Spike TV Announces Nominees for 10th Annual Video Game Awards

SPIKE TV ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR 10th ANNUAL VIDEO GAME AWARDS

“VGA TEN” TO STREAM ON XBOX LIVE WITH

GROUNDBREAKING NEW INTERACTIVITY

MARK BURNETT PRODUCED SHOW TO FEATURE HOST SAMUEL L. JACKSON AND

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY LINKIN PARK AND TENACIOUS 

Interactive Multiplatform Event Includes Exclusive World Premieres Of Highly Anticipated Titles Including

“The Last Of Us,” “Gears Of War: Judgment,” and “South Park: The Stick of Truth”

Complete List of Nominees Announced, with “Borderlands 2,” “Halo 4” 

and “Journey” Leading the Way with Seven Nominations Each

“VGA TEN” Will Air LIVE on Friday, December 7 on Spike TV at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT,

Simulcast on MTV2, MTV Tr3s, and Live Stream on Xbox LIVE, Spike.com and GameTrailers.com

New York, NY, November 15, 2012 – Spike TV today announced the nominees of “VGA TEN” (#VGA) – the network’s tenth annual live televised event to celebrate the best in video games.  “VGA TEN,” hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, willfeature exclusive world premieres as well as musical performances by Linkin Park and Tenacious D.  The interactive multiplatform special will premiere LIVE from Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, CA on Friday, December 7 at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT on Spike TV.  Additionally, “VGA TEN” will simulcast on MTV 2, MTV Tr3s, Xbox LIVE, Spike.com and GameTrailers.com.

Spike TV and Microsoft also unveiled plans to broadcast the 2012 Video Game Awards to Xbox LIVE users in multiple countries this December.  Fans will be able to view the “VGA’s” on Xbox consoles in the United States and additional countries to be confirmed at a later date.* The show will also be streamed internationally on Spike.com and GameTrailers.com. 

Airing alongside the tenth anniversary television broadcast, the U.S. Xbox LIVE stream of the VGAs will showcase groundbreaking interactivity that lets users “play” the show as it happens live in Los Angeles.  Responses to poll questions will be tabulated in real time on screen for the Xbox LIVE audience and users with Xbox Smartglass will get a unique second-screen experience that updates in real time alongside the show content.

Check out the entire nominees list at Spike TV

SPIKE TV’s “VIDEO GAME AWARDS” AIRS LIVE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7

AT SONY PICTURE STUDIOS IN CULVER CITY

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DICE award nominees announced, Red Dead leads the pack

by Griffin McElroy on Jan 19th 2011 9:20PM

The nominees for the 2011 Interactive Achievement Awards -- the annual awards ceremony held during the Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain (DICE) Summit -- have been announced. The list includes a number of surprises (including a Game of the Year nod for Angry Birds HD), but, somewhat less surprisingly, Red Dead Redemption leads the pack with nine nominations across the show's various categories.

Check out all the nominees after the jump for even more familiar and unfamiliar titles. (Alan ... Wake? That's a game? Never heard of it, bub.)

Game of the Year
Angry Birds HD (Publisher: Chillingo; Developer: Rovio)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Publisher: Activision; Developer: Treyarch)
God of War III (Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America; Developer: SCE Santa Monica Studio)
Mass Effect 2 (Publisher: Electronic Arts; Developer: Bioware)
Red Dead Redemption (Publisher: Rockstar Games; Developer: Rockstar San Diego)

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Angry Birds HD (Publisher: Chillingo; Developer: Rovio)
Dance Central (Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios/MTV Games; Developer: Harmonix Music Systems)
Heavy Rain (Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America; Developer: Quantic Dream)
LIMBO (Publisher: Playdead; Developer: Playdead)
Red Dead Redemption (Publisher: Rockstar Games; Developer: Rockstar San Diego)

