Wii und Spore erobern die E3-Awards

Nintendo's Wii console and EA's Spore title have proved that the gaming industry is hungry for innovation and willing to reward those that dare. The Wii received the coveted Beste der Ausstellung award in a decision which was more or less obvious to anyone who witnessed the record queues outside Nintendo's E3 booth.

The attention given to Nintendo's console also suggests that critics and fans alike seem to be frowning upon the extreme budgets required for next-generation games. Nintendo is reaching out to developers allowing them to create Wii content for less. Wii also won the Best Hardware title and Nintendo's Wii Sports game the prize for Bestes Sportspiel.

The other big winner of E3 2006 was Will Wright and his new, post-Sims project, Spore. The game promises to take players on an epic journey from single cell organism to intergalactic conquest. Anyone that missed the presentation of the game by Will Wright and Robin Williams should rush to see it as that alone was worthy of an award. Spore, winner of last year's Beste der Ausstellung prize, bagged the Best Original Game, Best PC Game und Bestes Simulationsspiel titles.

Epic's X360 Gears of War and its chainsaw machine gun won the Bestes Konsolenspiel und Bestes Actionspiel awards while Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed grabbed the Bestes Action-/Abenteuerspiel award.

The full list of awards is as follows:

Beste der Ausstellung
Wii (Nintendo)

Bester Online-Multiplayer
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Splash Damage/id/Activision for PC)