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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Global Online Games Awards honors multiple MMORPGs]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/22/global-online-games-awards-honors-multiple-mmorpgs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/22/global-online-games-awards-honors-multiple-mmorpgs/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/22/global-online-games-awards-honors-multiple-mmorpgs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21620"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/12/wowaward.jpg"  alt="" /></a><br /></div>
The recently held Global Online Games Awards in Seoul, South Korea, just handed out awards to <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a>, <a href="http://www.cityofheroes.com"><em>City of Heroes</em></a>, and <a href="http://www.eve-online.com"><em>EVE Online</em></a> for excellence in their respective genres.  <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a> took the top spot in the roleplaying game category, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/city-of-heroes"><em>City of Heroes</em></a> took the award home for the adventure/action game, and <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/eve-online"><em>EVE Online</em></a> found an award in the strategic simulation category.<br /><br />The judges were formed from an international panel of game experts, including Simon Carless from <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com">Gamasutra</a> and <a href="http://www.gdmag.com/homepage.htm">Game Developer magazine</a>.  Each game was rated on scenario/planning (content), graphics, music and sound, included technology, and creativity.  Other winning titles included <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/240/"><em>Counter-Strike Source</em></a> in the first-person shooter category, <a href="http://www.fifa09.ea.com/"><em>FIFA '09</em></a> in the sports category, and Nexon's <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/28/an-ion-08-interview-with-nexon-americas-min-kim/"><em>KartRider</em></a> for best racing/casual game.<br /><br />Gamasutra has the <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21620">whole write-up</a>, so head on over there if you want to check out the full article.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/22/global-online-games-awards-honors-multiple-mmorpgs/">Global Online Games Awards honors multiple MMORPGs</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21620>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/22/global-online-games-awards-honors-multiple-mmorpgs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1409274/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/22/global-online-games-awards-honors-multiple-mmorpgs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>awards</category><category>blizzard</category><category>ccp</category><category>ccp-games</category><category>city-of-heroes</category><category>coh</category><category>counter-strike</category><category>counter-strike-source</category><category>cs-source</category><category>ea</category><category>ea-games</category><category>eve</category><category>eve-online</category><category>fifa-09</category><category>gamasutra</category><category>global-online-games-awards</category><category>kartrider</category><category>ncsoft</category><category>valve</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphina Brennan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
