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[[Datei:The Event Horizon Telescope and Global mm-VLBI Array on the Earth.jpg|mini|Einzelobservatorien des Event Horizon Telescope]]
Das '''Event Horizon Telescope''' ('''EHT''', {{DeS|'''E'''reignis'''h'''orizont'''t'''eleskop}}) ist ein Verbund von [[Radioteleskop]]en, um mittels [[Very Long Baseline Interferometry|Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)]] weit entfernte [[Schwarzes Loch|Schwarze Löcher]] zu untersuchen. Radioteleskope auf der ganzen Welt nehmen dafür Signale auf, die durch die Schwarzen Löcher verursacht werden. Die sich daraus ergebenden Messreihen werden gespeichert (für Internet-Versand sind die Datenmengen zu groß) und auf Datenträgern ([[Rack]]s mit [[Festplattenlaufwerk|Festplatten]]<ref name="Nature-2017-03-23" />) zu Computerzentren (wie dem VLBI-Korrelator am Bonner [[Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie]]) gebracht, wo sie ausgewertet werden. Der große Abstand der Teleskope auf der Erdoberfläche macht dabei eine [[Winkelauflösung]] möglich, die weit über jener der einzelnen Radioteleskope liegt.

Die ersten beiden Ziele des Verbunds sind das [[Supermassereiches Schwarzes Loch|supermassereiche Schwarze Loch]] [[Sagittarius A*]] im [[Galaktisches Zentrum|Zentrum der Milchstraße]] und das Schwarze Loch im Zentrum der elliptischen Riesengalaxie [[Messier 87|M87]]. Damit sollen Vorhersagen der [[Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie|Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie]] überprüft sowie Erklärungsansätze zur Entstehung der äußerst energetischen [[Jet (Astronomie)|Jets]] supermassereicher Schwarzer Löcher gefunden werden.<ref name="Nature-2017-03-23" /><ref name="m87-i" />

Erste Vorschläge, wie der Ereignishorizont mit zusammengeschalteten Radioteleskopen beobachtet werden könnte, wurden im Jahr 2000 von [[Heino Falcke (Astronom)|Heino Falcke]], [[Fulvio Melia]] und [[Eric Agol]] gemacht<ref>Falcke, Melia, Agol: ''Viewing the Shadow of the Black Hole at the Galactic Center'', Astroph. J. Letters, Band 528, 2000, S. 13, {{bibcode|2000ApJ...528L..13F}}, [[doi:10.1086/312423]].</ref>. Die Pläne für das EHT wurden konkretisiert bei einem Treffen der [[Radioastronomie|Radioastronomen]] im Januar 2012 in [[Tucson]] („Bringing Black Holes into Focus: The Event Horizon Telescope“). Beobachtet wird bei einer Wellenlänge von 1,3 mm (230 GHz); Beobachtungen bei noch kürzeren Wellenlängen (0,87 mm, entsprechend 345 GHz) sind 2019 in Vorbereitung.<ref>[https://eventhorizontelescope.org/moving-towards-higher-observing-frequencies Moving towards higher observing frequencies], EHT, abgerufen am 14. Januar 2020</ref> Das Schlüsselelement zum Erfolg des EHTs ist, dass das Radio-Interferometer [[Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array|ALMA]] im Jahr 2016 bei 230 GHz VLBI-fähig gemacht wurde (ebenso im 86-GHz-Band, entsprechend 3,5 mm Wellenlänge, im [[Global Millimeter VLBI Array]], GMVA). Es nahm am Anfang April 2017 erstmals an VLBI-Beobachtungen bei 86 GHz (GMVA) und 230 GHz (EHT) teil, was die Auflösung in Nord-Süd-Richtung um einen Faktor drei und die Empfindlichkeit stark verbesserte.<ref>Sara Issaoun et al.: ''The Size, Shape, and Scattering of Sagittarius A* at 86 GHz: First VLBI with ALMA.'' ApJ, 2019, [[doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaf732]], [[arXiv:1901.06226]].</ref><ref> The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration et al.: ''First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole.'' 2019 ApJL 875 L1' [[doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ab0ec7]].</ref>

Direktor des EHTs ist seit August 2020 Huib Jan van Langevelde. Gründungsdirektor ist [[Shep Doeleman]]. Der Vorsitzende des EHT-Boards ist Colin J. Lonsdale; Gründungsvorsitzender des Boards ist [[Anton Zensus]]. Der wissenschaftliche Beirat wird von Daniel Marrone, Nachfolger von [[Heino Falcke (Astronom)|Heino Falcke]] geleitet. Der EHT-Kooperation wurden der [[Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics]] und die [[Albert-Einstein-Medaille]] (jeweils für 2020) zugesprochen.

== Schwarzes Loch in der Galaxie M87 ==
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[[Datei:Black hole - Messier 87 crop max res.jpg|mini|Erste veröffentlichte Darstellung des „Schattens“ und der [[Akkretion (Astronomie)|Akkretionszuflüsse]] eines [[Schwarzes Loch|Schwarzen Lochs]], berechnet aus Aufnahmen des Event-Horizon-Teleskops (Kern der Galaxie [[Messier 87]])]]
[[Datei:JCMT mirror from behind.jpg|mini|Rückseite des 15 Meter großen [[James Clerk Maxwell Telescope|James-Clerk-Maxwell-Teleskops]]]]

Am 10. April 2019 wurden die ersten hochauflösenden Aufnahmen des [[Aktiver Galaxienkern|aktiven Kerns]] der Galaxie [[M 87|M87]] der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt.<ref>{{Internetquelle |autor=European Commission |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=Dr20f19czeE |titel=Breakthrough discovery in astronomy: press conference |datum=2019-04-10 |abruf=2019-04-10}}</ref> Dabei handelte es sich um das Endergebnis einer monatelangen Analyse mit komplexen Bildverarbeitungsalgorithmen und Ausschluss von Störeffekten.<ref>{{Internetquelle| url=https://www.golem.de/news/wissenschaft-kein-foto-von-einem-schwarzen-loch-1904-140774.html| titel=Kein Foto von einem schwarzen Loch| werk=[[Golem.de]]| autor=Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer| datum=2019-04-19| zugriff=2019-04-19}}</ref><ref>The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration: ''[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab0e85#apjlab0e85s5 First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Imaging the Central Supermassive Black Hole].'' The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 10. April 2019.</ref> M87 ist 55 Millionen Lichtjahre von der Erde entfernt, und das Schwarze Loch im Zentrum hat eine Masse, die vor der nunmehr vorliegenden Beobachtung mit dem EHT auf 6,6 Milliarden Sonnenmassen geschätzt wurde. Abgebildet wurden erstmals die durch [[Gravitation]] ringförmig verzerrt abgebildeten [[Akkretion (Astronomie)|Akkretionsflüsse]] von aufgeheizter Materie um ein Schwarzes Loch. Der dargestellte Ring hat einen Durchmesser von 42 ± 3 Mikro-[[Bogensekunde]]n und eine Breite von weniger als 20 Mikro-Bogensekunden. Der innere Rand des Rings kann aus dem Vergleich mit verschiedenen Computersimulationen mit dem sogenannten [[Kerr-Metrik#Besondere Flächen|Schatten]] des Schwarzen Lochs identifiziert werden. Als Schatten wird die gravitativ verzerrte Projektion des Bereichs bezeichnet, aus dem kein Licht entkommt und der durch den Photonenorbit begrenzt ist, auf dem das eingefangene Licht das Schwarze Loch umkreist und durch Störungen entweder entkommen kann oder vom Schwarzen Loch aufgenommen wird. Das Schwarze Loch rotiert bei Draufsicht von der Erde wie in den veröffentlichten Abbildungen im Uhrzeigersinn. Die hellen Stellen am unteren Rand des Rings sind durch eine um 17 bis 18 Grad zur Sichtlinie des Betrachters geneigte Rotationsachse und [[relativistisches Beaming]] in Richtung des Beobachters erklärbar.<ref name="m87-i">Kazunori Akiyama u. a. (Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration): First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole, Astroph. J. Letters, 10. April 2019, [https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab0ec7 IOPScience]</ref> Der [[Schwarzschildradius]] als kennzeichnende Größe für den Ereignishorizont beträgt dagegen 4 bis 7 Mikrobogensekunden, der dunkle Bereich im Bild entspricht dem sogenannten ''Schatten'' des Schwarzen Lochs, der sich aus Gravitationslinseneffekten der Photonemissionen in unmittelbarer Nähe des Schwarzen Lochs ergibt. Er ist bis zu fünfmal größer als der Ereignishorizont.<ref>[https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressemeldungen/2017/5 Tief im Innern von M 87], MPI Radioastronomie, 20. April 2017</ref> Die berechneten Bilder zeigen sehr gute Übereinstimmung mit Simulationen auf Basis der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie und übertraf die Erwartungen und überraschte beteiligte Wissenschaftler wie [[Anton Zensus]], den Direktor des Bonner [[Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie|Max-Planck-Instituts für Radioastronomie]].<ref name="faz">Sybille Anderl, Thiemo Heeg, Tor zur Hölle, Frankfurter Allgemeine Woche, Nr. 16, 12. April 2019, S. 60</ref>

Eine direkte Verbindung zum Jet von M 87 ergibt sich nicht aus den Aufnahmen. Aufgrund der Neigung der Rotationsachse zur Sichtlinie und relativistischen Effekten ist auch im Optischen nur einer der beiden Jets von M 87 zu erkennen.

Viele Aussagen ergeben sich aus dem Vergleich der Bilder mit Computersimulationen (durchgeführt von der Gruppe von [[Luciano Rezzolla]] von der Universität Frankfurt), aufgrund der Verzerrung durch die starke Gravitation sind aber die Rückschlüsse auf die zugrundeliegenden Szenarien nicht immer eindeutig – beispielsweise würde sich ein ähnliches Bild ergeben, wenn man auf die Kante einer strahlenden Plasmascheibe um das Schwarze Loch sieht, da durch die Raumzeitkrümmung Ober- und Unterseite gleichzeitig sichtbar wären.<ref>Ulf von Rauchhaupt, Eine nackte Singularität ist es schon mal nicht, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 14. April 2019, S. 57</ref> Die Vergleiche reichen für eine Abschätzung der Masse des Schwarzen Lochs zu 6,5 ± 0,7 Milliarden Sonnenmassen, nicht aber für eine Festlegung des Drehimpulses. Bei einem rotierenden Schwarzen Loch verändert sich die Form des Ereignishorizonts ([[Kerr-Metrik]]), die Abweichung beträgt aber nur rund vier Prozent und hängt vom Blickwinkel ab. Ausgeschlossen werden kann eine [[Nackte Singularität]], da der Schatten kleiner und deutlich asymmetrischer wäre.

An der Entstehung der Bilder (insgesamt entstanden vier jeweils an einem Beobachtungstag) waren an vier Tagen im April 2017 acht Teleskope beteiligt. Die acht Teleskope waren weltweit verteilt: in [[Arizona]] (SMT, [[Heinrich-Hertz-Teleskop|Submillimeter Telescope]]), [[Chile]] ([[Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array]] (Alma) und [[Atacama Pathfinder Experiment]], Apex), [[Hawaii]] ([[Submillimeter Array]], SMA, [[James Clerk Maxwell Telescope]], JCMT), [[Mexiko]] ([[Large Millimeter Telescope]], LMT), in der [[Antarktis]] am Südpol ([[South Pole Telescope]]) und in [[Spanien]] ([[Pico del Veleta]] in der Sierra Nevada, das 30 m [[Institut für Radioastronomie im Millimeterbereich|IRAM Teleskop]], PV). Die effektive Auflösung des Teleskops, die sich aus der Zusammenschaltung der Einzelteleskope ergibt, entspricht dem weitesten Abstand der Beobachtungsstationen (11.000 km); nicht jedoch die Lichtsammelleistung. Die entspricht nur der Summe der beteiligten Teleskope. Die Winkelauflösung entspricht der Auflösung eines Tennisballs auf dem Mond bei Beobachtung von der Erde. Inzwischen ist das EHT Netzwerk noch erweitert worden. Die sehr umfangreichen Daten (viele Petabytes, jedes der acht Teleskope lieferte täglich rund 350 Terabyte),<ref name="faz" /> deren physischer Transport zum Beispiel aus der Antarktis ein besonderes Problem darstellte, mussten dann zeitlich und bezüglich der Teleskopausrichtung exakt verglichen werden. Die Datenauswertung erfolgte am Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie und am MIT-Haystack-Observatorium und zog sich zwei Jahre hin, nicht nur wegen der Zusammensetzung der Daten der verschiedenen Teleskope, sondern auch weil die beteiligten Wissenschaftler sichergehen wollten, dass sie am Ende der komplexen Prozedur der Bilderstellung wirklich eine direkte Aufnahme eines Schwarzen Lochs vor sich hatten. Beteiligt waren über 200 Wissenschaftler aus 20 Nationen und von 59 Institutionen. An den vier Beobachtungstagen am 5., 6., 10. und 11. April 2017 herrschte ein Fenster guten Wetters auf allen acht Stationen.<ref>[https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2041-8205/page/Focus_on_EHT Shep Doeleman: Focus on the First Event Horizon Telescope Results], Astroph. J. Letters, April 2019</ref>

Gleichzeitig entstanden Bilder von [[Sagittarius A*]], dem supermassiven Schwarzen Loch im Zentrum der Milchstraße, die inzwischen weiter verbessert wurden. Dieses erscheint etwa gleich groß (es ist zwar mit 26.000 Lichtjahren deutlich – etwa tausendmal – näher, das Schwarze Loch in M 87 dafür aber rund tausendmal schwerer), ist aber dynamischer und die Bilder deshalb unschärfer. Die Materie in unmittelbarer Nähe zirkuliert bei Sagittarius A im Abstand einiger Minuten und nicht in einigen Tagen wie bei M 87.<ref>[https://astronomy.com/news/2019/04/event-horizon-telescope-releases-first-ever-black-hole-image Korey Haynes, Event Horizon Telescope releases first ever black hole image], Astronomy.com, 10. April 2019</ref> Die Bilder von Sagittarius A sollen ebenfalls bald der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt werden (Stand: April 2019).<ref>Johann Grolle, Blick ins Nichts, Der Spiegel, Nr. 16, 13. April 2004, S. 94–103, hier S. 96f</ref> In den bisher präsentierten Aufnahmen ist noch kein Schatten zu sehen, sie werden aber noch um Streueffekte im interstellaren Raum zwischen Erde und Sagittarius A korrigiert.<ref>[https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressemeldungen/2019/1 Lüftung des Schleiers um das Schwarze Loch im Zentrum unserer Milchstraße], MPG für Radioastronomie, 21. Januar 2019</ref>

Gegenwärtig (2019) sind nur die Schatten der Schwarzen Löcher von M 87 und unserer Milchstraße groß genug, um beobachtet zu werden.<ref>Ulf von Rauchhaupt, Eine nackte Singularität ist es schon mal nicht, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 14. April 2019, S. 56</ref>

[[Datei:Sagittarius A*.jpg|mini|hochkant=1.0|Röntgenbild von [[Sagittarius A*]] und zwei [[Lichtecho]]s (markiert) einer früheren Explosion]]

== Teilnehmende Institutionen ==
Zu den teilnehmenden Institutionen gehören:<ref name="collaborators" />
<div style="column-width:20em">
* [[Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array]] (ALMA)
* [[Atacama Pathfinder Experiment]] (APEX)
* Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik der [[Academia Sinica]] (ASIAA)
* [[Arizona Radio Observatory]] (Teil des [[Steward Observatory]]) der [[University of Arizona]]
* [[Caltech-Submillimeter-Observatorium]]
* [[Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-Wave Astronomy]] (CARMA)
* [[Europäische Südsternwarte]] (ESO)
* [[Georgia State University]]
* [[Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main]]
* [[Greenland Telescope]] (GLT)
* [[Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics]]
* [[Submillimeter Array]]
* [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
* [[Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica]] (INAOE)
* [[Institut für Radioastronomie im Millimeterbereich]] (IRAM)
* [[East Asian Observatory]] (Kooperation von [[Academia Sinica#Forschungseinrichtungen|ASIAA]], [[Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute|KASI]], [[Nationale Astronomische Observatorien der Chinesischen Akademie der Wissenschaften|NAOC]] und [[National Astronomical Observatory of Japan|NAOJ]]) / [[James Clerk Maxwell Telescope]]
* [[Large Millimeter Telescope]] (LMT)
* [[MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory]] (CSAIL)
* [[Haystack Observatory]] ([[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]])
* [[Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik]]
* [[Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie]]
* [[National Astronomical Observatory of Japan]] (NAOJ)
* [[National Radio Astronomy Observatory]] (NRAO)
* [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF)
* [[Weltraumobservatorium Onsala]]
* [[Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics]]
* [[Radboud-Universität Nijmegen]]
* [[Astronomisches Observatorium Shanghai]] (SHAO)
* [[Universidad de Concepción]]
* [[Nationale Autonome Universität von Mexiko]] (UNAM)
* [[Radio Astronomy Laboratory]] / [[University of California, Berkeley]]
* [[South Pole Telescope]] / [[University of Chicago]]
* [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]]
* [[University of Michigan]]
</div>

== Literatur ==
* Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration: ''First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results'', Astrophysical Journal Letters:
** I: The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole, Band 875, 2019, L1, [https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.11238 Arxiv]
** II: Array and Instrumentation, Band 875, 2019, L 2, [https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.11239 Arxiv]
** III: Data Processing and Calibration, Band 875, 2019, L 3, [https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.11240 Arxiv]
** IV: Imaging the Central Supermassive Black Hole, Band 875, 2019, L 4, [https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.11241 Arxiv]
** V: Physical Origin of the Asymmetric Ring, Band 875, 2019, L 5, [https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.11242 Arxiv]
** VI. The Shadow and Mass of the Central Black Hole, Band 875, 2019, L6, [https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.11243 Arxiv]
* Oliver Porth u. a.: ''The Event Horizon General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Code Comparison Project'', [https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.04923 Arxiv 2019]
* Vincent Fish u. a. (Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration): ''Observing---and Imaging---Active Galactic Nuclei with the Event Horizon Telescope'', Galaxies, Band 4, 2016, [https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.03034 Arxiv 2016]
* D. Psaltis, S. Doeleman: ''Wie vermisst man ein Schwarzes Loch?'' In: [[Spektrum der Wissenschaft]] 2/16, [[Spektrum der Wissenschaft Verlagsgesellschaft]], Heidelberg 2016, {{ISSN|0170-2971}}
* J. A. Zensus u. a.: [http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/mitteilungen/2015/6 Ein Scharfer Blick auf Schwarze Löcher], Pressemitteilung vom [[Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie]] (21. April 2015)

== Weblinks ==
* [http://eventhorizontelescope.org/ Event Horizon Telescope], mit [https://eventhorizontelescope.org/publications Publikationsverzeichnis]
* [https://www.mpg.de/13309037/interview-zensus-eht „Eine verblüffende Übereinstimmung mit der Theorie“], MPI Radioastronomie, 10. April 2019 (Interview mit Anton Zensus)

== Einzelnachweise ==
<references>
<ref name="Nature-2017-03-23">{{Literatur
|Autor=Davide Castelvecchi
|Titel=How to hunt for a black hole with a telescope the size of Earth
|Sammelwerk=[[Nature]]
|Band=543
|Nummer=7646
|Datum=2017-03-23
|Seiten=478–480
|DOI=10.1038/543478a
}}</ref>
<ref name="collaborators">{{Internetquelle
|url = http://eventhorizontelescope.org/collaborators/index.html
|titel = Collaborators
|werk = eventhorizontelescope.org
|sprache = en
|zugriff = 2017-03-27
|offline = ja
|archiv-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170415023631/http://eventhorizontelescope.org/collaborators/index.html
|archiv-datum = 2017-04-15
|archiv-bot = 2018-04-09 05:09:30 InternetArchiveBot
}}</ref>
</references>

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'''Spike Video Game Awards''' ('''VGA''') is an annual [[award show]] hosted by [[Spike TV]] that recognizes the best [[personal computer game|computer]] and [[video game]]s of the year. The VGAs feature live music performances and appearances by popular performers in music, movies, and television. Additionally, preview trailers for upcoming games are highlighted. The show is produced by ''[[GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley|GameTrailers TV's]]'' [[Geoff Keighley]]. The event has been held at various locations in Los Angeles and [[Santa Monica, California]] as well as [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas, Nevada]]. The first event was held on December 2, 2003 (aired on December 4, 2003). Spike's first ever [[Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame|Video Game Hall of Fame]] award, given to ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', was announced at the 2011 VGAs.<ref name="2011vga" />

The 2012 Spike Video Game Awards, which was the tenth anniversary, was held on December 7, 2012.

