G-Phoria is an annual video game awards show started in 2003 and produced by G4

G4 (TV channel)

G4, also known as G4 TV, is an American cable- and satellite-television channel originally geared primarily toward young adult viewers, originally based on the world of video games...

. The awards are democratically voted on.

Formerly the event was formatted like a regular awards ceremony taped in front of an audience, featuring celebrities such as Hal Sparks

Hal Sparks

Hal Harry Magee Sparks III is an American actor, comedian, musician and television personality. He is known for his contributions to VH1, hosting E!'s Talk Soup, and the role of Michael Novotny on the American television series Queer as Folk.-Early life:Sparks was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but...

, Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra

Tara Leigh Patrick , professionally known as Carmen Electra, is an American glamour model, actress, television personality, singer, and dancer...

, Wilmer Valderamma and Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole Smith

In 1992 Smith was chosen by Hugh Hefner to appear on the cover of the March issue of Playboy, where she was listed as Vickie Smith, wearing a low-cut evening gown. The centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. Smith said she planned to be "the next Marilyn Monroe". Becoming one of Playboys...

, and musical performances, along with a red carpet preview show, and some game premieres. In 2006, the control of the show was given over to X-Play

X-Play

X-Play is a TV program about video games, known for its reviews and comedy skits...

, which made it a pure viewer's choice show hosted by Adam Sessler

Adam Sessler

Adam Donovan Sessler is co-host of X-Play on G4 with Morgan Webb and, as of December 17, 2008, editor-in-chief of G4's game content for the network. He is the only remaining television personality from the G4's origin network ZDTV.-Background:Sessler was born in Berkeley, California...

 and Morgan Webb

Morgan Webb

Morgan Ailis Webb is a co-host and senior segment producer of the G4 show X-Play, and host of the show G4 Underground...

.

2003

• Best Adaptation: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game)
  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 cross-platform video game based on Peter Jackson's New Line Cinema films The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers...
  
  
• Best Brawl: Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
  Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
  Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, originally known as Mortal Kombat V: Vengeance or simply Mortal Kombat 5, is a fighting game developed and published by Midway for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo GameCube, and Game Boy Advance...
  
  
• Best Cinematic: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
  Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
  Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a real time strategy computer game released by Blizzard Entertainment on July 3, 2002 . It is the second sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, and it is the third game set in the Warcraft Universe...
  
  
• Best Graphics: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is an action-adventure stealth game, developed by Ubisoft Montreal and built on the Unreal Engine 2. It is the first Splinter Cell game in the series endorsed by author Tom Clancy, and follows the activities of American NSA Black Operation, "Black Ops", agent Sam Fisher....
  
  
• Best Handheld/Mobile game: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, known as in Japan, is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console, and the third installment in The Legend of Zelda series. It was first released in Japan in 1991, and was...
  
  /Four Swords
• Best Live Action/Voice Male Performance: Ray Liotta
  Ray Liotta
  [File:Ray Liotta is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Henry Hill in the crime-drama Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese and his role as Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams...
  
  , Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 open world action computer and video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall...
  
  
• Best Live Action/Voice Female Performance: Jenna Jameson
  Jenna Jameson
  Jenna Jameson is an American entrepreneur and former pornographic actress, who has been called the world's most famous adult-entertainment performer and "The Queen of Porn."...
  
  , Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 open world action computer and video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall...
  
  
• Best Online Game: Battlefield 1942
  Battlefield 1942
  Battlefield 1942 is a 3D World War II first-person shooter computer game developed by Swedish company Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh . The game can be played in singleplayer mode against the computer game AI or in multiplayer mode...
  
  
• Best Revival: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
  The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
  The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, released as in Japan, is an action-adventure game and the tenth installment in The Legend of Zelda series. It was released for the Nintendo GameCube in Japan on December 13, 2002, in North America on March 24, 2003, in Europe on May 2, 2003, and in Australia on...
  
