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The Winners from The Spike 2008 Video Game Awards Show (Plus some News)

December 15, 2008 in News comments 20

A nice quick and to the point write up from Primotech that includes all the winners from the show on top of some random news blips (such as Pearl Jam's full album Ten coming to Rock Band, Brutal Legend confirmed for 2009, GTAIV DLC trailer, Gears 2 maps coming, Fight Night Round 4 coming 2009). See quote for full list of winners, go to source to see some more news from the event.

Award Winners

* Best Shooter: Gears of War 2 (Epic Games)
* Best Xbox 360 Game: Gears of War 2 (Epic Games)
* Best Indie Game Voted by the Fans: World of Goo (2D Boy)
* Big Name in a Game: Kiefer Sutherland (Call of Duty: World at War)
* Gamer God Inductee: Will Wright (Sim City, Spore)
* Best RPG: Fallout 3 (Bethesda)
* Best Music Game: Rock Band 2 (Harmonix)
* Best Soundtrack in a Game: Rock Band 2 (Harmonix)
* Studio of the Year: Media Molecule (Little Big Planet)
* Studio of the Year: Little Big Planet (Media Molecule)
* Best Driving: Burnout Paradise (Criterion)
* Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show: Lego Indy (Traveller's Tales)
* Best Fighting: Soul Calibur 4 (Project Soul)
* Best Multiplayer: Left 4 Dead (Valve)
* Best PC: Left 4 Dead (Valve)
* Best Portable: Professor Layton (Level 5)
* Best Wii: Boom Blox (EA Casual)
* Best Individual Sports: Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubi Montreal)
* Best Female in a Game: Jenny McCarthy as Tanya in Red Alert 3 (EA Redwood)
* Best Performance by a Human Male: Michael Hollick as Niko Bellic (Grand Theft Auto IV)
* Best Performance by a Human Female: Debbie Mae West as Meryl Silverburgh (Metal Gear Solid 4)
* Best Graphics: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
* Best Original Score: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
* Best Action-Adventure Game: Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
* Best Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
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  • 2
    BANDITO ATTACK Dec 15, 08
    • Best Original Score: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)


    that is funny on various different levels.
  • 0
    kik36 Dec 15, 08
    LOL Love how they left out best PS3 game.
  • 0
    EOM Bassist Dec 15, 08
    I love how Soul Calibur won best fighting game. How many other fighting games are there out there in contention? Exactly =P
    • 1
      Storm Dec 15, 08
      There's MK vs DCU, DBZ: Burst Limit, Castlevania Judgement, two different Naruto games for the 360 and PS3, a KoF game, and maybe one or two others, can't recall anymore.

      But these years, fighting games have been a little dry. Next year we're getting Street Fighter IV, and hopefully Tekken 6.

      ----------------------

      The voice actor for Niko deserved that award, imo. Overall, I'm satisfied with the list.
      • 0
        Linkerd101 Dec 16, 08
        dont forget SSBB. thats should have won best Wii.
        • 0
          Storm Dec 16, 08
          True, though that can be debated as a platformer. It's odd, I think VGA went with everything from late March/early April and on. Why? No idea.
  • 1
    FinalFantasyFanaticc Dec 15, 08
    The awards were all well and good....

    Until i read that GTAIV got GOTY..

    Wow what a pile of crap.
  • 0
    dmf_dynasty Dec 15, 08
    So why did Media Molecule get studio of the year when GTA IV won the best game. Didn't Rockstar also do Midnight Club?
    • 0
      Linkin Park Fan Dec 15, 08
      Littlebigplanet > GTAV+Midnight club

      Soo uuhh...what best ps3 game?
      • 0
        dmf_dynasty Dec 15, 08
        Yeah, LBP was better for me too, but the fact that GTA won should have give R* a win anyway, plus they had Midnight Club. Just kind of pointing out a problem with their rating system.
        • 0
          Red 9 Dec 16, 08
          Also, they completely omitted the "Best PS3 Game" category. They had a Best Wii game, a Best 360 game, and a Best PC game, but no nods to the PS3.

          I can see the bias and BS already.
  • 0
    Razentsu Dec 16, 08
    Boom Blox for Wii's GOTY? Whaat?!

    It's a good game, that's for sure, but it's totally not as awesome as SSBB or NMH.
  • 1
    RabidChinaGirl Dec 16, 08
    LittleBigPlanet won the Best PS3 Game award.

    This particular list just omitted it for some reason. It also doesn't include the Most Anticipated Game award, which went to GTA IV. Jeez, guys, that's why you check reputable sites like Neoseeker. XD
    • 0
      Red 9 Dec 16, 08
      Hmm...I would've thought MGS4 would've got that. Any reason why they skipped that category when going through the winners?

      Also, GTAIV being Most Anticipated means nothing for its quality. An open world game like that should've lasted much longer.
      • 0
        Storm Dec 16, 08
        That's a problem you see. With open-world games, expect a lot of side stuff. Otherwise, you're not looking for an RPG-length game-time. Still, it had a decent amount of story to it, a compassionate one at that.

        And being that GTAIV is regarded by many as a huge let-down, I can agree with it being most anticipated. xD

        Meh, I stand by my review of GTA IV.
        • 1
          RabidChinaGirl Dec 16, 08
          Hm, I actually didn't care much about GTA IV until I actually started playing the game. Maybe that's why I'm one of the few people on GG who actually appreciates the game. I see a correlation!
    • 0
      Linkerd101 Dec 19, 08
      Actually, By more than Half of ALL video gamers Anticipated Brawl.
  • 0
    R1DDL3S Dec 16, 08
    SSBB sucked

    Professor Layton was fun

    Woot for World of Goo!!!!!
  • 0
    Capn Droid Dec 16, 08
    Funny, how the most criticized let-down of the year, if not ever, got the Game of the Year title. But, you know. This is Spike. What does anyone expect?
  • 0
    Frazeb Dec 17, 08
    I like all the awards LBP one, and I think Michael Hollick is pretty good as Niko, but LBP is MY Game Of The Year!

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