GameFly Announces Winners of 4th Annual Q Awards

GameFly Announces Winners of 4th Annual Q Awards

Gears of War and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Take Home Multiple Awards

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GameFly, the leading online video game rental service, today announced the winners of their 4th Annual GameFly Q Awards. Powered by nearly 200,000 votes, the most in Q Awards history, this year’s honors go to a combination of new titles and the latest entries in established franchises. Gears of War (Microsoft) was awarded “Game of the Year” and “Xbox 360 Game of the Year,” while The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo) took home two honors.

“The Game Q Awards is a special event for us as it empowers GameFly’s members to vote for their favorite game and gives publishers much deserved recognition for titles that have been received exceptionally well,” said Sean Spector, GameFly co-founder and senior vice president, business development and content.

The Q Awards gives GameFly members the ability to voice their opinion on their favorite titles of the past year. Voting for this year’s Q Awards took place in 10 different categories, including “Game of the Year” and individual console/handheld categories.

The winners of the 2006 GameFly Q Awards are:
CATEGORY                        WINNER                                  PUBLISHER
GAME OF THE YEAR                Gears of War                            Microsoft Game Studios
PS3 GAME OF THE YEAR            Resistance: Fall of Man                 Sony Computer Entertainment
PS2 GAME OF THE YEAR            Final Fantasy XII                       Square Enix
PSP GAME OF THE YEAR            Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories     Take Two
XBOX 360 GAME OF THE YEAR       Gears of War                            Microsoft Game Studios
XBOX GAME OF THE YEAR           Black                                   Electronic Arts
Wii GAME OF THE YEAR            The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess  Nintendo
GAMECUBE GAME OF THE YEAR       The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess  Nintendo
NINTENDO DS GAME OF THE YEAR    New Super Mario Bros.                   Nintendo
GBA GAME OF THE YEAR            Final Fantasy V Advance                 Nintendo

“We would like to thank the members of the GameFly community for honoring Gears of War with its Q Award for ‘Game of the Year’ and ‘Xbox 360 Game of the Year’ and for recognizing the hard work and imagination we put into creating one of the most visually stunning and entertaining titles possible,” said Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of Global Marketing in the Interactive Entertainment Business Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft Corporation. “The GameFly community continues to be an important barometer for what constitutes excellence in the video game industry, making the award that much more meaningful.”

The GameFly Q Awards are named for the GameQ™, a GameFly subscriber’s video game wish list that members use to manage which games they want to rent and in what order. Winners of GameFly’s 4th Annual Q Awards were voted on by GameFly subscribers from January 15 – February 15, 2007.

About GameFly

GameFly™ is the leading online video game rental service. With a choice of more than 4,000 titles, GameFly offers the widest selection of games for the PlayStation® 2, PlayStation® 3, Xbox™, Xbox 360™, GameCube™, Game Boy™ Advance, DS™, Nintendo Wii™ and PSP™ without the hassle of due dates or late fees. With plans starting at $14.95 a month, GameFly subscribers can rent one to four games at a time and keep them for as long as they like. Subscribers manage their GameQ™ online and receive games directly from the U.S. Postal Service via first class mail. GameFly is also a great source for high quality, used video games at exceptional prices. For more information and a free trial, please visit www.gamefly.com.

About Microsoft Game Studios

Microsoft Game Studios is a leading worldwide publisher and developer of games for the Xbox and Xbox 360 video game systems, the Windows® operating system and online platforms. Comprising a network of top developers, Microsoft Game Studios is committed to creating innovative and diverse games for Windows (http://www.microsoft.com/games), including such franchises as “Age of Empires®,” “Flight Simulator” and “Zoo Tycoon®;” Xbox® and Xbox 360 (http://www.xbox.com), including such games as “Gears of War” and franchises such as “Halo®,” “Fable®,” “Project Gotham Racing®” and “Forza Motorsport™”; and MSN® Games (http://www.games.msn.com), the official games channel for the MSN network and home to such hits as “Bejeweled” and “Hexic®.”
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