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Canada Picks Its Favorite Games, Dragon Age: Origins Wins Big
It seems like everyone else has already done year-end video game awards for 2009, but you know how Canada always like to be last at everything. Our neighbors to the north just held their first annual national video game awards last night, May 5th, an event that celebrated games developed in Canada. BioWare walked away the big winners with a game of the year award for Dragon Age: Origins.
If you’re interested in watching it, G4 Canada will air a 30-minute special about the Canadian Videogame Awards on May 16. The list looks fine, except for one thing: how did Prototype end up on there?
The full list of winners is below, with nominees listed under the victors as is proper:
Game of the Year – Dragon Age: Origins (Electronic Arts/BioWare)
- Assassin's Creed II
- Dawn of War II
- FIFA 10
- Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
Best Console Game – Assassin's Creed II (UbiSoft Montreal)
- Dawn of War II
- FIFA 10
- NHL 10
- Prototype
Best Handheld Game – Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes (Capybara Games)
- Battle of Giants: Dragons
- LEGO Battles
- MySims Racing
- Pandemica
Best Downloadable Game – Critter Crunch (Capybara Games)
- Implode!
- Osmos
- Pandemica
- Super Monkey Ball 2
Best Audio – Dawn of War II (THQ/Relic)
- Assassin's Creed II
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Skate 2
- WET
Best Game Design – Assassin's Creed II (UbiSoft Montreal)
- Dawn of War II
- Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
- NHL 10
- Prototype
Best Technology – Prototype (Radical Entertainment) & Assassin's Creed II (UbiSoft Montreal)
- FIFA 10
- Fight Night: Round 4
- Skate 2
Best Visual Arts – Assassin's Creed II (UbiSoft Montreal)
- Academy of Champions: Soccer
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Fight Night: Round 4
- Punch-Out!!
Best Writing – Dragon Age: Origins (Electronic Arts/BioWare)
- Assassin's Creed II
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Prototype
- WET
In-Game Cinematics – Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Rainmaker)
- LEGO Battles
- NBA Live 10
- Prototype
Most Promising Game – ModNation Racers (United Front Games)
- Dead Rising 2
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Need for Speed World
- TRON: Evolution
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