Mass Effect wins Game of the Year at second Elan Awards
The Second Annual Elan Awards - which honor excellence in the Canadian video game, animation and digital arts industries - were held at Vancouver last Friday (Feb 15, 2008). It was attended by the crème de la crème of the Canadian videogame and animation industries, along with digital art students still learning the ropes of the trade. The names of the winners were pompously announced at the glitzy ceremony, which had its share of technical flubs that were excused by the attendees and laughed off.
The show was hosted by animator Seth MacFarlane of Family Guy fame, who brought his impish humor along and also managed to win an award himself. His animated show Family Guy was ajudged the Best Animated International Television Production. In its second year, the Elan Awards even made room for international award categories.
Mass Effect, which was developed by Canadian developer Bioware, bagged the top honors. It was recognized as the game of the year and triumphed in four other categories. The game has set the benchmark for storytelling in videogames several notches higher. Assassin’s Creed was extolled as the best console game, while Company of Heroes and Socom U.S Navy Seals: Tactical Strike were named as the best PC game and Handheld game respectively.e