  
• Best Rookie: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is an action-adventure stealth game, developed by Ubisoft Montreal and built on the Unreal Engine 2. It is the first Splinter Cell game in the series endorsed by author Tom Clancy, and follows the activities of American NSA Black Operation, "Black Ops", agent Sam Fisher....
  
  
• Best Soundtrack: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 open world action computer and video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall...
  
  
• Best Sports Game: Madden NFL 2003
  Madden NFL 2003
  Madden NFL 2003 is an American football video game. It features then-reigning 3 time NFL Offensive Player of the Year, and former St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk on the cover. This edition of Madden was the first to feature EA Trax...
  
  
• Best Story: Kingdom Hearts
  Kingdom Hearts
  is an action role-playing game developed and published by Square in 2002 for the PlayStation 2 video game console. The first game in the Kingdom Hearts series, it is the result of a collaboration between Square Enix and The Walt Disney Company. The game combines characters and settings from Disney...
  
  
• Best Villain: Ganon
  Ganon
  , anglicized Gannon in early Japanese materials, and also known as , is a fictional character who is the main antagonist of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series of video games. He is the final boss of most games in the series. He was first given a back-story in A Link to the Past...
  
  , The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
  The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
  The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, released as in Japan, is an action-adventure game and the tenth installment in The Legend of Zelda series. It was released for the Nintendo GameCube in Japan on December 13, 2002, in North America on March 24, 2003, in Europe on May 2, 2003, and in Australia on...
  
  
• Best Weapon: Light Saber, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
  Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
  Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, often abbreviated JK2 or JO, is a first- and third-person action game developed by Raven Software and published by LucasArts and Activision. The PC version was released in March and the Mac OS X, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube versions were released in November...
  
  
• Character You'd Most Like To Be: Dante, Devil May Cry 2
  Devil May Cry 2
  is an action game developed and published by Capcom in 2003 exclusively for the PlayStation 2. The game serves as a sequel to Devil May Cry and is, chronologically the fourth and final game in the original Devil May Cry series with Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Devil May Cry, and Devil May...
  
  
• Coolest Cheat/Easter Egg: Unlock original game, Panzer Dragoon Orta
  Panzer Dragoon Orta
  Panzer Dragoon Orta is a rail shooter video game published by Sega for the Xbox. The game was released in Japan in December 2002, the following month in the United States, and three months later in PAL territories. It is the fourth console game in the Panzer Dragoon series, after three such games...
  
  
• EB Gamers Choice Award: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 open world action computer and video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall...
  
  
• Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 open world action computer and video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall...
  
  
• Guiltiest Pleasure: Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
  Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
  is a beach volleyball game by Tecmo released in 2003 exclusively for the Xbox. The game is a departure from the rest of the Dead or Alive series which otherwise consists of fighting games and marks the first game in the series to have a Mature rating due to the very revealing swimsuits featured in...
  
  
• Hottest Character: Tina, Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
  Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
  is a beach volleyball game by Tecmo released in 2003 exclusively for the Xbox. The game is a departure from the rest of the Dead or Alive series which otherwise consists of fighting games and marks the first game in the series to have a Mature rating due to the very revealing swimsuits featured in...
  
  
• Most Annoying Character: Zill, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
  The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
  The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, released as in Japan, is an action-adventure game and the tenth installment in The Legend of Zelda series. It was released for the Nintendo GameCube in Japan on December 13, 2002, in North America on March 24, 2003, in Europe on May 2, 2003, and in Australia on...
  
  
• Most Innovative Game: Animal Crossing
  Animal Crossing
  The Animal Crossing games have garnered positive response. The first three games are among the best-selling for their respective consoles. Animal Crossing has sold 2.321 million copies; Wild World 10.79 million; and City Folk 3.38 million...
  
  
• Most Underrated Game: Super Mario Sunshine
  Super Mario Sunshine
  is a platforming video game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube. It was released in Japan in July 2002, in North America in August 2002, and in Europe and Australia in October 2002...
  
