Spike Video Game Awards Nominee List Released

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The nominees for Spike's 2010 Video Game Awards have been announced and are unsurprisingly a list of the biggest games of the year across all categories.

The VGA's will be aired on Saturday, December 11 at 8PM EST on SpikeTV and will probably feature a lot of celebrities talking about games in some form or another. There should be some major game announcements, as well, with BioWare already confirming that it will announce a new game at the show.

The full list of nominees are as follows:

Studio of the Year

  • BioWare
  • Blizzard Entertainment
  • Bungie Studios
  • Rockstar San Diego
Best Wii Game
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns
  • Kirby's Epic Yarn
  • Metroid: Other M
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2
Best Xbox 360 Game
  • Alan Wake
  • Fable III
  • Halo: Reach
  • Mass Effect 2
Best PS3 Game
  • God of War III
  • Heavy Rain
  • ModNation Racers
  • Red Dead Redemption
Best PC Game
  • Fallout: New Vegas
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Sid Meier's Civilization V
  • StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Best Handheld Game
  • God of War: Ghost of Sparta
  • Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
  • Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
  • Super Scribblenauts
Best Shooter
  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2
  • BioShock 2
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops
  • Halo: Reach
Best Action-Adventure Game
  • Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
  • God of War III
  • Red Dead Redemption
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2
Best RPG
  • Fable III
  • Fallout: New Vegas
  • Final Fantasy XIII
  • Mass Effect 2
Best Multiplayer Game
  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops
  • Halo: Reach
  • StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Best Individual Sports Game
  • EA Sports MMA
  • Shaun White Skateboarding
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
  • UFC Undisputed 2010
Best Team Sports Game
  • FIFA Soccer 11
  • Madden NFL 11
  • NBA 2K11
  • MLB '10: The Show
Best Driving Game
  • Blur
  • ModNation Racers
  • Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
  • Split/Second
Best Music Game
  • Dance Central
  • DJ Hero 2
  • Def Jam Rapstar
  • Rock Band 3
Best Soundtrack
  • Def Jam Rapstar
  • DJ Hero 2
  • Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
  • Rock Band 3
Best Song in a Game
  • "Basket Case" by Green Day
  • "Black Rain" by Soundgarden
  • "Far Away" by Jose Gonzalez
  • "GoldenEye" by Nicole Scherzinger
  • "Replay" / "Rude Boy Mashup" by Iyaz and Rihanna
  • "Won't Back Down" by Eminem
Best Original Score
  • God of War III
  • Halo: Reach
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Red Dead Redemption
Best Graphics
  • God of War III
  • Heavy Rain
  • Kirby's Epic Yarn
  • Red Dead Redemption
Best Adapted Video Game
  • LEGO: Harry Potter: Years 1-4
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
  • Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
  • Transformers: War for Cybertron
Best Performance by a Human Male
  • Daniel Craig as James Bond
  • Gary Oldman as Sgt. Reznov
  • John Cleese as Jasper
  • Martin Sheen as Illusive Man
  • Nathan Fillion as Sergeant Edward Buck
  • Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man
  • Rob Wiethoff as John Marston
  • Sam Worthington as Alex Mason
Best Performance by a Human Female
  • Dame Judi Dench as M
  • Danica Patrick as Herself
  • Emmanuelle Chriqui as The Numbers Lady
  • Felicia Day as Veronica
  • Jennifer Hale as Commander Sheppard
  • Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman
  • Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan
  • Yvonne Strahovski as Miranda Lawson
Best Downloadable Game
  • Costume Quest
  • Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
  • Monday Night Combat
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
Best DLC
  • BioShock 2: Minerva's Den
  • Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
  • Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker
  • Red Dead Redemption - Undead Nightmare
Best Independent Game
  • Joe Danger
  • Limbo
  • Super Meat Boy
  • The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Most Anticipated Game
  • Batman: Arkham City
  • BioShock: Infinite
  • Gears of War 3
  • Portal 2
Game of the Year
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops
  • God of War III
  • Halo: Reach
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Red Dead Redemption
From The Chatty
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    November 17, 2010 12:45 PM

    They are giving an award for "Most Anticipated Game"? I think that tells you all you need to know about this awards show.

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