Spike TV had their little video game awards show last night, and I'm sure you're dying to know who won what. You may be shocked by some of the choices. Others, you may just flat out pissed. Most of us, however, are probably pretty indifferent as it doesn't really mean anything 'cause the show is one big ad-fueled orgy of a spectacle (you see, our age demo, the young male, is like crack to an advertiser, so this award show is a good excuse to try to pull in major bank). Anyway, big winners below and more after the jump.
GAME OF THE YEAR
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Epic Games (Gears of War)
CRITIC'S CHOICE
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
The full, unedited list:
GAME OF THE YEAR
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
Tony Hawk Project 8 (Activision/Neversoft)
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
NBA2K7 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)
BEST SONG
"Lights and Sounds" by YellowCard in Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic
Arts/Criterion Games)
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Guitar Hero II (Red Octane/Harmonix)
STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Epic Games (Gears of War)
BEST WIRELESS GAME
SWAT Force (Vivendi/KAOLink)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - MALE
Patrick Stewart in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - FEMALE
Vida Guerra in Scarface: The World is Yours (Vivendi/Radical
Entertainment)
BEST CAST
Family Guy (2K Games/High Voltage Software)
MOST ADDICTIVE
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
CRITIC'S CHOICE
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
BEST DRIVING GAME AWARD
Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
BEST ACTION GAME
Dead Rising (Capcom)
CYBER VIXEN OF THE YEAR
Alyx Vance - Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (Valve)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Midway Games)
BEST PC GAME
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
BEST RPG
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST SHOOTER
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
BEST MILITARY GAME
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
BEST GRAPHICS
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
BEST HANDHELD GAME
New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY
WII (Nintendo)
BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller's Tales)
BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
James Gandolfini in The Sopranos: Road to Respect (THQ/7 Studios)
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Rachel Leigh Cook in Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix)
GAMERS CHOICE: BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Rosario Dawson in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
(Atari/The Collective)
GAMERS CHOICE: CHARACTER OF THE YEAR
"Jack Sparrow" portrayed by Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The
Legend of Jack Sparrow (Bethesda Softworks/7Studios/Buena Vista Games)
LAUNCH GALLERY (1 IMAGES)
| BBcode help |
| [b]Bold text[/b] |
Bold text |
| [i]Italic text[/i] |
Italic text |
| [url]http://www.dtoid.com/[/url] |
http://www.dtoid.com |
| [url=http://www.dtoid.com/]Web link[/url] |
Web link |
|
| [img]http://www.example.com/robot.jpg[/img] |
 |
Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
29 comments | showing # 1 to 29
|
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
Comments policy
Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?
Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!
Contest:
1:09 PM on 12.09.2006
| 
Hah!
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
Riiiiite.
GAME OF THE YEAR
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
Tony Hawk Project 8 (Activision/Neversoft)
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
NBA2K7 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)
BEST SONG
"Lights and Sounds" by YellowCard in Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic
Arts/Criterion Games)
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Guitar Hero II (Red Octane/Harmonix)
STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Epic Games (Gears of War)
BEST WIRELESS GAME
SWAT Force (Vivendi/KAOLink)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - MALE
Patrick Stewart in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - FEMALE
Vida Guerra in Scarface: The World is Yours (Vivendi/Radical
Entertainment)
BEST CAST
Family Guy (2K Games/High Voltage Software)
MOST ADDICTIVE
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
CRITIC'S CHOICE
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
BEST DRIVING GAME AWARD
Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
BEST ACTION GAME
Dead Rising (Capcom)
CYBER VIXEN OF THE YEAR
Alyx Vance - Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (Valve)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Midway Games)
BEST PC GAME
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
BEST RPG
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST SHOOTER
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
BEST MILITARY GAME
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
BEST GRAPHICS
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
BEST HANDHELD GAME
New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY
WII (Nintendo)
BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller's Tales)
BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
James Gandolfini in The Sopranos: Road to Respect (THQ/7 Studios)
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Rachel Leigh Cook in Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix)
GAMERS CHOICE: BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Rosario Dawson in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
(Atari/The Collective)
GAMERS CHOICE: CHARACTER OF THE YEAR
"Jack Sparrow" portrayed by Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The
Legend of Jack Sparrow (Bethesda Softworks/7Studios/Buena Vista Games)
I suppose it's good to recognize gaming except that the association with Spike and the games they choose (for the most part) seems to reinforce that video games are for big dumb guys who want to kill pretend shit on their mega wide screen penis extenders.
12/09/2006 14:42
"Two of my girlfriends got to go to the awards show. One was dating a winner... guess who?"
Patrick Stewart?!
zelda was of course out of pure fanboyism
Injustice. But...I guess I only own one of the games on that list, anyway..
Wii was under best technology and even though it was before the holiday rush thereby not giving Zelda a chance to be entered for game of the year....Gears of War was entered after mere days of its released.
Only thing I'm looking forward to with watching it is seeing if I can hear myself during it (which I'm hoping I can, I yelled fairly loud).
I think Spike TV/MTV is honestly trying harder, especially MTV with their recent acquisitions (GameTrailers, Xfire, Harmonix). They're not there yet and have a ways to go, but if let the community really get involved (especially a site such as this) it would help the credibility of it.
DUDE YOU WERE A TOTAL ASS, I SAT THREE ROWS BEHIND YOU WERE WEARING THE BLUE XFIRE SHIRT RIGHT?
SHEESH, SERIOUSLY THOUGHT, HUGE A-HOLE THROUGHOUT THE SHOW
Anyways, since no one takes the show seriously anyways I wanted to have a good time. I have zero regrets for what I did and said that night. Yes I was an ass, only because a lot of the show was a total mockery of videogame culture and I wasn't about to just let it go without me voicing my opinion. At least I got part of the crowd to heckle with twoards the end.
Most of the people I talked to enjoyed my heckling, I'm sorry you didn't though. Hope you didn't have o *gasp* pay for your ticket.
I'm sorry if I ruined the show for anyone. Heh, well now I am contradicting myself. But yeah, I had a good time, hopefully I didn't ruin your time there. :/