  

2004

• Alt Sports Award Powered by Mountain Dew: Tony Hawk's Underground
  Tony Hawk's Underground
  Tony Hawk's Underground, abbreviated to THUG, is a skateboarding video game, available for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox platforms released in 2003. A PC version was released exclusively in Australia as a budget release in 2005. This version was ported by Beenox. In 2004,...
  
  
• Best Adaptation: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by LucasArts. It was released for the Xbox on July 15, 2003, for Microsoft Windows on November 19, 2003, and on September 7, 2004 for Mac OS X. The Xbox version is playable on Xbox 360 with its...
  
  
• Best Cinematic: Final Fantasy X-2
  Final Fantasy X-2
  is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square for Sony's PlayStation 2. It was released in 2003 and is the sequel to the best-selling 2001 game Final Fantasy X...
  
  
• Best Easter Egg: Snoop Dogg Cheat, True Crime: Streets of LA
  True Crime: Streets of LA
  True Crime: Streets of LA is an action-adventure video game developed by Luxoflux and published by Activision for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube in November 2003 and the first game in the True Crime series...
  
  
• Best Graphics: Ninja Gaiden
  Ninja Gaiden
  is a series of video games by Tecmo featuring the ninja Ryu Hayabusa as its protagonist. The series was originally known as in Japan. The word "gaiden" in the North American Ninja Gaiden title means "side-story" in Japanese, even though the Ninja Gaiden series is not a spinoff of a previous series...
  
  
• Best Handheld Game: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
  Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
  is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. A spin-off of the popular Final Fantasy series, the game shares several traits with 1997's Final Fantasy Tactics, although it is not a direct sequel. The player assembles a clan of characters, and...
  
  
• Best Innovation: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow is an action-adventure stealth game, developed and published by Ubisoft Shanghai, while Ubisoft Montreal, creator of the original Splinter Cell, was working on Chaos Theory. Pandora Tomorrow is the second game in the Splinter Cell series endorsed by...
  
  , multi-player mode
• Best Mobile Phone Game: Bejeweled
  Bejeweled
  Bejeweled is a puzzle game by PopCap Games, first developed for browsers in 2001. Three follow-ups to this game have been released. More than 75 million copies of Bejeweled have been sold, and the game has been downloaded more than 500 million times....
  
   multiplayer
• Best Multiplayer Game: Unreal Tournament 2004
  Unreal Tournament 2004
  Unreal Tournament 2004, also known as UT2K4 and UT2004, is a futuristic first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes...
  
  
• Best New Franchise: Call of Duty
  Call of Duty
  Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision in 2003. It is the first game in a series with the same name. The game simulates the infantry and combined arms warfare of World War II. The game is based on the Quake III: Team Arena engine...
  
  
• Best Racing Game: Need for Speed Underground
• Best RPG: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by LucasArts. It was released for the Xbox on July 15, 2003, for Microsoft Windows on November 19, 2003, and on September 7, 2004 for Mac OS X. The Xbox version is playable on Xbox 360 with its...
  
  
• Best Sound Design: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game)
  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 cross-platform third-person hack and slash video game based on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The game was published by EA Games and developed by EA Redwood Shores and...
  
  
• Best Soundtrack: Tony Hawk's Underground
  Tony Hawk's Underground
  Tony Hawk's Underground, abbreviated to THUG, is a skateboarding video game, available for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox platforms released in 2003. A PC version was released exclusively in Australia as a budget release in 2005. This version was ported by Beenox. In 2004,...
  
  
• Best Traditional Sports Game: Madden NFL 2004
  Madden NFL 2004
  Madden NFL 2004 is the 14th installment of the Madden NFL series of American football video games. Michael Vick, the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, is on the cover. New features in Madden 2004 include a new owner mode option that allows the player to control a franchise...
  
