Open now for public voting
As a way to recognise the teams of talented developers who have together created over 112 games for Xbox lLve Arcade , Microsoft will announce awards for the top XBLA games of 2007 later this year, with several categories decided by the community.Fans of Xbox Live Arcade are invited to cast their votes for the first ever Xbox Live Arcade Awards by voting at http://www.xbox.com/xblaawards. Voting begins today Tuesday, 22nd January at 10:00 a.m. and runs until Wednesday, 30th January at 07:59 a.m.
The finalists in each category were selected by a panel of consumer and video game industry journalists and the winners will be determined by popular vote. Microsoft will announce the winners at the Game Developer Conference in February.
Below is the list of award categories that will be open for public voting:
· Best Overall Arcade Game
· Best Classic Game
· Best Original Game
· Best Family Friendly Game
· Best Competitive Multiplayer Game
· Best Cooperative Multiplayer Game
Other award categories include the following:
· Best selling game
· Most played game
· Highest rated game
· Staff choice
