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)