2005 Nominees Fast Facts
In 2005 the judges nominated 57 products from 27 publishers. Click here to read the nomination breakdown by publisher, platform and game.
Games
With Multiple Nominations
Four Nominations:
Spore
Three Nominations:
Battlefield 2
F.E.A.R.
Gears of War
Nintendogs
Okami
Shadow of the Colossus
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Two Nominations:
Age of Empires III
BLACK
Burnout Legends
City of Villains
Mario Kart DS
Xbox 360
Publisher Breakdown
(Plus Trend Analysis vs. 2004 and 2003
Nominations)
16 Nominations:
Electronic Arts (+5 from 2004, +10 from 2003)
12 Nominations:
Nintendo (+1 from 2004, +6 from 2003)
8 Nominations:
Microsoft (-1 from 2004, -5 from 2003)
Sony Computer Entertainment (Same as 2004, +2 from 2003)
4 Nominations:
Activision (-2 from 2004, -3 from 2003)
3 Nominations:
Capcom (Same as 2004, +1 from 2003)
Namco (new)
NCSoft (new)
Vivendi-Universal Games (-2 from 2004, -5 from 2003)
Take-Two Interactive (new)
2 Nominations:
LucasArts (Same in 2004, -2 from 2003)
Midway (+1 from 2004, +2 from 2003)
Sega (new)
Square-Enix (new)
1 Nomination:
Atari (new)
Atlus (new)
Majesco (new)
Tiger Telematics (new)
THQ (-2 from 2004, -4 from 2003)
UbiSoft (-3 from 2004, -1 from 2003)
Nominee Breakdown by Platform
(Multiplatform games are counted in all appropriate platform tallies.
Information based on announced platforms for each game as of 5/27/05. Tally
excludes nominations in hardware category.)
PC -- 29 (-1 from 2004, +3 from 2003)
PS2-- 26 (Same as 2004, +4 from 2003)
Xbox -- 14 (-12 from 2004, -6 from 2003)
Xbox 360 -- 12 (new)
GC -- 12 (-6 from 2004, -2 from 2003)
DS -- 12 (+9 from 2004, n/a in 2003)
PSP -- 11 (+9 from 2004, n/a in 2003)