Nominees for Spike TV's 'Video Game Awards 2007' revealed (joystiq.com)

[7th lutz]

http://wii.joystiq.com/2007/11/09/nominees-for-spike-tvs-video-game-awards-2007-revealed/

Most Addictive Game Fueled by Dew
Halo 3
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Team Fortress 2
Wii Sports

Game of the Year
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box

Best Shooter
BioShock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Halo 3
The Orange Box

Best Action Game
Assassin's Creed
God of War 2
Super Mario Galaxy
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Best Rhythm Game
Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Jam Sessions
Rock Band

Best RPG
Eternal Sonata
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Mass Effect
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

Best Driving Game
Colin McRae: DiRT
Forza Motorsport 2
Need for Speed ProStreet
Project Gotham Racing 4

Best Military Game
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
World in Conflict

Studio of the Year
Bungie Studios
Harmonix
Irrational Games
Valve

Best Graphics
BioShock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Crysis
Mass Effect

Breakthrough Technology
Crysis
Halo 3
Portal
Rock Band

Best PS3 Game
Heavenly Sword
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Warhawk

Best Wii Game
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Paper Mario

Best Xbox 360 Game
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box

Best PC Game
BioShock
Crysis
The Orange Box
World in Conflict

Best Individual Sports Game
skate
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Virtua Tennis 3

Best Team Sports Game
Madden NFL 08
NBA 2K8
NHL 08
Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007

Best Handheld Game
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
The Simpsons Game
Stranglehold

Best Soundtrack
BioShock
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Rock Band

Best Original Score
BioShock
God of War 2
Halo 3
Mass Effect

Best Multiplayer Game
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Halo 3
Rock Band
The Orange Box

[diskoboy]

BioShock gets my nod...

I can't really give Orange Box GotY honors.... It's a game from 3 years ago, with a few new additions (Ep. 2 and Portal). Portal is fun, but definitely not GotY material.

EDIT - But I will sat this - Team Fortress 2 can give Halo 3 a run for it's money in the Multiplayer category. But I think Halo 3 will just barely squeak by, as the winner. I can't judge Call of Duty 4 yet, seeing as how I haven't played it.


And biggest product whore of the decade award goes to Mountain Dew.

[heybtbm]

(not directed at Diskoboy or 7th)

I propose a new rule for this thread...

If you haven't played all the games listed in a particular category, STFU.



Best Multiplayer Game
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Halo 3
Rock Band
The Orange Box

Orange Box? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Wait, I haven't played Rock Band. I just broke my own stupid rule. Oh well, carry on.

[s1lence]

I love the GOTY nominations when they nominate games that aren't even available to the public.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Orange Box? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Wait, I haven't played Rock Band. I just broke my own stupid rule. Oh well, carry on.

I think if they're putting Orange Box, they should just put TF 2, they put it elsewhere. With that said, if your laugh is directed at the 360 version I can't really speak, but if it's directed at the PC game, it's a very, very solid multiplayer game. I like it more than Halo 3, and while Rock Band is pretty fun (I played the demo at Best Buy with 2 other people, so I guess it kind of counts) I still like a shooter multiplayer game over that, just because the amount of people that can participate. I have not played CoD4 yet, but I hear it's got very good multiplayer. But, I can't really speak for it at this point.

[Joker T]

You hear COD 4 doesn't have good multiplayer?!?

I wonder from whom because that game has amazing multiplayer and I'm sure a ton of people will agree with me.

[Sothy]

Orange box is best purchase I have made in a long time.

[Kitsune Sniper]

"Most Addictive Game Fueled by Dew"

Guess which one's going to win? THE ONE SPONSORED BY DEW.

[heybtbm]

I think if they're putting Orange Box, they should just put TF 2, they put it elsewhere. With that said, if your laugh is directed at the 360 version I can't really speak.

The 360 version of Team Fortress 2 is broken. If they could fix the lag and frequent drops, it might be able to be mentioned in the same breath as CoD4 and Halo 3 multiplayer. Right now...no fricken way.

The rest of Orange Box is excellent. The Half-Life campaigns are better than Halo 3, IMO hands down. TF2 has so much potential, but in its current state is more frustrating than fun. It certainly doesn't belong on a "top 4" list. Ridiculous.

[mEgAsHoT]

This is very predictable....Halo 3 is going to win any and all awards that it has been nominated for. It's a forgone conclusion. You might as well call this "video game awards" a "Halo awards", because of how the media loves Halo 3 so much. For the other awards, I don't know who is going to win. But I never listen to these awards anyways, all they are is a popularity contest, since the "popular" games always win, like Halo 3.

