Xbox Live Arcade Awards Winners Announced

[Andy Chalk]

Xbox Live Arcade Awards Winners Announced

The winners of the inaugural Xbox Live Arcade Awards have been announced at a private dinner reception at this year's Game Developers Conference [http://www.gdconf.com].

The finalists in each category were chosen by a panel of industry journalists, with six categories chosen by popular vote while the final four were determined based on sales data, Metacritic [http://www.metacritic.com/]scores or staff voting. More than 26,000 people cast votes for the awards throughout the month of January. The winners are:


Best Overall Arcade Game: Bomberman Live
Best Classic Game: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Best Original Game: Pac-Man: Championship Edition
Best Family-Friendly Game: Pac-Man: Championship Edition
Best Competitive Multiplayer Game: Bomberman Live
Best Cooperative Multiplayer Game: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Best-Selling Game: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Most Played Game: Worms
Highest Rated Game: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Xbox Live Arcade Staff Choice: Pac-Man: Championship Edition

Xbox Live Arcade [http://www.microsoft.com] has grown 145 percent over the past year, adding up to more than 115 million hours of game time worldwide and a 150 percent growth in year-over-year unit sales.

"The Xbox Live Arcade business is currently the strongest it's ever been, thanks to the content provided by the diverse range of talented developers attached to the platform," said Xbox Live General Manager Marc Whitten. "The Game Developers Conference is the perfect venue to recognize the successes of Xbox Live Arcade developers, and as we move further into 2008, gamers can expect to see even more quality content land on Xbox Live Arcade."


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[Arbre]

Nice to see old good mechanics get appreciated, but it's sad that nothing in there smells fresh at all.

 

[Virgil]

Nice to see old good mechanics get appreciated, but it's sad that nothing in there smells fresh at all.

I don't know - Pac-man CE is one of the best 'classic updates' I've played in a long time, and deserving of the recognition. They took a classic and updated both the look and the gameplay without ruining the spirit of the original. I was impressed.

Worms and Bomberman Live are also both excellent remakes, but they're basically just visual facelifts. Castlevania is a straight port, but one of those games that are just timeless. TMNT, on the other hand, just didn't seem to age that well to me - I guess it's an indication of the demand for, and overall lack of, quality co-op multiplayer games.