Spike TV’s VGA 2011 Nominations Announced

Posted November 16, 2011 by Jamie Donnelly in Industry News, News.

Spike TV has revealed the nominations for their Video Game Awards, and it’s a pretty unsurprising list.

Perhaps one of the biggest award ceremonies in gaming, Spike TV offers a huge number of awards in categories ranging from Best Score to Best DLC. The nominations are decided by a large group of reputable games industry journalists, whose votes will also decide the final winner of each category. Best Trailer and Most Anticipated Game is decided by the people, and you can get your vote in over at the VGA site. The awards show will air live on the 10th December and for all those saying that an annual awards show taking place before the year is over is rather silly, then you are absolutely correct.

Check out the full list of nominees below, it’s a long one:

Game Of The Year:
Batman: Arkham City
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Portal 2
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Studio Of The Year:
Bethesda Game Studios
Naughty Dog
Rocksteady
Valve

Best Xbox 360 Game:
Batman: Arkham City
Forza Motorsport 4
Gears of War 3
Portal 2

Best PS3 Game:
Infamous 2
Killzone 3
LittleBigPlanet 2
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Best Wii Game:
Disney’s Epic Mickey
Kirby’s Return To Dream Land
Lost In Shadow
The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Best PC Game:
Battlefield 3
Minecraft
The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings
Portal 2

Best Handheld/Mobile Game:
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Infinity Blade
Super Mario 3D Land
Jetpack Joyride

Best Shooter:
Battlefield 3
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Gears of War 3
Rage

Best Action Adventure Game:
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
Batman: Arkham City
The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Best RPG:
Dark Souls
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Dragon Age 2
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Best Multi-Player:
Battlefield 3
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Gears Of War 3
Portal 2

Best Individual Sports Game:
Fight Night Champion
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
Top Spin 4
Virtua Tennis 4

Best Team Sports Game:
FIFA Soccer 12
NBA 2K12
NHL 12
MLB ’11: The Show

Best Driving Game:
Dirt 3
Driver: San Francisco
Forza Motorsport 4
Need For Speed: The Run

Best Fighting Game:
The King Of Fighters XIII
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Mortal Kombat
WWE All Stars

Best Motion Game:
Child Of Eden
Dance Central 2
The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Gunstringer

Best Independent Game:
Bastion
Minecraft
Superbrothers: Sword And Sworcery EP
The Binding Of Isaac

Best Adapted Video Game:
Back To The Future: The Game
Batman: Arkham City
Captain America: Super Soldier
Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

Best Song In A Game:
Bastion: “Build that Wall (Zia’s Theme)” by Darren Korb
Portal 2: “Exile Vilify” by The National
Dragon Age 2: “I’m Not Calling You a Liar” by Florence + the Machine
Bastion: “Setting Sail, Coming Home (End Theme)” by Darren Korb

Best Original Score:
Bastion
Batman: Arkham City
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Portal 2

Best Graphics:
Batman: Arkham City
L.A. Noire
Rage
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Best Performance By A Human Male:
Portal 2: J.K. Simmons as Cave Johnson
Batman: Arkham City: Mark Hamill as The Joker
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception: Nolan North as Nathan Drake
Portal 2: Stephen Merchant as Wheatley

Best Performance By A Human Female:
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception: Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer
Portal 2: Ellen McLain as GLaDOS
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception: Emily Rose as Elena Fisher
Batman: Arkham City: Tara Strong as Harley Quinn

Best Downloadable Game:
Bastion
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Stacking
Trenched

Best DLC:
Fallout: New Vegas – Old World Blues
Mass Effect 2: Arrival
Mortal Kombat: Freddy Krueger
Portal 2 Peer Review

Now, before you rush to the comments section and start slinging praise and damnation all over the page, here’s some of BeefJack’s highest reviews of the year to get you thinking about where we stand on the matter. Portal 2 is BeefJack’s joint highest scoring game of all time, while there’s a dead heat for second place  (of this year) with Forza 4, Fable III (PC), and Gears of War 3 all sitting smugly on a phenomenal 9.5. Portal 2, Forza 4, and Gears of War 3 are all up for awards from Spike.

Personally, I think it’s an absolute travesty that Resistance 3 wasn’t nominated for anything. Killzone 3 as one of the best PS3 games of this year instead of it? Disgusting I say! Disagree? Well then, you had better let me know what an idiot I am below…

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