Ubisoft, announce that its new franchise Assassin's Creed won Best Action/adventure Game as part of the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2006. The Game Critics Awards are decided by representatives from 37 leading media outlets covering the video games industry.
In addition to the Game Critics Award, Assassin's Creed received numerous other honors, including Best PLAYSTATION 3 Game from 1up.com Best Action Game for PLAYSTATION 3, Best Graphics for PLAYSTATION 3 and PLAYSTATION 3 Game of the Show as well as Overall Best Action Title from IGN; Best PLAYSTATION 3 Game from Gamespot and Best of Show from Gametrailers.com.
Ubisoft's World War II title Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway was also recognized with best First Person Shooter for Xbox 360 and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas was honored as Overall Best First Person Shooter from IGN.