SpikeTV's Video Game Awards Nominees
Sunday, November 11th, 2007 - 1:38pm
Here's the nominee list for SpikeTV's Video Game awards. Shall people start making bets on who'll win?
They actually did a good job at picking games for the categories this year. It's going to be hard for me to decide on a lot of these categories.
Most Addictive Game Fueled by Dew
Halo 3
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Team Fortress 2
Wii Sports
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
Irrational Games
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
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
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Let's see how I do! These are the ones I think will probably win, although I don't necessarily agree with them.
Most Addictive Game Fueled by Dew
Team Fortress 2 or Halo
Game of the Year
The Orange Box
Best Shooter
Halo 3
Best Action Game
Assassin's Creed
Best Rhythm Game
Rock Band
Best Military Game
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Studio of the Year
Valve
Best Graphics
Mass Effect
Breakthrough Technology
Crysis
Best PS3 Game
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Best Wii Game
Super Mario Galaxy
Best PC Game
The Orange Box
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Let me again ask how games that haven't been released get nominated for these awards (e.g. Assassin's Creed, Rock Band)?
And FFT is "best RPG"? "best handheld game"? Give me a break.
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This is why I find these "awards" so ridiculous. A couple months ago, BioShock would have run away the "Best of" titles, but not anymore. For all we know, Assassin's Creed could end up being crap.
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They're nominated by critics, who I'm pretty sure have had reviewable code for those games for a while now.
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Yeah, it's ridiculous. These "awards" won't get any respect from gamers in general until they start making sense.
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"Reviewable" code? Come on, these games are under development until the day they go gold and even then, well beyond that.
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Yeah, but Assassin's Creed went gold on October 25th, and Rock Band did last Monday. The guys on the 1UP Show have been playing it already, so I doubt it was nominated by people who haven't seen it.
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You're giving them way too much credit.
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Jeanne D'arc got robbed. It's twice as good as FFT.
FFT doesn't even belong in RPG, really. The Witcher definitely belonged there.
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I think it is still dodgy that games not officially released are being nominated. Why does Spike insist on having their award show in Dec? Why not just wait till Feb, which is plenty of time after the holiday releases have been out for awhile.
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Where's the Strategy (turn based or RTS) category?
I guess the cool kids don't play strategy games...
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I bet all categories containing Halo 3 will all be won by Halo 3. I know everyone has said it, but a few of those games haven't been released. This award show is a joke.
Just like every award show Spike has ever done, this one sucks dwarf c*ck. /witcher
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...cynical matt says it's all tied in to sell games before X-Mas. This way, Ubisoft can slap "award winning" on their box art before Santa comes.
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I have a hard time taking seriously anything that has a category called "Most Addictive Game Fueled by Dew"
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Gee, I wonder who'll win that category.
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Yeah, this is pretty silly. It reminds me of the Simpsons episode in the future where the school is sponsored by Pepsi and any answer with the word Pepsi in it gets partial credit. Did they have judges sit around a room and say "Well, Bioshock was great but it runs on Dr. Pepper"?
Strategy games are boring. They're too slow and you can't do headshots. But it is total BS that there's no strategy/sim categories while there are "individual" and "team" sports categories.
Also, yeah, WTF, "fueled by Dew?" Did they throw that category in there to ensure a game sponsored by their sponsors would win SOMETHING? And the fact that t
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I think he may have popped a vein in anger as he wrote this.
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Yeah, I forgot what I was gonna put there, so nevermind.
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In a just world BioShock would win several of the categories in which it was nominated. Halo 3 will clean up.
Hell I'd like to see Oblivion GOTY edition nominated, since Orange Box contains previously-released as well as new material.
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If I'd died during that it would've said:
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It would've never posted because you were typing while dying not submitting?
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Maybe he was dictating.
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Incredible thread necromancy, but when Bill mentioned it, I had to find some of the highlights. Which apparently include...
1.) A something-addled Kid Rock
2.) Ads inbetween the ads.
3.) Obligatory appearances by Brian Posehn and Patton Oswalt
4.) Two guys from Gamecock bumping Ken Levine.
5.) They painted all the award winners on naked models.
Oh SpikeTV, you irascible scamp.
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Is there any way to see it online, or the highlights or somethin'?
Edit: Haha, just saw that clip, what the hell, tits
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I watched some of the winner announcements on YouTube.
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Man, I remember Mike Wilson from those "John Romero will make you his bitch" ads. It's nice to see his streak of complete idiocy continues uninterrupted even after all these years.
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