Nominaties voor Video Game Awards bekend

Spike heeft vandaag de nominaties voor de jaarlijkse Video Game Awards bekendgemaakt. Mass Effect 2 heeft de meeste nominaties (10), gevolgd door Red Dead Redemption (9), Call Of Duty: Black Ops (7) en Halo: Reach (7). Deze games zullen samen met God of War III gaan strijden om de prestigieuze Game of the Year-prijs.

Verder is nog bekendgemaakt dat op de show een aantal aankondigingen gemaakt zullen worden. Onder andere Batman: Arkham City en een mysterieuze game van Bioware zullen worden onthuld. Hieronder de nominaties voor de Video Game Awards.

 Studio of the Year

• BioWare
• Blizzard Entertainment
• Bungie Studios
• Rockstar San Diego

Best Wii Game

• Donkey Kong Country Returns
• Kirby's Epic Yarn
• Metroid: Other M
• Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best Xbox 360 Game

• Alan Wake
• Fable III
• Halo: Reach
• Mass Effect 2

Best PS3 Game

• God of War III
• Heavy Rain
• ModNation Racers
• Red Dead Redemption

Best PC Game

• Fallout: New Vegas
• Mass Effect 2
• Sid Meier's Civilization V
• StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Best Handheld Game

• God of War: Ghost of Sparta
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
• Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
• Super Scribblenauts

Best Shooter

• Battlefield: Bad Company 2
• BioShock 2
• Call of Duty: Black Ops
• Halo: Reach

Best Action-Adventure Game

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
• God of War III
• Red Dead Redemption
• Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best RPG

• Fable III
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Final Fantasy XIII
• Mass Effect 2

Best Multiplayer Game

• Battlefield: Bad Company 2
• Call of Duty: Black Ops
• Halo: Reach
• StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Best Individual Sports Game

• EA Sports MMA
• Shaun White Skateboarding
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
• UFC Undisputed 2010

Best Team Sports Game

• FIFA Soccer 11
• Madden NFL 11
• NBA 2K11
• MLB '10: The Show

Best Driving Game

• Blur
• ModNation Racers
• Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
• Split/Second

Best Music Game

• Dance Central
• DJ Hero 2
• Def Jam Rapstar
• Rock Band 3

Best Soundtrack

• Def Jam Rapstar
• DJ Hero 2
• Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
• Rock Band 3

Best Song in a Game

• Basket Case by Green Day
• Black Rain by Soundgarden
• Far Away by José González
• GoldenEye by Nicole Scherzinger
• Replay/Rude Boy Mashup by Iyaz & Rihanna
• Won't Back Down by Eminem

Best Original Score

• God of War III
• Halo: Reach
• Mass Effect 2
• Red Dead Redemption

Best Graphics

• God of War III
• Heavy Rain
• Kirby's Epic Yarn
• Red Dead Redemption

Best Adapted Video Game

• LEGO: Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
• Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
• Transformers: War for Cybertron

Best Performance by a Human Male

• Daniel Craig as James Bond
• Gary Oldman as Sgt. Reznov
• John Cleese as Jasper
• Martin Sheen as Illusive Man
• Nathan Fillion as Sergeant Edward Buck
• Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man
• Rob Wiethoff as John Marston
• Sam Worthington as Alex Mason

Best Performance by a Human Female

• Dame Judi Dench as M
• Danica Patrick as Herself
• Emmanuelle Chriqui as The Numbers Lady
• Felicia Day as Veronica
• Jennifer Hale as Commander Sheppard
• Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman
• Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan
• Yvonne Strahovski as Miranda Lawson

Best Downloadable Game

• Costume Quest
• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
• Monday Night Combat
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Best DLC

• BioShock 2: Minerva's Den
• Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
• Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker
• Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare

Best Independent Game

• Joe Danger
• Limbo
• Super Meat Boy
• The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

Most Anticipated Game

• Batman: Arkham City
• BioShock: Infinite
• Gears of War 3
• Portal 2

Game of the Year

• Call of Duty: Black Ops
• God of War III
• Halo: Reach
• Mass Effect 2
• Red Dead Redemption