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G4, the cable channel dedicated to videogames, has closed the voting for this year’s annual G-Phoria awards, airing the results last night (August 8, 2007) on its review show, X-Play. The show is hosted by the gutteral-voiced Adam Sandler and sexy, Amazonian, Morgan Web.

There weren’t any huge surprises, except maybe that the best system was the Xbox 360, even though the Wii has been selling well and usually seems to get favorable reviews from the channel. Of course the awards were voted on by gamers (so there’s no accounting for critical taste).

Gears of War took the most awards including Game of the Year. The Wii had a decent showing with four games and not one PS3 exclusive won an award.

This year’s award winners are:

• Best Voiceover: The Mighty Rasta as “Augustus ‘Cole Train’ Cole” - Gears of War (Xbox 360)
• Best Soundtrack: Guitar Hero II (PS2/Xbox 360)
• Best Graphics: Gears of War (Xbox 360)
• Best Downloadable Content: The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles (Xbox 360)
• Best New Character: “Marcus Fenix” - Gears of War (Xbox 360)
• Hottest Babe: Kasumi - Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (Xbox 360)
• Best Strategy Game: Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (PC)
• Best Sports Game: Wii Sports (Wii)
• Best Action Game: Gears of War (Xbox 360)
• Best RPG: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
• Most Original Game: Dead Rising (Xbox 360)
• Best Multiplayer Game: Gears of War (Xbox 360)
• Best Handheld Game: Pokemon Diamond & Pearl (Nintendo DS)
• Stride Longest Lasting Game Award: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
• Most Deserving of a Uwe Boll Movie: Red Steel (Wii)
• Best System: Xbox 360
• Game of the Year: Gears of War (Xbox 360)

Read [G-Phoria 2007]