American cable TV channel Spike TV has announced the winners of its “Video Game Awards 2004”, in a live telecast held last night. Hosted by hiphop star Snoop Dogg,
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas won the most 'Vector Monkey' awards, with four wins to its name.
Despite some curious award categories, such as Best Performance By A Human, Cyber Vixen Of The Year and Best Song in A Video Game, and a presentation format which had some 'hardcore' gamers unhappy at the celebrity and sponsor-driven presentation, most of the winners appeared to be largely deserving of their accolades.
The victors were chosen by Spike TV’s advisory board, made up of a group of gaming industry experts, headed by former AIAS boss Gordon Bellamy, and numbering journalists including Geoff Keighley (Business 2.0, GameSpot), Chris Morris (CNN Money), and Noah Robischon (Entertainment Weekly). This was augmented by consumer voting in three separate categories.
The full winners of the Spike TV awards are as follows:
GAME OF THE YEAR
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay (Vivendi Universal Games)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN – FEMALE
Brooke Burke –
Need for Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN – MALE
Samuel L. Jackson –
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
CYBER VIXEN OF THE YEAR
BloodRayne –
BloodRayne 2 (Majesco Games)
BEST DRIVING GAME
Burnout 3: Takedown (Electronic Arts)
BEST SPORTS GAME
Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway)
BEST ACTION GAME
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
BEST FIRST PERSON ACTION
Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
BEST SONG IN A VIDEO GAME
Green Day “American Idiot” –
Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Jason Jones and Bungie Studios, for
Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios / Bungie Studios)
MOST ADDICTIVE GAME – VIEWERS CHOICE
Burnout 3: Takedown (Electronic Arts)
BEST GAMING PUBLICATION – FAN FAVORITE
Game Informer
BEST GAMING WEB SITE – FAN FAVORITE
www.gamespot.com
BEST MILITARY GAME
Call of Duty: Finest Hour (Activision)
BEST PC GAME
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games)
BEST WIRELESS GAME
Might and Magic (Gameloft)
BEST GRAPHICS
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games)
BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY
Nintendo DS (Nintendo)
BEST HANDHELD
Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo)
BEST MASS MULTI-PLAYER GAME
City of Heroes (NCsoft)
BEST RPG
Fable (Microsoft Game Studios)