  
• Best Voice Female Performance: Jada Pinkett Smith
  Jada Pinkett Smith
  Jada Koren Pinkett Smith is an American actress, producer, director, author, singer-songwriter, and businesswoman. She began her career in 1990, when she made a guest appearance in the short-lived sitcom True Colors. She starred in A Different World, produced by Bill Cosby, and she featured...
  
  , Enter the Matrix
  Enter the Matrix
  Enter the Matrix is the first video game based on The Matrix series of films. It was developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Atari and WB Interactive for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube game systems, and for the PC. It was published in Japan by Bandai...
  
  
• Best Voice Male Performance: Pierce Brosnan
  Pierce Brosnan
  Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist. After leaving school at 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, but trained at the Drama Centre in London for three years...
  
  , James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
  James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
  007: Everything or Nothing is a third-person shooter video game, where the player controls James Bond. Bond is modeled after and voiced by the former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan, making it his final performance for the character in game and film...
  
  
• Favorite Character: Ryu Hayabusa, Ninja Gaiden
  Ninja Gaiden
  is a series of video games by Tecmo featuring the ninja Ryu Hayabusa as its protagonist. The series was originally known as in Japan. The word "gaiden" in the North American Ninja Gaiden title means "side-story" in Japanese, even though the Ninja Gaiden series is not a spinoff of a previous series...
  
  
• Game of the Year: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by LucasArts. It was released for the Xbox on July 15, 2003, for Microsoft Windows on November 19, 2003, and on September 7, 2004 for Mac OS X. The Xbox version is playable on Xbox 360 with its...
  
  
• Hottest Character: Rikku, Final Fantasy X-2
  Final Fantasy X-2
  is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square for Sony's PlayStation 2. It was released in 2003 and is the sequel to the best-selling 2001 game Final Fantasy X...
  
  
• EB Gamers Choice: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by LucasArts. It was released for the Xbox on July 15, 2003, for Microsoft Windows on November 19, 2003, and on September 7, 2004 for Mac OS X. The Xbox version is playable on Xbox 360 with its...
  
  

2005

• Alt Sports Award Fueled by Mountain Dew: NBA Street V3
  NBA Street V3
  NBA Street V3 is the third game in the NBA Street series. It is the sequel of NBA Street Vol. 2. It was released for PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox, along with a PlayStation Portable port of V3 called NBA Street Showdown....
  
  
• Best Adaptation: LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
  LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
  Lego Star Wars: The Video Game is a video game based on the Star Wars themed toy line by the Lego Group and the first game in TT Games' Lego videogame franchise. It takes place during the prequel trilogy , with a bonus segment from A New Hope...
  
  
• Best Action Game: God of War
  God of War (video game)
  God of War is an action adventure video game for the PlayStation 2 first released by Sony Computer Entertainment's Santa Monica division in March 2005...
  
  
• Best Boss: Scarab Battle, Halo 2
  Halo 2
  Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
  
  
• Best Cinematic: God of War
  God of War (video game)
  God of War is an action adventure video game for the PlayStation 2 first released by Sony Computer Entertainment's Santa Monica division in March 2005...
  
  
• Best Graphics: Half-Life 2
  Half-Life 2
  Half-Life 2 , the sequel to Half-Life, is a first-person shooter video game and a signature title in the Half-Life series. It is singleplayer, story-driven, science fiction, and linear...
  
  
• Best Handheld Game: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
  The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
  The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, known as in Japan, is the twelfth game in The Legend of Zelda of video games, developed by Capcom, with Nintendo overseeing the development process. It was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2004 in Japan and Europe and 2005 in North America and Australia...
  
  
• Best Innovation: Katamari Damacy
  Katamari Damacy
  Katamari Damacy is a third-person puzzle-action video game that is published and developed by Namco for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was first released in Japan, and then later in South Korea and North America...
  
  
• Best Licensed Soundtrack: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...
  
  
• Best Multiplayer Game: Halo 2
  Halo 2
  Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
  
  
• Best Original Game: God of War
  God of War (video game)
  God of War is an action adventure video game for the PlayStation 2 first released by Sony Computer Entertainment's Santa Monica division in March 2005...
  