==2012 Awards==
The 2012 VGAs (promoted as ''VGA 10'' for the tenth anniversary) was held on December 7, 2012 at [[Sony Pictures Studios]] in [[Culver City, California]]. [[Samuel L. Jackson]] returned to host for a fourth time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gamerant.com/spike-video-game-awards-nominees-2013/|title=2012 Spike Video Game Awards Nominees Announced|date=November 15, 2012|last=Taormina|first=Anthony|publisher=Game Rant|accessdate=2012-11-16}}</ref> For the first time, the awards were broadcast on [[Xbox Live]]. Live users could "play" the show as it aired live. Responses to poll questions were tabulated in real time on screen for the Xbox Live audience and users with [[Xbox SmartGlass]] devices got a unique second-screen experience that updated in real time alongside the show content. Additionally, Spike TV and ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' partnered to create the first-ever "Entertainment Weekly and Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade" award. Exclusive world premieres that debuted at VGA 10 include [[Naughty Dog]]'s ''[[The Last of Us]]'', [[Epic Games]]' ''[[Gears of War: Judgment]]'', [[Obsidian Entertainment]]'s ''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth]]'', [[Konami]]'s ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2]]'', [[Irrational Games]]' ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'', [[Crystal Dynamics]]' ''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]'', [[Ubisoft]]'s ''[[Assassin's Creed III#The Tyranny of King Washington|Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington]]'', and [[343 Industries]]' ''[[Halo 4: Spartan Ops]]''. Two new games were announced, including ''[[Dark Souls II]]'' from [[From Software]], and a new game from [[Moby Dick Studio]] called ''[[The Phantom Pain (video game)|The Phantom Pain]]''. The event also had appearances from all past hosts of the VGAs except [[David Spade]]. The event featured musical performances by [[Linkin Park]], [[Tenacious D]], [[Gustavo Santaolalla]] and [[Wolfgang Gartner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/6gv02m/video-game-awards-vga-hosts-from-past-10-years-to-join-vga-ten|title=VGA Hosts From Past 10 Years to Join VGA Ten|date=November 29, 2012|author=Spike TV|publisher=spike.com|accessdate=2012-12-03}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
| ''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
| [[Telltale Games]], ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
|
*[[343 Industries]], ''Halo 4''
*[[Arkane Studios]], ''Dishonored''
*[[Gearbox Software]], ''Borderlands 2''
|-
|Character of the Year
| Claptrap, ''Borderlands 2''
|
*[[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]], ''Assassin's Creed III''
*[[Commander Shepard]], ''Mass Effect 3''
*[[Master Chief (Halo)|Master Chief]], ''Halo 4''
*Raul Menendez, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II''
|-
|Entertainment Weekly and
Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[BioShock]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
*''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''
*''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
*''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''
*''[[Wii Sports]]''
*''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
| ''[[Halo 4]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
|-
|Best Wii/Wii U Game
| ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|
*''[[The Last Story]]''
*''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''
*''[[ZombiU]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[XCOM: Enemy Unknown]]''
|
*''[[Diablo III]]''
*''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
*''[[Torchlight II]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
| ''[[Borderlands 2]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Max Payne 3]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
| ''[[Dishonored]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Darksiders II]]''
*''[[Sleeping Dogs (video game)|Sleeping Dogs]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|
*''[[Diablo III]]''
*''[[Torchlight II]]''
*''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''
|-
|Best Multi-player Game
| ''[[Borderlands 2]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[SSX (2012 video game)|SSX]]''
|
*''[[Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational]]''
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13]]''
*''[[WWE '13]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K13]]''
|
*''[[FIFA Soccer 13]]''
*''[[Madden NFL 13]]''
*''[[NHL 13]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game)|Need for Speed: Most Wanted]]''
|
*''[[DiRT: Showdown]]''
*''[[F1 2012 (video game)|F1 2012]]''
*''[[Forza Horizon]]''
|-
|Best Song in a Game
|"Cities" by [[Beck]], ''Sound Shapes''
|
*"[[Castle of Glass]]" by [[Linkin Park]], ''Medal of Honor: Warfighter''
*"I Was Born for This" by [[Austin Wintory]], ''Journey''
*"Tears" by [[Health (band)|Health]], ''Max Payne 3''
|-
|Best Original Score
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Max Payne 3]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
| ''[[Halo 4]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Dust: An Elysian Tail]]''
*''[[Fez (video game)|Fez]]''
*''[[Mark of the Ninja]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
| ''[[Persona 4 Arena]]''
|
*''[[Dead or Alive 5]]''
*''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]]''
*''[[Tekken Tag Tournament 2]]''
|-
|Best Handheld/Mobile Game
|''[[Sound Shapes]]''
|
*''[[Gravity Rush]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet PS Vita]]''
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
| Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
|
*[[Emma Stone]] as Amanda Cartwright, ''Sleeping Dogs''
*[[Jen Taylor]] as [[Cortana]], ''Halo 4''
*[[Jennifer Hale]] as [[Commander Shepard|Commander Shepard (female version)]], ''Mass Effect 3''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
| [[Dameon Clarke]] as Handsome Jack, ''Borderlands 2''
|
*[[Dave Fennoy]] as Lee Everret, ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
*[[James McCaffrey]] as [[Max Payne (character)|Max Payne]], ''Max Payne 3''
*[[Nolan North]] as Captain Martin Walker, ''Spec Ops: The Line''
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
*''[[Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two]]''
*''[[Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes]]''
*''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]''
|-
|Best DLC
| ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard]]''
|
*''[[Mass Effect 3#Downloadable content|Mass Effect 3 - Leviathan]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2#Mechromancer Pack (Premiere Club)|Borderlands 2 - Mechromancer Pack]]''
*''[[Portal 2#Downloadable content|Portal 2 - Perpetual Testing Initiative]]''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
| ''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
*''[[Fez (video game)|Fez]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
*''[[Sound Shapes]]''
|-
|Best Social Game
|''[[You Don't Know Jack (Facebook game)|You Don't Know Jack]]''
|
*''[[Draw Something]]''
*''[[Marvel: Avengers Alliance]]''
*''[[SimCity Social]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''
|
*''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
*''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth]]''
*''[[The Last of Us]]''
*''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]''
|-
|}

==Previous winners==
===2011 Awards===
The 2011 VGAs were held Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the [[Sony Pictures Studios]] in [[Culver City, California]], hosted by [[Zachary Levi]].<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview"/> The awards previewed world premieres of ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Patriots]]'', ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'', ''[[Alan Wake's American Nightmare]]'', ''[[Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'', ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD]]'', ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)#video game|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', the exclusive PlayStation 3 game ''[[The Last of Us]]'' developed by [[Naughty Dog]], ''[[Command & Conquer: Generals 2]]'' from [[BioWare Victory]], and ''[[Fortnite]]'' from [[Epic Games]]. New trailers for both ''[[Hitman: Absolution]]'' and ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' were aired during the show, as well as a pre-show announcement for ''[[Tekken Tag Tournament 2]]''. [[Mark Burnett]] was the Executive Producer for the event, and for the first time, the VGAs aired live on [[MTV 2]] (US), [[Spike.com]] (US) and [[Ginx TV]] (UK), in addition to Spike TV. The winners, as well as world premiere trailers, were announced during a pre-show red carpet live event hosted by GTTV's [[Amanda MacKay]] and Daniel Kayser. The 2011 VGAs also honored ''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise with its first ever "Video Game Hall of Fame Award".<ref name="2011vga">{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/press/2011/11/16/spike-announces-first-video-game-hall-of-fame-award-and-complete-list-of-vga-nominees/|title=Spike Announces VGA Nominees & Honors "Legend Of Zelda" With First Ever Video Game Hall Of Fame Award|date=2011-11-16|author=Spike Press Release|publisher=Spike|accessdate=2011-11-19}}</ref> Another unique award at the 2011 VGAs was the ''NFL Blitz'' Cover Athlete award. This award, determined by live online voting during the event (just like Character of the Year), determined which NFL athlete would be on the cover of the [[EA Sports]] game, ''[[NFL Blitz (2012 video game)|NFL Blitz]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/fvto8s/video-game-awafrds-nfl-blitz-cover-athlete-to-be-determined-live-by-vga-fans|title=NFL Blitz Cover Athlete To Be Determined Live By VGA Fans|date=2011-12-06|author=VGA|publisher=Spike.com|accessdate=2011-12-10}}</ref>

With appearances by [[will.i.am]], [[LL Cool J]], [[Felicia Day]], [[Kevin Jonas]], [[Seth Green]], [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], [[Tony Hawk]], [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Stacy Keibler]], [[Charlie Sheen]], [[Hideo Kojima]], and musical performances by [[Black Keys]] and [[Deadmau5]].

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
| [[Game of the Year]]
||''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
|
*''[[Batman: Arkham City ]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
*''[[Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''The Elders Scrolls V: Skyrim''
|
*[[Naughty Dog]], ''Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception''
*[[Rocksteady Studios]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
*[[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''Portal 2''
|-
|Gamer God
|[[Blizzard Entertainment]]''
|N/A
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
|
*[[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Marcus Fenix]], ''Gears Of War 3''
*[[Wheatley (Portal)|Wheatley]], ''Portal 2''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
*''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]''
|
*''[[inFAMOUS 2]]''
*''[[Killzone 3]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet 2]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
|
*''[[Epic Mickey]]''
*''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''
*''[[Lost in Shadow]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Minecraft]]''
*''[[The Witcher 2]]''
|-
|Best Handheld/Mobile Game
|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|
*''[[Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]]''
*''[[Infinity Blade]]''
*''Jetpack Joyride''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]''
|
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
*''[[RAGE]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
*''[[Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
|
*''[[Dark Souls]]''
*''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]''
*''[[Dragon Age II]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Fight Night Champion]]''
|
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters]]''
*''[[Top Spin 4]]''
*''[[Virtua Tennis 4]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K12]]''
|
*''[[FIFA Soccer 12]]''
*''[[NHL 12]]''
*''[[MLB 11: The Show]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''
|
*''[[DiRT 3]]''
*''[[Driver: San Francisco]]''
*''[[Need for Speed: The Run]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''
|
*''[[The King of Fighters XIII]]''
*''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''
*''[[WWE All Stars]]''
|-
|Best Motion Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
|
*''[[Child of Eden]]''
*''[[Dance Central 2]]''
*''[[The Gunstringer]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Minecraft]]''
|
*''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''
*''[[Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP]]''
*''[[The Binding of Isaac (video game)|The Binding of Isaac]]''
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
*''[[Back to the Future: The Game]]''
*''[[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 (video game)|Bastion]]''
|
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[LA Noire]]''
*''[[RAGE]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Stephen Merchant]] as [[Wheatley (Portal)|Wheatley]], ''Portal 2''
|
*[[J.K. Simmons]] as [[Cave Johnson]], ''Portal 2''
*[[Mark Hamill]] as [[The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
*[[Nolan North]] as [[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Ellen McLain]] as [[GLaDOS]], ''Portal 2''
|
*[[Claudia Black]] as [[Chloe Frazer]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Emily Rose (actress)|Emily Rose]] as [[Elena Fisher]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Tara Strong]] as [[Harley Quinn]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''
|
*''[[Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet]]''
*''[[Stacking (video game)|Stacking]]''
*''[[Iron Brigade (video game)|Iron Brigade]]''
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Portal 2#Downloadable content|Portal 2 Peer Review]]''
|
*''[[Fallout: New Vegas|Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blue]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 2: Arrival]]''
*''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat:]]'' ''[[Freddy Krueger]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|
*''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
*''[[Diablo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[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]]'', [[Game Developers Conference|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
|-
|''NFL Blitz'' Cover Athlete
|[[Ray Rice]]
|
*[[Roddy White]]
*[[Patrick Willis]]
|}

===2010 Awards===
The 2010 VGAs were held Saturday, December 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California at the L.A. Convention Center and returned to using a host which was [[Neil Patrick Harris]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chiff.com/recreation/video-game-awards.htm | publisher=Chiff.com | accessdate=2010-11-14 | title=2010 Spike TV Video Game Awards, nominees, Winners, TV Schedule}}</ref> Unlike previous years, all the awards were not awarded during the show.

Several new games were announced which include [[BioWare]]'s announcement of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', ''[[Prototype 2 (video game)|Prototype 2]]'', ''[[Insane (2013 video game)|Insane]]'' from acclaimed movie director [[Guillermo del Toro]], ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'', ''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'' featuring [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''[[Resistance 3]]'', ''[[Portal 2]]'', ''[[SSX: Deadly Descents]]'', and ''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''. ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'' had another [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] trailer debut and the first trailer of ''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]'' aired during the awards.

With appearances by the cast members of ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'', [[Danny DeVito]], [[Kaitlin Olson]], [[Rob McElhenney]], Academy Award Nominated Director [[Guillermo del Toro]], ''Halo: Reach'' star and VGA Nominee [[Nathan Fillion]], ''[[Thor: God of Thunder]]'' star [[Chris Hemsworth]], [[Olivia Munn]], [[AnnaLynne McCord]], and [[Tony Hawk]], among others. Including musical performances by award winning violinist [[Diana Yukawa]],<ref name="Diana Yukawa Performs at Video Game Awards">Diana Yukawa Performs Halo Music at [http://www.dianayukawa.co.uk/Latest_Solo_Violinist_Performs_Halo_Music_at_2010_Video_Game_Awards_in_LA.html Video Game Awards]</ref> [[My Chemical Romance]] and [[José González]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/event/vga|title=Spike Video Game Awards 2010}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
| Game of the Year
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
* ''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[BioWare]], ''Mass Effect 2''
|
* [[Blizzard Entertainment]], ''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''
* [[Bungie Studios]], ''Halo: Reach''
* [[Rockstar San Diego]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[List of Call of Duty characters#Protagonists|Sgt. Frank Woods]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
|
* [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War III''
* [[List of Red Dead Redemption characters|John Marston]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
* [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|
* ''[[Alan Wake]]''
* ''[[Fable III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]''
* ''[[ModNation Racers]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''
* ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''
* ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
|
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
* ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization V]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[God of War: Ghost of Sparta]]''
|
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]''
* ''[[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future]]''
* ''[[Super Scribblenauts]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
|
* ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]''
* ''[[BioShock 2]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|
* ''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|-
|Best RPG
| ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|
* ''[[Fable III]]''
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer
|''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|
* ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
* ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11]]''
|
* ''[[EA Sports MMA]]''
* ''[[Shaun White Skateboarding]]''
* ''[[UFC Undisputed 2010]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K11]]''
|
* ''[[FIFA 11]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 11]]''
* ''[[MLB 10: The Show]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010 video game)|Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit]]''
|
* ''[[Blur (video game)|Blur]]''
* ''[[ModNation Racers]]''
* ''[[Split/Second]]''
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[Rock Band 3]]''
|
* ''[[Dance Central]]''
* ''[[DJ Hero 2]]''
* ''[[Def Jam Rapstar]]''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[DJ Hero 2]]''
|
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock]]''
* ''[[Rock Band 3]]''
|-
|Best Song in a Game
|"Far Away" by [[José González]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
|
* "[[Basket Case (song)|Basket Case]]" by [[Green Day]], ''Green Day: Rock Band''
* "[[Black Rain (Soundgarden song)|Black Rain]]" by [[Soundgarden]], ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock''
* "[[GoldenEye (song)|GoldenEye]]" by [[Nicole Scherzinger]], ''GoldenEye 007 (2010)''
* "Won't Back Down" by [[Eminem]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* "[[Replay (Iyaz song)|Replay]]/[[Rude Boy (song)|Rude Boy]] Mashup" by [[Iyaz]]/[[Rihanna]], ''DJ Hero 2''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|
* ''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
* ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game]]''
|
* ''[[Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
* ''[[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II]]''
* ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Neil Patrick Harris]] as [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man]], ''Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions''
|
* [[Daniel Craig]] as [[James Bond]], ''Goldeneye 007 (2010 video game)''
* [[Gary Oldman]] as Sergeant Reznov, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* [[John Cleese]] as Jasper, ''Fable III''
* [[Martin Sheen]] as the [[Illusive Man]], ''Mass Effect 2''
* [[Nathan Fillion]] as Sergeant Edward Buck, ''Halo: Reach''
* Rob Wiethoff as John Marston, ''Red Dead Redemption''
* [[Sam Worthington]] as [[Call of Duty: Black Ops#Characters and setting|Alex Mason]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Sarah Kerrigan]], ''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''
|
* [[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]], ''James Bond 007: Blood Stone''
* [[Danica Patrick]] as Herself, ''Blur''
* [[Emmanuelle Chriqui]] as The Numbers Lady, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* [[Felicia Day]] as Veronica Santangelo, ''Fallout: New Vegas''
* [[Jennifer Hale]] as [[Characters of the Mass Effect universe|Commander Shepard (female version)]], ''Mass Effect 2''
* [[Kristen Bell]] as [[Lucy Stillman]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
* [[Yvonne Strahovski]] as [[Characters of the Mass Effect universe|Miranda Lawson]], ''Mass Effect 2''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Costume Quest]]''
|
* ''[[Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light]]''
* ''[[Monday Night Combat]]''
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game]]''
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]''
|
* ''[[BioShock 2#Minerva's Den|BioShock 2: Minerva's Den]]''
* ''[[Borderlands (video game)#The Secret Armory of General Knoxx|Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Limbo (video game)|Limbo]]''
|
* ''[[Joe Danger]]''
* ''[[Super Meat Boy]]''
* ''[[The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
* ''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
* ''[[Gears of War 3]]''
|-
|Strongest Heroes of All Time
|
* [[Master Chief (Halo)|Master Chief]], ''Halo'' series
* [[Samus Aran]], ''Metroid'' series
* [[Marcus Fenix]], ''Gears of War'' series
|
* [[Mario]], ''Super Mario'' series
* [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War'' series
* [[Solid Snake]], ''Metal Gear Solid'' series
|-
|Best Original Game
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Zombie Game
|''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Dressed Assassin
|[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
|N/A
|-
|Biggest Badass
|[[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War III''
|N/A
|}

===2009 Awards===
The 2009 VGAs were held on December 12, 2009 at the Nokia Event Deck in Los Angeles, California<ref name="yahoovga">{{cite web | url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091213/ap_on_en_ot/us_spike_game_awards | publisher=Yahoo! | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-13 | title='Uncharted 2' nabs top prize at VGAs}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and were the first and only VGAs to not have a single host, but rather a number of presenters for the awards<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spike.com/event/vga2009 | title=Spike Video Game Awards 2009 | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-11 | publisher=SpikeTV}}</ref> It opened with a trailer announcing the [[Batman: Arkham City|sequel]] to ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum]]''. There were other exclusive looks at ''[[Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands]]'', ''[[UFC 2010 Undisputed]]'', ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', and others. [[Samuel L. Jackson]] previewed [[LucasArts]] newest upcoming ''Star Wars'' game, ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II]]''. In addition, ''[[Green Day: Rock Band]]'' was announced and accompanied with a trailer.

