SpikeTV to hold 2nd annual Video Game Awards

[Perkar]

so this is going to be happening again this year. i only caught a bit of it last year, but i will admit that i found it fairly entertaining, even if overall it was aimed at the lowest common denominator. anyway, some info...

2nd Annual Awards Take Place LIVE Tuesday, December 14 in Los Angeles

SPIKE TV'S "VIDEO GAME AWARDS 2004" HOSTED BY SNOOP DOGG

"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," "Halo 2" and "Half-Life 2" Lead The Way with 5 Noms Each

Musical Performances Include SUM 41, Ludacris and

First Ever Live Performances By Snoop Dogg and The Doors


GAME OF THE YEAR
Burnout 3: Takedown (Electronic Arts)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games)
Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami)

BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay (Vivendi Universal Games)
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (Electronic Arts)
Spider-Man 2 (Activision)
Star Wars: Battlefront (LucasArts)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN-FEMALE
Brooke Burke - Need for Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts)
Judi Dench - Goldeneye: Rogue Agent (Electronic Arts)
Carmen Electra - Def Jam: Fight For New York (Electronic Arts)
Jennifer Garner - Alias (Acclaim)
Heidi Klum - James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (Electronic Arts)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN-MALE
Vin Diesel - The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (Vivendi Universal Games)
Hugh Jackman - Van Helsing (Vivendi Universal Games)
Samuel L. Jackson - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
Christopher Lee - GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (Electronic Arts)
Tobey McGuire - Spider-Man 2 (Activision)

HOTTEST VIDEO VIXENS
Tina Armstong - Dead or Alive Ultimate (Tecmo)
Carmen Electra - Def Jam: Fight For NY (Electronic Arts)
BloodRayne - BloodRayne 2 (Majesco Games)
Luba Licious - Leisure Suit Larry: Magda Cum Laude (Vivendi Universal Games)
Rachel Teller (played by Brooke Burke) - Need for Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts)

GTO PONTIAC BEST DRIVING GAME
Burnout 3: Takedown - (Electronic Arts)
NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup - (Electronic Arts)
Need For Speed Underground 2 - (Electronic Arts)

BEST SPORTS GAME
ESPN NFL 2K5 (Sega)
Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)
NBA Ballers (Midway)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 (Electronic Arts)
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Activision)

BEST FIGHTING GAME
Def Jam: Fight For New York (Electronic Arts)
Dead or Alive Ultimate (Tecmo)
Fight Night 2004 (Electronic Arts)
Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway)
WWE: Smackdown! vs. Raw (THQ)

BEST ACTION GAME
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami)
Ninja Gaiden (Tecmo)

BEST FIRST PERSON ACTION
Doom 3 (Activision)
Far Cry (Ubisoft)
Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (Atari)

BEST SONG IN A VIDEO GAME
Chingy - "I Do" Need for Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts)
Green Day - "American Idiot" Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)
Jimmy Eat World - "Pain" Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Activision)
Terror Squad -"Lean Back"- Need for Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts)
Will I Am -"GO" NBA Live 2005 (Electronic Arts)

BEST SOUNDTRACK
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (Electronic Arts)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Sam Houser and Rockstar North, for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games / Rockstar North)
Tomonobu Itagaki and Team Ninja, for Ninja Gaiden (Tecmo / Team Ninja)
Jason Jones and Bungie Studios, for Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios / Bungie Software)
Hideo Kojima for Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami / KCEJ)
Alex Ward and Criterion, for Burnout 3: Takedown (Electronic Arts / Criterion)

MOST ADDICTIVE GAME- VIEWER'S CHOICE
Burnout 3: Takedown (Electronic Arts)
City of Heroes (NCsoft)
Donkey Konga (Nintendo)
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)

BEST GAMING PUBLICATION-FAN FAVORITE
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)
Game Informer
Official Playstation Magazine
Official Xbox Magazine
GMR

BEST GAMING WEB SITE-FAN FAVORITE
www.1up.com
www.gamespot.com
www.gamespy.com
www.ign.com
www.shacknews.com

BEST MILITARY GAME
Call of Duty: Finest Hour (Activision)
Conflict: Vietnam (Global Star Software)
Full Spectrum Warrior (THQ)
Rome: Total War (Activision)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (THQ)

BEST PC GAME
Doom 3 (Activision)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games)
Rome: Total War (Activision)
The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)

BEST WIRELESS GAME
CBS Sportsline Baseball 2004 (Mforma)
Jamdat Sports NFL 2005 (Jamdat Mobile)
Might and Magic (Ubisoft - Gameloft)
National Treasure (Starwave)

BEST GRAPHICS
Doom 3 (Activision)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games)
Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
Ninja Gaiden (Tecmo)

BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY
Half-Life 2 engine (Vivendi Universal Games / Valve)
Nintendo DS (Nintendo)
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (NVIDIA)
Spherex XBOX 5.1 Surround Sound System (Spherex Inc.)

