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Spike TV announces VGA nominees
Montain Dew fans rejoice!
Spike TV has announced the nominees for this year's Video Game Awards. While many gamers feel that the Spike VGA's are nothing but a hype machine for Microsoft and whatever publisher pays the most that year, but the ratings don't lie, and like it or not, it is a major event and provides the largest exposure for gaming on TV. The winners are chosen by a panel of game journalists (sadly, not including me) except for the "Most Addictive Game (Powered by Dew)" which is chosen in an online poll. It is kind of hard to take the nominees seriously when so many of them haven't even been released yet, but here they are anyway with my predictions in italics. Remember, these are my predictions as to who will win, not who SHOULD win.
Game of the Year
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box
Best Shooter
BioShock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Halo 3
The Orange Box
Best Action Game
Assassin's Creed
God of War 2
Super Mario Galaxy
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Best Rhythm Game
Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Jam Sessions
Rock Band
Best RPG
Eternal Sonata
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Mass Effect
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
Best Driving Game
Colin McRae: DiRT
Forza Motorsport 2
Need for Speed ProStreet
Project Gotham Racing 4
Best Military Game
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
World in Conflict
Studio of the Year
Bungie Studios
Harmonix
2K Boston / 2K Australia
Valve
Best Graphics
BioShock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Crysis
Mass Effect
Breakthrough Technology
Crysis
Halo 3
Portal
Rock Band
Best PS3 Game
Heavenly Sword
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Warhawk
Best Wii Game
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Paper Mario
Best Xbox 360 Game
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box
Best PC Game
BioShock
Crysis
The Orange Box
World in Conflict
Best Individual Sports Game
skate
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Virtua Tennis 3
Best Team Sports Game
Madden NFL 08
NBA 2K8
NHL 08
Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007
Best Handheld Game
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
The Simpsons Game
John Woo Presents Stranglehold
Best Soundtrack
BioShock
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Rock Band
Best Original Score
BioShock
God of War 2
Halo 3
Mass Effect
Best Multiplayer Game
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Halo 3
Rock Band
The Orange Box
Most Addictive Game Fueled by Dew
Halo 3
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Orange Box
Wii Sports
Comments
Woohoo for a large majority of 360 titles and tons of games that aren't even out yet!
Seriously, go over to the system used by every other awards show. Products falling within "the year" are defined as products released between the last awards nominations and the current nominations. How the f*ck can you nominate Mass Effect, Rock Band, Uncharted, etc, before you've even played them.
Best multiplayer game? as much as i loved Halo 3. Call of Duty 4 found its way into my hands. It's just, beautiful, amazing and fun. needs more maps though. Acutally becuase of the great single palyer and storyline, I Kinda wish it was nominated for game of the year.
I watched one of these a couple of years ago, all the presenters and speakers were a joke. Wrestling stars and rappers if i remember correctly pretty much represented gaming to the public at this event.
Ridiculous.
You know anything that halo 3 is in is going to win that award
Wow.. no mention of Call of Duty 4 in the Game of the Year. That's unfair.
Anyway, here are ones that will win.
Game of the Year: Bioshock
Shooter: Halo 3
Action: Super Mario Galaxy
Rhythm: Rock Band
RPG: Mass Effect
Driving: DiRT
Military: COD4
Studio: Bungie
Graphics: Bioshock
Breakthrough: Rock Band
PS3: Uncharted
Wii: Metroid
360: Halo 3
PC: Crysis
Individual Sport: Tony Hawk Proving Ground
Team: Madden '08
Handheld: Phantom Hourglass
Game Based on Movie/TV Show: Stranglehold
Soundtrack: Guitar Hero III
Original Score: Bioshock
Multiplayer: Rock Band
Most Addictive: Halo 3
And now the games that should win:
Game of the Year: Orange Box
Shooter: COD4
Action: Mario Galaxy
Rhythm: Rock Band
RPG: Persona 3
Driving: DiRT
Military: COD4
Studio: Harmonix
Graphics: Crysis
Breakthrough: Portal
PS3: Warhawk
Wii: Metroid
360: Bioshock
PC: Crysis
Individual Sport: skate.
Team: Madden '08
Handheld: Puzzle Quest
Game Based on Movie/TV Show: The Simpsons Game
Soundtrack: Bioshock
Original Score: Bioshock
Multiplayer: Rock Band
Addictive: Wii Sports