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'Mass Effect 2' leads Spike Video Game Award nominees list

BioWare's epic role-playing sci-fi sequel Mass Effect 2 earned the most nominations (10) in Spike TV's Video Game Awards including Game of the Year. The awards will be handed out during the network's broadcast Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Nominated for Game of the Year along with Mass Effect 2 is Call of Duty: Black Ops, God of War III, Halo: Reach and Red Dead Redemption.

Mass Effect 2's other nominations included best Xbox 360 game, best PC game and best RPG. Rockstar Games' western adventure game Red Dead Redemption got nine nominations including best action adventure game, best graphics and best original score. Halo: Reach and Call of Duty: Black Ops each earned seven nominations including best shooter and best multiplayer game.

In addition to the award ceremonies, the Spike Video Game Awards broadcast will include the global premieres of many of the most anticipated upcoming games, as well as unannounced titles, from some of the industry's leading publishers. Among the planned premieres: Batman: Arkham City and the next game from Studio of the Year nominee BioWare. Also, Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro is expected to formally announce his upcoming THQ video game franchise.

Fans can vote for the most anticipated game award on the Spike Video Game Award web site. Here's the complete list of nominations:

Game of the Year
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision/Treyarch)
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica)
Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios)
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare)
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego)

Studio of the Year
BioWare
Blizzard Entertainment
Bungie Studios
Rockstar San Diego

Best Xbox 360 Game
Alan Wake (Microsoft/Remedy)
Fable III (Microsoft/Lionhead Studios)
Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios)
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare)

Best PS3 Game
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica)
Heavy Rain (Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream)
ModNation Racers (Sony Computer Entertainment/United Front Games)
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego)

Best Wii Game
Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo/Retro Studios)
Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo/Good-Feel)
Metroid: Other M (Nintendo/Team Ninja/Nintendo)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo/Nintendo)

Best PC Game
Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks/Obsidian Entertainment)
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare)
Sid Meier's Civilization V (2K Games/Firaxis)
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment)

Best Handheld Game
God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Sony Computer Entertainment / Ready At Dawn Studios)
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami / Kojima Productions)
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Nintendo/ Level-5)
Super Scribblenauts (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / 5th Cell)

Best Shooter
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts/DICE)
BioShock 2 (2K Games/2K Marin)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision/Treyarch)
Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios)

Best Action Adventure Game
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica)
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo/Nintendo)

Best RPG
Fable III (Microsoft/Lionhead Studios)
Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks/Obsidian Entertainment)
Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix/Square Enix)
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare)

Best Multiplayer Game
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts/DICE)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision/Treyarch)
Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios)
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment)

Best Individual Sports Game
EA Sports MMA (Electronic Arts/EA Tiburon)
Shaun White Skateboarding (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 (Electronic Arts/EA Tiburon)
UFC Undisputed 2010 (THQ/Yuke's Media Creations)

Best Team Sports Game
FIFA Soccer 11 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
Madden NFL 11 (Electronic Arts/EA Tiburon)
NBA 2K11 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)
MLB '10: The Show (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios San Diego)

Best Driving Game
Blur (Activision/Bizarre Creations)
ModNation Racers (Sony Computer Entertainment/United Front Games)
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
Split/Second (Disney Interactive Entertainment/Black Rock Studio)

Best Music Game
Dance Central (MTV Games/Harmonix)
DJ Hero 2 (Activision Publishing/FreeStyleGames)
Def Jam Rapstar (Konami/Autumn Games / 4mm Games)
Rock Band 3 (MTV Games/Harmonix)

Best Soundtrack
Def Jam Rapstar (Konami/Autumn Games /4mm Games)
DJ Hero 2 (Activision/FreeStyleGames)
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Activision/Neversoft Entertainment)
Rock Band 3 (MTV Games/Harmonix)

