The Spike Video Game Awards unveiled a flurry of new trailers. Somewhere in between these trailers, a bunch of celebrities showed up and passed out awards. They even let Charlie Sheen come. Do you care? Should you? Complicated questions.
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim took three awards in total, including Game of the Year. Portal 2 won five and swept the voice acting categories, with both Stephen Merchant and Ellen McLain receiving honors for their performances. Batman: Arkham City nabbed four. The Joker won Character of the Year, which is a bit weird considering the Joker is decades-old. But whatever, it was an event with Charlie Sheen and Hulk Hogan - weirdness is to be expected.
Here's the full list of winners.
- GAME OF THE YEAR - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- STUDIO OF THE YEAR - Bethesda Game Studios
- CHARACTER OF THE YEAR - The Joker – Batman: Arkham City
- VIDEO GAME HALL OF FAME AWARD - “The Legend of Zelda”
- GAMER GOD AWARD - Blizzard Entertainment
- BEST XBOX 360 GAME - Batman: Arkham City
- BEST PS3 GAME - Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
- BEST Wii GAME - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- BEST PC GAME - Portal 2
- BEST HANDHELD/MOBILE GAME - Super Mario 3D Land
- BEST SHOOTER - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME - Batman: Arkham City
- BEST RPG - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- BEST MULTI-PLAYER - Portal 2
- BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME - Fight Night Champion
- BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME - NBA 2K12
- BEST DRIVING GAME - Forza Motorsport 4
- BEST FIGHTING GAME - Mortal Kombat
- BEST MOTION GAME - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- BEST INDEPENDENT GAME - Minecraft
- BEST ADAPTED VIDEO GAME - Batman: Arkham City
- BEST SONG IN A GAME - "Build that Wall (Zia’s Theme)” by Darren Korb – Bastion
- BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - Bastion
- BEST GRAPHICS - Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE - Stephen Merchant as Wheatley – Portal 2
- BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALE - Ellen McLain as GLaDOS – Portal 2
- BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME - Bastion
- BEST DLC - Portal 2 Peer Review
- MOST ANTICIPATED GAME - Mass Effect 3
- GAMETRAILERS.COM TRAILER OF THE YEAR - Assassin’s Creed: Revelations – E3 2011 Trailer
- EA SPORTS NFL BLITZ DIGITAL COVER ATHLETE - Ray Rice
The really news-worthy aspect of the show, as I said, was the barrage of trailers for new and existing games. We're putting them up as quickly as we can so be sure to check them out.
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