were voted for by a panel of elite European journalists and presented at ECTS to the following lucky winners:
Overall Best Game of the Show: Denki Blocks – Game Boy Advance (Rage)
Best PC Game of the Show: Project Nomad (CDV)
Best Console Game of the Show: Universal Studios – Game Cube (Kemco)
Best Handheld Game of the Show: Denki Blocks – Game Boy Advance (Rage)
Best Multiplayer Game of the Show: Anarchy Online (Funcom)
The winners of the Game of the Year Awards, as voted for by the readers of key European gaming publications, are:
PC Game of the Year Benelux voted through Power Unlimited - Black and White (EA)
Console Game of the Year Benelux voted through Power Unlimited - Gran Turismo 3 (Sony)
PC Game of the Year Eastern Europe voted through CD Action – Black and White (EA)
Console game of the Year Eastern Europe voted through Action Plus – Gran Turismo 3 (Sony)
PC Game of the Year France voted through Joystick – Giants (Interplay)
Console Game of the Year France voted through Joypad - ISS Pro Evolution 2 (Konami)
PC Game of the Year Germany voted through PC Games – Black and White (EA)
Console Game of the Year Germany voted through PlayZone, N-Zone and KidsZone – Gran Turismo 3 (Sony)
PC Game of the Year Italy voted through KwVideogiochi.it – Black and White (EA)
Console Game of the Year Italy voted through KwVideogiochi.it – Shen Mue (Sega)
PC Game of the Year Russia voted through GAME.exe – Baldur’s Gate II (Interplay)
PC Game of the Year Scandinavia voted through PC Hemma - Black & White – EA
PC Game of the Year Spain voted through Solo Juegos.com - Black & White – EA
Console Game of the Year Spain voted through Solo Jeugos.com – Gran Turismo 3 (Sony)
Wow, 5 awards went to GT3:D .