Best Song in a Game
Basket Case by Green Day (Green Day Rock Band)
Black Rain by Soundgarden (Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock)
Far Away by José González (Red Dead Redemption)
Goldeneye by Nicole Scherzinger (GoldenEye 007)
Replay/Rude Boy Mashup by Iyaz & Rihanna (DJ Hero 2)
Won't Back Down by Eminem (Call of Duty: Black Ops)

Best Original Score
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica)
Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios)
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare)
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego)

Best Graphics
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica)
Heavy Rain (Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream)
Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo/Good-Feel)
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego)

Best Adapted Video Game
LEGO: Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive/Traveller's Tales)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Chengdu)
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (Activision/Beenox)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (LucasArts/LucasArts)
Transformers: War for Cybertron (Activision/High Moon Studios)

Best Performance by a Human Male
Daniel Craig as James Bond (James Bond 007: Blood Stone/Activision)
Gary Oldman as Sgt. Reznov (Call of Duty: Black Ops/Activision)
John Cleese as Jasper (Fable III/Microsoft)
Martin Sheen as Illusive Man (Mass Effect 2/Electronic Arts)
Nathan Fillion as Sergeant Edward Buck (Halo: Reach/Microsoft)
Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions/Activision)
Rob Wiethoff as John Marston (Red Dead Redemption/Rockstar Games)
Sam Worthington as Alex Mason (Call of Duty: Black Ops/Activision)

Best Performance by a Human Female
Dame Judi Dench as M (James Bond 007: Blood Stone/Activision)
Danica Patrick as Herself (Blur/Activision)
Emmanuelle Chriqui as The Numbers Lady (Call of Duty: Black Ops/Activision)
Felicia Day as Veronica (Fallout: New Vegas/Bethesda Softworks)
Jennifer Hale as Commander Sheppard (Mass Effect 2/Electronic Arts)
Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman (Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood/Ubisoft)
Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty/Blizzard Entertainment)
Yvonne Strahovski as Miranda Lawson (Mass Effect 2/Electronic Arts)

Best Downloadable Game
Costume Quest (THQ/Double Fine Productions)
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Square Enix/Crystal Dynamics)
Monday Night Combat (Uber Entertainment/Uber Entertainment)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft Chengdu)

Best DLC
BioShock 2: Minerva's Den (2K Games/BioWare)
Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx (2K Games/Gearbox Software)
Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker (Electronic Arts/BioWare)
Red Dead Redemption - Undead Nightmare (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego)

Best Independent Game
Joe Danger (Hello Games)
Limbo (PlayDead)
Super Meat Boy (Team Meat)
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom (The Odd Gentleman)

Most Anticipated Game
Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment/Rocksteady Studios)
BioShock: Infinite (2K Games/Irrational Games)
Gears of War 3 (Microsoft/Epic Games)
Portal 2 (Valve/Valve)

 

[akachan ningen]

I haven't looked at the nominees but please don't get worked up about this, everyone! We all know these things are a joke.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Game of the Year
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision/Treyarch)

Mario Galaxy 2 got ROBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBED

edit: screw you and your logic akachan! :lol

 

[BeeDog]

As it's looking right now, my personal game of the year is by far Fallout: New Vegas, so I'm a bit glad that it was at least nominated as the PC GoTY.

 

[Dennis]

If Black Ops wins Best Game....we need the FBI on this....

 

[CrushDance]

Ah, I see we're still running with the "human" modifier :lol

 

[TheOddOne]

Best Performance by a Human Male
Sam Worthington as Alex Mason (Call of Duty: Black Ops/Activision)

BHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHA

 

[WinFonda]

Best Performance by a Human Male

Gary Oldman as Sgt. Reznov (Call of Duty: Black Ops/Activision)

Rob Wiethoff as John Marston (Red Dead Redemption/Rockstar Games)

Either of these two guys.

Spoiler

They won't win

 

[RadioHeadAche]

Human male and female?

What other species are lending their voices to games?

 

[Dennis]

What are Fable III and Final Fantasy XIII doing in the Best RPG category?

That is just ridiculous.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Human male and female?

What other species are lending their voices to games?

