Spike Video Game Awards full nominees list revealed

The nominees for Spike TV’s Video Game Awards (or VGA) have been fully revealed today.
Get ready for a lot of Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Portal 2, and Skyrim, which all deserve a spot. We have to admit though, there are a few games that seem to be missing from these nominees. Say for example, oh, I don’t know… Dead Space 2? See the full list of nominees below.

GAME OF THE YEAR

Batman: Arkham City

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Portal 2

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception



STUDIO OF THE YEAR

Bethesda Game Studios

Naughty Dog

Rocksteady Studios

Valve



BEST XBOX 360 GAME

Batman: Arkham City

Forza Motorsport 4

Gears of War 3

Portal 2



BEST PS3 GAME

inFAMOUS 2

Killzone 3

LittleBigPlanet 2

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception



BEST Wii GAME

Disney's Epic Mickey

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Lost in Shadow

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword



BEST PC GAME

Battlefield 3

Minecraft

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Portal 2



BEST HANDHELD/MOBILE GAME

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Infinity Blade

Super Mario 3D Land

Jetpack Joyride


BEST SHOOTER

Battlefield 3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Gears of War 3

Rage



BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Batman: Arkham City

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception



BEST RPG

Dark Souls

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Dragon Age II

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim



BEST MULTI-PLAYER

Battlefield 3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Gears of War 3

Portal 2



BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME

Fight Night Champion

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters

Top Spin 4

Virtua Tennis 4



BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME

FIFA Soccer 12

NBA 2K12

NHL 12

MLB '11: The Show


BEST DRIVING GAME

DiRT 3

Driver: San Francisco

Forza Motorsport 4

Need For Speed: The Run



BEST FIGHTING GAME

The King of Fighters XIII

Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds

Mortal Kombat

WWE All Stars



BEST MOTION GAME

Child of Eden

Dance Central 2

The Gunstringer

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword



BEST INDEPENDENT GAME

Bastion

Minecraft

Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP

The Binding of Isaac



BEST ADAPTED VIDEO GAME

Back to the Future: The Game

Batman: Arkham City

Captain America: Super Soldier

LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars



BEST SONG IN A GAME

"Build that Wall (Zia's Theme)" by Darren Korb – Bastion

"Exile Vilify" by The National – Portal 2

"I'm Not Calling You a Liar" by Florence + the Machine – Dragon Age II

"Setting Sail, Coming Home (End Theme)" by Darren Korb – Bastion

"Want You Gone" by Jonathan Coulton – Portal 2



BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Bastion

Batman: Arkham City

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Portal 2



BEST GRAPHICS

Batman: Arkham City

LA Noire

Rage

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception



BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE

J.K. Simmons as Cave Johnson – Portal 2

Mark Hamill as The Joker – Batman: Arkham City

Nolan North as Nathan Drake – Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Stephen Merchant as Wheatley – Portal 2



BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALE

Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer – Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Ellen McLain as GLaDOS – Portal 2

Emily Rose as Elena Fisher – Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Tara Strong as Harley Quinn – Batman: Arkham City



BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME

Bastion

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Stacking

Trenched



BEST DLC

Fallout: New Vegas – Old World Blues

Mass Effect 2: Arrival

Mortal Kombat: Freddy Krueger

Portal 2 Peer Review



MOST ANTICIPATED GAME

BioShock: Infinite

Diablo III

Halo 4

Mass Effect 3

The Last Guardian



GAMETRAILERS.COM TRAILER OF THE YEAR

Assassin's Creed: Revelations – E3 2011 Trailer

Batman: Arkham City – Hugo Strange Reveal Trailer

Dark Souls – Ignite '11 Debut Trailer

Dead Island – GDC 11 Cinematic Trailer

Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Purity First Infomercial

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – In-Game Debut Trailer

Hitman: Absolution – E3 2011 Trailer

Prey 2 – E3 2011 Trailer

Tomb Raider – E3 2011 Trailer

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception – E3 2011 Trailer

Source:
http://www.spike.com/articles/in9d1j/video-game-awards-portal-2-batman-arkham-city-lead-2011-vga-nominations

hmm, that looks interesting, it will be good to see who wins i think GOTY will be skyrim or batman for sure

its on MTV 2 and Spike.com on Saturday, December 10 at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT.

yeah, i gotta pick up some of those games

Yeah, there's a few there.

GOTY will be either Skyrim or UC3 (I think this'll be the one).

yeah, ill have to pick up those games soon

Yeah im pretty sure GOTY will be skyrim, im only really interested in MW3 and BF3 and skyrim tbh heard good and bad things about UC3 this year and next year im really just looking forward to just getting Far Cry 3 unless any thing else pops up , which i don't really know any other big releases next year?

oh mate, ME3 and Borderlands 2 are the big ones I'm hanging out for. Borderlands especially. My life will go when that comes out.

I just want MW3 to arrive already!!!
The rest are not as important atm

The one thing I'm not certain about is the Multiplayer aspect for ME3. I'll find out once they release the beta to all us folks who got the limited edition version of BF3.

yeah im not sure about borderlands , didn't really like the first one also Mass effect never played any of them so i couldnt tell if their good or not

Never played ME1 (just didn't have an xbox), but I loved ME2 - jsut need to finish my playthrough of Hard with my badass character to platinum it.

ive never played any of the mass effects...

Very good Rpg - Well, it's made by bioware one of the kings of wRPGs so you kind of know what you are getting into with them. I'll be interested to see how they finish the story. Here's the reveal trailer



and E3 2011 footage (its xbox unfortunately, but will give you a good feel for 3) and really makes me want to play again.