  
• Best Original Soundtrack: Halo 2
  Halo 2
  Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
  
  
• Best Racing Game: Burnout 3: Takedown
  Burnout 3: Takedown
  Burnout 3: Takedown is the third game in the Burnout series of video games. Released on September 7, 2004, developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts , the game drew critical acclaim and a large fanbase.A GameCube version was planned but was scrapped during development...
  
  
• Best RPG: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
• Best Shooter: Halo 2
  Halo 2
  Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
  
  
• Best Sound Design: Halo 2
  Halo 2
  Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
  
  
• Best Traditional Sports Game: Madden NFL 2005
  Madden NFL 2005
  Madden NFL 2005 is an American football video game that was released on August 9, 2004. It features Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis on the cover...
  
  
• Best Voice Female Performance: Merle Dandridge
  Merle Dandridge
  Merle Dandridge is an American actress who was born in Okinawa, Japan. Her father was an African-American US serviceman from Memphis and her mother was a local Okinawan of Korean and Japanese descent. Dandridge is primarily a stage actress, but has had several roles in television...
  
  , Half-Life 2
  Half-Life 2
  Half-Life 2 , the sequel to Half-Life, is a first-person shooter video game and a signature title in the Half-Life series. It is singleplayer, story-driven, science fiction, and linear...
  
  
• Best Voice Male Performance: David Cross
  David Cross
  David Cross is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian perhaps best known for his work on HBO's sketch comedy series Mr...
  
  , Halo 2
  Halo 2
  Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
  
  
• EB Gamers Choice Award: World of Warcraft
  World of Warcraft
  World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...
  
  
• Favorite Character: Kratos, God of War
  God of War (video game)
  God of War is an action adventure video game for the PlayStation 2 first released by Sony Computer Entertainment's Santa Monica division in March 2005...
  
  
• Game of the Year: Halo 2
  Halo 2
  Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
  
  
• Legend Award Presented by Jeep: Ralph H. Baer
  Ralph H. Baer
  Ralph H. Baer is a German-born American video game pioneer, inventor, engineer, known as "The Father of Video Games", who is noted for his many contributions to games and the video game industry...
  
  

2006

• Best Action Game: Shadow of the Colossus
  Shadow of the Colossus
  Shadow of the Colossus, released in Japan as , is an action-adventure game published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. The game was released in North America and Japan in October 2005 and PAL territories in February 2006...
  
  
• Best Voice Acting: Kingdom Hearts II
  Kingdom Hearts II
  is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Buena Vista Games and Square Enix in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console...
  
  
• Best Shooter: Call of Duty 2
  Call of Duty 2
  Call of Duty 2 is a first-person shooter video game and the second installment in the critically acclaimed Call of Duty series. It was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It was released on October 25, 2005 for Microsoft Windows and on November 22, 2005 as a launch game for the...
  
  
• Best Alt Sports Game: Mario Superstar Baseball
  Mario Superstar Baseball
  Mario Superstar Baseball, known in Japan as is a sports game that was developed by Namco and NOW Production and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube in 2005. The game was created in the vein of other Mario sports games such as Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Power Tennis. This game...
  
  
• Best Handheld Game: Mario Kart DS
  Mario Kart DS
  is a racing game developed and published by Nintendo. It was released for the Nintendo DS handheld game console in North America, Australia, and Europe on November 14, 2005, and in Japan on December 8, 2005. The game is the fifth installment in the Mario Kart series of video games, and the first to...
  
  
• Best Original Game: Guitar Hero
• Best Soundtrack: Shadow Of The Colossus
  Shadow of the Colossus
  Shadow of the Colossus, released in Japan as , is an action-adventure game published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. The game was released in North America and Japan in October 2005 and PAL territories in February 2006...
  