STARRING MR ED AS COMMISSIONER JIM GORDON

Fucking idiots :lol

 

[Lakitu]

My picks:

Game of the Year
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare)

Studio of the Year
Rockstar San Diego

Best Xbox 360 Game
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare)

Best PS3 Game
Heavy Rain (Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream)

Best Wii Game
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo/Nintendo)

Best Handheld Game
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami / Kojima Productions)

Best Shooter
Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios)

Best Action Adventure Game
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego)

Best RPG
Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks/Obsidian Entertainment)

Best Multiplayer Game
Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios)

Best Driving Game
Blur (Activision/Bizarre Creations)

Best Song in a Game
Far Away by José González (Red Dead Redemption)

Best Original Score
Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios)

Best Graphics
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego)

Best Performance by a Human Male
Rob Wiethoff as John Marston (Red Dead Redemption/Rockstar Games)

Best Performance by a Human Female
Felicia Day as Veronica (Fallout: New Vegas/Bethesda Softworks)

Best Downloadable Game
Costume Quest (THQ/Double Fine Productions)

Best DLC
Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker (Electronic Arts/BioWare)

Best Independent Game
Limbo (PlayDead)

 

[V_Ben]

NPH's Spider Man was fantastic, but he won't win.

 

[Raide]

BHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHA

:lol :lol

Seriously, if John Cleese as Jasper (Fable III/Microsoft) fails to win it, I will murder some stuff.

 

[OMG Aero]

Best Performance by a Human Male
Nathan Fillion as Sergeant Edward Buck (Halo: Reach/Microsoft)

Haha what

 

[Jackson]

Super Scribblenauts (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / 5th Cell)

Woot! (I need to get to bed...)

 

[ZealousD]

As always, these things continue to be a crock of shit. No GOTY nomination for Galaxy 2 or Starcraft 2. :lol

 

[HK-47]

Haha what

They just pick well known names in big games for the best VAs...and totally ignore all the other voice actors. All Nolan North of them.

 

[Jb]

Haha what

Yeah WTF, he's only in Firefight right?

 

[Plasma]

The awards will be rubbish like always, just something you have to sit through to see the new trailers.

They always just go with the popular games rather than the ones that were actually any good.

Same with the voice actors as well, just picking the celebrity names over people that have done decent voice work.

 

[ULTROS!]

Here are my choices:

Game of the Year
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica)

Studio of the Year
BioWare

Best Xbox 360 Game
N/A

Best PS3 Game
Heavy Rain (Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream)

Best Wii Game
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo/Nintendo)

Best PC Game
N/A

Best Handheld Game
N/A (haven't play GoW: GoS)

Best Shooter
N/A

Best Action Adventure Game
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)

Best RPG
Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix/Square Enix)

Best Multiplayer Game
N/A

Best Individual Sports Game
N/A

Best Team Sports Game
N/A

Best Driving Game
N/A (strange, why isn't GT5 here)

Best Music Game
N/A

Best Soundtrack
N/A

Best Song in a Game
N/A

Best Original Score
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica)

Best Graphics
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica)

Best Adapted Video Game
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Chengdu)

Best Performance by a Human Male
N/A

Best Performance by a Human Female
N/A

Best Downloadable Game
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft Chengdu)

Best DLC
N/A

Best Independent Game
Joe Danger (Hello Games)

Most Anticipated Game
Portal 2 (Valve/Valve)

Sorry for numerous N/A.

 

[HK-47]

What are Fable III and Final Fantasy XIII doing in the Best RPG category?

That is just ridiculous.

You know I could be snarky and add another game to that list, Dennis.

But lets just say the other two are much greater afronts to sensibility.

 

[GCX]

I don't usually care about these things but it's some kind of crime not to even nominate Galaxy 2's score, right?

 

[Denzar]

The public can vote for this one right?


If so, expect a lot of Black Ops victory.

 

[Oblivion]

This horrendous awards show is actually still here SEVEN freakin years later?

