Phil Elliott
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18/02/2008
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Mass Effect win Elans awards
Bioware title is best game, while Don Mattrick is inaugurated to the Hall of Fame
The Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts - better known as the Elans - took place in Vancouver over the weekend and the headline winner was Mass Effect, which took home five awards in total.
The sci-fi adventure, from newly-acquired developer Bioware, won the Best Game, Best Art Direction, Best Game Design and Best Writing for a Game Production categories, while Commander Shepard was awarded Best Character in Videogaming.
Assassin's Creed also picked up two awards, for Best Console Game and Best Original Music Score while there were also notable victories for Skate and Company of Heroes.
Don Mattrick was inaugurated into the Hall of Fame, while Crysis won Best International Videogame.
The Elans, now in their second year, were set up to reward achievement in the videogames and animated arts genres for companies based in Canada.
The full list of videogame winners is as follows:
Game of the Year
Mass Effect (Bioware)
Best Console Game
Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
Best PC Game
Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment)
Best New Videogame Company
Blue Castle Games
Slant Six Games
Best Sound Design
Skate (Electronic Arts)
Best Original Musical Score
Assasin's Creed (Ubisoft, Jesper Kyd)
Best Character
Commander Shepard (Mass Effect: Bioware)
Best Art Direction
Mass Effect (Bioware)
Best Handheld Game
Socom U.S. Navy Seals: Tactical Strike (Slant Six Games)
Best Game Design
Mass Effect (Bioware)
Best Mobile/Casual/Arcade Game
Skate (Electronic Arts)
Best Writing for a Game Production
Mass Effect (Bioware)
Award for Outstanding Innovation
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (Relic Entertainment)
International Videogame of the Year
Crysis (Crytek)
Hall of Fame
Don Mattrick
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