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The year has not officially ended but that hasn't stopped stopped some major gaming publications from deciding on Nintendo's Metroid Prime as game of the year. Reuters today noted Prime's early claim to one of the highest of gaming honors in an article titled, "Metroid Prime Takes Wide Game of the Year Honors." Both GameSpot and GameSpy named Metroid Prime as their pick for top title.

Reuters Article:


Metroid Prime Takes Wide Game of the Year Honors

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It's a dark game, featuring lots of action, lots of suspense - and a woman in one ferocious-looking spacesuit.

As 2002 winds down, editors of video game publications across the country are compiling their "best of" lists, and two of the top game sites on the Internet agreed last week that Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s long-awaited "Metroid Prime," for the company's own GameCube console, is Game of the Year.

Both GameSpot, a division of CNET Networks Inc., and GameSpy named "Metroid," a first-person action game, as their pick for top title.

"Metroid" was released in November and was the No. 2 title for the month in the United States, based on units sold, according to market research service NPDFunworld.

Buzz grew around the game, which features the female adventurer Samus Aran, after a strong showing at E3, the industry's annual trade show, in Los Angeles in May. It is the latest in a franchise that stretches back to the original Metroid game on Nintendo's 1980s NES console.

"What nobody was prepared for was a game so amazing that it redefined what a first-person console game could be," GameSpy said in its awards roundup.

Though a number of leading video game publishers have warned in recent weeks of weaker-than-expected results for the holiday quarter, owing to shifting retail and consumer patterns, 2002 is still expected to be a record sales year for the U.S. game industry.

December 31, 2002

Jim - News Contributor, GameCubicle


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