1UP.com, Ziff Davis Media Game Group's online community for gaming enthusiasts, announced the 1UP.com Awards for the best video and PC games of the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The editors of the industry's leading publications Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming World, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine and 1UP.com voted for their top choices in 21 categories including Most Original Game, Best Game Trailer, and Game of the Show. New categories this year included Best Xbox 360 Game and Best Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable) Game. The editors presented the awards on the show floor, and the winners were featured in the E3 Show Daily, the official news magazine for E3 written by the editors of Ziff Davis Media Game Group. Nintendo's Legend of Zelda took top honors with the Game of the Show award. The award for Microsoft's newly announced Xbox 360 went to the company's own Gears of War. Handheld games SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo by Sony Computer Entertainment of America and Mario Kart DS by Nintendo won awards in the new categories for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS (Dual Screen). Nintendo's Electroplankton, an interactive artistic application for Nintendo DS, won the award for Most Original Game. The editors' favorite trailer was for Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4.
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