Spike TV in the US has announced the nominees and categories for the eighth annual VGAs, which will take place on December 11.


BioWare's Mass Effect 2 has been nominated in a total of ten categories, Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption follows closely with nine nominations.

A raft of game announcements are due at the awards, including a new Batman Arkham City trailer and BioWare's new game reveal.

Here's a few of the categories and nominees:

Game of the year
Mass Effect 2
Halo: Reach
Red Dead Redemption
God of War 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops

Studio of the year
BioWare
Blizzard Entertainment
Rockstar San Diego
Bungie

Best Xbox 360 game
Alan Wake
Halo: Reach
Mass Effect 2
Fable 3

Best PlayStation 3 game
God of War 3
Heavy Rain
ModNation Racers
Red Dead Redemption

Best PC game
Fallout: New Vegas
Mass Effect 2
Civilization V
StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty

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