Thanks to everyone who voted for their favorite games in 2006. We had an amazing reponse, both in votes and suggestions for improving our categories. We've changed up the structure of this year's awards so that each system now gets their own sub-categories. Hopefully this will make things a bit more fair, especially for the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii which only had about 5 weeks of votes compared to the 54 weeks that the other systems had.

The following are the results of more than 6.8 million votes recorded since November 2005. Make sure to vote for your favorites in 2007. These are YOUR awards! The gamers have spoken...


XBOX WINNER

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Best Graphics
WINNER: Black
 RUNNER UPS: Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Far Cry Instincts Evolution

Best Animation
WINNER: Call of Duty 3
 RUNNER UPS: Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Best Opening Movie
WINNER: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
 RUNNER UPS: Destroy All Humans! 2, Need for Speed: Carbon

Best Musical Score (Licensed or Original)
WINNER: FIFA 07
 RUNNER UPS: Hitman: Blood Money, Scarface: The World is Yours

Best Sound Presentation
WINNER: Black
 RUNNER UPS: Call of Duty 3, Splinter Cell: Double Agent

Best Voice-Acting
WINNER: Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
 RUNNER UPS: Destroy All Humans! 2, The Da Vinci Code

Most Innovative Game Design
WINNER: Real World Golf
 RUNNER UPS: Crusty Demons, FlatOut 2

Best Story/Writing
WINNER: Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
 RUNNER UPS: Tomb Raider: Legend, Destroy All Humans! 2

GENRE FAVORITES

Best Sports Game
WINNER: FIFA 07
 RUNNER UPS: NBA Ballers: Phenom, NCAA Football 07

Best Action Game (Non-FPS)
WINNER: Splinter Cell: Double Agent
RUNNER UPS: Tomb Raider: Legend, Scarface: The World is Yours

Best FPS Game
WINNER: Call of Duty 3
 RUNNER UPS: Black, Far Cry Instincts Evolution

Best Racing Game
WINNER: TOCA Race Driver 3
 RUNNER UPS: FlatOut 2, OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

Best Multiplayer Game
WINNER: Splinter Cell: Double Agent
 RUNNER UPS: Call of Duty 3, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Best Movie/TV Inspired Game
WINNER: Scarface: The World is Yours
 RUNNER UPS: The Godfather The Game, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

MISCELLANEOUS FAVORITES

Most Addicting Game
WINNER: Splinter Cell: Double Agent
 RUNNER UPS: LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, FlatOut 2

Sleeper Hit of the Year
WINNER: Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
 RUNNER UPS: Painkiller; Hell Wars, Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers

Best Game Developer
WINNER: Criterion
 RUNNER UPS: Radical, Treyarch

In Memory of...Best Xbox Game Ever
WINNER: Halo 2
 RUNNER UPS: Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Black