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Special Achievement

Best Sound Design

Producing video games has become a much more expensive, time-consuming, difficult prospect these days. Next-generation consoles and high-end PC hardware can produce graphics that are totally unprecedented. But in recent years, we've also seen remarkable advances in the field of sound effects and overall sound design, given that audio hardware has similarly improved to match the increased visual quality of modern games. This year's Best Sound Design award recognizes the 2007 video games that both had the best sound effects overall and also put them to the best use to enhance the gameplay experience.

Nominees

Readers' Choice Voting

Voting Results

BioShock (X360/PC)
(65%)
 
31,569
Rock Band (X360/PS3/PS2)
(20%)
 
9,740
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (PC)
(6%)
 
3,116
Skate (X360)
(6%)
 
2,761
Def Jam: Icon (X360/PS3)
(3%)
 
1,328

BioShock

Publisher: 2K GamesDeveloper: Irrational Games
BioShock

Going beyond "run and gun corridors," "monster-closet AIs" and static worlds, BioShock creates a living, unique and unpredictable FPS experience. After your plane crashes into icy uncharted waters, you discover a rusted bathysphere and descend into Rapture, a city hidden beneath the sea. Constructed as an idealistic society for a hand picked group of scientists, artists and industrialists, the idealism is no more. Now the city is littered with corpses, wildly powerful guardians roam the corridors as little girls loot the dead, and genetically mutated citizens ambush you at every turn. Take control of your world by hacking mechanical devices, commandeering security turrets and crafting unique items critical to your very survival. Upgrade your weapons with ionic gels, explosives and toxins to customize them to the enemy and environment. Genetically modify your body through dozens of Plasmid Stations scattered throughout the city, empowering you with fantastic and often grotesque abilities. Explore a living world powered by Ecological A.I., where the inhabitants have interesting and consequential relationships with one another that impact your gameplay experience. Experience truly next generation graphics that vividly illustrate the forlorn art deco city, highlighted by the most detailed and realistic water effects ever developed in a video game. Make meaningful choices and mature decisions, ultimately culminating in the grand question: do you exploit the innocent survivors of Rapture...or save them?

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