[smokehouse]

It is amazing how little I care what that absurd, pile of shit television station and their crew of idiotic staff think about video games…




They should dump what the award program currently goes by and call it the much more truthful and accurate "What is currently the flash in the pan title/system and who gives us the most advertising cash awards…..2007"

[Berserker]

I don't see what the point is of getting so upset about it. Yeah, it's pretty much just one long advertising prop. Should there be something "better", an awards show free of corporate interference and demanding of the utmost level of respectability?

Personally I hope video games never come to take themselves that seriously.

[DigitalSpace]

/me says "meh," continues surfing porn

[Icarus Moonsight]

"And the winner for Best Wii Game goes to..." *open envelope* "...Halo 3?" O_O

[smokehouse]

I don't see what the point is of getting so upset about it. Yeah, it's pretty much just one long advertising prop. Should there be something "better", an awards show free of corporate interference and demanding of the utmost level of respectability?

Personally I hope video games never come to take themselves that seriously.

Believe you me, I’m not that bent out of shape about it. Anymore, I look at the video game industry as having two sides…

-The side devoted to solid games and “old school” gamers. The side that brings us the truly good titles that will go on as “classics” and games that continue older great titles like Contra 4.

-The side that appeals to the masses. The side that advertises in magazines like Maxim or TV stations like Spike. They flood the market flash in the pan and cookie cutter titles.

It seemed like the mass appeal side was getting a stronghold ion the industry but a few years back (I personally feel it was because of the massive popularity of “old school” Game Boy Advance titles), the industry seemed to start to pay more attention to the old school crowd more and more. Now it seem the industry is almost split in two with on side devoted to the Halo crowd, the other to guy who want something more than constant repeats and remakes.

The Spike awards garbage is what I consider to be the superficial side of the industry, the side devoted to commercial success only and the “what’s popular right now” crowd.















In other words...I just turn the channel.

[Push Upstairs]

SpikeTV is (was, as I don't have it anymore) Three Stooges and MXC.

The awards show is something I can easily ignore....but I am shocked that Madden only got one nomination.

[sabre2922]

Believe you me, I’m not that bent out of shape about it. Anymore, I look at the video game industry as having two sides…

-The side devoted to solid games and “old school” gamers. The side that brings us the truly good titles that will go on as “classics” and games that continue older great titles like Contra 4.

-The side that appeals to the masses. The side that advertises in magazines like Maxim or TV stations like Spike. They flood the market flash in the pan and cookie cutter titles.


The Spike awards garbage is what I consider to be the superficial side of the industry, the side devoted to commercial success only and the “what’s popular right now” crowd.



AGREED

The only thing that I just simply DO NOT GET in the current state of the video game industry and its "gamers" is the over saturation and over hyping of all these First Person Shooters and all theses ADD kids that play NOTHING BUT FPS games claiming to be "HARDCORE" gamers or gamers at ALL when they wont even take a second glance at something like Mario Galaxy or Shadow of the Colossus OR ANYTHING BESIDES FPS GAMES.:rockets:

OK ok rant over now Ill just go back to playing the Sega Genesis Collection on PS2 and SOON Mario Galaxy on the Wii that I borrowed and all that will be forgotten.

[portnoyd]

Hey, wow, looks like they finally got the hint that everyone thinks they are retarded for nominating Madden for every category.

Still don't give a shit.

[Tron 2.0]

Pass beside every body knows spike tv is one big tv ad in itself.

[PDorr3]

The nominations this year are basicaly correct, however there are some personal picks I would replace in some spots. I swear that halo3 does NOT deserve game of the year, I'm still mad at myself for buying into the hype and buying it so quick. Im kinda suprised to see mass effect on GOTY nomination, considering its not even out yet for christ sakes. Bases on what I have heard though it deserves all of this attention though

[smokehouse]

The nominations this year are basicaly correct, however there are some personal picks I would replace in some spots. I swear that halo3 does NOT deserve game of the year, I'm still mad at myself for buying into the hype and buying it so quick. Im kinda suprised to see mass effect on GOTY nomination, considering its not even out yet for christ sakes. Bases on what I have heard though it deserves all of this attention though

Like stated before, this is not a award for what game is really the best, it's a award for what's the hottest game of 2007 and has the most sales. Rarely does this type of "what's hot now" award translate to anything in the future. Look at flash in the pan games of the past...some of the best titles ever made received little/no awards.

Halo 3 is right now...in two years is will be tossed aside just like 2 and 1 have been....meanwhile the truly good games that are overlooked right now will more than likely become tomorrow's classics.

[agbulls]

Wow. Mario Galaxy wasn't even nominated for GOTY? That's pretty bad, especially considering it's averaging 97.1% on gamerankings. Oh well, this IS Spike we're talking about.