With appearances from Stevie Wonder, MTV Jersey Shore cast, Green Day and Jack Black, live music performances at the 2009 awards included [[Snoop Dogg]] and The Bravery.<ref name="yahoovga" />

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[ Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
* ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Rocksteady Studios]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
|
* [[Infinity Ward]], ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2''
* [[Naughty Dog]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
* [[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''Left 4 Dead 2''
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Flower (video game)|Flower]]''
|
* ''[[Osmos]]''
* ''[[Splosion Man]]''
* ''[[Trials HD]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Forza Motorsport 3]]''
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
* ''[[inFAMOUS]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
* ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
|
* ''[[MadWorld]]''
* ''[[Punch-Out!!]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
|
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]''
* ''[[The Sims 3]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]''
|
* ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
* ''[[Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box]]''
* ''[[Scribblenauts]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
|
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Assassins Creed II]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
|
* ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]''
* ''[[Demon's Souls]]''
* ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
|
* ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]''
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Street Fighter IV]]''
|
* ''[[BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger]]''
* ''[[Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny]]''
* ''[[Tekken 6]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[UFC 2009 Undisputed]]''
|
* ''[[Fight Night Round 4]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NHL 10]]''
|
* ''[[Madden NFL 10]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K10]]''
* ''[[FIFA 10]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Forza Motorsport 3]]''
|
* ''[[Dirt 2]]''
* ''[[Gran Turismo PSP]]''
* ''[[Need for Speed: Shift]]''
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]''
|
* ''[[DJ Hero]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[LEGO Rock Band]]''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[DJ Hero]]''
|
* ''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
|
* ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
|-
|Best Game Based On A Movie/TV Show
|''[[South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!]]''
|
* ''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]''
* ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena]]''
* ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition]]''
|-
|Best Performance By A Human Female
|[[Megan Fox]] as [[Mikaela Banes]], ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
|
* [[Eliza Dushku]] as [[Rubi Malone]], ''WET''
* [[Kristen Bell]] as [[Lucy Stillman]], ''Assassin's Creed II''
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as Dare, ''Halo 3: ODST''
|-
|Best Performance By A Human Male
|[[Hugh Jackman]] as [[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine]], ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''
|
* [[Bill Murray]] as Dr. [[Peter Venkman]], ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game''
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]] as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja, ''Afro Samurai''
* [[Shia LaBeouf]] as [[Sam Witwicky]], ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
* [[Vin Diesel]] as [[Richard B. Riddick]], ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena''
|-
|Best Cast
|''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]''
|
* ''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard]]''
* ''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]''
* ''[[South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!]]''
|-
|Best Voice
|[[Jack Black]] for the voice of Eddie Riggs, ''Brütal Legend''
|
* [[Arleen Sorkin]] as [[Harley Quinn]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
* [[Claudia Black]] as [[Chloe Frazer]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
* [[Mark Hamill]] as [[Joker (comics)|The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
* [[Nolan North]] as [[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Shadow Complex]]''
|
* ''[[Battlefield 1943]]''
* ''[[Fat Princess]]''
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]''
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony]]''
|
* ''[[Fallout 3: Broken Steel]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3: Point Lookout]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game of 2010
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
* ''[[BioShock 2]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
* ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
|-
|Best Comedy Game
|''[[Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard]]''
|N/A
|}

===2008 Awards===
The 2008 VGAs were held on December 14, 2008 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Spike-2008-VGA-Results-14035.html | title=Spike 2008 VGA REsults | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2008-12-15 | publisher=Blend Games}}</ref> The show, hosted by [[Jack Black]], featured ten previews of upcoming games. Musical performances included [[50 Cent]], [[The All-American Rejects]], [[Weezer]], and [[LL Cool J]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.planetxbox360.com/article_5364/Spike_TV_Announces_2008_Video_Game_Awards_Winners | title=Spike TV Announces 2008 Video Game Awards Winners | author=Eric Bush | accessdate=2009-12-13}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Gears of War 2]]''
* ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Media Molecule]], ''LittleBigPlanet''
|
* [[Rockstar North]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
* [[Harmonix]], ''Rock Band 2''
* [[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''Fallout 3''
|-
|Gamer God
|[[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]], creator of ''[[The Sims]]'' and ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Gears of War 2]]''
|
* ''[[Far Cry 2]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Fallout 3]]''
|
* ''[[Fable II]]''
* ''[[Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning]]''
* ''[[The World Ends with You]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Shaun White Snowboarding]]''
|
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09]]''
* ''[[Wii Fit]]''
* ''[[Skate It]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Professor Layton and the Curious Village]]''
|
* ''[[God of War: Chains of Olympus]]''
* ''[[Patapon]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|
* ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures]]''
|
* ''[[Quantum of Solace]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]]''
* ''[[Naruto: The Broken Bond]]''
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[Rock Band 2]]''
|
* ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''
* ''[[Wii Music]]''
* ''[[SingStar]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Paradise]]''
|
* ''[[Pure (video game)|Pure]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club: Los Angeles]]''
* ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|
* ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]''
* ''[[Mirror's Edge]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Rock Band 2]]''
|
*''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Gears of War 2]]''
|
* ''[[Fable II]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
*''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Boom Blox]]''
|
*''[[No More Heroes (video game)|No More Heroes]]''
* ''[[Wii Fit]]''
* ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
|
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|
* ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
* ''[[Crysis Warhead]]''
* ''[[Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
* ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|
* ''[[Gears of War 2]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game Fueld By Dew
|''[[World of Goo]]''
|
* ''[[PixelJunk Eden]]''
* ''[[Braid (video game)|Braid]]''
* ''[[Audiosurf]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Soulcalibur IV]]''
|
* ''[[Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe]]''
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
* ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit]]''
|-
|Best Male Voice
|[[Michael Hollick]] as [[Niko Bellic]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
|
* [[David Hayter]] as [[Old Snake (Metal Gear)|Old Snake]], ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''
* [[Stephen Fry]] as The Narrator, ''LittleBigPlanet''
* [[Jason Zumwalt]] as [[Roman Bellic]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
|-
|Best Female Voice
|[[Debi Mae West]] as [[Meryl Silverburgh]], ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''
|
* [[Nathalie Cox]] as [[Juno Eclipse]], ''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed''
* [[Paula Tiso]] as [[Silvia Christel]], ''No More Heroes''
* [[Keeley Hawes]] as [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Underworld''
|-
|Big Name in the Game Male
|[[Kiefer Sutherland]] as Sgt. Roebuck, ''Call of Duty: World at War''
|N/A
|-
|Big Name in the Game Female
|[[Jenny McCarthy]] as Special Agent Tanya Adams, ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3''
|N/A
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NHL 09]]''
|
* ''[[Madden NFL 09]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K9]]''
* ''[[FIFA Soccer 09]]''
|}

===2007 Awards===
The 2007 VGAs aired December 9, 2007. Hosted by [[Samuel L. Jackson]], the winners were announced ahead of the event which was held at the [[Mandalay Bay Events Center]] in Las Vegas. The show featured performances by [[Foo Fighters]], [[Kid Rock]], and exclusive world videogame premieres of ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]'', ''[[Gran Turismo 5 Prologue]]'', ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2]]'' and ''[[TNA Impact! (video game)|TNA iMPACT!]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.digitaltechnews.com/news/2007/12/spike-tv-vga-20.html | title=Spike TV VGA 2007 Winners Announced | publisher=Digital Tech News | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2007-12-08}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Harmonix]], ''Rock Band''
|
* [[Bungie]], ''Halo 3''
* [[2K Boston/2K Australia]], ''BioShock''
*[[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''The Orange Box''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
|
* ''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Mass Effect]]''
|
* ''[[Eternal Sonata]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions]]''
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3]]''
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
|
* ''[[Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas]]''
* ''[[World in Conflict]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Skate (video game)|skate]]''
|
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]]''
* ''[[Virtua Tennis 3]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]''
|
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions]]''
* ''[[Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow]]''
* ''[[Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Crysis]]''
|
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[The Simpsons Game]]''
|
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]''
* ''[[Naruto: Rise of a Ninja]]''
* ''[[Stranglehold (video game)|Stranglehold]]''
|-
|Best Rhythm Game
|''[[Rock Band]]''
|
* ''[[Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Jam Sessions]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Colin McRae: Dirt]]''
|
* ''[[Forza Motorsport 2]]''
* ''[[Need for Speed: ProStreet]]''
* ''[[Project Gotham Racing 4]]''
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
* ''[[God of War II]]''
* ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 08]]''
|
* ''[[NBA 2K8]]''
* ''[[NHL 08]]''
* ''[[Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007]]''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Rock Band]]''
|
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]]''
|-
|Breakthrough Technology
|''[[The Orange Box]]''/''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''
|
* ''[[Crysis]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]'' - Saved Films / Theatre Mode
* ''[[Rock Band]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''
* ''[[Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]''
* ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]''
|
* ''[[Heavenly Sword]]''
* ''[[Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]''
* ''[[Warhawk (2007 video game)|Warhawk]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[The Orange Box]]''
|
* ''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Crysis]]''
* ''[[World in Conflict]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
* ''[[God of War II]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Halo 3]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
* ''[[Rock Band]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
|-
|Most Addictive Video Game
|''[[Halo 3]]''
|
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports]]''
|}

===2006 Awards===
The 2006 VGAs featured musical performances by [[Tenacious D]] and [[AFI (band)|AFI]] and show appearances by 50 Cent, Eva Mendes, Sarah Silverman, Seth Green, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, Brandon Routh, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tony Hawk, Michael Irvin, Method Man, Maria Menounos, Tyrese, Xzibit, James Gandolfini, Kurt Angle, among others. In character as Stewie Griffin and Tom Tucker from Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane served as the voice of the VGAs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/gamebanshee-news-73/spike-tv-2006-vga-winners-announced-82923.html | publisher=UGO Games | accessdate=2009-12-12 | date=2006-12-09 | title=Spike TV 2006 VGA Winners Announced}}</ref> The awards aired December 13, 2006 at the [[Galen Center]] in Los Angeles and were hosted by [[Samuel L. Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://lastheplace.com/2006/12/15/spike-tv-2006-video-game-awards-the-revolution-will-be-televised/ | title=Spike TV 2006 Video Game Awards Breaks the Mold | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-15 | publisher=LAs The Place.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
* ''[[Gears of War]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 2]]''
* ''[[Ōkami]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Epic Games]], ''Gears of War''
|
* [[Clover Studio]], ''Ōkami''
* [[Relic Entertainment]], ''Company of Heroes''
* [[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
* [[Harmonix]], ''Guitar Hero''
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Alyx Vance]], ''Half-Life 2: Episode One''
|
* [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Legend''
* [[Princess Peach]], ''Super Mario Bros.''
* Enrica, ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent''
* [[Jen]], ''Prey''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's Project 8]]''
|
* ''[[Rockstar Presents Table Tennis]]''
* ''[[Fight Night Round 3]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07]]''
* ''[[Top Spin 2]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K7]]''
|
* ''[[Madden NFL 07]]''
* ''[[NCAA Football 07]]''
* ''[[FIFA 07]]''
* ''[[NHL 07]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy]]''
|
* ''[[The Godfather: The Game]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]''
* ''[[The Sopranos: Road to Respect]]''
* ''[[Family Guy Video Game!]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
| [[Patrick Stewart]] as Emperor Uriel Septim VII, ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
|
* [[Seth MacFarlane]] as [[Peter Griffin]], [[Stewie Griffin]], and [[Brian Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* Gerry Rosenthal as Jimmy Hopkins, ''Bully''
* [[Johnny Depp]] as [[Jack Sparrow]], ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow''
* [[Kiefer Sutherland]] as [[Jack Bauer]], ''24: The Game''
|-
|Best Supporting Male Performance
|[[James Gandolfini]] as [[Tony Soprano]], ''The Sopranos: Road to Respect''
|
* [[Seth Green]] as [[Chris Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* [[James Woods]] as George Sheffield, ''Scarface: The World Is Yours''
* James Cann as [[Santino 'Sonny' Corleone]], ''The Godfather: The Game''
* Philip Micahel Thomas as Lance Vance, ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
| [[Vida Guerra]] as Femme Fatale, ''Scarface: The World Is Yours''
|
* [[Tia Carrere]] as Lin, ''Saints Row''
* [[Emmanuelle Vaugier]] as Nikki, ''Need For Speed: Carbon''
* [[Keely Hawes]] as [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Legend''
* [[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Eckō's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure''
|-
|Best Supporting Female Performance
|[[Rachael Leigh Cook]] as Tifa Lockhart, ''Kingdom Hearts II''
|
* [[Elisha Cuthbert]] as [[Kim Bauer]], ''24: The Game''
* [[Brittany Murphy]] as Karen Light, ''Marc Eckō's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure''
* [[Mila Kunis]] as [[Meg Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* [[Lynda Carter]] as Female Nords / Female Orcs, ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
|-
|Best Cast
|''[[Family Guy Video Game!]]''
|
* ''[[The Godfather: The Game]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]''
* ''[[Saints Row]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|-
|Best Song
|"[[Lights and Sounds]]" by [[Yellowcard]], ''Burnout Revenge''
|
* "Loco Roco No Uta", ''Loco Roco''
* "Heavenly Star", ''Lumines 2''
* "[[Helicopter (song)|Helicopter]]" by Bloc Party, ''Mark Eckō's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure'' and ''Burnout Revenge''
* "[[Summer Shudder]]" by [[AFI (band)|AFI]], ''Maddden NFL 07''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Guitar Hero II]]''
|
* ''[[Madden NFL 07]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
* ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''
* ''[[Electroplankton]]''
* ''[[Ōkami]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Revenge]]''
|
* ''[[Need for Speed: Carbon]]''
* ''[[TOCA Race Driver 3]]''
* ''[[GTR 2 – FIA GT Racing Game]]''
|-
|Most Addictive Game
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
* ''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day]]''
* ''[[Gears of War]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero II]]''
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]''
|
* ''[[Tekken: Dark Resurrection]]''
* ''[[Dead or Alive 4]]''
* ''[[Street Fighter Alpha Anthology]]''
* ''[[God Hand]]''
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Dead Rising]]''
|
* ''[[New Super Mario Bros]]''
* ''[[Ōkami]]''
* ''[[Saints Row]]''
* ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
* ''[[Black (video game)|Black]]''
* ''[[Prey (video game)|Prey]]''
* ''[[Half Life 2: Episode One]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 3]]''
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 3]]''
* ''[[The Outfit (video game)|The Outfit]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2142]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
* ''[[Ōkami]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|
* ''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
* ''[[Tetris DS]]''
* ''[[LocoRoco]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent]]''
|-
|Breakthrough Technology
|[[Wii]]
|
* [[PlayStation 3]]
* [[Nintendo DS Lite]]
* ''[[Electroplankton]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
* ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''
* ''[[Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|
* ''[[Half Life 2: Episode One]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2142]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Empire at War]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[SWAT Force]]''
|
* ''[[Diner Dash]]''
* ''[[Tower Bloxx]]''
* ''Super KO Boxing!''
|-
|Critic's Choice (released after 11/15/2006 and before 12/31/2006)
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''
|
* ''[[Resistance: Fall of Man]]''
* ''[[Medieval II: Total War]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports]]''
|-
|Breakthrough Performance
|[[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
|N/A
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[Jack Sparrow]] portrayed by [[Johnny Depp]], ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow''
|N/A
|}

===2005 Awards===
The 2005 VGAs were held December 10, 2005 at the [[Gibson Amphitheatre]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/9815/Spike-TV-VGA-2005-Honors-Activision-Games/ | date=2005-11-23 | accessdate=2009-12-13 | publisher=Team XBox | title=Spike TV VGA 2005 Honors Activision Games}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/7498/Spike-TV-Video-Game-Award-Winners-Announced |title=2005 VGA |accessdate=2008-12-18 |publisher=IGN.com |work=Video Game Awards 2005 Award Winners by Spike TV }}</ref> This was the first year that [[Samuel L. Jackson]] hosted the VGAs.

