BC Magazine 2006 Game of the Year Nominees
Published January 08, 2007
The year 2006 will always be remembered, in gaming circles anyways, as the year we waited for the PS3 and Wii to launch. Although those two major launches might have overshadowed the year, many great titles were released. Below you will find our nominees for Best Game and Game of the Year awards.
Check back soon as we will be picking the winners. Until then, please comment on which games should be picked as #1 for 2006.
Best Action/Adventure Game
Tomb Raider Legend (360)
Okami (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP)
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Bully (PS2)
Best Fighting Game
Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX (PSP)
Mortal Kombat Armageddon (PS2)
Tekken Dark Resurrection (PSP)
Fight Night Round 3 (360)
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tehkaichi 2 (PS2)
Best Racing Game
Ridge Racer 7 (PS3)
Test Drive Unlimited (360)
Need for Speed Carbon (360)
Excite Truck (Wii)
Burnout Revenge (360)
Best Role Playing Game
Grandia III (PS2)
Enchanted Arms (360)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360)
Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Kingdom Hearts II (PS2)
Best Platformer
Mega Man Powered Up (PSP)
New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
Super Princess Peach (DS)
Yoshi's Island DS (DS)
Daxter (PSP)
Best Puzzle Game
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (DS)
Tetris DS (DS)
Lumines II (PSP)
Lemmings (PSP)
Mercury Meldown (PSP)
Best Music or Rhythm Game
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4 (Xbox)
Elite Beat Agents (DS)
Gitaroo Man Lives! (PSP)
Electroplankton (DS)
Best Shooter
Gears of War (360)
Splinter Cell: Double Agent (360)
Rainbow Six: Vegas (360)
Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (360)
Best Strategy Game
Company of Heroes (PC)
Chromehounds (360)
Medieval II: Total War (PC)
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II (360)
Civ City Rome (PC)
Best Sports Game
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (360)
NBA 2K7 (PS3)
Wii Sports (Wii)
Fight Night Round 3 (360)
True Swing Golf (DS)
Best Original Game
Gears of War (360)
Okami (PS2)
Loco Roco (PS2)
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (DS)
Dead Rising (360)
Best Retro Re-Release or Collection
Sega Genesis Collection (PS2)
Street Fighter Anthology (PS2)
Gradius Collection (PSP)
Metal Slug Anthology (Wii)
Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded (PSP)
Ken Edwards is the Gaming Editor at Blogcritics, and calls Breaking Windows home. Ken works part time for Student Publications at BGSU as the Webmaster and System Administrator. He is also a freelance web developer.
- BC Magazine 2006 Game of the Year Nominees
- Published: January 08, 2007
- Type: Opinion
- Section: Gaming
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Sketchfighter 4000 Alpha is obviously the Best Mac Game of the Year, hands down. Civilization IV and Age of Empires III weren't even specifically Mac games.
Sketchfighter is.
The Wingnuts franchise is awesome, but Wingnuts 2 doesn't really offer much over the original and Sketchfighter is such an awesome concept it just blows a sequel out of the water.
Legion Arena is nifty, but the gameplay and graphics just don't match up to what they intended to do with it. In fact, it falls far short. The creators of Sketchfighter set out with an aesthetic goal and pushed the envelope where they knew they could, just like Apple.
Make the winner Sketchfighter!
I vote Sketchfighter, as it is a nifty take on gameplay and very different from all the other games.
Sketchfighter for sure. Quite original, simple yet addicting. Its been a while since Mac has had a game that was this fun! That, and the great map maker, makes for unlimited 'sketchfighting' possibilities!
I must thank Sketchfighter 4000 Alpha (and Ambrosia Software) for 'wasting' many hours of my day playing this amazing game!
For Mac GotY, I'd say Civ IV and SF4KA in top 2. The rest suck :p.
I like Sketch Fighter a lot. It's original and very easy to pick up and play.
Sketchfighter for the win!
sketchfighter FTW! I love that game.
360 game of the year should be GRAW, on another note.
Seriously, is this all from the same person? Sadly, SketchFighter has no depth. Take away that great art style, and there isn't much there.
Sure, it is a fun game, but not the best Mac game this year.
Actually, no. These are probably all from peopple on the Ambrosia Software boards, where there is a topic about this. I'm from there as well, actually. But i can't decide between Civ4 ans SKF. They're both AWESOME games, and i can't really decide.
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I love the nintendo DS