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

PacoDG | December 15, 2008 | News | PC Playstation 2

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)

News Story attached to:

Boom Blox [Wii]
Burnout Paradise [XBOX360, PS3]
Call of Duty: World at War [PS2, DS, PC, Wii, XBOX360, PS3]
Fallout 3 [XBOX360, PS3, PC]
Gears of War 2 [XBOX360]
Grand Theft Auto IV [PC, XBOX360, PS3]
Left 4 Dead [XBOX360, PC]
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures [Mac, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS, PC, XBOX360, PS3]
LittleBigPlanet [PSP, PS3]
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots [PS3]
Professor Layton and the Curious Village [DS]
Rock Band 2 [Wii, PS2, XBOX360, PS3]
Soul Calibur IV [PS3, XBOX360]
Spore [PC]
World of Goo [PC, Wii]

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BANDITO ATTACK | December 15, 2008
- Best Original Score: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
that is funny on various different levels.
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kik36 | December 15, 2008

LOL Love how they left out best PS3 game.
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EOM Bassist | December 15, 2008

I love how Soul Calibur won best fighting game. How many other fighting games are there out there in contention? Exactly =P
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  Storm | December 15, 2008
  
  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.
  
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  The voice actor for Niko deserved that award, imo. Overall, I'm satisfied with the list.
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    Linkerd101 | December 16, 2008
    
    dont forget SSBB. thats should have won best Wii.
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      Storm | December 16, 2008
      
      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.
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FinalFantasyFanaticc | December 15, 2008

The awards were all well and good....

Until i read that GTAIV got GOTY..

Wow what a pile of crap.
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dmf_dynasty | December 15, 2008

So why did Media Molecule get studio of the year when GTA IV won the best game. Didn't Rockstar also do Midnight Club?
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  Linkin Park Fan | December 15, 2008
  
  Littlebigplanet > GTAV+Midnight club
  
  Soo uuhh...what best ps3 game?
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    dmf_dynasty | December 15, 2008
    
    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.
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      Red 9 | December 16, 2008
      
      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.
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Razentsu | December 16, 2008

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.
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RabidChinaGirl | December 16, 2008

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
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  Red 9 | December 16, 2008
  
  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.
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    Storm | December 16, 2008
    
    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.
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      RabidChinaGirl | December 16, 2008
      
      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!
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  Linkerd101 | December 19, 2008
  
  Actually, By more than Half of ALL video gamers Anticipated Brawl.
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R1DDL3S | December 16, 2008

SSBB sucked

Professor Layton was fun

Woot for World of Goo!!!!!
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Capn Droid | December 16, 2008

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?
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Frazeb | December 17, 2008

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!