Encompassing games from Tabula Rasa to Shadowrun, the online multiplayer category attracted one of the most diverse set of nominations. Our only criterion: it had to be playable online, which as usual covered most of our favorite games of the year. Unusually, despite a couple of nominations, no massively-multiplayer game really caught our collective imagination, no doubt representing World of Warcraft's continued deathgrip on the genre.
MMORPGs or not, one game stood out as the clear winner, but the two runner-up spots were hard-fought -- and Valve's excellent Team Fortress 2 missed out on a gong by the narrowest of narrow margins.
The Nominees Are...
Call of Duty 4
No other online shooter matched Call of Duty's action. Well, almost no other online shooter...
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Halo 3
Microsoft's online blaster shot its way to the top of the charts this year, finding its way home with over half the country's Xbox 360 owners. Will it also find its way home with the Online Multiplayer award?
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World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
As if we needed more reasons to play World of Warcraft. This expansion pack confirms Blizzard's status as the undisputed ruler of the massively multiplayer roost.
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Posted: 19 Dec 2007