BEST HANDHELD
Astro Boy: Omega Factor (Sega)
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (Nintendo)
Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo)
Pokemon FireRed Version (Nintendo)

BEST MASS MULTI-PLAYER GAME
City of Heroes (NCsoft)
Everquest II (Sony Online Entertainment)
Final Fantasy XI (Square Enix)

BEST RPG
The Bard's Tale (InXile Entertainment)
Fable (Microsoft Game Studios)
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (Atlus Co.)
X-Men Legends (Activision)
Sponsors of Spike TV's VIDEO GAME AWARDS 2004 are America Online, Campbell's(r) Chunky Soup, Dentyne Tango(tm), Pontiac, Mountain Dew, RadioShack, Taco Bell(r) and Virgin Mobile

[morphx]

How can a game be game of the year when its only been out a few weeks (at the time of airing)?

[spider-man]

I see alot of the same companies/games repeated EA, thq, etc. As well as very little Japanese games, lol, I'm surprised katamari and megaten:nocturne made the list. I watched a little bit of it last time, and was disappointed at the way it was all carried out. I'm betting they will follow the same format this time, so I'll pass on that and play some megaman X8 (hopefully its a vast improvement over X7).

[sisko]

MOST ADDICTIVE GAME- VIEWER'S CHOICE
Burnout 3: Takedown (Electronic Arts)
City of Heroes (NCsoft)
Donkey Konga (Nintendo)
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)

BEST SOUNDTRACK
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (Electronic Arts)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)


Glad to see that in there at least once.

[Jibbajaba]

This seems more like a big gigantic advertisement for the VG industry than an awards show. Why are GTA:SA, Halo 2, and Half Life 2 all nominated for game of the year. Half life 2 isnt even out yet, is it??? What a crock of shit.

Chris

[Kroogah]

This seems more like a big gigantic advertisement for the industry than an awards show.

What do you think the Oscars and Grammys and Emmys are?

[Trellisaze]

At least they're giving a nod to the designers, rather than just the publishers, this time.

[esquire]

How can a game be game of the year when its only been out a few weeks (at the time of airing)?

How can a game be GOTY that's not even out yet? Half-Life 2 just came out today.

[max 330 mega]

i can tell you that, just like last year, i wont be watching it.

[Hep038]

I tried to watch it last year and I made it to the second comercial break before I turned the channel. It just could not keep my thumb off the channel button. :/

[stuffedmonkey]

Most likely to work a game developer untill they drop dead:

1) Electronic Arts
2) Electronic Arts
3) EA Sports
4) Those guys that made Madden

[thetoxicone]

I found the previous one to be pretty lame. Madden wins now here a artist whose song just happens to be on madden playing live, wwe smackdown wins now here just happens to be some wrestlers to have a match, tony hawk wins and he and some other just happened to be there to skate. You could just have easily only watched the commercials and know who would win just by the list of performers

[thetoxicone]

I just remembered something else that was pretty funny. Madden won game of the year on the awards yet tony hawk's underground was best sports game. You'd think that if madden was game of the year then of course it would also be the best sports game.

[Promophile]

Why watch the shit? Seriously. Its kinda like:

And the best game award goes to EVERY GAME MADE BY EA games!

We'll be right back, after a word from our sponsors, EA!

[Hep038]

Wait maybe I am thinking about the G4 awards Ah who knows they all seem the same.

[Aussie2B]

Oh boy, this crap again. :/

Gotta love the token Japanese nominations. Basically it's just MGS3 and a bunch of Tecmo nominations because Spike TV likes to show clips of girls with huge titties. And then there are a few odd nominations for Nintendo and Sega and such just because they pretty much had no other option (ie an EA game) to go with.

[Jibbajaba]

This seems more like a big gigantic advertisement for the industry than an awards show.

What do you think the Oscars and Grammys and Emmys are?

No way, man. They suck too, but often Oscars are given to obscure-ass movies. Shakespeare in Love, anyone? That beat out Saving Private Ryan!! And that crap happens all the time. You are right to a degree, but in my opinion, this video game shim sham is a much more flagrant example of a faux-awards show being used as advertisement.

Chris

EDIT: And they don;t nominate ovies that havent even come out yet!!! That's the kicker. They are using this show to hype games that are just barely coming out. Are you telling me that most of the candidates for game of the year really came out in the last month, if at all yet? We both know that the oscars, emmies, etc arent that bad about it. Shit, I'm really surprised that Gran Turismo 4 wasn't nominated for anything. I mean, it's coming out in like a month! Again, what a crock of shit!!

[portnoyd]

New category...

BEST THING I'D RATHER DO IF IT CAME DOWN TO WATCHING THIS DRECK:
1. Jam a pencil into my dick.
2. Jam a pencil into my eye.
3. Jam a pencil into my eye and dick.
4. Jam a pencil into my eye and dick at the same time.
5. Madden 2005.

[Gapporin]

Wait...wait a minute. Did I read that right? Performances by The Doors?

[YoshiM]

All I can say is: bleh. I caught clips of last years and I found it very irritating to watch. Made my eye twitch and my brain decided to vomit out my ears. Twice. Like others have stated, if they are going to do an awards show why are they taking games that just came out or are just coming out and putting them on the "vote" list? Hell, MG3: Snake Eater doesn't ship until tomorrow. Does anyone have any idea when the voting started?

No way Halo 2, Half Life 2 or even Snake Eater should be on that list, especially the "game of the year". Seeing it's on December 14th, it's a great way to heap more hype for game in time for the holidays.