  
• Best Strategy: Star Wars: Empire at War
  Star Wars: Empire at War
  Star Wars: Empire at War is a 2006 real-time strategy game developed by Petroglyph Games and published by LucasArts. Set between Episode III and Episode IV, it focuses on the fledgling struggle between the Empire and the Rebels. It uses Petroglyph's game engine Alamo. The most recent patch was...
  
  
• Best RPG: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a single-player action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks and the Take-Two Interactive subsidiary 2K Games...
  
  
• Best Multiplayer: Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
• Best Looking Game: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a single-player action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks and the Take-Two Interactive subsidiary 2K Games...
  
  
• Best Traditional Sports Game: Fight Night Round 3
• Game of the Year: Shadow Of The Colossus
  Shadow of the Colossus
  Shadow of the Colossus, released in Japan as , is an action-adventure game published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. The game was released in North America and Japan in October 2005 and PAL territories in February 2006...
  
  

2007

• Best System: Xbox 360
  Xbox 360
  The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
  
  
• Best New Character: Marcus Fenix, Gears of War
  Gears of War
  Gears of War is a military science fiction third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios...
  
  
• Best Hottest Babe: Kasumi
  Kasumi (Dead or Alive)
  is a player character in Dead or Alive fighting game series by Team Ninja and Tecmo. Kasumi has served as the main character of the Dead or Alive franchise since its beginning in 1996, being the official protagonist in the first two main games in the series, and playing very important roles in the...
  
  , Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
  Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
  Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2 is a 2006 video game for the Xbox 360 game console. Developed by Team Ninja, it is the sequel to Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball...
  
  
• Best Strategy: Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
  Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
  Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and published by Electronic Arts for the Windows, Mac OS X and Xbox 360 platforms, and released internationally in March 2007...
  
  
• Best Sports: Wii Sports
  Wii Sports
  is a sports game developed and published by Nintendo as a launch title for the Wii video game console , and part of the Touch! Generations. The game was first released in North America along with the Wii on November 19, 2006, and was released in Japan, Australia, and Europe the following month...
  
  
• Best Action: Gears of War
  Gears of War
  Gears of War is a military science fiction third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios...
  
  
• Best RPG: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii video game consoles. It is the thirteenth installment in The Legend of Zelda series...
  
  
• Best Most Original: Dead Rising
  Dead Rising
  is an action-adventure, survivor horror video game, developed by Capcom and produced by Keiji Inafune. It was released on August 8, 2006 exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game console. The game was a commercial success. It has been introduced into the Xbox 360 "Platinum Hits" lineup, and a cell...
  
  
• Best Multiplayer: Gears of War
  Gears of War
  Gears of War is a military science fiction third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios...
  
  
• Best Downloadable Content: The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles
  The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles
  The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles is the largest official expansion pack for the role-playing game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Announced on January 18, , the expansion was developed, published, and released over the Xbox Live Marketplace by Bethesda Softworks; its retail release was...
  
  
• Best Handheld: Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
  Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
  are role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. With the enhanced remake Pokémon Platinum, the games comprise the fifth installment and fourth generation of the Pokémon series of RPGs...
  
  
• Best Voiceover: The Mighty Rasta
  Lester Speight
  Lester Rasta Speight is a former American football player who has had subsequent careers as a professional wrestler and then actor...
  
   as Augustus Cole, Gears of War
  Gears of War
  Gears of War is a military science fiction third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios...
  
  
• Best Graphics: Gears of War
  Gears of War
  Gears of War is a military science fiction third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios...
  
  
• Best Soundtrack: Guitar Hero 2
• Best Deserves Uwe Boll
  Uwe Boll
  Uwe Boll is a German director, producer and screenwriter, whose work includes several films adapted from video games. He finances his own films through his Boll KG production company. He is often cited as the worst director of all time.-Early life:...
  
