Spike Video Game Awards

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The Spike Video Game Awards (VGA) is an award show that recognizes the best computer and video games of the year. Started in 2004, the Spike TV Video Game Awards garnered much attention, since video game awards were not common prior to its introduction.

1 Video Game Award Results
2 Parodies
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Video Game Award Results

[edit] 2007 Awards

Game of the Year: BioShock

Studio of the Year: Harmonix

Best Shooter: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Best RPG: Mass Effect

Best Military Game: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Best Individual Sports Game: Skate

Best Handheld Game: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Best Graphics: Crysis

Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show: The Simpsons Game

Best Rhythm Game: Rock Band

Best Driving Game: Colin McRae: Dirt

Best Action Game: Super Mario Galaxy

Best Team Sports Game: Madden NFL 08

Best Soundtrack: Rock Band

Breakthrough Technology: Portal

Best Xbox 360 Game: BioShock

Best Wii Game: Super Mario Galaxy

Best PS3 Game: Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Best PC Game: The Orange Box

Best Original Score: BioShock

Best Multiplayer Game: Halo 3

Most Addictive Video Game: Halo 3

[edit] 2006 Awards

For more details on this topic, see 2006 Spike Video Game Awards Results.

Game of the Year - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Before PS3 Version (Bethesda Softworks)
Action Game of the Year - Dead Rising (Capcom)
Best Individual Sports Game - Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Activision/Neversoft)
Best Team Sports Game - NBA 2K7 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)
Cyber Vixen of the Year - Alyx Vance - Half-Life 2: Episode One (Valve)
Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show - Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller's Tales)
Best Performance by a Human (male) - Patrick Stewart in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
Best Supporting Male Performance - James Gandolfini in The Sopranos: Road to Respect (THQ/7 Studios)
Best Performance by a Human (female) - Vida Guerra in Scarface: The World Is Yours (Vivendi/Radical Entertainment)
Best Supporting Female Performance - Rachael Leigh Cook in Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix)
Best Cast - Family Guy Video Game! (2K Games/High Voltage Software)
Best Song - "Lights and Sounds" by Yellowcard in Burnout Revenge (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
Best Soundtrack - Guitar Hero II (Red Octane/Harmonix)
Best Original Score - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
Studio of the Year - Cliff Bleszinski / Epic Games (Gears of War)
Best Driving Game Award - Burnout Revenge (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
Most Addictive Game - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
Best Fighting Game - Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (Midway Games)
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 Multiplayer Game - Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
Best Breakthrough Technology - Wii (Nintendo)
Best RPG - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
Best PC Game - Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
Best Wireless Game - SWAT Force (Vivendi/KAOLink)
Critic's Choice (released after 11/15/2006 and before 12/31/2006) - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)

[edit] Previous Awards

[edit] Parodies

The Video Game Awards were parodied on an episode of MADtv, highlighting the fictional 1st Annual Video Game Awards on June 21, 1977, hosted by Joe Namath (played by Michael McDonald) and Farrah Fawcett (played by Arden Myrin), musical guest The Jackson Five, and award presenter Mark Spitz (played by Ike Barinholtz). Pong and Asteroids were the only video games nominated for all of the awards presented, even though Asteroids wasn't released in the arcade until 1979. The categories shown in the sketch were "Best Graphics in a Video Game" (Asteroids wins), and "Most Realistic Sound in a Video Game" (Pong and Asteroids win in a tie). Bobby Lee accepts an award as a designer of Asteroids. Space Invaders is shown to display the future of video games, although it was released before Asteroids in 1978.^[1]