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|-
|Action Game of the Year
|''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
|
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
* ''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
* ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]''
* ''[[50 Cent: Bulletproof]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''
|
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06]]''
* ''[[SSX On Tour]]''
* ''[[Top Spin (video game)|Top Spin]]''
* ''[[Fight Night Round 2]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 06]]''
|
* ''[[Blitz: The League]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K6]]''
* ''[[World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International]]'
* ''[[NBA Street V3]]''
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Maria Menounos]] as Eva, ''James Bond 007: From Russia with Love''
|
* [[Charlize Theron]] as Æon Flux, ''Æon Flux''
* [[Jessica Alba]] as [[Invisible Woman]], ''Fantastic 4''
* [[Traci Lords]] as Cassandra Hartz, ''True Crime: New York City''
* [[Joanna Dark]], ''Perfect Dark Zero''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
|
* ''[[Star Wars Battlefront II]]''
* ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]''
* ''[[From Russia with Love (video game)|James Bond 007: From Russia With Love]]''
* ''[[The Matrix: Path of Neo]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Jack Black]] as [[Carl Denham]], ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official game of the Movie''
|
* [[50 Cent]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Michael Chiklis]] as [[Thing (comics)|Thing]], ''Fantastic 4''
* [[Sean Connery]] as [[James Bond]], ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[TC Carson]] as [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War''
|-
|Best Supporting Male Performance
|[[Christopher Walken]] as Gabriel Whitting, ''True Crime: New York City''
|
* [[Eminem]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Dr. Dre]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] as [[The Suffering: Ties That Bind#Characters|Blackmore]], ''The Suffering: Ties That Bind''
* [[P. Diddy]] as Dip, ''Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Charlize Theron]] as Æon Flux, ''Æon Flux''
|
* [[Naomi Watts]] as Ann Darrow, ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie''
* [[Josie Maran]] as Mia Townsend, ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted''
* [[Jessica Alba]] as [[Invisible Woman]], ''Fantastic 4''
* Cornelia Hayes O’Herlihy as [[Fiona Belli]], ''Haunting Ground''
|-
|Best Supporting Female Performance
|[[Traci Lords]] as Madam Cassandra Hartz, ''True Crime: New York City''
|
* [[Maria Menounos]] as Eva, ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
* [[Natasha Bedingfield]] as Elizabeth Stark, ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[Mariska Hargitay]] as Deena Dixon, ''True Crime: New York City''
|-
|Best Original Song
|"[[Bulletproof (soundtrack)|Maybe We Crazy]]" by [[50 Cent]], ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
|
* "[[Lights and Sounds]]" by [[Yellowcard]], ''Burnout Revenge''
* "When I Get Angry" by [[Spider Loc]], ''Madden NFL 06''
* "Getting Up Anthem: Part I" by Talib Kweli and Rakim, ''Mark Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
* "Error Operator" by [[Taking Back Sunday]], ''Fantastic 4''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Guitar Hero (2005 video game)|Guitar Hero]]''
|
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
* ''[[50 Cent: Bulletproof]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''
* ''[[SSX On Tour]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[We Love Katamari]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
* ''[[Indigo Prophecy]]''
* ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]''
|-
|Designer of the Year
|[[David Jaffe]], ''God of War''
|
* [[Rob Pardo]], ''World of Warcraft''
* [[Michel Ancel]], ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie''
* [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], ''Nintendogs''
* Craig Hubbard, ''F.E.A.R.''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Revenge]]''
|
* ''[[Gran Turismo 4]]''
* ''[[L.A. Rush]]''
* ''[[Forza Motorsport]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition]]''
|-
|Most Addictive Game
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
* ''[[We Love Katamari]]''
* ''[[Lumines]]''
* ''[[Nintendogs]]''
* ''[[Meteos]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Fight Night Round 2]]''
|
* ''[[Soulcalibur III]]''
* ''[[Tekken 5]]''
* ''[[Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]''
|-
|Best First-Person Action
|''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[Far Cry Instincts]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]''
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
|
* ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''
* ''[[SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
|
* ''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[PGR 3]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Lumines]]''
|
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
* ''[[Nintendogs]]''
* ''[[Meteos]]''
* ''[[Burnout Legends]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Guild Wars]]''
|
* ''[[SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[City of Villains]]''
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|-
|Best Breakthrough Technology
|[[PSP]]
|
* Facial Mo-cap ''[[NBA Live 06]]''
*''[[Nintendogs]]'' Voice Recognition
*[[Unreal Engine 3]]
*[[Xbox 360]]
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
* ''[[Jade Empire]]''
* ''[[X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse]]''
* ''[[Dungeon Siege II]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
*''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization IV]]''
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure]]''
|
* ''[[Need for Speed: Underground 2]]''
* ''[[Massive Snowboarding]]''
* ''[[The Incredibles (video game)|The Incredibles]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''
|}

===2004 Awards===
The 2004 VGAs were held in [[Santa Monica]], [[California]] at the Barker Hangar. They were hosted by [[Snoop Dogg]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-99191738.html | title=American hip-hop star Snoop Dogg to host annual Video Game Awards | publisher=Encyclopedia.com | accessdate=2010-3-14 | date=2004-09-15}}</ref> The event featured musical performances including [[Sum 41]], [[Ludacris]] and a special live performance by Snoop Dogg and the remaining members of [[The Doors]] performing "Riders on the Storm".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2004/11/16-44 | title=Spike TV announces Video Game Awards 2004 nominees | publisher=Gaming Age | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2004-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/half-life-2/573823p1.html |title=2004 VGA |accessdate=2008-12-18 |publisher=Gamespy.com |work=Video Game Awards 2004 Award Winners by Spike TV }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
* ''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay]]''
|
* ''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]''
* ''[[Spider-Man 2 (video game)|Spider-Man 2]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Brooke Burke]] as Rachel Teller, ''Need for Speed: Underground 2''
|
* [[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]], ''Goldeneye: Rogue Agent''
* [[Carmen Electra]] as herself, ''Def Jam: Fight For NY''
* [[Jennifer Garner]] as [[Sydney Bristow]], ''Alias''
* [[Heidi Klum]] as Katya Nadanova, ''James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Samuel L. Jackson]] as [[List of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas characters#Sergeant Frank Tenpenny|Sergeant Frank Tenpenny]], ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''
|
* [[Vin Diesel]] as Richard B. Riddick, ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay''
* [[Hugh Jackman]] as [[Gabriel Van Helsing]], ''Van Helsing''
* [[Christopher Lee]] as [[Francisco Scaramanga]], ''GoldenEye: Rogue Agent''
* [[Tobey Mcguire]] as [[Spider-Man]], ''Spider-Man 2''
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Rayne (BloodRayne)|BloodRayne]], ''BloodRayne 2''
|
* Tina Armstrong, ''Dead or Alive Ultimate''
* [[Carmen Electra]], ''Def Jam: Fight For NY''
* Luba Licious, ''Leisure Suit Larry: Magda Cum Laude''
* Rachel Teller (played by [[Brooke Burke]]), ''Need for Speed: Underground 2''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
|
* ''[[NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup]]''
* ''[[Need For Speed: Underground 2]]''
|-
|Best Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 2005]]''
|
* ''[[ESPN NFL 2K5]]''
* ''[[NBA Ballers]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground 2]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat: Deception]]''
|
* ''[[Def Jam: Fight For NY]]''
* ''[[Dead or Alive Ultimate]]''
* ''[[Fight Night 2004]]''
* ''[[WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw]]''
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
|-
|Best First-Person Action
|''[[Halo 2]]''
|
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Far Cry]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004]]''
|-
|Best Song in a Video Game
|"[[American Idiot (song)|American Idiot]]" by [[Green Day]], ''Madden NFL 2005''
|
* "I Do" by [[Chingy]], ''Need for Speed Underground 2''
* "[[Pain (Jimmy Eat World song)|Pain]]" by [[Jimmy Eat World]], ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2''
* "[[Lean Back]]" by [[Terror Squad (group)|Terror Squad]], ''Need for Speed Underground 2''
* "Go" by [[Will.i.am]], ''NBA Live 2005''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
* ''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2005]]''
|-
|Designer of the Year
|[[Jason Jones (programmer)|Jason Jones]] and [[Bungie Studios]], ''Halo 2''
|
* [[Sam Houser]] and [[Rockstar North]], ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''
* [[Tomonobu Itagaki]] and [[Team Ninja]], ''Ninja Gaiden''
* [[Hideo Kojima]], ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''
* Alex Ward and [[Criterion Games|Criterion]], ''Burnout 3: Takedown''
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty: Finest Hour]]
|
* ''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]''
* ''[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]''
* ''[[Rome: Total War]]''
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Rome: Total War]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[Might and Magic]]''
|
* ''CBS Sportsline Baseball 2004''
* ''Jamdat Sports NFL 2005''
* ''[[National Treasure]]''{{Disambiguation needed|date=June 2011}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
|-
|Best New Technology
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' engine
* [[NVIDIA GeForce]] 6800
* Spherex [[Xbox]] 5.1 Surround Sound System
|-
|Best Handheld
|''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]''
|
* ''[[Astro Boy: Omega Factor]]''
* ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
* ''[[Pokémon FireRed Version]]''
|-
|Best Massively Multiplayer Game
|''[[City of Heroes]]''
|
* ''[[Everquest II]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Fable (video game)|Fable]]''
|
* ''[[The Bard's Tale (2004 video game)|The Bard's Tale]]''
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne]]''
* ''[[X-Men Legends]]''
|-
|Most Addictive Game (viewer's choice)
|''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
|
* ''[[City of Heroes]]''
* ''[[Donkey Konga]]''
* ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
|-
|Best Gaming Publication (fan favorite)
|''[[Game Informer]]''
|
* ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]''
* ''[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine|Official PlayStation Magazine]]''
* ''[[GMR (magazine)|GMR]]''
*''[[Official Xbox Magazine]]''
|-
|Best Gaming Web Site (fan favorite)
|[[GameSpot]]
|
* [[1UP.com|1UP]]
* [[GameSpy]]
* [[IGN]]
* [[Shack News]]
|}

===2003 Awards===
The 2003 VGAs were the first VGAs to be hosted by Spike TV. It was held at the [[MGM Grand Garden Arena]] in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 2, 2003 and aired on December 4, 2003. The event was hosted by [[David Spade]] and featured appearances by [[Lil' Kim]], [[Jaime Pressly]], [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[P.O.D.]], [[Orlando Jones]], and [[Cedric the Entertainer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/specials/special.pl?spec=spiketv&pagenum=1|title= Unintentional Hilarity at Spike TV|last=Lewinson|first=Tim|date=12-3-2002|publisher=Gaming Age|accessdate=2009-11-15}}</ref> The event also featured a [[WWE]] tag team wrestling match with the superstars [[Rey Mysterio]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Trish Stratus]], and [[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]].

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
|
* ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
* ''[[SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals]]''
* ''[[SSX 3]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
|-
|Best Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
|
* ''[[Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball]]''
* ''[[ESPN NFL Football]]''
*''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Live 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Street Vol. 2]]''
* ''[[SSX3]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004]]''
* ''World Series Baseball 2K3''
* ''[[WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain]]''
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
|
* ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Hitman 2: Silent Assassin]]''
* ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]''
* ''[[Panzer Dragoon Orta]]''
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''
* ''[[SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
|-
|Best Animation
|''[[Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball]]''
|
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[The Getaway (video game)|The Getaway]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica X]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
* ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
* ''[[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]''
* ''[[Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht]]''
* ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[Enter the Matrix]]''
|
* ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''
* ''[[Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup]]''
* ''[[The Hulk (video game)|The Hulk]]''
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb]]''
* ''[[James Bond 007: Nightfire]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''
* ''[[Tron 2.0]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[NASCAR Thunder 2004]]''
|
* ''[[Auto Modellista]]''
* ''[[Colin McRae Rally 3]]''
* ''[[F1 Career Challenge]]''
* ''[[F-Zero GX]]''
* ''[[The Getaway (video game)|The Getaway]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club II]]''
* ''[[MotoGP 2]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons: Hit and Run]]''
|-
|Best Music
|''[[Def Jam Vendetta]]''
|
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Live 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Street Vol. 2]]''
* ''[[SSX3]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
* ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
* ''Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human
|[[Ray Liotta]] as [[Tommy Vercetti]], ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''
|
* [[Christina Aguilera]] as herself, ''The Sims: Superstar''
* [[Christopher Walken]] as [[True Crime: Streets of LA#Characters|George]], ''True Crime: Streets of LA''
* [[David Duchovny]] as [[XIII (video game)#Characters|XIII]], ''XIII''
* [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[Method Man]], and more as themselves ''Def Jam Vendetta''
* [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] as [[XIII (video game)#Characters|Jones]], ''XIII''
* [[Giovanni Ribisi]] as Pvt Elder, ''Call of Duty''
* [[Jada Pinkett Smith]] as [[Niobe (The Matrix)|Niobe]], ''Enter the Matrix''
* [[Jenna Jameson]] as [[Candy Suxxx]], ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''
* [[Snoop Dogg]] as himself, ''True Crime: Streets of LA''
|-
|Most Anticipated
|''[[Halo 2]]''
|
* ''[[Dead or Alive Online]]''
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Driver 3]]''
* ''[[Fable (video game)|Fable]]''
* ''[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]''
* ''[[Gran Turismo 4]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
* ''[[Starcraft: Ghost]]''
|-
|Most Addictive
|''[[Soulcalibur II]]''
|
* ''[[Anarchy Online#Expansions|Anarchy Online: Shadowlands]]''
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
* ''[[ESPN NHL Hockey]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[PlanetSide]]''
* ''[[The Sims: Superstar]]''
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]''
* ''[[Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
|
* ''[[Age of Mythology: The Titans]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome]]''
* ''[[Command and Conquer: Generals Zero Hour]]''
* ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]''
* ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]''
* ''[[The Sims: Superstar]]''
* ''[[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]''
|-
|Best Online Game
|''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
|
* ''[[Anarchy Online#Expansions|Anarchy Online: Shadowlands]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome]]''
* ''[[EverQuest Online Adventures]]''
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide]]''
* ''[[PlanetSide]]''
* ''[[The Sims Online]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]''
|
* ''[[Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''
* ''[[Iridion II]]''
* ''[[Mega Man and Bass]]''
* ''[[Ninja Five-O]]''
* ''[[Rayman 3]]''
* ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain]]''
|
* ''[[Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home]]''
* ''[[Bloody Roar 4]]''
* ''[[Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO]]''
* ''[[Def Jam Vendetta]]''
* ''[[Pride FC]]''
* ''[[Soulcalibur II]]''
* ''[[Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution]]''
* ''[[WWE Wrestlemania XIX]]''
|-
|Best First Person Action
|''[[Call of Duty]]''
|
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII]]''
* ''[[Chrome (video game)|Chrome]]''
* ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
* ''[[Planetside]]''
* ''[[Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]]''
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder]]''
* ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]''
|-
|Best Fantasy Game
|''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''
|
* ''[[Hack Part 1 Infection]]''
* ''[[Dark Cloud 2]]''
* ''[[EverQuest Online Adventures]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia Legends]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
* ''[[Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht]]''
|}

==Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame==
'''Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame''' recognizes the video game "franchises throughout history that have brought the industry to where it is today" - Casey Patterson, executive producer of the VGAs and executive vice president of event production for Viacom Media Networks Entertainment Group. The first inductee was awarded at the ninth annual Spike Video Game Awards on December 10, 2011. The inaugural recipient was ''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise, with [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] accepting the award.<ref name="2011vga" />

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!Year
!Inductee
|-
|2011
|''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]''
|}

==Nomination==
With the exception of the fan-voted "Most Anticipated Game", "Character of the Year", and a few other non-annual categories, the award nominees and winners are voted by an advisory council, featuring 25 journalists from various media outlets. Fans, however, can vote online for which games they think should win each category.

{| class="wikitable hlist" border="1"
|+ VGA Advisory Council as of November 2011<ref>{{cite web
|date = 2011-11-03
|title = Meet the VGA 2011 Advisory Council
|url = http://www.spike.com/articles/zbeldj/video-game-awards-meet-the-vga-2011-advisory-council
|publisher = [[Spike TV]]
|accessdate = 2011-11-03
}}</ref>
|-
! Member
! Position
! Publication
|-
| Andy McNamara || Editor in Chief || ''[[Game Informer]]''
|-
| [[Brian Crecente]] || Editor in Chief || [[Kotaku]]
|-
| Chris Baker || Senior Editor || ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''
|-
| Chris Kohler || Games Editor || [[Wired.com]]
|-
| Chris Slate || Editor in Chief || ''[[Nintendo Power]]''
|-
| Christopher Grant || Editor in Chief || [[Joystiq]]
|-
| Dale North || Editor in Chief || [[Destructoid]]
|-
| Francesca Reyes || Editor in Chief || ''[[Official Xbox Magazine]]''
|-
| Gary Steinman || Editor in Chief || [[GamesRadar]]
|-
| [[Geoff Keighley]] || Host || ''[[GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley]]''/[[Spike TV]]
|-
| [[Jeff Gerstmann]] || Editor in Chief || [[Giant Bomb]]
|-
| Jeff Jensen || Senior Writer || ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|-
| [[Jerry Holkins]] || Writer / Co-Creator || ''[[Penny Arcade (webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]''
|-
| John Davison || VP of Programming || [[GameSpot]] & [[Metacritic]]
|-
| Logan Decker || Editor in Chief || ''[[PC Gamer]]''
|-
| Lou Kesten || Reviewer/Editor || [[Associated Press]]
|-
| [[Mike Krahulik]] || Artist / Co-Creator || ''Penny Arcade''
|-
| Mike Snider || Technology Reporter || ''[[USA Today]]''
|-
| Rich Greenhill || Director of Content and Programming || [[Yahoo! Games]]
|-
| Sam Kennedy || Director of Audience Generation || [[IGN]]/[[1UP.com]]
|-
| Scott Alexander || Freelance Writer || ''[[Playboy]]''
|-
| Shane Satterfield || VP of Content || Spike TV
|-
| Stephen Totilo || Deputy Editor || Kotaku
|-
| Tal Blevins || VP Games Content || IGN
|-
| Tina Amini || Assistant Editor / Video Games Channel Manager || ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]''
|}

==Reception==
Video game journalism veteran [[Jeff Green (writer)|Jeff Green]] has been vocal in his criticism of the Spike Video Game Awards. In his assessment of the 2010 VGAs, Green laments that Spike TV alienated viewers due to their decision to focus the awards on its own primary demographic, rather than the video game community at large. Green states that this leads to appearances by celebrities who "either didn't want to be or know why they were there."<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://jeff-greenspeak.blogspot.com/2010/12/rant-about-spike-vgas.html |title=A Rant about the Spike VGAs |first=Jeff |last=Green |publisher=Greenspeak |date=2010-12-12 |accessdate=2011-12-07}}</ref> 2011 VGA host Zachary Levi recognized this and prior to hosting the event, told [[MTV]] in an interview that, "I’m happy to work on the VGAs on Spike and make the network happy, but I want to be respectful to the community of gamers because I am one myself. And [with] the humor involved, I want it to be smart, I want it to be honest, and accurate."<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview"/> [[Giant Bomb]]'s Alex Navarro has also commented on the VGAs, questioning the importance of the awards themselves next to the VGA's focus on its exclusive reveals.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/2011-spike-video-game-awards-will-award-video-games-with-awards-also-announce-things/3787/
|title=2011 Spike Video Game Awards Will Award Video Games With Awards, Also Announce Things |first=Alex |last=Navarro |publisher=[[Giant Bomb]] |date=2011-11-03 |accessdate=2011-12-07}}</ref>

The 2011 VGAs were given similar criticisms. [[Kotaku]] reported that VGA nominees [[Mark Hamill]] and [[Tara Strong]] were disappointed that they were present at the event but their respective categories were not present at the show, only finding out the results of the "Best Performance by a Human Male" and "Best Performance by a Human Female" awards after the show.<ref>{{cite web
|url=kotaku.com/5867014/
|title=Mark Hamill, Tara Strong (aka The Joker and Harley Quinn) Both Miffed about the VGAs |first=Stephen |last=Totilo |publisher=[[Kotaku]] |date=2011-12-11 |accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref> [[Wired.com]] writer Jason Schreier addressed Spike TV after the event in reference to food eating segments by [[Felicia Day]] and the host Zachary Levi having simulations of a [[Tea bag (sexual act)|sexual act]] performed on him. Schreier said, "It’s not hard to find the root of the problem here: You think we’re dumb. You think your audience is so stupid that they’ll be amused by YouTube rants and health potion gags. You think we get our jollies out of watching girls bite cupcakes off conveyor belts. You think videogame references make a good substitute for humor." Schreier also quoted [[Joystiq]]'s Justin McElroy, who voiced his concern at many awards being shown together in a short montage. Praise was given for the handling of ''The Legend of Zelda's'' induction into the Hall of Fame including the video package of the franchise's releases and an appearance by creator [[Shigeru Miyamoto]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://jasonschreier.com/2011/12/11/spike-vgas/
|title=An Open Letter To The Spike VGAs |first=Jason |last=Schreier |publisher=jasonschreier.com |date=2011-12-11 |accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref>

==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 (actor)|Michael McDonald]]) and [[Farrah Fawcett]] (played by [[Arden Myrin]]), musical guest [[The Jackson 5]], and award presenter [[Mark Spitz]] (played by [[Ike Barinholtz]]). ''[[Pong]]'' and ''[[Asteroids (video game)|Asteroids]]'' were the only video games nominated for all of the awards presented, even though ''Asteroids'' wasn't released in the arcade until [[1979 in video gaming|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 in video gaming|1978]].<ref name="madtv">MADtv Episode #1121, Air Date: May 13, 2006.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview">{{cite web|first=Charles | last=Webb| url =http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/12/05/spike-vgas-interview-meet-your-host-zachary-levi/ | title = Spike VGAs Interview: Meet Your Host, Zachary Levi | publisher = [[MTV]]| date = 2011-12-05 | accessdate = 2011-12-07 | deadurl=no}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* [http://www.spike.com/event/vga Spike Video Game Awards]
* [http://www.spike.com/articles/6aoa62/video-game-awards-every-vga-winner-from-years-past Every VGA Winner from Years Past]

{{SpikeTVAwardsList}}

[[Category:Video game awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2003]]

Spike Video Game Awards

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'''Spike Video Game Awards''' ('''VGA''') is an annual [[award show]] hosted by [[Spike TV]] that recognizes the best [[personal computer game|computer]] and [[video game]]s of the year. The VGAs feature live music performances and appearances by popular performers in music, movies, and television. Additionally, preview trailers for upcoming games are highlighted. The show is produced by ''[[GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley|GameTrailers TV's]]'' [[Geoff Keighley]]. The event has been held at various locations in Los Angeles and [[Santa Monica, California]] as well as [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas, Nevada]]. The first event was held on December 2, 2003 (aired on December 4, 2003). Spike's first ever [[Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame|Video Game Hall of Fame]] award, given to ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', was announced at the 2011 VGAs.<ref name="2011vga" />

The 2012 Spike Video Game Awards, which was the tenth anniversary, was held on December 7, 2012.

