Uncharted 2 wins at Spike awards

[wraggster]

As predicted the Spike Video Game Awards show at the weekend featured the debut of a number of new games which had never before been seen or announced, including a sequel to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

Although little known outside the US, the show featured a series of game reveals and celebrity appearances, threatening to push the awards themselves into the background.

The most unexpected reveal was a sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum from Warner Bros, while other debuts included LucasArts' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Take-Two Interactive's Spec Ops: The Line, MTV Games' Green Day: Rock Band and a new title in Activision's True Crime series.

Previously announced games which choose to debut their first trailers during the show included Bungie's Halo: Reach, EA's new Medal of Honor, Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, THQ's UFC Undisputed 2010, Disney's Tron Evolution and TV tie-in Deadliest Warrior.

A more detailed trailer for Crackdown 2 was also unveiled for the first time - one of the few trailers to feature actual in-game footage rather than pre-rendered scenes.

In terms of the actual awards, the Game of the Year gong went to Naughty Dog's PlayStation 3 exclusive Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Studio of the Year went to UK team Rocksteady Studios, developer of Batman: Arkham Asylum.

A full list of award winners is as follows:

Game of the Year: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Studio of the Year: Rocksteady Studios
Best Independent Game Fueld by Dew: Flower
Best Xbox 360 Game: Left 4 Dead 2
Best PS3 Game: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Wii Game: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Best PC Game: Dragon Age: Origins
Best Handheld Game: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Best Shooter: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Best Fighting Game: Street Fighter IV
Best Action Adventure Game: Assassin's Creed II
Best RPG: Dragon Age: Origins
Best Multiplayer Game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Best Individual Sports Game: UFC 2009 Undisputed
Best Team Sports Game: NHL 10
Best Driving Game: Forza Motorsport 3
Best Music Game: The Beatles: Rock Band
Best Soundtrack: DJ Hero
Best Original Score: Halo 3: ODST
Best Graphics: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Game Based On A Movie/TV Show: South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!
Best Performance By A Human Female: Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Performance By A Human Male: Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Best Cast: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Best Voice: Jack Black in Brutal Legend
Best Downloadable Game: Shadow Complex
Best DLC: Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Most Anticipated Game of 2010: God of War III

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/uncharted-2-wins-at-spike-awards

[osgeld]

Spike TV's video game awards is nothing but a list of sponsors listed in the order in which they payed

[mmochel]

I agree, this list is just wrong. Uncharted 2 is game of the year?
And there is no mention of arkham asylum at all.

[symbal]

I gave up caring about award ceremonys a long time ago, i mean hell even the Oscars judges pick a lot of the winners based on financial, racial and political reasons so what chance does an award i never even heard of being a true reflection of game's quality.