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Halo 3, BioShock top Spike TV noms

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Nov 9, 2007 11:38 am PT

Shooters from Bungie and 2K get most nods for testosterone-infused network's December 9 award show.

Even without the next two weeks' lineup of highly promising offerings, 2007 has seen more than its fair share of critically acclaimed games. Although the high quantity of high quality is unequivocally great for gamers, it's sure to create a massive headache for those looking to parse out the best of the best. Charged with the onus, Viacom-owned Spike TV unveiled its nominees for the 2007 Video Game Awards today through its official Web site.

This year, Spike has trimmed off a few of last year's more superfluous categories, such as Cyber Vixen of the Year (Half-Life 2's Alyx Vance in 2006, for those counting), by nominating games in 22 categories. Microsoft console-exclusives dominate the coveted game-of-the-year category, with noms this year being Halo 3 and Mass Effect, as well as BioShock and The Orange Box. 2K Games' dystopian shooter BioShock and Bungie Studios' sci-fi shooter Halo 3 received the most nominations with seven apiece. Valve Software's compilation The Orange Box semimatched that number with five overall, as well as solo nominations for Portal and Team Fortress 2.

To be eligible for nomination, a game's release date must fall between November 16, 2006 and December 1, 2007. The nominees were chosen by Spike TV's advisory panel, which is made of nearly two dozen game journalists, including editors from the San Jose Mercury News, EGM, Game Informer, and GameSpot. The category of most addictive game will be selected by online voters polled on the official VGA site.

Spike TV's Video Game Awards will air December 9 at 9 p.m. Eastern on Spike. Last year, Samuel L. Jackson emceed the event, which featured live performances from Jack Black's Tenacious D and rockers AFI. Spike has not yet announced the master of ceremonies or other entertainers for this year's event.

A complete list of nominees for Spike TV's 2007 Video Game Awards is listed below.

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
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

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

637 Comments

  • zutolor

    Posted Jan 28, 2009 5:39 pm PT

    i remember watching this a long while ago

    ya bioshock won

  • WALLIX

    Posted Oct 16, 2008 8:04 am PT

    Of all the BS, pay-to-win, bogus, corrupt, video game awards shows, this one is the king of all BS, pay-to-win, bogus, corrupt, video game awards shows.

  • thenephariouson

    Posted Jun 21, 2008 2:02 am PT

    'Orange Box' all the way

  • VagrantChild24

    Posted Mar 5, 2008 12:56 pm PT

    I never take the Spike awards too seriously. Granted they are trying to make it more legitimate but when people who obviously care nothing or have nothing to do with the industry are doing the presenting/hosting and what not (musical guests especially) then I can't help but write it off.

  • Makemap

    Posted Jan 12, 2008 7:06 pm PT

    WTF why would there be a best military game award - it's like f$#%ing advertisement.

  • ArbitorsGun

    Posted Jan 5, 2008 8:53 am PT

    man no offense to halo3 but its not that great... Call of Duty definetly should have won multiplayer of the year. Call of Duty has an AMAZING multiplayer with a rewards system and their ranking is fantastic! halo3 ranking systems are not as good as they can be.

  • LongShot42

    Posted Dec 29, 2007 8:40 pm PT

    Blasto19 is right P3 is IMO one of the greatest RPGs of all time and was really under rated

  • Blasto19

    Posted Dec 27, 2007 4:03 am PT

    persona3 is awesome, too bad not alot of ppl played it

  • JB2B

    Posted Dec 20, 2007 4:51 am PT

    Bioshock is much much much more original than any other game released this year. Halo 3 is a great but pretty standard shooter with a nice addition (Forge) which is to limited. They should have released a map editor for Halo 3 which you can use on the PC and then transfer the file using a USB stick or by Bungie.Net. Just like Epic wants to do with the new Unreal. If they did that then by now there would be maby 100+ nice multiplayer maps.

  • batosaims

    Posted Dec 19, 2007 2:41 pm PT

    i think halo 3 should have won best original score
    like halo or not the game had some of the best music in gaming

  • sullyliam

    Posted Dec 15, 2007 6:38 am PT

    Bioshock is awesome deserves all the awards it got it is the best game of the year...

  • bobbo888

    Posted Dec 12, 2007 10:49 am PT

    This is bull. Cod4 is deffinately game of the year. It's multi platform and was waaaaaaaaaaay way better than Halo 3. Spike knows nothing of video games. The Orange Box should be taken out because it is a group of games, not one individual game.

  • kingfingolfin

    Posted Dec 10, 2007 11:50 am PT

    The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar was not based on a movie or TV show. It was based on Tolkien's writings. The license they have is for the books, not the movies. Thus, the game doesn't look like the way the movies showed everything.

  • Geek12

    Posted Dec 7, 2007 2:19 pm PT

    Cod ftw

  • Boostinsane

    Posted Dec 6, 2007 10:53 pm PT

    why isn't Crysis running for game of the year? Mass Effect? i mean mass effect is a good game and all but it's no where near crysis.

  • dark_raven_claw

    Posted Dec 6, 2007 6:39 pm PT

    I like Bioshock, most people will probably vote Halo 3, but I think Bioshock should get this since it's a rather unique game with a though-provoking storyline and really incredible design in characters and enviorments.

  • xDestroyer666x

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 12:41 pm PT

    most you ppl have never even seen or can play Crysis or own a PC for that matter.

  • cardshark86

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 9:07 am PT

    They should rename the GotY catagory to "best games that are on consols. Honestly - Halo 3 gets a nod and Crysis doesn't? BIAS!

  • gargarensi

    Posted Dec 2, 2007 2:14 pm PT

    Please, Resistance was trying to be the Gears of War on PS3 and it failed, big time.

  • eldertaco

    Posted Nov 29, 2007 7:45 pm PT

    Resistance Should be on here even if it missed the date by days!

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