Those who've been waiting for Scribblenauts might be able to get their hands on the remarkable, award-winning anything-generator a bit early - that is if they happen to be in NYC right now. Scribblenauts is launching early today at Nintendo World, so DS owners should be crowding the area in queue right now.

Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves took top honors in the annual Best of E3 Game Critics Awards with the "Best of Show" prize tucked firmly in Nathan Drake's belt. The game also received two other awards: "Best Console Game" and "Best Action/Adventure Game". Hit the full article for the other big winners.

The 38 nominees for the Game Critics Awards for the best of E3 2006 have been revealed today. The Game Critics Awards are a symbol of gaming quality based on what was on show at this years E3 expo, and features categories such as Best of Show, Best Original Game, Best Hardware etc.

The game with the most nominations in different categories is the Xbox 360 title Gears of War with 5 nominations. Gears of War was closely followed by Assassin's Creed, Bioshock, and Spore; each of which received 4 nominations. As far as publishers are concerned, Nintendo received a massive 14 nominations, with the closest competitor, EA coming second with just 11. Sony and Microsoft took up the rear on the publishing side, with both picking up third and fourth place respectively.

The Winners will be announced on May 31st 2006, so make sure you check back next week!

*Warning* The full list of nominees is HUGE! See it after the jump!