Xbox 360 Game of the Year Award WINNER: Gears of War 2 Publisher: Microsoft RELEASE DATE: 10/21/08 ESRB Rating: M – Mature Gears of War 2 may seem like an obvious pick, but we feel that ultimately, the game is very deserving of this game of the year award. It’s safe to say that few games have impacted XBL as Gears of War have, and it’s happening again with the sequel...[Read More]
Wii Game of the Year Award WINNER: Super Smash Bros. Brawl PUBLISHER: Nintendo RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2008 ESRB RATING: Teen Undoubtedly among the most hotly anticipated games of all time, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is loaded with more content than probably any other fighting game ever created. Seeing as it features dozens of the most popular Nintendo (and non-Nintendo) characters ever created ...[Read More]
DS Game of the Year Award WINNER: Castlevania: Order of EcclesiaPUBLISHER: KonamiRELEASE DATE: 10/21/2008ESRB RATING: Teen If there was ever a hard year to pick the game of the year for the DS, 2008 wins by a landslide (proof in the pudding of the continual success and growth of the DS). From unique titles to successful sequels to seasoned remakes and ports, 2008 is one heck of a year to own a...[Read More]
PSP Game of the Year Award WINNER: God of War: Chains of Olympus PUBLISHER: Sony Computer Entertainment RELEASE DATE: 3/04/2008 ESRB RATING: Mature You knew this was coming. The original promise of the PSP, and one of its main selling points against the DS, was the pledge of faithfully recreating the traditional console experience in the palm of your hands. Before Chains of Olympus no one had ...[Read More]
PS3 Game of the Year Award WINNER: LittleBigPlanet PUBLISHER: SCEA RELEASE DATE: 10/28/08 ESRB RATING: E – Everyone LittleBigPlanet is our top choice this year for its innovation, although make no mistake, Kojima’s masterpiece, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, is an extremely close second place winner. Had we chosen MGS4, there would have been no regrets, but LBP’s ‘innovative bol...[Read More]
PC Game of the Year Award WINNER: Spore Publisher: EA Release Date: 09/08/08 ESRB Rating: E-10+ – Everyone 10 And Older Underneath the dark cloud of DRM problems, Spore is an undeniably creative, innovative, and ambitious project that has managed to capture the interest of many thousands of players. Console versions may come in the future, but there is little doubt that this PC version wil...[Read More]
NOTE FROM YOUR MOVIE EDITOR: Nathan Stevens As you may or may not be aware, we here at Digitalchumps are very light-hearted when it comes to humor, but down to business when it comes to recommendations. We absolutely believe that you should get what you pay for and stand by our reviews %100. Sometimes that bites us in the ass, sometimes it works out. Rest assure that all the time we do what we ...[Read More]
What happens in Vegas stays on Blu-ray.
I’m pretty sure we’re all doing this to have fun, but if I’m wrong about that, it’s way too late to stop us from posting this article. In light of IGN, Gamespot, et al sporting their professional picks for Game of the Show and all that jazz, we thought it only appropriate that we should develop our own breed of E3 awards write-up. As such, we approached the concept in the...[Read More]