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The best Xbox Live Arcade games will be recognized by Microsoft and the Xbox community with the first ever Xbox Live Arcade Awards. Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) games released in 2007 (see the list below for a refresher) will be selected by Microsoft for the following categories:
- Best selling game
- Most played game
- Highest rated game
- Staff choice
Xbox 360 gamers will be able to cast their votes in the following categories:
- Best Overall Arcade Game
- Best Classic Game
- Best Original Game
- Best Family Friendly Game
- Best Competitive Multiplayer Game
- Best Cooperative Multiplayer Game
Cast your votes here.
Winners will be announced by Microsoft at the Game Developer Conference in February. Let them know what kind of games you like having on the Xbox Live Marketplace!
Press release:
Microsoft Announces First Ever Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards Plus Limited Time Free Download of "Undertow"
January 21, 2007 - As a way to recognise the teams of talented developers who have together created over 112 games for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for Xbox 360™, Microsoft will announce awards for the top XBLA games of 2007 later this year, with several categories decided by the community. Fans of Xbox LIVE Arcade are invited to cast their votes for the first ever Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards by voting at http://www.xbox.com/xblaawards. Voting begins Tuesday, 22nd January at 10:00 a.m. and runs until Wednesday, 30th January at 07:59 a.m.
The finalists in each category were selected by a panel of consumer and video game industry journalists and the winners will be determined by popular vote. Microsoft will announce the winners at the Game Developer Conference in February.
Below is the list of award categories that will be open for public voting:
· Best Overall Arcade Game
· Best Classic Game
· Best Original Game
· Best Family Friendly Game
· Best Competitive Multiplayer Game
· Best Cooperative Multiplayer Game
Other award categories include the following:
· Best selling game
· Most played game
· Highest rated game
· Staff choice
Xbox Live Arcade game release in 2007:
3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures
Aegis Wing
Alien Hominid HD
Arkadian Warriors
Asteroids/Asteroids Deluxe
Band of Bugs
Battlestar Galactica
Bomberman Live
Boom Boom Rocket
Carcassonne
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Catan
Centipede/Millipede
Cyberball 2072
Double Dragon
Ecco the Dolphin
Eets: Chowdown
Every Extend Extra Extreme ("E4")
EXIT
Fatal Fury Special
Geon: Emotions
Golden Axe
Gripshift
Gyruss
Heavy Weapon
Hexic 2
Jetpac Refuelled
Luxor 2
Mad Tracks
Marathon: Durandal
Missile Command
Ms. Pac-Man
Mutant Storm Empire
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Paperboy
Pinball FX
Prince of Persia Classic
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Root Beer Tapper
Rush 'n Attack
Screwjumper!
Sensible World of Soccer
Shrek N' Roll
Soltrio Solitaire
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Space Giraffe
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
Spongebob Squarepants
Spyglass Board Games
Street Trace NYC
Streets of Rage 2
Super Contra
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Switchball
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Tempest
Tetris Splash
Track & Field
Undertow
Wing Commander Arena
Word Puzzle
Worms
Xevious
Yaris
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