Spike TV’s Video Game Awards 2008!

The event honoring the best in video games is back and better than ever!



Spike's 6th annual Video Game Awards will be a 2-hour extravaganza LIVE on Spike TV Sunday, December 14 at 9:00pm, ET/PT (tape delay west coast) from Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, CA. The show will feature exclusive premiere footage from the industry's most highly anticipated releases and hip-hop artist 50 Cent will perform his brand-new single "Get Up" from his fourth major label album, Before I Self Destruct. During the performance, 50 Cent will bring to life the gaming experience from his upcoming video game, 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand, with exclusive video and choreography.

But let's not forget the most important part of the show: the awards!



Game of the Year

• Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games/ Rockstar North)
• LittleBigPlanet (Sony Computer Entertainment/ Media Molecule)
• Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks/ Bethesda Game Studios)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc / Kojima Productions)
• Gears of War 2 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Epic Games)
  

Studio of the Year

• Media Molecule
• Rockstar North
• Harmonix
• Bethesda Game Studios
  

Best Shooter

• Far Cry 2
• Resistance 2
• Gears of War 2
• Left 4 Dead
  

Best RPG

• Fable II
• Fallout 3
• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
• The World Ends With You
  

Best Fighting Game

• SoulCalibur IV
• Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
  

Best Individual Sports Game

• Shaun White Snowboarding
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
• Wii Fit
• Skate It
  

Best Handheld Game

• God of War: Chains of Olympus
• Professor Layton and the Curious Village
• Patapon
• Castlevania Order of Eccelsia
  

Best Graphics

• Gears of War 2
• Fallout 3
• LittleBigPlanet
• Metal Gear Solid 4
  

Best Game Based on a Movie or a TV Show

• Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
• Quantum of Solace
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
• Naruto: The Broken Bond
  

Best Music Game

• Rock Band 2 (MTV Games/ Harmonix)
• Guitar Hero World Tour (RedOctane/ Activision Publishing/ Neversoft Entertainment)
• Wii Music (Nintendo/ Nintendo)
• SingStar (Sony Computer Entertainment/ SCE Studios London)
  

Best Driving Game

• Burnout Paradise
• Pure
• Midnight Club: Los Angeles
• Mario Kart Wii
  

Best Action Adventure Game

• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Dead Space
• Mirror's Edge
• Metal Gear Solid 4
  

Best Team Sports Game

• NHL 09
• Madden NFL 09
• NBA 2K9
• FIFA Soccer 09
  

Best Soundtrack

• LittleBigPlanet
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Rock Band 2
• Guitar Hero World Tour
  

Best Xbox 360 Game

• Fable II
• Gears of War 2
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Fallout 3
  

Best Wii Game

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Boom Blox
• Wii Fit
• No More Heroes
  

Best PS3 Game

• Metal Gear Solid 4
• Resistance 2
• LittleBigPlanet
• Grand Theft Auto IV
  

Best PC Game

• Spore
• Crysis Warhead
• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
• Left 4 Dead
  

Best Original Score

• Fallout 3
• Spore
• Metal Gear Solid 4
• LittleBigPlanet
  

Best Multiplayer Game

• Gears of War 2
• Left 4 Dead
• Resistance 2
• Call of Duty: World at War
  

Best Performance by a Human Male

• Michael Hollick as Niko Bellic in GTA IV
• David Hayter as Old Snake in MGS4
• Stephen Fry as The Narrator in LBP
• Jason Zumwalt as Roman Bellic in GTA IV
  

Best Performance by a Human Female

• Nathalie Cox as Juno Eclipse in The Force Unleashed
• Debi Mae West as Meryl Silverburgh in MGS4
• Paula Tiso as Silvia Christel in No More Heroes
• Keeley Hawes Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Underworld
  

Best Independent Game Fueled by Mountain Dew

• World of Goo
• PixelJunk Eden
• Braid
• Audiosurf
  

Big Name in the Game Male

• Ricky Gervais as "Himself" in Grand Theft Auto IV
• Kiefer Sutherland as "Sgt. Roebuck" in Call of Duty World at War
• Liam Neeson as "Father" in Fallout 3
• Daniel Craig as "James Bond" in Quantum of Solace
  

Big Name in the Game Female

• Jenny McCarthy as "Tanya" in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
• Liv Tyler as "Betty Ross" in The Incredible Hulk
• Eliza Dushku as "Shaundi" in Saints Row 2
• Dame Judi Dench as "M' in Quantum of Solace

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So, who do you think will win?