==2012 Awards==
The 2012 VGAs (promoted as ''VGA 10'' for the tenth anniversary) was held on December 7, 2012 at [[Sony Pictures Studios]] in [[Culver City, California]]. [[Samuel L. Jackson]] returned to host for a fourth time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gamerant.com/spike-video-game-awards-nominees-2013/|title=2012 Spike Video Game Awards Nominees Announced|date=November 15, 2012|last=Taormina|first=Anthony|publisher=Game Rant|accessdate=2012-11-16}}</ref> For the first time, the awards were broadcast on [[Xbox Live]]. Live users could "play" the show as it aired live. Responses to poll questions were tabulated in real time on screen for the Xbox Live audience and users with [[Xbox SmartGlass]] devices got a unique second-screen experience that updated in real time alongside the show content. Additionally, Spike TV and ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' partnered to create the first-ever "Entertainment Weekly and Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade" award. Exclusive world premieres that debuted at VGA 10 include [[Naughty Dog]]'s ''[[The Last of Us]]'', [[Epic Games]]' ''[[Gears of War: Judgment]]'', [[Obsidian Entertainment]]'s ''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth]]'', [[Konami]]'s ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2]]'', [[Irrational Games]]' ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'', [[Crystal Dynamics]]' ''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]'', [[Ubisoft]]'s ''[[Assassin's Creed III#The Tyranny of King Washington|Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington]]'', and [[343 Industries]]' ''[[Halo 4: Spartan Ops]]''. Two new games were announced, including ''[[Dark Souls II]]'' from [[From Software]], and a new game from [[Moby Dick Studio]] called ''[[The Phantom Pain (video game)|The Phantom Pain]]''. The event also had appearances from all past hosts of the VGAs except [[David Spade]]. The event featured musical performances by [[Linkin Park]], [[Tenacious D]], [[Gustavo Santaolalla]] and [[Wolfgang Gartner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/6gv02m/video-game-awards-vga-hosts-from-past-10-years-to-join-vga-ten|title=VGA Hosts From Past 10 Years to Join VGA Ten|date=November 29, 2012|author=Spike TV|publisher=spike.com|accessdate=2012-12-03}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
| ''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
| [[Telltale Games]], ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
|
*[[343 Industries]], ''Halo 4''
*[[Arkane Studios]], ''Dishonored''
*[[Gearbox Software]], ''Borderlands 2''
|-
|Character of the Year
| Claptrap, ''Borderlands 2''
|
*[[Ratonhnhak黴on|Connor]], ''Assassin's Creed III''
*[[Commander Shepard]], ''Mass Effect 3''
*[[Master Chief (Halo)|Master Chief]], ''Halo 4''
*Raul Menendez, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II''
|-
|Entertainment Weekly and
Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[BioShock]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
*''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''
*''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
*''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''
*''[[Wii Sports]]''
*''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
| ''[[Halo 4]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
|-
|Best Wii/Wii U Game
| ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|
*''[[The Last Story]]''
*''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''
*''[[ZombiU]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[XCOM: Enemy Unknown]]''
|
*''[[Diablo III]]''
*''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
*''[[Torchlight II]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
| ''[[Borderlands 2]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Max Payne 3]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
| ''[[Dishonored]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Darksiders II]]''
*''[[Sleeping Dogs (video game)|Sleeping Dogs]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|
*''[[Diablo III]]''
*''[[Torchlight II]]''
*''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''
|-
|Best Multi-player Game
| ''[[Borderlands 2]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[SSX (2012 video game)|SSX]]''
|
*''[[Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational]]''
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13]]''
*''[[WWE '13]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K13]]''
|
*''[[FIFA Soccer 13]]''
*''[[Madden NFL 13]]''
*''[[NHL 13]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game)|Need for Speed: Most Wanted]]''
|
*''[[DiRT: Showdown]]''
*''[[F1 2012 (video game)|F1 2012]]''
*''[[Forza Horizon]]''
|-
|Best Song in a Game
|"Cities" by [[Beck]], ''Sound Shapes''
|
*"[[Castle of Glass]]" by [[Linkin Park]], ''Medal of Honor: Warfighter''
*"I Was Born for This" by [[Austin Wintory]], ''Journey''
*"Tears" by [[Health (band)|Health]], ''Max Payne 3''
|-
|Best Original Score
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Max Payne 3]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
| ''[[Halo 4]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Dust: An Elysian Tail]]''
*''[[Fez (video game)|Fez]]''
*''[[Mark of the Ninja]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
| ''[[Persona 4 Arena]]''
|
*''[[Dead or Alive 5]]''
*''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]]''
*''[[Tekken Tag Tournament 2]]''
|-
|Best Handheld/Mobile Game
|''[[Sound Shapes]]''
|
*''[[Gravity Rush]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet PS Vita]]''
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
| Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
|
*[[Emma Stone]] as Amanda Cartwright, ''Sleeping Dogs''
*[[Jen Taylor]] as [[Cortana]], ''Halo 4''
*[[Jennifer Hale]] as [[Commander Shepard|Commander Shepard (female version)]], ''Mass Effect 3''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
| [[Dameon Clarke]] as Handsome Jack, ''Borderlands 2''
|
*[[Dave Fennoy]] as Lee Everret, ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
*[[James McCaffrey]] as [[Max Payne (character)|Max Payne]], ''Max Payne 3''
*[[Nolan North]] as Captain Martin Walker, ''Spec Ops: The Line''
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
*''[[Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two]]''
*''[[Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes]]''
*''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]''
|-
|Best DLC
| ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard]]''
|
*''[[Mass Effect 3#Downloadable content|Mass Effect 3 - Leviathan]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2#Mechromancer Pack (Premiere Club)|Borderlands 2 - Mechromancer Pack]]''
*''[[Portal 2#Downloadable content|Portal 2 - Perpetual Testing Initiative]]''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
| ''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
*''[[Fez (video game)|Fez]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
*''[[Sound Shapes]]''
|-
|Best Social Game
|''[[You Don't Know Jack (Facebook game)|You Don't Know Jack]]''
|
*''[[Draw Something]]''
*''[[Marvel: Avengers Alliance]]''
*''[[SimCity Social]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''
|
*''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
*''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth]]''
*''[[The Last of Us]]''
*''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]''
|-
|}

==Previous winners==
===2011 Awards===
The 2011 VGAs were held Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the [[Sony Pictures Studios]] in [[Culver City, California]], hosted by [[Zachary Levi]].<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview"/> The awards previewed world premieres of ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Patriots]]'', ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'', ''[[Alan Wake's American Nightmare]]'', ''[[Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'', ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD]]'', ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)#video game|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', the exclusive PlayStation 3 game ''[[The Last of Us]]'' developed by [[Naughty Dog]], ''[[Command & Conquer: Generals 2]]'' from [[BioWare Victory]], and ''[[Fortnite]]'' from [[Epic Games]]. New trailers for both ''[[Hitman: Absolution]]'' and ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' were aired during the show, as well as a pre-show announcement for ''[[Tekken Tag Tournament 2]]''. [[Mark Burnett]] was the Executive Producer for the event, and for the first time, the VGAs aired live on [[MTV 2]] (US), [[Spike.com]] (US) and [[Ginx TV]] (UK), in addition to Spike TV. The winners, as well as world premiere trailers, were announced during a pre-show red carpet live event hosted by GTTV's [[Amanda MacKay]] and Daniel Kayser. The 2011 VGAs also honored ''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise with its first ever "Video Game Hall of Fame Award".<ref name="2011vga">{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/press/2011/11/16/spike-announces-first-video-game-hall-of-fame-award-and-complete-list-of-vga-nominees/|title=Spike Announces VGA Nominees & Honors "Legend Of Zelda" With First Ever Video Game Hall Of Fame Award|date=2011-11-16|author=Spike Press Release|publisher=Spike|accessdate=2011-11-19}}</ref> Another unique award at the 2011 VGAs was the ''NFL Blitz'' Cover Athlete award. This award, determined by live online voting during the event (just like Character of the Year), determined which NFL athlete would be on the cover of the [[EA Sports]] game, ''[[NFL Blitz (2012 video game)|NFL Blitz]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/fvto8s/video-game-awafrds-nfl-blitz-cover-athlete-to-be-determined-live-by-vga-fans|title=NFL Blitz Cover Athlete To Be Determined Live By VGA Fans|date=2011-12-06|author=VGA|publisher=Spike.com|accessdate=2011-12-10}}</ref>

With appearances by [[will.i.am]], [[LL Cool J]], [[Felicia Day]], [[Kevin Jonas]], [[Seth Green]], [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], [[Tony Hawk]], [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Stacy Keibler]], [[Charlie Sheen]], [[Hideo Kojima]], and musical performances by [[Black Keys]] and [[Deadmau5]].

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
| [[Game of the Year]]
||''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
|
*''[[Batman: Arkham City ]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
*''[[Uncharted 3: Drakeӳ Deception]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''The Elders Scrolls V: Skyrim''
|
*[[Naughty Dog]], ''Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception''
*[[Rocksteady Studios]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
*[[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''Portal 2''
|-
|Gamer God
|[[Blizzard Entertainment]]''
|N/A
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
|
*[[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Marcus Fenix]], ''Gears Of War 3''
*[[Wheatley (Portal)|Wheatley]], ''Portal 2''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
*''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]''
|
*''[[inFAMOUS 2]]''
*''[[Killzone 3]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet 2]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
|
*''[[Epic Mickey]]''
*''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''
*''[[Lost in Shadow]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Minecraft]]''
*''[[The Witcher 2]]''
|-
|Best Handheld/Mobile Game
|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|
*''[[Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]]''
*''[[Infinity Blade]]''
*''Jetpack Joyride''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]''
|
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
*''[[RAGE]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
*''[[Uncharted 3: Drakeӳ Deception]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
|
*''[[Dark Souls]]''
*''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]''
*''[[Dragon Age II]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Fight Night Champion]]''
|
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters]]''
*''[[Top Spin 4]]''
*''[[Virtua Tennis 4]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K12]]''
|
*''[[FIFA Soccer 12]]''
*''[[NHL 12]]''
*''[[MLB 11: The Show]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''
|
*''[[DiRT 3]]''
*''[[Driver: San Francisco]]''
*''[[Need for Speed: The Run]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''
|
*''[[The King of Fighters XIII]]''
*''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''
*''[[WWE All Stars]]''
|-
|Best Motion Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
|
*''[[Child of Eden]]''
*''[[Dance Central 2]]''
*''[[The Gunstringer]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Minecraft]]''
|
*''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''
*''[[Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP]]''
*''[[The Binding of Isaac (video game)|The Binding of Isaac]]''
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
*''[[Back to the Future: The Game]]''
*''[[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]]''
*"Iӭ 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 (video game)|Bastion]]''
|
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[LA Noire]]''
*''[[RAGE]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Stephen Merchant]] as [[Wheatley (Portal)|Wheatley]], ''Portal 2''
|
*[[J.K. Simmons]] as [[Cave Johnson]], ''Portal 2''
*[[Mark Hamill]] as [[The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
*[[Nolan North]] as [[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Ellen McLain]] as [[GLaDOS]], ''Portal 2''
|
*[[Claudia Black]] as [[Chloe Frazer]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Emily Rose (actress)|Emily Rose]] as [[Elena Fisher]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Tara Strong]] as [[Harley Quinn]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''
|
*''[[Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet]]''
*''[[Stacking (video game)|Stacking]]''
*''[[Iron Brigade (video game)|Iron Brigade]]''
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Portal 2#Downloadable content|Portal 2 Peer Review]]''
|
*''[[Fallout: New Vegas|Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blue]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 2: Arrival]]''
*''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat:]]'' ''[[Freddy Krueger]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|
*''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
*''[[Diablo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[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]]'', [[Game Developers Conference|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: Drakeӳ Deception]]'', [[E3 2011]] Trailer
|-
|''NFL Blitz'' Cover Athlete
|[[Ray Rice]]
|
*[[Roddy White]]
*[[Patrick Willis]]
|}

===2010 Awards===
The 2010 VGAs were held Saturday, December 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California at the L.A. Convention Center and returned to using a host which was [[Neil Patrick Harris]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chiff.com/recreation/video-game-awards.htm | publisher=Chiff.com | accessdate=2010-11-14 | title=2010 Spike TV Video Game Awards, nominees, Winners, TV Schedule}}</ref> Unlike previous years, all the awards were not awarded during the show.

Several new games were announced which include [[BioWare]]'s announcement of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', ''[[Prototype 2 (video game)|Prototype 2]]'', ''[[Insane (2013 video game)|Insane]]'' from acclaimed movie director [[Guillermo del Toro]], ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'', ''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'' featuring [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''[[Resistance 3]]'', ''[[Portal 2]]'', ''[[SSX: Deadly Descents]]'', and ''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''. ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'' had another [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] trailer debut and the first trailer of ''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]'' aired during the awards.

With appearances by the cast members of ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'', [[Danny DeVito]], [[Kaitlin Olson]], [[Rob McElhenney]], Academy Award Nominated Director [[Guillermo del Toro]], ''Halo: Reach'' star and VGA Nominee [[Nathan Fillion]], ''[[Thor: God of Thunder]]'' star [[Chris Hemsworth]], [[Olivia Munn]], [[AnnaLynne McCord]], and [[Tony Hawk]], among others. Including musical performances by award winning violinist [[Diana Yukawa]],<ref name="Diana Yukawa Performs at Video Game Awards">Diana Yukawa Performs Halo Music at [http://www.dianayukawa.co.uk/Latest_Solo_Violinist_Performs_Halo_Music_at_2010_Video_Game_Awards_in_LA.html Video Game Awards]</ref> [[My Chemical Romance]] and [[Jos顇onz⭥z]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/event/vga|title=Spike Video Game Awards 2010}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
| Game of the Year
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
* ''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[BioWare]], ''Mass Effect 2''
|
* [[Blizzard Entertainment]], ''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''
* [[Bungie Studios]], ''Halo: Reach''
* [[Rockstar San Diego]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[List of Call of Duty characters#Protagonists|Sgt. Frank Woods]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
|
* [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War III''
* [[List of Red Dead Redemption characters|John Marston]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
* [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|
* ''[[Alan Wake]]''
* ''[[Fable III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]''
* ''[[ModNation Racers]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''
* ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''
* ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
|
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
* ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization V]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[God of War: Ghost of Sparta]]''
|
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]''
* ''[[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future]]''
* ''[[Super Scribblenauts]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
|
* ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]''
* ''[[BioShock 2]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|
* ''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|-
|Best RPG
| ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|
* ''[[Fable III]]''
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer
|''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|
* ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
* ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11]]''
|
* ''[[EA Sports MMA]]''
* ''[[Shaun White Skateboarding]]''
* ''[[UFC Undisputed 2010]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K11]]''
|
* ''[[FIFA 11]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 11]]''
* ''[[MLB 10: The Show]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010 video game)|Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit]]''
|
* ''[[Blur (video game)|Blur]]''
* ''[[ModNation Racers]]''
* ''[[Split/Second]]''
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[Rock Band 3]]''
|
* ''[[Dance Central]]''
* ''[[DJ Hero 2]]''
* ''[[Def Jam Rapstar]]''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[DJ Hero 2]]''
|
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock]]''
* ''[[Rock Band 3]]''
|-
|Best Song in a Game
|"Far Away" by [[Jos顇onz⭥z]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
|
* "[[Basket Case (song)|Basket Case]]" by [[Green Day]], ''Green Day: Rock Band''
* "[[Black Rain (Soundgarden song)|Black Rain]]" by [[Soundgarden]], ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock''
* "[[GoldenEye (song)|GoldenEye]]" by [[Nicole Scherzinger]], ''GoldenEye 007 (2010)''
* "Won't Back Down" by [[Eminem]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* "[[Replay (Iyaz song)|Replay]]/[[Rude Boy (song)|Rude Boy]] Mashup" by [[Iyaz]]/[[Rihanna]], ''DJ Hero 2''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|
* ''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
* ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game]]''
|
* ''[[Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
* ''[[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II]]''
* ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Neil Patrick Harris]] as [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man]], ''Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions''
|
* [[Daniel Craig]] as [[James Bond]], ''Goldeneye 007 (2010 video game)''
* [[Gary Oldman]] as Sergeant Reznov, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* [[John Cleese]] as Jasper, ''Fable III''
* [[Martin Sheen]] as the [[Illusive Man]], ''Mass Effect 2''
* [[Nathan Fillion]] as Sergeant Edward Buck, ''Halo: Reach''
* Rob Wiethoff as John Marston, ''Red Dead Redemption''
* [[Sam Worthington]] as [[Call of Duty: Black Ops#Characters and setting|Alex Mason]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Sarah Kerrigan]], ''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''
|
* [[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]], ''James Bond 007: Blood Stone''
* [[Danica Patrick]] as Herself, ''Blur''
* [[Emmanuelle Chriqui]] as The Numbers Lady, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* [[Felicia Day]] as Veronica Santangelo, ''Fallout: New Vegas''
* [[Jennifer Hale]] as [[Characters of the Mass Effect universe|Commander Shepard (female version)]], ''Mass Effect 2''
* [[Kristen Bell]] as [[Lucy Stillman]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
* [[Yvonne Strahovski]] as [[Characters of the Mass Effect universe|Miranda Lawson]], ''Mass Effect 2''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Costume Quest]]''
|
* ''[[Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light]]''
* ''[[Monday Night Combat]]''
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game]]''
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]''
|
* ''[[BioShock 2#Minerva's Den|BioShock 2: Minerva's Den]]''
* ''[[Borderlands (video game)#The Secret Armory of General Knoxx|Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Limbo (video game)|Limbo]]''
|
* ''[[Joe Danger]]''
* ''[[Super Meat Boy]]''
* ''[[The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
* ''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
* ''[[Gears of War 3]]''
|-
|Strongest Heroes of All Time
|
* [[Master Chief (Halo)|Master Chief]], ''Halo'' series
* [[Samus Aran]], ''Metroid'' series
* [[Marcus Fenix]], ''Gears of War'' series
|
* [[Mario]], ''Super Mario'' series
* [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War'' series
* [[Solid Snake]], ''Metal Gear Solid'' series
|-
|Best Original Game
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Zombie Game
|''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Dressed Assassin
|[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
|N/A
|-
|Biggest Badass
|[[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War III''
|N/A
|}

===2009 Awards===
The 2009 VGAs were held on December 12, 2009 at the Nokia Event Deck in Los Angeles, California<ref name="yahoovga">{{cite web | url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091213/ap_on_en_ot/us_spike_game_awards | publisher=Yahoo! | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-13 | title='Uncharted 2' nabs top prize at VGAs}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and were the first and only VGAs to not have a single host, but rather a number of presenters for the awards<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spike.com/event/vga2009 | title=Spike Video Game Awards 2009 | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-11 | publisher=SpikeTV}}</ref> It opened with a trailer announcing the [[Batman: Arkham City|sequel]] to ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum]]''. There were other exclusive looks at ''[[Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands]]'', ''[[UFC 2010 Undisputed]]'', ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', and others. [[Samuel L. Jackson]] previewed [[LucasArts]] newest upcoming ''Star Wars'' game, ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II]]''. In addition, ''[[Green Day: Rock Band]]'' was announced and accompanied with a trailer.