Action Game of the Year
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Publisher: Electronic Arts; Developer: Digital Illusions CE)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Publisher: Activision; Developer: Treyarch))
God of War III (Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America; Developer: SCE Santa Monica Studio)
Halo: Reach (Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios; Developer: Bungie)
Red Dead Redemption (Publisher: Rockstar Games; Developer: Rockstar San Diego)

Adventure Game of the Year
Alan Wake (Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios; Developer: Remedy Entertainment)
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Publisher: Ubisoft; Developer: Ubisoft Montreal)
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (Publisher: Namco Bandai; Developer: Ninja Theory)
Heavy Rain (Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America; Developer: Quantic Dream)
LIMBO (Publisher: Playdead; Developer: Playdead)

Casual Game of the Year
Angry Birds HD (Publisher: Chillingo; Developer: Rovio)
Bejeweled 3 (Publisher: PopCap Games; Developer: PopCap Games)
Kinect Sports (Publisher: Microsoft Game Studio; Developer: Rare)
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (Publisher: Namco Bandai; Developer: Namco Bandai)
Plants vs. Zombies (Publisher: PopCap Games; Developer: PopCap Games)

Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Publisher: Nintendo; Developer: Square Enix)
Fable III (Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios; Developer: Lionhead Studios)
Fallout: New Vegas (Publisher: Bethesda Softworks; Developer: Obsidian Entertainment)
Mass Effect 2 (Publisher: Electronic Arts; Developer: Bioware)
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment; Developer: Blizzard Entertainment)

Social Networking Game of the Year
Cityville (Publisher: Zynga; Developer: Zynga)
Family Feud (Publisher: iWin/Backstage Technologies; Developer: iWin/Backstage Technologies)
FrontierVille (Publisher: Zynga; Developer: Zynga)
Nightclub City (Publisher: Booyah; Developer: Booyah)
Ravenwood Fair (Publisher; Lolapps; Developer: Lolapps)

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Red Dead and Limbo lead nominees for 2011 GDC Awards

by Griffin McElroy on Jan 12th 2011 7:00PMIt's almost time once again for the industry's premier awards show that doesn't feature regular appearances by Jersey Shore cast members: the 11th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards. The event's organizers have released the mercifully Mountain Dew-based-category-free list of nominees, which includes a number of potential merits for Limbo, Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2 and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
Check out the full list of nominees after the jump and discuss your favorites in the comments! (Oh, that's your pick for Best Visual Arts? Well, we can't say we agree with you, there.)
2011 GDCA Nominees
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)Mass Effect 2 (BioWare)Limbo (Playdead)Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego)God of War III (SCE Santa Monica)Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream)Kirby's Epic Yarn (Good-Feel & HAL Laboratory)Minecraft (Mojang)Limbo (Playdead)Dance Central (Harmonix)Starcraft II (Blizzard)Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego)Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream)Mass Effect 2 (BioWare)God of War III (SCE Santa Monica)God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Ready At Dawn/SCE Santa Monica)Cut the Rope (ZeptoLab)Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Kojima Productions)Game Dev Story (Kairosoft)Dragon Quest IX (Level 5)Limbo (Playdead)Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego)Halo: Reach (Bungie)Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (DICE)Mass Effect 2 (BioWare)Costume Quest (Double Fine)Limbo (Playdead)Super Meat Boy (Team Meat)Minecraft (Mojang)Monday Night Combat (Uber Entertainment)Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego)Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream)Mass Effect 2 (BioWare)Costume Quest (Double Fine)Fallout: New Vegas (Obsidian)Limbo (Playdead)Darksiders (Vigil Games)Minecraft (Mojang)Monday Night Combat (Uber Entertainment)Super Meat Boy (Team Meat)God of War III (SCE Santa Monica)Limbo (Playdead)Call of Duty: Black Ops (Treyarch)Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft Montreal)Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego)Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego)Mass Effect 2 (BioWare)Call of Duty: Black Ops (Treyarch)Limbo (Playdead)Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft Montreal)
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