 

[Trent Strong]

Jennifer Hale got robbed. Again.

 

[HK-47]

I don't usually care about these things but it's some kind of crime not to even nominate Galaxy 2's score, right?

A hate crime.

But did you really expect them to be decent? The VGAs are really just about three things.

1) Ineffectually raging at the shitty selection
2) Laughing at all the horrible celebrity presenters.
3) Seeing some trailers

 

[Mdk7]

No Galaxy 2 among the games of the year?
No Bayonetta nor Vanquish anywhere?
FAIL.

I'm just glad for Super Meat Boy, go Team Meat!!!

 

[Dennis]

Jennifer Hale got robbed. Again.

?

She is nominated....

 

[Hot Coldman]

Seriously re-reading that list is making me angrier. Doesn't Keighley post here? Is he doing this shit again?

 

[Pooya]

Rob Wiethoff as John Marston (Red Dead Redemption/Rockstar Games)

Felicia Day as Veronica (Fallout: New Vegas/Bethesda Softworks)

these two should win, far better than everyone else on those lists.

 

[Lakitu]

The most interesting part is that Bioware will reveal their next game there. Hmm.

 

[Ashes]

I haven't looked at the nominees but please don't get worked up about this, everyone! We all know these things are a joke.

.

 

[Dennis]

The most interesting part is that Bioware will reveal their next game there. Hmm.

Cool, a new game for HK-47 to troll.

 

[HK-47]

?

She is nominated....

He's got a time machine.

 

[ConradCervantes]

Seriously, Call of Duty hasn't been GotY material since Modern Warfare. But whomever decided these nominees was too cool to play Super Mario Galaxy 2, I see. Pathetic.

Ah, well. Red Dead Redemption for the sweep, and Joe Danger for Best Indie Title. I don't know why fucking Costume Quest is nominated for Best Downloadable Title and Joe Danger isn't, that's retarded beyond belief.

 

[Adam Prime]

man I totally forgot some of these games were released this year. Mass Effect 2, Heavy Rain... really?! Felt like those were both last year games. I mean damn, ME2 is already in the bargain bin.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

When are the Northies?

 

[Amir0x]

no Super Mario Galaxy 2, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Vanquish or Super Meat Boy in GOTY list, failure.

 

[JaseC]

From that GoTY list, I say RDR.

 

[itxaka]

Super Meat Boy better win

 

[MendicantBS]

Best Performance by a Human Female
Emmanuelle Chriqui as The Numbers Lady (Call of Duty: Black Ops/Activision)

:lol :lol
C'mon son

 

[DiscoJer]

I haven't played any of the nominated games (as I am mostly a PSP and PC gamer these days).

But just on principle, Judi Dench should win anything she's nominated for. I mean, she's a Dame for crying out loud. And she still did a video game voiceover.

 

[Finaika]

No Castlevania? Fail.

 

[Pooya]

So they will include GT5 in next year awards?

EDIT: Numbers Lady is nominated"!:lol :lol :lol

 

[HK-47]

:lol :lol
C'mon son

Haha I missed that the first time. Now thats comedy.

 

[ZealousD]

So they will include GT5 in next year awards?

It's been pretty well established by Spike through the years that if you come out after Call of Duty, you don't matter.

 

[Hanmik]

Most Anticipated Game

No Gran Turismo 5..? did they miss the Neogaf show..?

 

[GhaleonQ]

Japan, represent!

...

......

.........

Metroid: Other M (Nintendo/Team Ninja/Nintendo)
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami / Kojima Productions)
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Nintendo/ Level-5)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix/Square Enix)
Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo/Good-Feel)

Oh, come ON, Spike. I know this award show is purposely bad, but no amount of Mountain Dew plugging can distract from 9 slots out of 100 or so.

 

[Spookie]

Yay! I sure hope the Jersey Shore cast is on again. I mean they are exactly what I think of when I'm playing games. Oh and Stevie Wonder. Can't get enough of that hardcore motherfucker.

Spoiler

/s

Are these voted by the public then?