   Movie: Red Steel
  Red Steel
  Red Steel is a first person shooter video game published by Ubisoft for Nintendo's Wii console. It was developed by the Ubisoft Paris studio and was unveiled in the May 2006 issue of Game Informer. It was released on November 19, 2006 in North America, the date of the first Wii launch...
  
  
• Best Stride Longest Lasting Game: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii video game consoles. It is the thirteenth installment in The Legend of Zelda series...
  
  
• Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii video game consoles. It is the thirteenth installment in The Legend of Zelda series...
  
  

2008

• Game of the Year: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  is a video game developed by Kojima Productions for the PlayStation 3 console. The game was directed by Hideo Kojima and made its worldwide release on June 12, 2008, ten years after the release of Metal Gear Solid and twenty years after the North American release of Metal Gear.Guns of the Patriots...
  
  
• Favorite System: Xbox 360
  Xbox 360
  The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
  
  
• Best Graphics: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  is a video game developed by Kojima Productions for the PlayStation 3 console. The game was directed by Hideo Kojima and made its worldwide release on June 12, 2008, ten years after the release of Metal Gear Solid and twenty years after the North American release of Metal Gear.Guns of the Patriots...
  
  
• Best New Character: Niko Bellic
  Niko Bellic
  Niko Bellic is the main protagonist and playable character in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows. He is a 30-year-old former soldier from Eastern Europe who moved to Liberty City to escape his troubled past and pursue the "American Dream"...
  
  , Grand Theft Auto IV
  Grand Theft Auto IV
  Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 open world action video game published by Rockstar Games, and developed by British games developer Rockstar North. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and for the Windows operating system...
  
  
• Best Party Game: Rock Band
• Best Strategy Game: Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
• Best Sports Game: skate.
  Skate (video game)
  Skate is a skateboarding video game developed by EA Black Box for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It was released in North America on September 17, 2007 for the Xbox 360 and September 24, 2007 for the PlayStation 3 and in Europe on September 28, 2007 for the Xbox 360 and October 5, 2007 for the...
  
  
• Best Action Game: Grand Theft Auto IV
  Grand Theft Auto IV
  Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 open world action video game published by Rockstar Games, and developed by British games developer Rockstar North. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and for the Windows operating system...
  
  
• Best Shooter: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a 2007 first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. A handheld game was made for the Nintendo DS. The game was released in North America, Australia, and...
  
  
• Best Racing Game: Mario Kart Wii
  Mario Kart Wii
  is a racing video game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It is the sixth installment in the Mario Kart series and the second Mario Kart title to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The game was released worldwide...
  
  
• Best RPG Game: Mass Effect
  Mass Effect
  Mass Effect is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows by Demiurge Studios. The Xbox 360 version was released worldwide in November 2007 published by Microsoft Game Studios...
  
  
• Most Original: Portal
• Best Online Player Game: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a 2007 first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. A handheld game was made for the Nintendo DS. The game was released in North America, Australia, and...
  
  
• Best Downloadable Content: Rock Band
• Best Handheld Game: God of War: Chains of Olympus
  God of War: Chains of Olympus
  God of War: Chains of Olympus is an action-adventure game developed by Ready at Dawn and released by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable in March 2008....
  
  
• Best Voice Acting: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  is a video game developed by Kojima Productions for the PlayStation 3 console. The game was directed by Hideo Kojima and made its worldwide release on June 12, 2008, ten years after the release of Metal Gear Solid and twenty years after the North American release of Metal Gear.Guns of the Patriots...
  
  
• Best Soundtrack: Rock Band
• Game Most Deserving of an Uwe Boll
  Uwe Boll
  Uwe Boll is a German director, producer and screenwriter, whose work includes several films adapted from video games. He finances his own films through his Boll KG production company. He is often cited as the worst director of all time.-Early life:...
  
   Movie: Turok
• Longest Lasting Game Presented By Stride: Grand Theft Auto IV
  Grand Theft Auto IV
  Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 open world action video game published by Rockstar Games, and developed by British games developer Rockstar North. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and for the Windows operating system...
  
