La Wii et Spore remportent les prix de l'E3

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 Meilleur de l'exposition 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 Meilleur jeu de sport.

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 Meilleur de l'exposition prize, bagged the Best Original Game, Best PC Game et Meilleur jeu de simulation titles.

Epic's X360 Gears of War and its chainsaw machine gun won the Meilleur jeu sur console et Meilleur jeu d'action awards while Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed grabbed the Meilleur jeu d'action/aventure award.

The full list of awards is as follows:

Meilleur de l'exposition
Wii (Nintendo)

Meilleur jeu multijoueur en ligne
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Splash Damage/id/Activision for PC)