Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Burnout 3: Takedown received numerous awards from the video games media and independent awards organisations following its release. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine and Official U.S. Xbox Magazine both ranked Burnout 3: Takedown as their "Game of the Year" ahead of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Halo 2respectively.[42] Eurogamer staff rated Burnout 3 in ninth place on their list of the top fifty games of 2004.[43] At the 2nd British Academy Games Awards, Burnout 3 won three awards in the "PS2", "Racing", and "Technical Direction" categories, and received three further nominations in the "Art Direction", "Online Multiplayer", and "Xbox" categories.[44] The game won "Racing Game of the Year" and was nominated for "Console Game of the Year" at the 2005 Interactive Achievement Awards.[45][46] For its showcase at E3 2004, Burnout 3 won "Best Racing Game" from the Game Critics Awards.[47] At the 2004 Golden Joystick Awards, Burnout 3 won the "PlayStation 2 Game of the Year" category and was a runner-up for "Online Game of the Year".[48] At the 2004 Spike Video Game Awards, Burnout 3 won "Best Driving Game" and was nominated for "Game of the Year". It also won the viewer's choice award for "Most Addictive Game". Alex Ward and Criterion were nominated for "Designer of the Year" for their work on Burnout 3.
psssst, every game wins a GOTY award from some publication. That's not what I meant. there are liek 100 gaming publications that give out GOTY awards, when we're talking about THE goty we're talking about the televised one. Just liek we don't count mtv movie awards as the movie of the year.