Halo 2 swept the board at the G-Phoria awards in Los Angeles, taking no less than seven awards including Game of the Year. The awards are apparently determined by audience voting and there were more than a million votes recorded via online and text messages. The award show won’t be aired until August 9th but a sneak peak of the recording showed that Halo 2 won awards for Best Original Soundtrack, Best Shooter, Best Male Voice Performance, Best Sound Design, Best Boss for the game’s Scarab battle, and also Best Multiplayer Game.
Other games scoring awards were Sony’s God of War, Blizzard’s World of Warcraft and Valve Corporation’s Half-Life 2. The recipients of all the awards are as follows:
- Alt Sports Award–NBA Street V3
- Best Adaptation–LEGO Star Wars
- Best Action Game–God of War
- Best Boss–Halo 2 - Scarab Battle
- Best Cinematic–God of War
- Best Graphics–Half-Life 2
- Best Handheld Game–The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
- Best Innovation–Katamari Damacy
- Best Licensed Soundtrack–Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Best Multiplayer Game–Halo 2
- Best Original Game–God of War
- Best Original Soundtrack–Halo 2
- Best Racing Game–Burnout 3: Takedown
- Best RPG–Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- Best Shooter–Halo 2
- Best Sound Design–Halo 2
- Best Traditional Sports Game–Madden NFL 2005
- Best Voice Performance - Female–Half-Life 2 - Merle Dandridge
- Best Voice Performance - Male–Halo 2 - David Cross
- EB Gamers’ Choice Award–World of Warcraft
- Favorite Character–God of War - Kratos
- Game of the Year–Halo 2
- Legend Award–Ralph Baer
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