With appearances from Stevie Wonder, MTV Jersey Shore cast, Green Day and Jack Black, live music performances at the 2009 awards included [[Snoop Dogg]] and The Bravery.<ref name="yahoovga" />

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[ Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
* ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Rocksteady Studios]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
|
* [[Infinity Ward]], ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2''
* [[Naughty Dog]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
* [[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''Left 4 Dead 2''
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Flower (video game)|Flower]]''
|
* ''[[Osmos]]''
* ''[[Splosion Man]]''
* ''[[Trials HD]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Forza Motorsport 3]]''
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
* ''[[inFAMOUS]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
* ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
|
* ''[[MadWorld]]''
* ''[[Punch-Out!!]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
|
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]''
* ''[[The Sims 3]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]''
|
* ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
* ''[[Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box]]''
* ''[[Scribblenauts]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
|
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Assassins Creed II]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Br�� Legend]]''
* ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
|
* ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]''
* ''[[Demon's Souls]]''
* ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
|
* ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]''
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Street Fighter IV]]''
|
* ''[[BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger]]''
* ''[[Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny]]''
* ''[[Tekken 6]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[UFC 2009 Undisputed]]''
|
* ''[[Fight Night Round 4]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NHL 10]]''
|
* ''[[Madden NFL 10]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K10]]''
* ''[[FIFA 10]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Forza Motorsport 3]]''
|
* ''[[Dirt 2]]''
* ''[[Gran Turismo PSP]]''
* ''[[Need for Speed: Shift]]''
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]''
|
* ''[[DJ Hero]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[LEGO Rock Band]]''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[DJ Hero]]''
|
* ''[[Br�� Legend]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
|
* ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
|-
|Best Game Based On A Movie/TV Show
|''[[South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!]]''
|
* ''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]''
* ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena]]''
* ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition]]''
|-
|Best Performance By A Human Female
|[[Megan Fox]] as [[Mikaela Banes]], ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
|
* [[Eliza Dushku]] as [[Rubi Malone]], ''WET''
* [[Kristen Bell]] as [[Lucy Stillman]], ''Assassin's Creed II''
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as Dare, ''Halo 3: ODST''
|-
|Best Performance By A Human Male
|[[Hugh Jackman]] as [[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine]], ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''
|
* [[Bill Murray]] as Dr. [[Peter Venkman]], ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game''
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]] as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja, ''Afro Samurai''
* [[Shia LaBeouf]] as [[Sam Witwicky]], ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
* [[Vin Diesel]] as [[Richard B. Riddick]], ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena''
|-
|Best Cast
|''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]''
|
* ''[[Br�� Legend]]''
* ''[[Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard]]''
* ''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]''
* ''[[South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!]]''
|-
|Best Voice
|[[Jack Black]] for the voice of Eddie Riggs, ''Br�� Legend''
|
* [[Arleen Sorkin]] as [[Harley Quinn]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
* [[Claudia Black]] as [[Chloe Frazer]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
* [[Mark Hamill]] as [[Joker (comics)|The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
* [[Nolan North]] as [[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Shadow Complex]]''
|
* ''[[Battlefield 1943]]''
* ''[[Fat Princess]]''
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]''
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony]]''
|
* ''[[Fallout 3: Broken Steel]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3: Point Lookout]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game of 2010
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
* ''[[BioShock 2]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
* ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
|-
|Best Comedy Game
|''[[Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard]]''
|N/A
|}

===2008 Awards===
The 2008 VGAs were held on December 14, 2008 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Spike-2008-VGA-Results-14035.html | title=Spike 2008 VGA REsults | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2008-12-15 | publisher=Blend Games}}</ref> The show, hosted by [[Jack Black]], featured ten previews of upcoming games. Musical performances included [[50 Cent]], [[The All-American Rejects]], [[Weezer]], and [[LL Cool J]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.planetxbox360.com/article_5364/Spike_TV_Announces_2008_Video_Game_Awards_Winners | title=Spike TV Announces 2008 Video Game Awards Winners | author=Eric Bush | accessdate=2009-12-13}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Gears of War 2]]''
* ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Media Molecule]], ''LittleBigPlanet''
|
* [[Rockstar North]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
* [[Harmonix]], ''Rock Band 2''
* [[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''Fallout 3''
|-
|Gamer God
|[[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]], creator of ''[[The Sims]]'' and ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Gears of War 2]]''
|
* ''[[Far Cry 2]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Fallout 3]]''
|
* ''[[Fable II]]''
* ''[[Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning]]''
* ''[[The World Ends with You]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Shaun White Snowboarding]]''
|
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09]]''
* ''[[Wii Fit]]''
* ''[[Skate It]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Professor Layton and the Curious Village]]''
|
* ''[[God of War: Chains of Olympus]]''
* ''[[Patapon]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|
* ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures]]''
|
* ''[[Quantum of Solace]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]]''
* ''[[Naruto: The Broken Bond]]''
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[Rock Band 2]]''
|
* ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''
* ''[[Wii Music]]''
* ''[[SingStar]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Paradise]]''
|
* ''[[Pure (video game)|Pure]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club: Los Angeles]]''
* ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|
* ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]''
* ''[[Mirror's Edge]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Rock Band 2]]''
|
*''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Gears of War 2]]''
|
* ''[[Fable II]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
*''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Boom Blox]]''
|
*''[[No More Heroes (video game)|No More Heroes]]''
* ''[[Wii Fit]]''
* ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
|
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|
* ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
* ''[[Crysis Warhead]]''
* ''[[Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
* ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|
* ''[[Gears of War 2]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game Fueld By Dew
|''[[World of Goo]]''
|
* ''[[PixelJunk Eden]]''
* ''[[Braid (video game)|Braid]]''
* ''[[Audiosurf]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Soulcalibur IV]]''
|
* ''[[Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe]]''
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
* ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit]]''
|-
|Best Male Voice
|[[Michael Hollick]] as [[Niko Bellic]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
|
* [[David Hayter]] as [[Old Snake (Metal Gear)|Old Snake]], ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''
* [[Stephen Fry]] as The Narrator, ''LittleBigPlanet''
* [[Jason Zumwalt]] as [[Roman Bellic]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
|-
|Best Female Voice
|[[Debi Mae West]] as [[Meryl Silverburgh]], ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''
|
* [[Nathalie Cox]] as [[Juno Eclipse]], ''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed''
* [[Paula Tiso]] as [[Silvia Christel]], ''No More Heroes''
* [[Keeley Hawes]] as [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Underworld''
|-
|Big Name in the Game Male
|[[Kiefer Sutherland]] as Sgt. Roebuck, ''Call of Duty: World at War''
|N/A
|-
|Big Name in the Game Female
|[[Jenny McCarthy]] as Special Agent Tanya Adams, ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3''
|N/A
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NHL 09]]''
|
* ''[[Madden NFL 09]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K9]]''
* ''[[FIFA Soccer 09]]''
|}

===2007 Awards===
The 2007 VGAs aired December 9, 2007. Hosted by [[Samuel L. Jackson]], the winners were announced ahead of the event which was held at the [[Mandalay Bay Events Center]] in Las Vegas. The show featured performances by [[Foo Fighters]], [[Kid Rock]], and exclusive world videogame premieres of ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]'', ''[[Gran Turismo 5 Prologue]]'', ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2]]'' and ''[[TNA Impact! (video game)|TNA iMPACT!]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.digitaltechnews.com/news/2007/12/spike-tv-vga-20.html | title=Spike TV VGA 2007 Winners Announced | publisher=Digital Tech News | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2007-12-08}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Harmonix]], ''Rock Band''
|
* [[Bungie]], ''Halo 3''
* [[2K Boston/2K Australia]], ''BioShock''
*[[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''The Orange Box''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
|
* ''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Mass Effect]]''
|
* ''[[Eternal Sonata]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions]]''
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3]]''
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
|
* ''[[Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas]]''
* ''[[World in Conflict]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Skate (video game)|skate]]''
|
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]]''
* ''[[Virtua Tennis 3]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]''
|
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions]]''
* ''[[Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow]]''
* ''[[Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Crysis]]''
|
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[The Simpsons Game]]''
|
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]''
* ''[[Naruto: Rise of a Ninja]]''
* ''[[Stranglehold (video game)|Stranglehold]]''
|-
|Best Rhythm Game
|''[[Rock Band]]''
|
* ''[[Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Jam Sessions]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Colin McRae: Dirt]]''
|
* ''[[Forza Motorsport 2]]''
* ''[[Need for Speed: ProStreet]]''
* ''[[Project Gotham Racing 4]]''
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
* ''[[God of War II]]''
* ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 08]]''
|
* ''[[NBA 2K8]]''
* ''[[NHL 08]]''
* ''[[Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007]]''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Rock Band]]''
|
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]]''
|-
|Breakthrough Technology
|''[[The Orange Box]]''/''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''
|
* ''[[Crysis]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]'' - Saved Films / Theatre Mode
* ''[[Rock Band]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''
* ''[[Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]''
* ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]''
|
* ''[[Heavenly Sword]]''
* ''[[Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]''
* ''[[Warhawk (2007 video game)|Warhawk]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[The Orange Box]]''
|
* ''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Crysis]]''
* ''[[World in Conflict]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
* ''[[God of War II]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Halo 3]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
* ''[[Rock Band]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
|-
|Most Addictive Video Game
|''[[Halo 3]]''
|
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports]]''
|}

===2006 Awards===
The 2006 VGAs featured musical performances by [[Tenacious D]] and [[AFI (band)|AFI]] and show appearances by 50 Cent, Eva Mendes, Sarah Silverman, Seth Green, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, Brandon Routh, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tony Hawk, Michael Irvin, Method Man, Maria Menounos, Tyrese, Xzibit, James Gandolfini, Kurt Angle, among others. In character as Stewie Griffin and Tom Tucker from Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane served as the voice of the VGAs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/gamebanshee-news-73/spike-tv-2006-vga-winners-announced-82923.html | publisher=UGO Games | accessdate=2009-12-12 | date=2006-12-09 | title=Spike TV 2006 VGA Winners Announced}}</ref> The awards aired December 13, 2006 at the [[Galen Center]] in Los Angeles and were hosted by [[Samuel L. Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://lastheplace.com/2006/12/15/spike-tv-2006-video-game-awards-the-revolution-will-be-televised/ | title=Spike TV 2006 Video Game Awards Breaks the Mold | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-15 | publisher=LAs The Place.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
* ''[[Gears of War]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 2]]''
* ''[[Ōkami]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Epic Games]], ''Gears of War''
|
* [[Clover Studio]], ''Ōkami''
* [[Relic Entertainment]], ''Company of Heroes''
* [[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
* [[Harmonix]], ''Guitar Hero''
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Alyx Vance]], ''Half-Life 2: Episode One''
|
* [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Legend''
* [[Princess Peach]], ''Super Mario Bros.''
* Enrica, ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent''
* [[Jen]], ''Prey''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's Project 8]]''
|
* ''[[Rockstar Presents Table Tennis]]''
* ''[[Fight Night Round 3]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07]]''
* ''[[Top Spin 2]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K7]]''
|
* ''[[Madden NFL 07]]''
* ''[[NCAA Football 07]]''
* ''[[FIFA 07]]''
* ''[[NHL 07]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy]]''
|
* ''[[The Godfather: The Game]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]''
* ''[[The Sopranos: Road to Respect]]''
* ''[[Family Guy Video Game!]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
| [[Patrick Stewart]] as Emperor Uriel Septim VII, ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
|
* [[Seth MacFarlane]] as [[Peter Griffin]], [[Stewie Griffin]], and [[Brian Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* Gerry Rosenthal as Jimmy Hopkins, ''Bully''
* [[Johnny Depp]] as [[Jack Sparrow]], ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow''
* [[Kiefer Sutherland]] as [[Jack Bauer]], ''24: The Game''
|-
|Best Supporting Male Performance
|[[James Gandolfini]] as [[Tony Soprano]], ''The Sopranos: Road to Respect''
|
* [[Seth Green]] as [[Chris Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* [[James Woods]] as George Sheffield, ''Scarface: The World Is Yours''
* James Cann as [[Santino 'Sonny' Corleone]], ''The Godfather: The Game''
* Philip Micahel Thomas as Lance Vance, ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
| [[Vida Guerra]] as Femme Fatale, ''Scarface: The World Is Yours''
|
* [[Tia Carrere]] as Lin, ''Saints Row''
* [[Emmanuelle Vaugier]] as Nikki, ''Need For Speed: Carbon''
* [[Keely Hawes]] as [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Legend''
* [[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Eckō's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure''
|-
|Best Supporting Female Performance
|[[Rachael Leigh Cook]] as Tifa Lockhart, ''Kingdom Hearts II''
|
* [[Elisha Cuthbert]] as [[Kim Bauer]], ''24: The Game''
* [[Brittany Murphy]] as Karen Light, ''Marc Eckō's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure''
* [[Mila Kunis]] as [[Meg Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* [[Lynda Carter]] as Female Nords / Female Orcs, ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
|-
|Best Cast
|''[[Family Guy Video Game!]]''
|
* ''[[The Godfather: The Game]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]''
* ''[[Saints Row]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|-
|Best Song
|"[[Lights and Sounds]]" by [[Yellowcard]], ''Burnout Revenge''
|
* "Loco Roco No Uta", ''Loco Roco''
* "Heavenly Star", ''Lumines 2''
* "[[Helicopter (song)|Helicopter]]" by Bloc Party, ''Mark Eckō's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure'' and ''Burnout Revenge''
* "[[Summer Shudder]]" by [[AFI (band)|AFI]], ''Maddden NFL 07''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Guitar Hero II]]''
|
* ''[[Madden NFL 07]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
* ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''
* ''[[Electroplankton]]''
* ''[[Ōkami]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Revenge]]''
|
* ''[[Need for Speed: Carbon]]''
* ''[[TOCA Race Driver 3]]''
* ''[[GTR 2 ֠FIA GT Racing Game]]''
|-
|Most Addictive Game
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
* ''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day]]''
* ''[[Gears of War]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero II]]''
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]''
|
* ''[[Tekken: Dark Resurrection]]''
* ''[[Dead or Alive 4]]''
* ''[[Street Fighter Alpha Anthology]]''
* ''[[God Hand]]''
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Dead Rising]]''
|
* ''[[New Super Mario Bros]]''
* ''[[Ōkami]]''
* ''[[Saints Row]]''
* ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
* ''[[Black (video game)|Black]]''
* ''[[Prey (video game)|Prey]]''
* ''[[Half Life 2: Episode One]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 3]]''
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 3]]''
* ''[[The Outfit (video game)|The Outfit]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2142]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
* ''[[Ōkami]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|
* ''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
* ''[[Tetris DS]]''
* ''[[LocoRoco]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent]]''
|-
|Breakthrough Technology
|[[Wii]]
|
* [[PlayStation 3]]
* [[Nintendo DS Lite]]
* ''[[Electroplankton]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
* ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''
* ''[[Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|
* ''[[Half Life 2: Episode One]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2142]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Empire at War]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[SWAT Force]]''
|
* ''[[Diner Dash]]''
* ''[[Tower Bloxx]]''
* ''Super KO Boxing!''
|-
|Critic's Choice (released after 11/15/2006 and before 12/31/2006)
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''
|
* ''[[Resistance: Fall of Man]]''
* ''[[Medieval II: Total War]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports]]''
|-
|Breakthrough Performance
|[[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
|N/A
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[Jack Sparrow]] portrayed by [[Johnny Depp]], ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow''
|N/A
|}

===2005 Awards===
The 2005 VGAs were held December 10, 2005 at the [[Gibson Amphitheatre]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/9815/Spike-TV-VGA-2005-Honors-Activision-Games/ | date=2005-11-23 | accessdate=2009-12-13 | publisher=Team XBox | title=Spike TV VGA 2005 Honors Activision Games}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/7498/Spike-TV-Video-Game-Award-Winners-Announced |title=2005 VGA |accessdate=2008-12-18 |publisher=IGN.com |work=Video Game Awards 2005 Award Winners by Spike TV }}</ref> This was the first year that [[Samuel L. Jackson]] hosted the VGAs.

