The Spike VGA
17 Dec 2008 Leave a Comment
in Game News Tags: brutal legend, spike vga, uncharted II
Yeah, I had nothing better to do on my Saturday night.
As I sat down and watched the Spike Video Game Awards, it was filled with it’s usual disappointments. I couldn’t watch for 30 seconds without be bombarded to eat Burger King while drinking Mountain Dew, chewing Stride Gum, and joining the army. The show was also full of celebrities gamers wouldn’t really care about. Marisa Miller was most annoying, it’s was obvious how little she wanted to be there. I felt Jack Black was a fitting host. The opening made me chuckle if only that I enjoy Tenacious D’s fighting-the-devil humor. There were some enjoyable appearances, I liked Neil Patrick Harrison’s segment. Peter Moore presenting Fight Night was pretty cool. Although they proved most certainly though, that nobody anywhere should ever let Mike Tyson speak. This biggest letdown of all though, was of course the awards. Let’s cram most of our two hours with ads and musical performances from terrible bands (who even likes the All American Rejects?), and rattle off almost 30 awards to you in one minute.
Winners
* Best Shooter: Gears of War 2 (Epic Games)
* Best Xbox 360 Game: Gears of War 2 (Epic Games)
* Best Indie Game Voted by the Fans: World of Goo (2D Boy)
* Big Name in a Game: Kiefer Sutherland (Call of Duty: World at War)
* Gamer God Inductee: Will Wright (Sim City, Spore)
* Best RPG: Fallout 3 (Bethesda)
* Best Music Game: Rock Band 2 (Harmonix)
* Best Soundtrack in a Game: Rock Band 2 (Harmonix)
* Studio of the Year: Media Molecule (Little Big Planet)
* Studio of the Year: Little Big Planet (Media Molecule)
* Best Driving: Burnout Paradise (Criterion)
* Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show: Lego Indy (Traveller’s Tales)
* Best Fighting: Soul Calibur 4 (Project Soul)
* Best Multiplayer: Left 4 Dead (Valve)
* Best PC: Left 4 Dead (Valve)
* Best Portable: Professor Layton (Level 5)
* Best Wii: Boom Blox (EA Casual)
* Best Individual Sports: Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubi Montreal)
* Best Female in a Game: Jenny McCarthy as Tanya in Red Alert 3 (EA Redwood)
* Best Performance by a Human Male: Michael Hollick as Niko Bellic (Grand Theft Auto IV)
* Best Performance by a Human Female: Debbie Mae West as Meryl Silverburgh (Metal Gear Solid 4)
* Best Graphics: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
* Best Original Score: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
* Best Action-Adventure Game: Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
* Best Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
Special Announcements
* Gears of War 2 ‘Combustible’ Map Pack
* Fight Night Round 4 in 2009
* EA debuts Dante’s Inferno title
* Pearl Jam’s ‘Ten’ available in Rock Band in March 09
* Terminator Salvation game announced
* Brutal Legend will be awesome
Highlights of the show for me were the Uncharted II (ohh Nathan!) and God of War3 previews. But the real saving grace of the entire show was bring out TIME SHAFER in a chariot with a flamethrower to introduce the new Brutal Legend trailer. That was inexplicably awesome.
God of War
Uncharted II
Brutal Legend
