Spike VGA's 2010

Neil Patrick Harris hosts this years VGA's on Spike at 8pm tommorow December 11th. Here's the list of catagories and the respective nominees.

I've highlighted my choices in red, chime in with your choices.

Game of the Year:

Call of Duty: Black Ops

God of War III

Halo: Reach

Mass Effect 2

Red Dead Redemption


Studio of the Year:

Bioware, Mass Effect 2

Blizzard Entertainment, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Bungie Studios, Halo: Reach

Rockstar San Diego, Red Dead Redemption


Best Xbox 360 Game:

Alan Wake

Fable III

Halo: Reach

Mass Effect 2

Best PS3 Game:

God of War III

Heavy Rain

ModNation Racers

Red Dead Redemption


Best Wii Game:

Donkey Kong Country Returns

Kirby's Epic Yarn

Metroid: Other M

Super Mario Galaxy 2


Best PC Game:

Fallout: New Vegas

Mass Effect 2

Sid Meier's Civilization V

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty


Best Handheld Game:

God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

Super Scribblenauts


Best Shooter:

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

BioShock 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Halo: Reach


Best Action Adventure Game:

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

God of War III

Red Dead Redemption

Super Mario Galaxy 2


Best RPG:

Fable III

Fallout: New Vegas

Final Fantasy XIII

Mass Effect 2


Best Multi-player:

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Halo: Reach

Call of Duty: Black Ops

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty


Best Individual Sports Game:

EA Sports MMA

Shaun White Skateboarding

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11

UFC Undisputed 2010


Best Team Sports Game:

FIFA 11

Madden NFL 11

NBA 2K11

MLB 10: The Show


Best Driving Game:

Blur

ModNation Racers

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

Split/Second


Best Music Game:

Dance Central

DJ Hero 2

Def Jam Rapstar

Rock Band 3


Best Soundtrack:

Def Jam Rapstar

DJ Hero 2

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

Rock Band 3


Best Song in a Game:

"Basket Case" by Green Day, Green Day: Rock Band

"Black Rain" by Soundgarden, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

"Far Away" by José González, Red Dead Redemption

"GoldenEye" by Nicole Scherzinger, GoldenEye 007 (2010)

"Won't Back Down" by Eminem, Call of Duty: Black Ops

"Replay/Rude Boy Mashup" by Iyaz/Rihanna, DJ Hero 2


Best Original Score:

God of War III

Halo: Reach

Mass Effect 2

Red Dead Redemption


Best Graphics:

God of War III

Heavy Rain

Kirby's Epic Yarn

Red Dead Redemption


Best Adapted Video Game:

Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

Transformers: War for Cybertron


Best Performance by a Human Male:

Daniel Craig as James Bond, James Bond 007: Blood Stone

Gary Oldman as Sergeant Reznov, Call of Duty: Black Ops

John Cleese as Jasper, Fable III

Martin Sheen as The Illusive Man, Mass Effect 2

Nathan Fillion as Sergeant Edward Buck, Halo: Reach

Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

Rob Wiethoff as John Marston, Red Dead Redemption

Sam Worthington as Alex Mason, Call of Duty: Black Ops


Best Performance by a Human Female:

Dame Judi Dench as M, James Bond 007: Blood Stone

Danica Patrick as Herself, Blur

Emmanuelle Chriqui as The Numbers Lady, Call of Duty: Black Ops

Felicia Day as Veronica Santangelo, Fallout: New Vegas

Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard (female version), Mass Effect 2

Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Yvonne Strahovski as Miranda Lawson, Mass Effect 2


Best Downloadable Game:

Costume Quest

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Monday Night Combat

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game


Best DLC:

BioShock 2: Minerva's Den

Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx

Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare


Best Independent Game:

Joe Danger

Limbo

Super Meat Boy

The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom


Most Anticipated Game:

Batman: Arkham City

BioShock: Infinite

Gears of War 3

Portal 2

 

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SSFIV Arcade Edition update

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If you don't fall into a food coma after all the food tonight happy fragging! And if you're gettin pwnd just remember those Indians been playing Black Ops long before you!

Fringe moving to Friday Night slot >:(

Hey whatcha doing friday night between 9 and 10 pm? Better yet what aren't you doing?
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FOX is announcing premiere dates of new and returning series, as well as revisions to its 2010-2011 midseason schedule, including AMERICAN IDOL moving to Wednesdays and Thursdays and GLEE continuing to lead off FOX’s Tuesday night of comedies featuring RAISING HOPE and the debut of MIXED SIGNALS.
The thrill continues when BONES moves to a new time period Thursdays (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) after AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) starting Jan. 20. Fan-favorite FRINGE will travel to a new night and time with all-new episodes beginning Friday, Jan. 28 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).Copied From: http://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/fox-schedule-changes-fringe-moves-to.html#ixzz162z1TCf6 Thanks for linking back. It really helps our site. Please leave the above link in.

Call of Duty: The Art of War

With another successful release in the Call of Duty franchise Activision proves that war is good for the economy!



With 5.6 M copies sold in the first 24 in the US, Black Ops actually outsold COD: MW2 by over 9M units!

That's $313,600,000.00 USD in 24 hours! It took a little over 2 months for Modern Warfare 2 to break 1 billion dollars in sales globally, Black Ops is well on the way to reaching that lofty record.

With numbers like these it proves that war is profitable...at least digitally these days, and Activision knows how to sell it! I thought it would be interesting to see the progression of the franchise from the original CoD launch trailer to the most recent Black Ops launch trailer. I find it fascinating how the early titles trailers have a more noble and honorable demeanor and the newer titles starting with Modern Warfare emphasize the extreme frenetic nature of warfare.

The CoD franchise is only 7 years old, and is showing no signs of slowing down, with each new title Activision proves that the gaming industry is rapidly overshadowing Hollywood.

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My friend Brad is hyping the crap out of B:LA and I just can't get that hyped for what looks like yet another ID4/War of the Worlds/Michael Bayesque summer flick....on the other hand Cowboys and Aliens seems original and you have Jon Favreau directing and Steven Spielburg executive producing with Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig! There's some certified talent there. It's been awhile since Harrison Ford has been in a movie that he seems right for but this role looks right for him. And Daniel Craig brings his usual badassery!

If I had to choose between B:LA and Cowboys and Aliens I'm spending my dead presidents on the latter.