Spike TV’s 5th annual Video Game Awards aired yesterday evening as a celebration of achievement in the gaming world. Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, the night’s most prestigious honors were bestowed upon 2K Games’ BioShock, as it took home awards for Game of the Year, Best Xbox 360 Game and Best Original Score. Two of the industry’s most anticipated releases, Microsoft Game Studios’ Halo 3 and MTV Games’ Rock Band, got two awards each.
Game of the Year Nominees video:
The full list of nominees is below with the winners bolded:
GAME OF THE YEAR
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box
STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Bungie Studios
Harmonix
Irrational Games
Valve
BEST SHOOTER
BioShock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision/ Infinity Ward)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Halo 3
The Orange Box
BEST RPG
Eternal Sonata
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios/ BioWare)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
BEST MILITARY GAME
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision/ Infinity Ward)
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
World in Conflict
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
skate (Electronic Arts/ EA Black Box)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground
Virtua Tennis 3
BEST HANDHELD GAME
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo/ Nintendo)
Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
BEST GRAPHICS
BioShock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Crysis (Electronic Arts/ Crytek)
Mass Effect
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 (Electronic Arts/ EA Redwood Shores)
Stranglehold
BEST RHYTHM GAME
Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Jam Sessions
Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)
BEST DRIVING GAME
DiRT (Codemasters/ Codemasters)
Forza Motorsport 2
Need for Speed ProStreet
Project Gotham Racing 4
BEST ACTION GAME
Assassin’s Creed
God of War 2
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo/ Nintendo)
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts/ EA Tiburon)
NBA 2K8
NHL 08
Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007
BEST SOUNDTRACK
BioShock
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground
Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)
BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY
Crysis
Halo 3
The Orange Box/ Portal (Valve/ Valve)
Rock Band
BEST XBOX 360 GAME
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box
BEST WII GAME
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo/ Nintendo)
Super Paper Mario
BEST PS3 GAME
Heavenly Sword
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Sony Computer Entertainment/ Insomniac Games)
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Warhawk
BEST PC GAME
BioShock
Crysis
The Orange Box (Valve/ Valve)
World in Conflict
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BioShock
God of War 2
Halo 3
Mass Effect
BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Bungie Studios)
Rock Band
The Orange Box
MOST ADDICTIVE VIDEO GAME FUELED BY DEW
Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Bungie Studios)
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Team Fortress 2 (from The Orange Box)
Wii Sports