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|-
|Action Game of the Year
|''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
|
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
* ''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
* ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]''
* ''[[50 Cent: Bulletproof]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''
|
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06]]''
* ''[[SSX On Tour]]''
* ''[[Top Spin (video game)|Top Spin]]''
* ''[[Fight Night Round 2]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 06]]''
|
* ''[[Blitz: The League]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K6]]''
* ''[[World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International]]'
* ''[[NBA Street V3]]''
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Maria Menounos]] as Eva, ''James Bond 007: From Russia with Love''
|
* [[Charlize Theron]] as ǯn Flux, ''ǯn Flux''
* [[Jessica Alba]] as [[Invisible Woman]], ''Fantastic 4''
* [[Traci Lords]] as Cassandra Hartz, ''True Crime: New York City''
* [[Joanna Dark]], ''Perfect Dark Zero''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
|
* ''[[Star Wars Battlefront II]]''
* ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]''
* ''[[From Russia with Love (video game)|James Bond 007: From Russia With Love]]''
* ''[[The Matrix: Path of Neo]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Jack Black]] as [[Carl Denham]], ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official game of the Movie''
|
* [[50 Cent]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Michael Chiklis]] as [[Thing (comics)|Thing]], ''Fantastic 4''
* [[Sean Connery]] as [[James Bond]], ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[TC Carson]] as [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War''
|-
|Best Supporting Male Performance
|[[Christopher Walken]] as Gabriel Whitting, ''True Crime: New York City''
|
* [[Eminem]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Dr. Dre]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] as [[The Suffering: Ties That Bind#Characters|Blackmore]], ''The Suffering: Ties That Bind''
* [[P. Diddy]] as Dip, ''Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Charlize Theron]] as ǯn Flux, ''ǯn Flux''
|
* [[Naomi Watts]] as Ann Darrow, ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie''
* [[Josie Maran]] as Mia Townsend, ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted''
* [[Jessica Alba]] as [[Invisible Woman]], ''Fantastic 4''
* Cornelia Hayes Oӈerlihy as [[Fiona Belli]], ''Haunting Ground''
|-
|Best Supporting Female Performance
|[[Traci Lords]] as Madam Cassandra Hartz, ''True Crime: New York City''
|
* [[Maria Menounos]] as Eva, ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
* [[Natasha Bedingfield]] as Elizabeth Stark, ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[Mariska Hargitay]] as Deena Dixon, ''True Crime: New York City''
|-
|Best Original Song
|"[[Bulletproof (soundtrack)|Maybe We Crazy]]" by [[50 Cent]], ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
|
* "[[Lights and Sounds]]" by [[Yellowcard]], ''Burnout Revenge''
* "When I Get Angry" by [[Spider Loc]], ''Madden NFL 06''
* "Getting Up Anthem: Part I" by Talib Kweli and Rakim, ''Mark Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
* "Error Operator" by [[Taking Back Sunday]], ''Fantastic 4''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Guitar Hero (2005 video game)|Guitar Hero]]''
|
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
* ''[[50 Cent: Bulletproof]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''
* ''[[SSX On Tour]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[We Love Katamari]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
* ''[[Indigo Prophecy]]''
* ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]''
|-
|Designer of the Year
|[[David Jaffe]], ''God of War''
|
* [[Rob Pardo]], ''World of Warcraft''
* [[Michel Ancel]], ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie''
* [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], ''Nintendogs''
* Craig Hubbard, ''F.E.A.R.''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Revenge]]''
|
* ''[[Gran Turismo 4]]''
* ''[[L.A. Rush]]''
* ''[[Forza Motorsport]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition]]''
|-
|Most Addictive Game
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
* ''[[We Love Katamari]]''
* ''[[Lumines]]''
* ''[[Nintendogs]]''
* ''[[Meteos]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Fight Night Round 2]]''
|
* ''[[Soulcalibur III]]''
* ''[[Tekken 5]]''
* ''[[Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]''
|-
|Best First-Person Action
|''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[Far Cry Instincts]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]''
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
|
* ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''
* ''[[SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
|
* ''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[PGR 3]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Lumines]]''
|
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
* ''[[Nintendogs]]''
* ''[[Meteos]]''
* ''[[Burnout Legends]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Guild Wars]]''
|
* ''[[SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[City of Villains]]''
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|-
|Best Breakthrough Technology
|[[PSP]]
|
* Facial Mo-cap ''[[NBA Live 06]]''
*''[[Nintendogs]]'' Voice Recognition
*[[Unreal Engine 3]]
*[[Xbox 360]]
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
* ''[[Jade Empire]]''
* ''[[X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse]]''
* ''[[Dungeon Siege II]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
*''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization IV]]''
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure]]''
|
* ''[[Need for Speed: Underground 2]]''
* ''[[Massive Snowboarding]]''
* ''[[The Incredibles (video game)|The Incredibles]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''
|}

===2004 Awards===
The 2004 VGAs were held in [[Santa Monica]], [[California]] at the Barker Hangar. They were hosted by [[Snoop Dogg]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-99191738.html | title=American hip-hop star Snoop Dogg to host annual Video Game Awards | publisher=Encyclopedia.com | accessdate=2010-3-14 | date=2004-09-15}}</ref> The event featured musical performances including [[Sum 41]], [[Ludacris]] and a special live performance by Snoop Dogg and the remaining members of [[The Doors]] performing "Riders on the Storm".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2004/11/16-44 | title=Spike TV announces Video Game Awards 2004 nominees | publisher=Gaming Age | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2004-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/half-life-2/573823p1.html |title=2004 VGA |accessdate=2008-12-18 |publisher=Gamespy.com |work=Video Game Awards 2004 Award Winners by Spike TV }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
* ''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay]]''
|
* ''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]''
* ''[[Spider-Man 2 (video game)|Spider-Man 2]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Brooke Burke]] as Rachel Teller, ''Need for Speed: Underground 2''
|
* [[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]], ''Goldeneye: Rogue Agent''
* [[Carmen Electra]] as herself, ''Def Jam: Fight For NY''
* [[Jennifer Garner]] as [[Sydney Bristow]], ''Alias''
* [[Heidi Klum]] as Katya Nadanova, ''James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Samuel L. Jackson]] as [[List of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas characters#Sergeant Frank Tenpenny|Sergeant Frank Tenpenny]], ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''
|
* [[Vin Diesel]] as Richard B. Riddick, ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay''
* [[Hugh Jackman]] as [[Gabriel Van Helsing]], ''Van Helsing''
* [[Christopher Lee]] as [[Francisco Scaramanga]], ''GoldenEye: Rogue Agent''
* [[Tobey Mcguire]] as [[Spider-Man]], ''Spider-Man 2''
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Rayne (BloodRayne)|BloodRayne]], ''BloodRayne 2''
|
* Tina Armstrong, ''Dead or Alive Ultimate''
* [[Carmen Electra]], ''Def Jam: Fight For NY''
* Luba Licious, ''Leisure Suit Larry: Magda Cum Laude''
* Rachel Teller (played by [[Brooke Burke]]), ''Need for Speed: Underground 2''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
|
* ''[[NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup]]''
* ''[[Need For Speed: Underground 2]]''
|-
|Best Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 2005]]''
|
* ''[[ESPN NFL 2K5]]''
* ''[[NBA Ballers]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground 2]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat: Deception]]''
|
* ''[[Def Jam: Fight For NY]]''
* ''[[Dead or Alive Ultimate]]''
* ''[[Fight Night 2004]]''
* ''[[WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw]]''
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
|-
|Best First-Person Action
|''[[Halo 2]]''
|
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Far Cry]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004]]''
|-
|Best Song in a Video Game
|"[[American Idiot (song)|American Idiot]]" by [[Green Day]], ''Madden NFL 2005''
|
* "I Do" by [[Chingy]], ''Need for Speed Underground 2''
* "[[Pain (Jimmy Eat World song)|Pain]]" by [[Jimmy Eat World]], ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2''
* "[[Lean Back]]" by [[Terror Squad (group)|Terror Squad]], ''Need for Speed Underground 2''
* "Go" by [[Will.i.am]], ''NBA Live 2005''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
* ''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2005]]''
|-
|Designer of the Year
|[[Jason Jones (programmer)|Jason Jones]] and [[Bungie Studios]], ''Halo 2''
|
* [[Sam Houser]] and [[Rockstar North]], ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''
* [[Tomonobu Itagaki]] and [[Team Ninja]], ''Ninja Gaiden''
* [[Hideo Kojima]], ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''
* Alex Ward and [[Criterion Games|Criterion]], ''Burnout 3: Takedown''
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty: Finest Hour]]
|
* ''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]''
* ''[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]''
* ''[[Rome: Total War]]''
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Rome: Total War]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[Might and Magic]]''
|
* ''CBS Sportsline Baseball 2004''
* ''Jamdat Sports NFL 2005''
* ''[[National Treasure]]''{{Disambiguation needed|date=June 2011}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
|-
|Best New Technology
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' engine
* [[NVIDIA GeForce]] 6800
* Spherex [[Xbox]] 5.1 Surround Sound System
|-
|Best Handheld
|''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]''
|
* ''[[Astro Boy: Omega Factor]]''
* ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
* ''[[Pokꮯn FireRed Version]]''
|-
|Best Massively Multiplayer Game
|''[[City of Heroes]]''
|
* ''[[Everquest II]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Fable (video game)|Fable]]''
|
* ''[[The Bard's Tale (2004 video game)|The Bard's Tale]]''
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne]]''
* ''[[X-Men Legends]]''
|-
|Most Addictive Game (viewer's choice)
|''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
|
* ''[[City of Heroes]]''
* ''[[Donkey Konga]]''
* ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
|-
|Best Gaming Publication (fan favorite)
|''[[Game Informer]]''
|
* ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]''
* ''[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine|Official PlayStation Magazine]]''
* ''[[GMR (magazine)|GMR]]''
*''[[Official Xbox Magazine]]''
|-
|Best Gaming Web Site (fan favorite)
|[[GameSpot]]
|
* [[1UP.com|1UP]]
* [[GameSpy]]
* [[IGN]]
* [[Shack News]]
|}

===2003 Awards===
The 2003 VGAs were the first VGAs to be hosted by Spike TV. It was held at the [[MGM Grand Garden Arena]] in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 2, 2003 and aired on December 4, 2003. The event was hosted by [[David Spade]] and featured appearances by [[Lil' Kim]], [[Jaime Pressly]], [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[P.O.D.]], [[Orlando Jones]], and [[Cedric the Entertainer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/specials/special.pl?spec=spiketv&pagenum=1|title= Unintentional Hilarity at Spike TV|last=Lewinson|first=Tim|date=12-3-2002|publisher=Gaming Age|accessdate=2009-11-15}}</ref> The event also featured a [[WWE]] tag team wrestling match with the superstars [[Rey Mysterio]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Trish Stratus]], and [[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]].

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
|
* ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
* ''[[SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals]]''
* ''[[SSX 3]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
|-
|Best Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
|
* ''[[Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball]]''
* ''[[ESPN NFL Football]]''
*''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Live 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Street Vol. 2]]''
* ''[[SSX3]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004]]''
* ''World Series Baseball 2K3''
* ''[[WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain]]''
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
|
* ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Hitman 2: Silent Assassin]]''
* ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]''
* ''[[Panzer Dragoon Orta]]''
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''
* ''[[SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
|-
|Best Animation
|''[[Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball]]''
|
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[The Getaway (video game)|The Getaway]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica X]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
* ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
* ''[[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]''
* ''[[Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht]]''
* ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[Enter the Matrix]]''
|
* ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''
* ''[[Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup]]''
* ''[[The Hulk (video game)|The Hulk]]''
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb]]''
* ''[[James Bond 007: Nightfire]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''
* ''[[Tron 2.0]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[NASCAR Thunder 2004]]''
|
* ''[[Auto Modellista]]''
* ''[[Colin McRae Rally 3]]''
* ''[[F1 Career Challenge]]''
* ''[[F-Zero GX]]''
* ''[[The Getaway (video game)|The Getaway]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club II]]''
* ''[[MotoGP 2]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons: Hit and Run]]''
|-
|Best Music
|''[[Def Jam Vendetta]]''
|
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Live 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Street Vol. 2]]''
* ''[[SSX3]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
* ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
* ''Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human
|[[Ray Liotta]] as [[Tommy Vercetti]], ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''
|
* [[Christina Aguilera]] as herself, ''The Sims: Superstar''
* [[Christopher Walken]] as [[True Crime: Streets of LA#Characters|George]], ''True Crime: Streets of LA''
* [[David Duchovny]] as [[XIII (video game)#Characters|XIII]], ''XIII''
* [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[Method Man]], and more as themselves ''Def Jam Vendetta''
* [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] as [[XIII (video game)#Characters|Jones]], ''XIII''
* [[Giovanni Ribisi]] as Pvt Elder, ''Call of Duty''
* [[Jada Pinkett Smith]] as [[Niobe (The Matrix)|Niobe]], ''Enter the Matrix''
* [[Jenna Jameson]] as [[Candy Suxxx]], ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''
* [[Snoop Dogg]] as himself, ''True Crime: Streets of LA''
|-
|Most Anticipated
|''[[Halo 2]]''
|
* ''[[Dead or Alive Online]]''
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Driver 3]]''
* ''[[Fable (video game)|Fable]]''
* ''[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]''
* ''[[Gran Turismo 4]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
* ''[[Starcraft: Ghost]]''
|-
|Most Addictive
|''[[Soulcalibur II]]''
|
* ''[[Anarchy Online#Expansions|Anarchy Online: Shadowlands]]''
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
* ''[[ESPN NHL Hockey]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[PlanetSide]]''
* ''[[The Sims: Superstar]]''
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]''
* ''[[Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
|
* ''[[Age of Mythology: The Titans]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome]]''
* ''[[Command and Conquer: Generals Zero Hour]]''
* ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]''
* ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]''
* ''[[The Sims: Superstar]]''
* ''[[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]''
|-
|Best Online Game
|''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
|
* ''[[Anarchy Online#Expansions|Anarchy Online: Shadowlands]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome]]''
* ''[[EverQuest Online Adventures]]''
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide]]''
* ''[[PlanetSide]]''
* ''[[The Sims Online]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]''
|
* ''[[Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''
* ''[[Iridion II]]''
* ''[[Mega Man and Bass]]''
* ''[[Ninja Five-O]]''
* ''[[Rayman 3]]''
* ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain]]''
|
* ''[[Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home]]''
* ''[[Bloody Roar 4]]''
* ''[[Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO]]''
* ''[[Def Jam Vendetta]]''
* ''[[Pride FC]]''
* ''[[Soulcalibur II]]''
* ''[[Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution]]''
* ''[[WWE Wrestlemania XIX]]''
|-
|Best First Person Action
|''[[Call of Duty]]''
|
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII]]''
* ''[[Chrome (video game)|Chrome]]''
* ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
* ''[[Planetside]]''
* ''[[Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]]''
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder]]''
* ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]''
|-
|Best Fantasy Game
|''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''
|
* ''[[Hack Part 1 Infection]]''
* ''[[Dark Cloud 2]]''
* ''[[EverQuest Online Adventures]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia Legends]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
* ''[[Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht]]''
|}

==Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame==
'''Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame''' recognizes the video game "franchises throughout history that have brought the industry to where it is today" - Casey Patterson, executive producer of the VGAs and executive vice president of event production for Viacom Media Networks Entertainment Group. The first inductee was awarded at the ninth annual Spike Video Game Awards on December 10, 2011. The inaugural recipient was ''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise, with [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] accepting the award.<ref name="2011vga" />

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!Year
!Inductee
|-
|2011
|''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]''
|}

==Nomination==
With the exception of the fan-voted "Most Anticipated Game", "Character of the Year", and a few other non-annual categories, the award nominees and winners are voted by an advisory council, featuring 25 journalists from various media outlets. Fans, however, can vote online for which games they think should win each category.

{| class="wikitable hlist" border="1"
|+ VGA Advisory Council as of November 2011<ref>{{cite web
|date = 2011-11-03
|title = Meet the VGA 2011 Advisory Council
|url = http://www.spike.com/articles/zbeldj/video-game-awards-meet-the-vga-2011-advisory-council
|publisher = [[Spike TV]]
|accessdate = 2011-11-03
}}</ref>
|-
! Member
! Position
! Publication
|-
| Andy McNamara || Editor in Chief || ''[[Game Informer]]''
|-
| [[Brian Crecente]] || Editor in Chief || [[Kotaku]]
|-
| Chris Baker || Senior Editor || ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''
|-
| Chris Kohler || Games Editor || [[Wired.com]]
|-
| Chris Slate || Editor in Chief || ''[[Nintendo Power]]''
|-
| Christopher Grant || Editor in Chief || [[Joystiq]]
|-
| Dale North || Editor in Chief || [[Destructoid]]
|-
| Francesca Reyes || Editor in Chief || ''[[Official Xbox Magazine]]''
|-
| Gary Steinman || Editor in Chief || [[GamesRadar]]
|-
| [[Geoff Keighley]] || Host || ''[[GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley]]''/[[Spike TV]]
|-
| [[Jeff Gerstmann]] || Editor in Chief || [[Giant Bomb]]
|-
| Jeff Jensen || Senior Writer || ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|-
| [[Jerry Holkins]] || Writer / Co-Creator || ''[[Penny Arcade (webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]''
|-
| John Davison || VP of Programming || [[GameSpot]] & [[Metacritic]]
|-
| Logan Decker || Editor in Chief || ''[[PC Gamer]]''
|-
| Lou Kesten || Reviewer/Editor || [[Associated Press]]
|-
| [[Mike Krahulik]] || Artist / Co-Creator || ''Penny Arcade''
|-
| Mike Snider || Technology Reporter || ''[[USA Today]]''
|-
| Rich Greenhill || Director of Content and Programming || [[Yahoo! Games]]
|-
| Sam Kennedy || Director of Audience Generation || [[IGN]]/[[1UP.com]]
|-
| Scott Alexander || Freelance Writer || ''[[Playboy]]''
|-
| Shane Satterfield || VP of Content || Spike TV
|-
| Stephen Totilo || Deputy Editor || Kotaku
|-
| Tal Blevins || VP Games Content || IGN
|-
| Tina Amini || Assistant Editor / Video Games Channel Manager || ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]''
|}

==Reception==
Video game journalism veteran [[Jeff Green (writer)|Jeff Green]] has been vocal in his criticism of the Spike Video Game Awards. In his assessment of the 2010 VGAs, Green laments that Spike TV alienated viewers due to their decision to focus the awards on its own primary demographic, rather than the video game community at large. Green states that this leads to appearances by celebrities who "either didn't want to be or know why they were there."<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://jeff-greenspeak.blogspot.com/2010/12/rant-about-spike-vgas.html |title=A Rant about the Spike VGAs |first=Jeff |last=Green |publisher=Greenspeak |date=2010-12-12 |accessdate=2011-12-07}}</ref> 2011 VGA host Zachary Levi recognized this and prior to hosting the event, told [[MTV]] in an interview that, "Iӭ happy to work on the VGAs on Spike and make the network happy, but I want to be respectful to the community of gamers because I am one myself. And [with] the humor involved, I want it to be smart, I want it to be honest, and accurate."<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview"/> [[Giant Bomb]]'s Alex Navarro has also commented on the VGAs, questioning the importance of the awards themselves next to the VGA's focus on its exclusive reveals.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/2011-spike-video-game-awards-will-award-video-games-with-awards-also-announce-things/3787/
|title=2011 Spike Video Game Awards Will Award Video Games With Awards, Also Announce Things |first=Alex |last=Navarro |publisher=[[Giant Bomb]] |date=2011-11-03 |accessdate=2011-12-07}}</ref>

The 2011 VGAs were given similar criticisms. [[Kotaku]] reported that VGA nominees [[Mark Hamill]] and [[Tara Strong]] were disappointed that they were present at the event but their respective categories were not present at the show, only finding out the results of the "Best Performance by a Human Male" and "Best Performance by a Human Female" awards after the show.<ref>{{cite web
|url=kotaku.com/5867014/
|title=Mark Hamill, Tara Strong (aka The Joker and Harley Quinn) Both Miffed about the VGAs |first=Stephen |last=Totilo |publisher=[[Kotaku]] |date=2011-12-11 |accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref> [[Wired.com]] writer Jason Schreier addressed Spike TV after the event in reference to food eating segments by [[Felicia Day]] and the host Zachary Levi having simulations of a [[Tea bag (sexual act)|sexual act]] performed on him. Schreier said, "Itӳ not hard to find the root of the problem here: You think weӲe dumb. You think your audience is so stupid that theyӬl be amused by YouTube rants and health potion gags. You think we get our jollies out of watching girls bite cupcakes off conveyor belts. You think videogame references make a good substitute for humor." Schreier also quoted [[Joystiq]]'s Justin McElroy, who voiced his concern at many awards being shown together in a short montage. Praise was given for the handling of ''The Legend of Zelda's'' induction into the Hall of Fame including the video package of the franchise's releases and an appearance by creator [[Shigeru Miyamoto]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://jasonschreier.com/2011/12/11/spike-vgas/
|title=An Open Letter To The Spike VGAs |first=Jason |last=Schreier |publisher=jasonschreier.com |date=2011-12-11 |accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref>

==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 (actor)|Michael McDonald]]) and [[Farrah Fawcett]] (played by [[Arden Myrin]]), musical guest [[The Jackson 5]], and award presenter [[Mark Spitz]] (played by [[Ike Barinholtz]]). ''[[Pong]]'' and ''[[Asteroids (video game)|Asteroids]]'' were the only video games nominated for all of the awards presented, even though ''Asteroids'' wasn't released in the arcade until [[1979 in video gaming|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 in video gaming|1978]].<ref name="madtv">MADtv Episode #1121, Air Date: May 13, 2006.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview">{{cite web|first=Charles | last=Webb| url =http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/12/05/spike-vgas-interview-meet-your-host-zachary-levi/ | title = Spike VGAs Interview: Meet Your Host, Zachary Levi | publisher = [[MTV]]| date = 2011-12-05 | accessdate = 2011-12-07 | deadurl=no}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* [http://www.spike.com/event/vga Spike Video Game Awards]
* [http://www.spike.com/articles/6aoa62/video-game-awards-every-vga-winner-from-years-past Every VGA Winner from Years Past]

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'''Spike Video Game Awards''' ('''VGA''') is an annual [[award show]] hosted by [[Spike TV]] that recognizes the best [[personal computer game|computer]] and [[video game]]s of the year. The VGAs feature live music performances and appearances by popular performers in music, movies, and television. Additionally, preview trailers for upcoming games are highlighted. The show is produced by ''[[GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley|GameTrailers TV's]]'' [[Geoff Keighley]]. The event has been held at various locations in Los Angeles and [[Santa Monica, California]] as well as [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas, Nevada]]. The first event was held on December 2, 2003 (aired on December 4, 2003). Spike's first ever [[Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame|Video Game Hall of Fame]] award, given to ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', was announced at the 2011 VGAs.<ref name="2011vga" />

The 2012 Spike Video Game Awards, which was the tenth anniversary, was held on December 7, 2012.

