Wii wins E3 Best of Show and Best Hardware; Nintendo bags five awards in all.
The Game Critics Awards for E3 2006 have just been announced. The awards are voted on by media publications from all over print and the Internet, and are regarded as one of the best to have under a company's belt coming out of E3.
Nintendo was the big winner, taking home five awards, including the coveted Best of Show award with the Wii. The console also took home the best Best Hardware honor.
Two Wii games won awards in other categories. Excite Truck took the top honor in the Best Racing Game category, while WiiSports took the crown for Best Sports game at E3.
Not all of Nintendo's awards went to the Wii and Wii games. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the DS was voted by gaming critics as the winner in the Best Handheld category.
While Nintendo had the most wins as a company, the game that took home the most category wins was Will Wright's Spore for the PC. For the entire list of nominees and winners, check out the Game Critics Awards website.