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Famitsu Awards 2008

Submitted by Alafista on Sunday, 26 April 2009No Comment

Famitsu has announced the list of winners for its grand “Famitsu Awards 2008″. This award is presented to the gaming industry folks and companies for producing so many awesome games in 2008.

Here are the entire list of winners for 2008:

Famitsu Awards 2008

Game Of 2008: Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G

Most Valuable Person: Hideo Kojima

Game Character of The Year: Snake

Game Company of The Year: Capcom

Grand Prize Award

Rookie Title Grand-Prize: The Last Remnant

Innovation Grand-Pize: Wii Music

High Quality Grand-Prize: Metal Gear Solid 4

Best Seller Grand-Prize: Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G

Excellence Awards

Racing Game Prize: Mario Kart Wii

Multi-Play Game Prize: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

All Generation Prize: Pokemon Platinum

Communication Game Prize: Animal Crossing: City Folk

Adventure & Puzzle Prize: Professor Layton and The Last Time Travel

Masterpiece Prize: Dragon Quest V

Character & Action Game Prize: Dissidia: Final Fantasy

Role Playing Game Prize: Tales of Vesperia

Dramatic Prize: 428 ~Fuusasareta Shibuya de~

PlayStation 2 Game Prize: Persona 4

World-wide Prize: Grand Theft Auto IV

Source: Famitsu

So how many of those games listed above have you played? I thought it was really great that Hideo Kojima won the MVP. But why is Capcom the most valuable company for 2008?

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