2K's BioShock Sweeps E3 Best of Show Awards on Three Leading Gaming Websites
Innovative Shooter Wins 17 Awards and is Nominated for Four Best of Show E3 Game Critics Awards
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New York, NY - May 30, 2006 - 2K, a
publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
announced today that BioShock has received multiple
nominations in the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) Game
Critics Awards and to date has won 17 E3 awards including a
sweep of Best of Show awards from IGN, GameSpot, and GameSpy.
BioShock is an innovative shooter in development at
Irrational Games, a wholly owned 2K studio. BioShock will be
available for next generation systems in 2007.
"We are very pleased with the overwhelming enthusiasm
BioShock received at E3," said Christoph Hartmann, President,
2K. "Irrational Games is at the forefront of defining next
generation gaming with BioShock. Set in a rich underwater
utopia gone horribly wrong, BioShock features emergent
gameplay driven by player choice which seamlessly integrates
RPG, adventure, and shooter elements."
Awards:
E3 Game Critics - Winner to be announced
Nominated: Best of Show
Nominated: Best Original Game
Nominated: Best Console Game
Nominated: Best Action/Adventure Game
GameSpot
Winner: Best of Show
Winner: Best Xbox 360 Game
Winner: Best Action Adventure Game
IGN
Winner: Best Game in Show
Winner: Best RPG (Xbox 360)
Winner: Best RPG (Overall)
Winner: Best Artistic Design (Xbox 360)
Winner: Best Artistic Design (Overall)
Winner: Console Game of Show (Xbox 360)
Winner: Console Game of Show (Overall)
GameSpy
Winner: Best of Show (Overall)
Winner: Game of Show (PC)
GamesRadar
Winner: Best of E3 (Xbox 360)
Team Xbox
Winner: Best Sound
DailyGame
Winner: Best of Show (FPS)
CV Games
Winner: Game of the Show
Winner: Best of Show (Xbox 360)
Playboy.com
Selected as one of the top 5 best of show
Scripps Howard Syndicate
Selected as one of 10 notable games
About Take-Two Interactive Software
Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive
Software, Inc. is an integrated global developer, marketer,
distributor and publisher of interactive entertainment
software games and accessories for the PC, PlayStation® game
console, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system,
PSP (PlayStation®Portable) system, Xbox® and Xbox
360 video game and entertainment systems from
Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS and
Game Boy® Advance. The Company publishes and develops
products through its wholly owned labels Rockstar Games, 2K
and 2K Sports, and Global Star Software; and distributes
products in North America through its Jack of All Games
subsidiary. Take-Two also manufactures and markets video game
accessories in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific
region through its Joytech subsidiary. The Company maintains
sales and marketing offices in Cincinnati, New York, Toronto,
London, Paris, Munich, Madrid, Milan, Sydney, Breda
(Netherlands), Auckland, Shanghai and Tokyo. Take-Two's
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TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit
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