  
• Most Overrated Franchise Installment Of The Year: Halo 3
  Halo 3
  Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the Halo franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2...
  
  

2009

• Best Action Game: Infamous
• Best Downloadable Content: Fallout 3: Broken Steel
• Best Downloadable Game: Castle Crashers
  Castle Crashers
  Castle Crashers is a beat 'em up console video game independently developed by The Behemoth and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It features music created by members of Newgrounds. The Xbox 360 version was released on August 27, 2008 via Xbox Live Arcade as part of the Xbox Live Summer of Arcade...
  
  
• Best Graphics: Killzone 2
• Best Handheld Game: GTA: Chinatown Wars
• Best New Character: Sackboy, LittleBigPlanet
  LittleBigPlanet
  LittleBigPlanet, commonly abbreviated LBP, is a puzzle platformer video game, based on user-generated content, for the PlayStation 3 first announced on 7 March 2007, by Phil Harrison at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California...
  
  
• Best Online Multiplayer: Left 4 Dead
  Left 4 Dead
  Left 4 Dead is a cooperative first-person shooter video game. It was developed by Turtle Rock Studios, which was purchased by Valve Corporation during development. The game uses Valve's proprietary Source engine, and is available for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and Mac OS X...
  
  
• Best Party Game: Rock Band 2
  Rock Band 2
  Rock Band 2 is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems. It is the sequel to Rock Band and is the second title in the series. The game allows up to four players to simulate the performance of popular songs by playing with controllers modeled after musical instruments...
  
  
• Best Racing Game: Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island
  Burnout Paradise
  Burnout Paradise is the seventh game in the Burnout racing video game series. It was developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in January 2008 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and on February 5, 2009 for Microsoft Windows...
  
  
• Best Role-Playing Game: Fallout 3
  Fallout 3
  Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios, and the third major installment in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America, Europe and Australia in October 2008, and in Japan in December 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...
  
  
• Best Shooter: Gears of War 2
  Gears of War 2
  Gears of War 2 is a third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games with lead design by Cliff Bleszinski, and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It is the second installment of the Gears of War series. The game was officially released in North America, Europe and...
  
  
• Best Soundtrack: Fallout 3
  Fallout 3
  Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios, and the third major installment in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America, Europe and Australia in October 2008, and in Japan in December 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...
  
  
• Best Sports Game: Fight Night Round 4
  Fight Night Round 4
  Fight Night Round 4 garnered positive reaction from critics for its strategic gameplay and strong multiplayer component. The PlayStation 3 version received an 87.89% and an 88% from review aggregate websites GameRankings and MetaCritic respectively...
  
  
• Best Strategy Game: Halo Wars
  Halo Wars
  Halo Wars is a real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 video game console. It was released in Japan and Australia on February 26, 2009, in PAL territories on February 27, and in North America on March 3...
  
  
• Best Voice Acting: Fallout 3
  Fallout 3
  Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios, and the third major installment in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America, Europe and Australia in October 2008, and in Japan in December 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...
  
  
• Deserves an Uwe Boll Movie: Legendary
  Legendary (video game)
  Legendary is a first-person shooter video game developed by Spark Unlimited and published in the United States by Gamecock Media Group and in the United Kingdom by Atari....
  
  
• Favorite System: Xbox 360
  Xbox 360
  The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
  
  
• Game of the Year: Fallout 3
  Fallout 3
  Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios, and the third major installment in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America, Europe and Australia in October 2008, and in Japan in December 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...
  
  
• Most Original Game: LittleBigPlanet
  LittleBigPlanet
  LittleBigPlanet, commonly abbreviated LBP, is a puzzle platformer video game, based on user-generated content, for the PlayStation 3 first announced on 7 March 2007, by Phil Harrison at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California...
  
  
• Longest Lasting Game: Fallout 3
  Fallout 3
  Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios, and the third major installment in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America, Europe and Australia in October 2008, and in Japan in December 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...