Zelda Wiis on Gears of War

With only 332 days left until 2008 comes charging through the door, we can reveal that the game that bagged the most 'Game of the Year' accolades for 2006 was The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Taking the results from 13 different multi-format Game of the Year awards, Nintendo's dungeon doozy was honoured five times, while three gaming sources chose Xbox 360's heavy booted alien squisher, Gears of War, as their game of the year.

Check out the list below to see who voted for what as their game of 2006:

1UP: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Edge: Final Fantasy XII
Eurogamer: Guitar Hero
GameDaily:Gears of War
• GamesMaster: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
GamesRadar UK: Shadow of the Colossus
GamesRadar US: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
GameSpot: Gears of War
GameSpy: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Gametrailers: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
IGN: Okami
Next-Generation: Gears of War
Shacknews: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

February 2, 2007

Matt Cundy
I don't have the energy to really hate anything properly. Most things I think are OK or inoffensively average. I do love quite a lot of stuff as well, though.