Game Critics Awards

2006 Winners Fast Facts

Fast Facts: Read winner breakdown by game, publisher and platform here.

Winner Breakdown By # of Wins
Three Wins:
Spore

Two Wins:
Gears of War
Wii

One Win:
Assassin's Creed
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Excite Truck
Guitar Hero 2
Heavenly Sword
Mass Effect
Supreme Commander
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Wii Sports

Publisher Breakdown

5 Wins:
Nintendo (+2 from 2005, +3 from 2004, +5 from 2003)
For 2006, Nintendo won 5 out of 14 nominations -- 36%
In 2005, Nintendo won 3 out of 12 nominations -- 25%
In 2004, Nintendo won 2 out of 11 nominations -- 18%
In 2003, Nintendo won 0 out of 5 nominations -- 0%

3 Wins:
Electronic Arts (-4 from 2005, -2 from 2004, +3 from 2003)
   For 2006, EA won 3 out of 11 nominations -- 27%
   In 2005, EA won 7 out of 16 nominations -- 44%
   In 2004, EA won 5 out of 11 nominations -- 46%
   In 2003, EA won 0 out of 6 nominations -- 0%

Microsoft
   For 2006, Microsoft won 3 out of 9 nominations -- 33%
   In 2005, Microsoft won 0 out of 8 nominations -- 0%
   In 2004, Microsoft won 4 out of 9 nominations -- 44%
   In 2003, Microsoft won 2 out of 13 nominations -- 15%

1 Win:
Activision
For 2006, Activision won 1 out of 4 nominations -- 25%
In 2005, Activision won 0 out of 4 nominations -- 0%
In 2004, Activision won 0 out of 6 nominations -- 0%
In 2003, Activision won 2 out of 7 nominations -- 29%

Red Octane (new!)
For 2006, Red Octane won 1 out of 1 nominations -- 100%

Sony (-1 from 2005 and 2004, -2 from 2003)
For 2006, Sony won 1 out of 10 nominations -- 10%
In 2005, Sony won 2 out of 8 nominations -- 18%
In 2004, Sony won 2 out of 8 nominations -- 18%
In 2003, Sony won 3 out of 6 nominations -- 50%

THQ (same as 2005, +1 from 2004 and 2003)
For 2006, THQ won 1 out of 5 nominations -- 20%
In 2005, THQ won 1 out of 1 nomination -- 100%
In 2004, THQ won 0 out of 3 nominations -- 0%
In 2003, THQ won 2 out of 4 nominations -- 50%

Ubisoft
   For 2006, Ubisoft won 1 out of 4 nominations -- 25%
   In 2005, Ubisoft won 0 out of 1 nomination -- 0%
   In 2004, Ubisoft won 2 out of 5 nominations -- 40%
   In 2003, Ubisoft won 1 out of 3 nominations -- 33%

Platform Breakdown By # Of Wins
(Notes: Multiplatform games are counted in all appropriate platform tallies. Information based on announced platforms for each game as of 5/30/05.)

PC: 5 (-4 from 2005, -1 from 2004, -4 from 2003)
Wii: 4 (new)
Xbox 360: 3 (+1 from 2005)
PlayStation 3: 2 (new)
PlayStation 2: 1 (-3 from 2005, -1 from 2004, -3 from 2003)
Nintendo DS: 1 (-1 from 2005)
GameCube: 0 (-3 from 2005, -4 from 2004, -3 from 2003)
PSP: 0 (-1 from 2005, -2 from 2004)
Xbox: 0 (-2 from 2005, -7 from 2004, -7 from 2003)