Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2 Wins Game Critics' E3 Best Of Show

This week, the Game Critics Awards, a group of game critics from mainstream and enthusiast publications in North America, named the PlayStation 3-exclusive Uncharted 2: Among Thieves E3 2009's Best of Show. Developed by the Sony internal game studio Naughty Dog, Uncharted 2 beat out other E3 2009 Best of Show nominees, including Double Fine's Brutal Legend, Bioware's Mass Effect 2, Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2, and Ubisoft Montreal's Splinter Cell: Conviction. In all, Uncharted 2 did the best to win over the critics, garnering three awards: Best of Show, Best Console Game, and Best Action/Adventure Game. The only other Game Critics Award: Best of E3 2009 winner to receive multiple awards was 5th Cell's and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's Nintendo DS action puzzler Scribblenauts, which won two awards: Best Original Game and Best Handheld Game. 5th Cell is the same developer behind the unique games Drawn To Life and Lock's Quest. Other winners include Fight Night Round 4, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, Supreme Commander 2, and DJ Hero, among others. Completely missing from the list of award winners was Double Fine's Brutal Legend, which alongside Uncharted 2 led with four nominations. Other snubbed games include Sony's God of War 3, BioShock 2, Halo 3: ODST, and Splinter Cell: Conviction. Best hardware went to Microsoft's Project Natal, which was up against the PSP Go, Tony Hawk Ride Skateboard, Wii MotionPlus, and the DJ Hero Controller. E3 2009 occurred in Los Angeles in early June. The full list of award winners is below: Best of Show Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment America for PlayStation 3) Best Original Game Scribblenauts (5TH Cell/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment for Nintendo DS) Best Console Game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment America for PlayStation 3) Best PC Game Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin/LucasArts) Best Handheld Game Scribblenauts (5TH Cell/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment for Nintendo DS) Best Hardware/Peripheral "Project Natal" (Microsoft for Xbox 360) Best Action Game Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC) Best Action/Adventure Game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment America for PlayStation 3) Best Role Playing Game Mass Effect 2 (BioWare/Electronic Arts for Xbox 360, PC) Best Racing Game Split/Second (Black Rock/Disney Interactive Studios for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC) Best Sports Game Fight Night Round 4 (EA Canada/EA Sports for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) Best Fighting Game Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (Eighting/Capcom for Nintendo Wii) Best Strategy Game Supreme Commander 2 (Gas Powered Games/Square-Enix for Xbox 360, PC) Best Social/Casual/Puzzle DJ Hero (Freestyle/Red Octane/Activision for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii) Best Online Multiplayer Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve/EAP for Xbox 360, PC)