The website of IGN also has released a ranking list of best of E3 2008.

"The criteria we use to pick our E3 favorites are simple. With the exception of Best Non-Playable Presentation and Special Achievement in Innovative Design, all "Best of E3" nominees had to be playable on the show floor or at one of its related events. In other words, the game had to be manipulated in real-time and, additionally, could not yet be available for consumer purchase. Because these games are works in progress and not yet complete, winners are chosen based on the quality of the software at this stage, as well as its ultimate potential heading towards its future release. All editors that attended IGN were allowed to vote, and because our teams are split into platform teams, we also compiled system-specific lists in addition to our overall awards, that kind of breakup also means that you may see some differences between the winners of our "Overall" categories, and our platform-specific ones (as the opinion of the overall staff could vary greatly from the opinion of a single team)."

The details are as below:

Best Fighting Game:

Street Fighter IV
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Release Date: TBA 2009
Shown at E3 on: Arcade
Already Available for: PC, PS3, X360

It shouldn't be much of a surprise that the first sequel in ten years to the best fighting game series ever made is our pick for best fighting game of E3 2008. Though we must admit, even for Kool-Aid drinkers like us, the promise of Street Fighter IV was clouded by skepticism. Polygons and Street Fighter have historically never blended with brilliance, and the curious art style and home-wrecking new characters highlighted in early media left many Street Fighter aficionados reluctant to celebrate the series return.

We're elated to report that such reticence is unnecessary. Street Fighter IV feels more like proper Street Fighter than the polygonal and ill-received EX games ever did, yet provides enough gameplay changes to offer vets lots to learn. The 3D look works, too, much better than we expected, with fantastic backgrounds perfectly filling the stylistic camera cuts. We'll need lots more hours behind the joystick before we can accurately compare the quality of the game to its predecessors, but we've played enough to renew our optimism for Street Fighter IV and honor the game as our favorite fighter at this year's show.

Best MMO:

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Developer: Mythic Entertainment
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: September 2008
Shown at E3 on: PC
Also Coming to: N/A

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If anyone knows how to bring a fresh approach to the MMO genre, it's Mythic Entertainment. There are other developers who have released more (and more successful) MMOs, but no one else is quite as well prepared to create a fully realized realm-versus-realm experience as the creators of Dark Age of Camelot. And no world is quite so suited for that treatment than Games Workshop's Warhammer fantasy setting. When the two companies came together to create Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, we knew we were in for something special.

Happily, every fresh viewing of the game has only increased our anticipation. Sure, we're pretty tired of elves and orcs, but the Warhammer world warps the standard stereotypes and includes enough original elements that it stands apart from the usual fantasy settings. The gameplay also continues to impress us, with a sure and satisfying focus on realm-versus-realm struggle that eases players into competition with each other and culminates in massive wars for control of each faction's capital city.

With a fresh but familiar setting and an undeniably compelling game design, Warhammer Online is sure to help us vent our Waaaghs!