2012 Spike VGA nominees announced, Journey, Borderlands 2, and Halo 4 lead the way
The awards that everyone loves to hate
Spike TV has officially announced their nominations for the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards, the "VGA TEN," to be hosted by Samuel L. Jackson on Friday, December 7. We've got the full list of nominations for you, with Halo 4, Journey and Borderlands 2 each taking 7, but as usual there are certainly some surprises. Also, as most people would expect, Spike has some exclusive game premieres -- this year's include The Last of Us, Gears of War: Judgment, and South Park: The Stick of Truth.
This year, the VGAs are partnered with Xbox (yes, the Video Game Awards are partnered with a company that develops consoles and games that are nominated for awards) to create an interactive awards show. We're all hoping for more holograms, but in reality we're talking about live polls and SmartGlass functionality. Did I mention Microsoft owned developer 343's game Halo 4 picked up 7 nominations?
Without further adieu, here are the twenty five and more categories for the 2012 VGAs, err, VGA TEN:
Game of the Year
- Assassin's Creed III
- Dishonored
- Journey
- Mass Effect 3
- The Walking Dead
Best Action Game
- Assassin's Creed III
- Darksiders II
- Dishonored
- Sleeping Dogs
Best Shooter
- Borderlands 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Halo 4
- Max Payne 3
Best RPG
- Diablo III
- Mass Effect 3
- Torchlight II
- Xenoblade Chronicles
Best Multi-Player Game
- Borderlands 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Guild Wars 2
- Halo 4
Best Fighting Game
- Dead or Alive 5
- Persona 4 Arena
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Best Driving Game
- DiRT: Showdown
- F1 2012
- Forza Horizon
- Need for Speed Most Wanted
Best Team Sports Game
- FIFA Soccer 13
- Madden NFL 13
- NBA 2K13
- NHL 13
Best Individual Sports Game
- Hot Shots Golf World Invitational
- SSX
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
- WWE '13
Best Xbox 360 Game
- Assassin's Creed III
- Borderlands 2
- Dishonored
- Halo 4
Best PS3 Game
- Assassin's Creed III
- Borderlands 2
- Dishonored
- Journey
Best Wii/Wii U Game
- New Super Mario Bros. U
- The Last Story
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- ZombiU
- Diablo III
- Guild Wars 2
- Torchlight II
- XCOM: Enemy Unkown
Best Handheld/Mobile Game
- Gravity Rush
- LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
- New Super Mario Bros. 2
- Sound Shapes
Best Social Game
- Draw Something
- Marvel: Avengers Alliance
- SimCity Social
- You Don't Know Jack
- Fez
- Journey
- Sound Shapes
- The Walking Dead
Best DLC
- Dawnguard - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Leviathan - Mass Effect 3
- Mechromancer Pack - Borderlands 2
- Perpetual Testing Initiative - Portal 2
Best Independent Game
- Dust: An Elysian Tail
- Fez
- Journey
- Mark of the Ninja
Best Adapted Video Game
- Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
- Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
- The Walking Dead
- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Studio of the Year
- 343 Industries
- Arkane Studios
- Gearbox Software
- Telltale Games
Most Anticipated Game
- BioShock Infinite
- Grand Theft Auto V
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- The LAst of Us
- Tomb Raider
Best Graphics
- Assassin's Creed III
- Dishonored
- Halo 4
- Journey
Best Song in a Game
- "Castle of Glass" by Linkin Park - Medal of Honor Warfighter
- "Cities" by Beck - Sound Shapes
- "I Was Born For This" by Austin Wintory - Journey
- "Tears" by Health - Max Payne 3
Best Original Score
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Halo 4
- Journey
- Max Payne 3
Best Performance by a Human Male
- Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack - Borderlands 2
- Dave Fennoy as Lee Everret - The Walking Dead
- James Mccaffrey as Max Payne - Max Payne 3
- Nolan North as Captain Martin Walker - Spec Ops: The Line
Best Performance by a Human Female
- Emma Stone as Amanda Cartwright - Sleeping Dogs
- Jen Taylor as Cortana - Halo 4
- Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard - Mass Effect 3
- Melissa Hutchison as Clementine - The Walking Dead
Then, as is a tradition for the VGAs, gamers can also vote on their favorite character of the year:
Character of the Year
- Connor - Assassin's Creed III
- Commander Shepard - Mass Effect 3
- Claptrap - Borderlands 2
- Master Chief - Halo 4
- Raul Menendez - Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
There's your VGA nominations from 2012. As per usual, the nominations are put together by the VGA Advisory Council, made up of an assortment of journalists from the largest gaming publications around -- including: Entertainment Weekly, Game Informer, Joystiq, Kotaku, Polygon, IGN, GameTrailers, Gamespot, Wired.com, USA Today and Associated Press.
VGA TEN airs on December 7 at 9PM EST/6PM PST, watchable on either Spike.com, GameTrailer.tv, through Xbox Live, or on Spike TV, MTV 2, and MTV TR3S.
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Also make sure to vote for Journey for "Best Song in a Game" award. If you haven't heard it before, have a listen:
*Not much* vgm has got me for almost a year now but just takes one game for me to hear that makes me warm in fuzzy inside.
Most Anticipated Game
BioShock Infinite
Grand Theft Auto V
South Park: The Stick of Truth
The LAst of Us
Tomb Raider
Totes going to be my favorite game. Can't freaking wait.
lold at best 360 and PS3 categories.
They sat Mark Hamill in the back and didn't even have him accept his award on the stage..... *bleep* them.
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