Tuesday, June 10, 2025

2007 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

  • BioShock (Jonathan Chey)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Mark Rubin)
  • The Orange Box (Gabe Newell & Bill van Buren)
  • Rock Band (Michael Verrette, Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom & Daniel Sussman)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka & Takao Shimizu)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed, Crysis, Halo 3, Mass Effect, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Assassin's Creed (Patrice Désilets)
  • BioShock (Ken Levine)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Jason West)
  • Halo 3 (Harold Ryan)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (Yoshiaki Koizumi)
    (Honourable Mentions: God of War II, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, The Orange Box, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2)

Best Game Design

  • BioShock (Paul Hellquist)
  • Mass Effect (Preston Watamaniuk)
  • The Orange Box: Portal (Kim Swift)
  • Rock Band (Rob Kay)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (Koichi Hayashida)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Crackdown, The Ship, skate., Uncharted: Drake's Fortune)

Best Family/Casual Game

  • Drawn to Life (Jeremiah Slaczka)
  • Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Stephen Withers)
  • Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck (Robert Buchanan)
  • Rock Band (Greg LoPiccolo)
  • WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Goro Abe & Taku Sugioka)
    (Honourable Mentions: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, Calling All Cars, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2, Scene It? Lights Camera Action, Super Paper Mario)

Best Sport/Racing Game

  • Colin McRae: DiRT (Clive Moody & Alex Grimbley)
  • FIFA 08 (Kazuya Makita & Joe Booth)
  • NBA 2K8 (Rob Jones)
  • NHL 08 (David Littman)
  • skate. (Scott Henshaw)
    (Honourable Mentions: Forza Motorsport 2, Madden NFL 08, MLB '07: The Show, MotorStorm, Need for Speed: ProStreet)

Best Technical Innovation

  • Assassin's Creed (Mathieu Mazerolle)
  • BioShock (Rowan Wyborn & Christopher Kline)
  • The Orange Box (Garrett Rickey, Jeep Barnett & David Kircher)
  • Rock Band (Eran Egozy, James Fleming, John Eskew & Dan Schmidt)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (Naoki Koga & Takeshi Hayakawa)
    (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Drawn to Life, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Super Paper Mario, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune)

Best Multiplayer

  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Garrett Akira Oshiro, Leonard Rodriguez & Michael Thomsen)
  • Halo 3 (Tyson Green, Aaron Lieberman, Jon Cable & Luke Timmins)
  • The Orange Box
  • Rock Band
  • World in Conflict

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

  • Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Natsuki Isaki)
  • Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Chris Corry)
  • Forza Motorsport 2 (Garrett Young)
  • Supreme Commander (Chris Taylor)
  • World in Conflict (Petter Sydow)

Best Sound Design

  • BioShock (Emily Ridgway)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Mark Ganus, John Paul Fasal, Stephen Miller & Linda Rosemeier)
  • Halo 3 (Jay Weinland & C Paul Johnson)
  • Mass Effect (Steven Sim, Matthew Besler, Vance Dylan & Jeremie Voillot)
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Bryan O. Watkins, Chris Alba, Tony Roza & Alder Hampel)
    (Honourable Mentions: Crysis, God of War II, Need for Speed: ProStreet, The Orange Box, skate.)

Best Music [TIE]

  • BioShock (Garry Schyman)
  • Heavenly Sword (Nitin Sawhney)
  • Lair (John Debney)
  • Mass Effect (Jack Wall & Sam Hulick)
  • Super Mario Galaxy (Mahito Yokota & Koji Kondo)
  • Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Greg Edmonson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed (Jesper Kyd), Dead Head Fred (Jason Graves), God of War II (Gerard Marino, Ron Fish, Mike Reagan & Cris Velasco), Halo 3 (Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori))

Best Handheld Game

  • Drawn to Life (Jeremiah Slaczka)
  • Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (Hiroyuki Ito)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Daiki Iwamoto)
  • Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (Tobi Saulnier)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (Carl Grande)
    (Honourable Mentions: Calling All Cars, Contra 4, Jeanne d'Arc, skate., Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow)

Best Art Direction

  • Assassin's Creed (Raphaël Lacoste)
  • BioShock (Scott Sinclair)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Richard Kriegler)
  • God of War II (Stig Asmussen)
  • The Orange Box: Team Fortress 2 (John Cook & Robin Walker)
    (Honourable Mentions: Eternal Sonata, Heavenly Sword, Super Mario Galaxy, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, The Witcher)

Best Animation

  • Assassin's Creed (Sylvain Bernard, Alex Drouin, Mathieu Latulippe & Steeve Oullet)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Mark Grigsby, Paul Messerly & Eric Pierce)
  • The Orange Box: Team Fortress 2 (James Cunliffe, Keith Lango, Bay Raitt & Matt Russell)
  • Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (David Hancock & John Lally)
  • Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Josh Scherr, Jeremy Yates, Eric Baldwin & Troy Slough)
    (Honourable Mentions: God of War II, Halo 3, Heavenly Sword, Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck, The Witcher)

Best Story/Writing

  • BioShock (Ken Levine)
  • Heavenly Sword (Rhianna Pratchett, Tameem Antoniades & Andy Serkis)
  • Mass Effect (Drew Karpyshyn)
  • The Simpsons Game (Matt Selman, Tim Long & Matt Warburton)
  • Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Amy Hennig, Neil Druckmann & Josh Scherr)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, The Darkness, Drawn to Life, Super Paper Mario)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons Game for voicing Homer Simpson (and others)
  • Jennifer Hale - Mass Effect for voicing Commander Shepard
  • David Kaye - Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction for voicing Clank
  • Andy Serkis - Heavenly Sword for voicing King Bohan
  • Anna Torv - Heavenly Sword for voicing Nariko
    (Honourable Mentions: Cam Clarke - Mass Effect, Ellen McLain - The Orange Box: Portal, Fred Tatasciore - Mass Effect, Fred Willard - Hot Brain, Will Wright - The Simpsons Game)

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