Yahoo! Games: Best of 2006 Awards

• Best Action-Adventure Game
• Best Online Multiplayer Game
• Best Parlor Game
• Best Racing Game
• Best Role-Playing Game
• Best Shooter Game
• Best Sports Game
• Best Strategy Game
• Best Original Game
• Best Video Game of Year

• Best Casual Game
• Most Innovative Casual Game

WINNER:

NBA 2K7

There's nothing better than watching a blue-chip prospect coming up in the big leagues. You see him learning his craft, taking challenges in stride, and growing every season. What's true with star athletes is equally true with star games. NBA 2K7 is the MVP of the sports genre for 2006.

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This series is in its stride -- much like Madden in its heyday. However, it takes things further by continuing to refine its mechanics to a razor-sharp tip rather than resting on its laurels. When you're playing, you can't help but realize that you are playing the NBA game, the way NBA players do. Either that, or you're getting blown out.

NBA 2K7 delivers realistic graphics that belong on a next-gen console, along with little bonuses like the most entertaining halftime show in video games. It's a deep experience whether you play on or offline, or if you decided to take on the 24/7 mode -- which is almost like a whole other game itself. NBA 2K7 is a pure baller, through and through.

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