==2012 Awards==
The 2012 VGAs (promoted as ''VGA 10'' for the tenth anniversary) was held on December 7, 2012 at [[Sony Pictures Studios]] in [[Culver City, California]]. [[Samuel L. Jackson]] returned to host for a fourth time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gamerant.com/spike-video-game-awards-nominees-2013/|title=2012 Spike Video Game Awards Nominees Announced|date=November 15, 2012|last=Taormina|first=Anthony|publisher=Game Rant|accessdate=2012-11-16}}</ref> For the first time, the awards were broadcast on [[Xbox Live]]. Live users could "play" the show as it aired live. Responses to poll questions were tabulated in real time on screen for the Xbox Live audience and users with [[Xbox SmartGlass]] devices got a unique second-screen experience that updated in real time alongside the show content. Additionally, Spike TV and ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' partnered to create the first-ever "Entertainment Weekly and Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade" award. Exclusive world premieres that debuted at VGA 10 include [[Naughty Dog]]'s ''[[The Last of Us]]'', [[Epic Games]]' ''[[Gears of War: Judgment]]'', [[Obsidian Entertainment]]'s ''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth]]'', [[Konami]]'s ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2]]'', [[Irrational Games]]' ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'', [[Crystal Dynamics]]' ''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]'', [[Ubisoft]]'s ''[[Assassin's Creed III#The Tyranny of King Washington|Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington]]'', and [[343 Industries]]' ''[[Halo 4: Spartan Ops]]''. Two new games were announced, including ''[[Dark Souls II]]'' from [[From Software]], and a new game from [[Moby Dick Studio]] called ''[[The Phantom Pain (video game)|The Phantom Pain]]''. The event also had appearances from all past hosts of the VGAs except [[David Spade]]. The event featured musical performances by [[Linkin Park]], [[Tenacious D]], [[Gustavo Santaolalla]] and [[Wolfgang Gartner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/6gv02m/video-game-awards-vga-hosts-from-past-10-years-to-join-vga-ten|title=VGA Hosts From Past 10 Years to Join VGA Ten|date=November 29, 2012|author=Spike TV|publisher=spike.com|accessdate=2012-12-03}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
| ''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
| [[Telltale Games]], ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
|
*[[343 Industries]], ''Halo 4''
*[[Arkane Studios]], ''Dishonored''
*[[Gearbox Software]], ''Borderlands 2''
|-
|Character of the Year
| Claptrap, ''Borderlands 2''
|
*[[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]], ''Assassin's Creed III''
*[[Commander Shepard]], ''Mass Effect 3''
*[[Master Chief (Halo)|Master Chief]], ''Halo 4''
*Raul Menendez, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II''
|-
|Entertainment Weekly and
Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[BioShock]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
*''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''
*''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
*''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''
*''[[Wii Sports]]''
*''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
| ''[[Halo 4]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
|-
|Best Wii/Wii U Game
| ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|
*''[[The Last Story]]''
*''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''
*''[[ZombiU]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[XCOM: Enemy Unknown]]''
|
*''[[Diablo III]]''
*''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
*''[[Torchlight II]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
| ''[[Borderlands 2]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Max Payne 3]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
| ''[[Dishonored]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Darksiders II]]''
*''[[Sleeping Dogs (video game)|Sleeping Dogs]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|
*''[[Diablo III]]''
*''[[Torchlight II]]''
*''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''
|-
|Best Multi-player Game
| ''[[Borderlands 2]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[SSX (2012 video game)|SSX]]''
|
*''[[Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational]]''
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13]]''
*''[[WWE '13]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K13]]''
|
*''[[FIFA Soccer 13]]''
*''[[Madden NFL 13]]''
*''[[NHL 13]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game)|Need for Speed: Most Wanted]]''
|
*''[[DiRT: Showdown]]''
*''[[F1 2012 (video game)|F1 2012]]''
*''[[Forza Horizon]]''
|-
|Best Song in a Game
|"Cities" by [[Beck]], ''Sound Shapes''
|
*"[[Castle of Glass]]" by [[Linkin Park]], ''Medal of Honor: Warfighter''
*"I Was Born for This" by [[Austin Wintory]], ''Journey''
*"Tears" by [[Health (band)|Health]], ''Max Payne 3''
|-
|Best Original Score
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Max Payne 3]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
| ''[[Halo 4]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Dust: An Elysian Tail]]''
*''[[Fez (video game)|Fez]]''
*''[[Mark of the Ninja]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
| ''[[Persona 4 Arena]]''
|
*''[[Dead or Alive 5]]''
*''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]]''
*''[[Tekken Tag Tournament 2]]''
|-
|Best Handheld/Mobile Game
|''[[Sound Shapes]]''
|
*''[[Gravity Rush]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet PS Vita]]''
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
| Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
|
*[[Emma Stone]] as Amanda Cartwright, ''Sleeping Dogs''
*[[Jen Taylor]] as [[Cortana]], ''Halo 4''
*[[Jennifer Hale]] as [[Commander Shepard|Commander Shepard (female version)]], ''Mass Effect 3''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
| [[Dameon Clarke]] as Handsome Jack, ''Borderlands 2''
|
*[[Dave Fennoy]] as Lee Everret, ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
*[[James McCaffrey]] as [[Max Payne (character)|Max Payne]], ''Max Payne 3''
*[[Nolan North]] as Captain Martin Walker, ''Spec Ops: The Line''
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
*''[[Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two]]''
*''[[Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes]]''
*''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]''
|-
|Best DLC
| ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard]]''
|
*''[[Mass Effect 3#Downloadable content|Mass Effect 3 - Leviathan]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2#Mechromancer Pack (Premiere Club)|Borderlands 2 - Mechromancer Pack]]''
*''[[Portal 2#Downloadable content|Portal 2 - Perpetual Testing Initiative]]''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
| ''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
*''[[Fez (video game)|Fez]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
*''[[Sound Shapes]]''
|-
|Best Social Game
|''[[You Don't Know Jack (Facebook game)|You Don't Know Jack]]''
|
*''[[Draw Something]]''
*''[[Marvel: Avengers Alliance]]''
*''[[SimCity Social]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''
|
*''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
*''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth]]''
*''[[The Last of Us]]''
*''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]''
|-
|}

==Previous winners==
===2011 Awards===
The 2011 VGAs were held Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the [[Sony Pictures Studios]] in [[Culver City, California]], hosted by [[Zachary Levi]].<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview"/> The awards previewed world premieres of ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Patriots]]'', ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'', ''[[Alan Wake's American Nightmare]]'', ''[[Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'', ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD]]'', ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)#video game|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', the exclusive PlayStation 3 game ''[[The Last of Us]]'' developed by [[Naughty Dog]], ''[[Command & Conquer: Generals 2]]'' from [[BioWare Victory]], and ''[[Fortnite]]'' from [[Epic Games]]. New trailers for both ''[[Hitman: Absolution]]'' and ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' were aired during the show, as well as a pre-show announcement for ''[[Tekken Tag Tournament 2]]''. [[Mark Burnett]] was the Executive Producer for the event, and for the first time, the VGAs aired live on [[MTV 2]] (US), [[Spike.com]] (US) and [[Ginx TV]] (UK), in addition to Spike TV. The winners, as well as world premiere trailers, were announced during a pre-show red carpet live event hosted by GTTV's [[Amanda MacKay]] and Daniel Kayser. The 2011 VGAs also honored ''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise with its first ever "Video Game Hall of Fame Award".<ref name="2011vga">{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/press/2011/11/16/spike-announces-first-video-game-hall-of-fame-award-and-complete-list-of-vga-nominees/|title=Spike Announces VGA Nominees & Honors "Legend Of Zelda" With First Ever Video Game Hall Of Fame Award|date=2011-11-16|author=Spike Press Release|publisher=Spike|accessdate=2011-11-19}}</ref> Another unique award at the 2011 VGAs was the ''NFL Blitz'' Cover Athlete award. This award, determined by live online voting during the event (just like Character of the Year), determined which NFL athlete would be on the cover of the [[EA Sports]] game, ''[[NFL Blitz (2012 video game)|NFL Blitz]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/fvto8s/video-game-awafrds-nfl-blitz-cover-athlete-to-be-determined-live-by-vga-fans|title=NFL Blitz Cover Athlete To Be Determined Live By VGA Fans|date=2011-12-06|author=VGA|publisher=Spike.com|accessdate=2011-12-10}}</ref>

With appearances by [[will.i.am]], [[LL Cool J]], [[Felicia Day]], [[Kevin Jonas]], [[Seth Green]], [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], [[Tony Hawk]], [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Stacy Keibler]], [[Charlie Sheen]], [[Hideo Kojima]], and musical performances by [[Black Keys]] and [[Deadmau5]].

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
| [[Game of the Year]]
||''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
|
*''[[Batman: Arkham City ]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
*''[[Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''The Elders Scrolls V: Skyrim''
|
*[[Naughty Dog]], ''Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception''
*[[Rocksteady Studios]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
*[[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''Portal 2''
|-
|Gamer God
|[[Blizzard Entertainment]]''
|N/A
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
|
*[[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Marcus Fenix]], ''Gears Of War 3''
*[[Wheatley (Portal)|Wheatley]], ''Portal 2''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
*''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]''
|
*''[[inFAMOUS 2]]''
*''[[Killzone 3]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet 2]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
|
*''[[Epic Mickey]]''
*''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''
*''[[Lost in Shadow]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Minecraft]]''
*''[[The Witcher 2]]''
|-
|Best Handheld/Mobile Game
|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|
*''[[Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]]''
*''[[Infinity Blade]]''
*''Jetpack Joyride''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]''
|
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
*''[[RAGE]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
*''[[Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
|
*''[[Dark Souls]]''
*''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]''
*''[[Dragon Age II]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Fight Night Champion]]''
|
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters]]''
*''[[Top Spin 4]]''
*''[[Virtua Tennis 4]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K12]]''
|
*''[[FIFA Soccer 12]]''
*''[[NHL 12]]''
*''[[MLB 11: The Show]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''
|
*''[[DiRT 3]]''
*''[[Driver: San Francisco]]''
*''[[Need for Speed: The Run]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''
|
*''[[The King of Fighters XIII]]''
*''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''
*''[[WWE All Stars]]''
|-
|Best Motion Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
|
*''[[Child of Eden]]''
*''[[Dance Central 2]]''
*''[[The Gunstringer]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Minecraft]]''
|
*''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''
*''[[Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP]]''
*''[[The Binding of Isaac (video game)|The Binding of Isaac]]''
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
*''[[Back to the Future: The Game]]''
*''[[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 (video game)|Bastion]]''
|
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[LA Noire]]''
*''[[RAGE]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Stephen Merchant]] as [[Wheatley (Portal)|Wheatley]], ''Portal 2''
|
*[[J.K. Simmons]] as [[Cave Johnson]], ''Portal 2''
*[[Mark Hamill]] as [[The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
*[[Nolan North]] as [[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Ellen McLain]] as [[GLaDOS]], ''Portal 2''
|
*[[Claudia Black]] as [[Chloe Frazer]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Emily Rose (actress)|Emily Rose]] as [[Elena Fisher]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Tara Strong]] as [[Harley Quinn]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''
|
*''[[Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet]]''
*''[[Stacking (video game)|Stacking]]''
*''[[Iron Brigade (video game)|Iron Brigade]]''
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Portal 2#Downloadable content|Portal 2 Peer Review]]''
|
*''[[Fallout: New Vegas|Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blue]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 2: Arrival]]''
*''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat:]]'' ''[[Freddy Krueger]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|
*''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
*''[[Diablo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[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]]'', [[Game Developers Conference|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
|-
|''NFL Blitz'' Cover Athlete
|[[Ray Rice]]
|
*[[Roddy White]]
*[[Patrick Willis]]
|}

===2010 Awards===
The 2010 VGAs were held Saturday, December 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California at the L.A. Convention Center and returned to using a host which was [[Neil Patrick Harris]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chiff.com/recreation/video-game-awards.htm | publisher=Chiff.com | accessdate=2010-11-14 | title=2010 Spike TV Video Game Awards, nominees, Winners, TV Schedule}}</ref> Unlike previous years, all the awards were not awarded during the show.

Several new games were announced which include [[BioWare]]'s announcement of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', ''[[Prototype 2 (video game)|Prototype 2]]'', ''[[Insane (2013 video game)|Insane]]'' from acclaimed movie director [[Guillermo del Toro]], ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'', ''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'' featuring [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''[[Resistance 3]]'', ''[[Portal 2]]'', ''[[SSX: Deadly Descents]]'', and ''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''. ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'' had another [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] trailer debut and the first trailer of ''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]'' aired during the awards.

With appearances by the cast members of ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'', [[Danny DeVito]], [[Kaitlin Olson]], [[Rob McElhenney]], Academy Award Nominated Director [[Guillermo del Toro]], ''Halo: Reach'' star and VGA Nominee [[Nathan Fillion]], ''[[Thor: God of Thunder]]'' star [[Chris Hemsworth]], [[Olivia Munn]], [[AnnaLynne McCord]], and [[Tony Hawk]], among others. Including musical performances by award winning violinist [[Diana Yukawa]],<ref name="Diana Yukawa Performs at Video Game Awards">Diana Yukawa Performs Halo Music at [http://www.dianayukawa.co.uk/Latest_Solo_Violinist_Performs_Halo_Music_at_2010_Video_Game_Awards_in_LA.html Video Game Awards]</ref> [[My Chemical Romance]] and [[José González]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/event/vga|title=Spike Video Game Awards 2010}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
| Game of the Year
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
* ''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[BioWare]], ''Mass Effect 2''
|
* [[Blizzard Entertainment]], ''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''
* [[Bungie Studios]], ''Halo: Reach''
* [[Rockstar San Diego]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[List of Call of Duty characters#Protagonists|Sgt. Frank Woods]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
|
* [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War III''
* [[List of Red Dead Redemption characters|John Marston]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
* [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|
* ''[[Alan Wake]]''
* ''[[Fable III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]''
* ''[[ModNation Racers]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''
* ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''
* ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
|
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
* ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization V]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[God of War: Ghost of Sparta]]''
|
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]''
* ''[[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future]]''
* ''[[Super Scribblenauts]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
|
* ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]''
* ''[[BioShock 2]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|
* ''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|-
|Best RPG
| ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|
* ''[[Fable III]]''
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer
|''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|
* ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
* ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11]]''
|
* ''[[EA Sports MMA]]''
* ''[[Shaun White Skateboarding]]''
* ''[[UFC Undisputed 2010]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K11]]''
|
* ''[[FIFA 11]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 11]]''
* ''[[MLB 10: The Show]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010 video game)|Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit]]''
|
* ''[[Blur (video game)|Blur]]''
* ''[[ModNation Racers]]''
* ''[[Split/Second]]''
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[Rock Band 3]]''
|
* ''[[Dance Central]]''
* ''[[DJ Hero 2]]''
* ''[[Def Jam Rapstar]]''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[DJ Hero 2]]''
|
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock]]''
* ''[[Rock Band 3]]''
|-
|Best Song in a Game
|"Far Away" by [[José González]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
|
* "[[Basket Case (song)|Basket Case]]" by [[Green Day]], ''Green Day: Rock Band''
* "[[Black Rain (Soundgarden song)|Black Rain]]" by [[Soundgarden]], ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock''
* "[[GoldenEye (song)|GoldenEye]]" by [[Nicole Scherzinger]], ''GoldenEye 007 (2010)''
* "Won't Back Down" by [[Eminem]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* "[[Replay (Iyaz song)|Replay]]/[[Rude Boy (song)|Rude Boy]] Mashup" by [[Iyaz]]/[[Rihanna]], ''DJ Hero 2''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|
* ''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
* ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game]]''
|
* ''[[Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
* ''[[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II]]''
* ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Neil Patrick Harris]] as [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man]], ''Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions''
|
* [[Daniel Craig]] as [[James Bond]], ''Goldeneye 007 (2010 video game)''
* [[Gary Oldman]] as Sergeant Reznov, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* [[John Cleese]] as Jasper, ''Fable III''
* [[Martin Sheen]] as the [[Illusive Man]], ''Mass Effect 2''
* [[Nathan Fillion]] as Sergeant Edward Buck, ''Halo: Reach''
* Rob Wiethoff as John Marston, ''Red Dead Redemption''
* [[Sam Worthington]] as [[Call of Duty: Black Ops#Characters and setting|Alex Mason]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Sarah Kerrigan]], ''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''
|
* [[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]], ''James Bond 007: Blood Stone''
* [[Danica Patrick]] as Herself, ''Blur''
* [[Emmanuelle Chriqui]] as The Numbers Lady, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* [[Felicia Day]] as Veronica Santangelo, ''Fallout: New Vegas''
* [[Jennifer Hale]] as [[Characters of the Mass Effect universe|Commander Shepard (female version)]], ''Mass Effect 2''
* [[Kristen Bell]] as [[Lucy Stillman]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
* [[Yvonne Strahovski]] as [[Characters of the Mass Effect universe|Miranda Lawson]], ''Mass Effect 2''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Costume Quest]]''
|
* ''[[Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light]]''
* ''[[Monday Night Combat]]''
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game]]''
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]''
|
* ''[[BioShock 2#Minerva's Den|BioShock 2: Minerva's Den]]''
* ''[[Borderlands (video game)#The Secret Armory of General Knoxx|Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Limbo (video game)|Limbo]]''
|
* ''[[Joe Danger]]''
* ''[[Super Meat Boy]]''
* ''[[The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
* ''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
* ''[[Gears of War 3]]''
|-
|Strongest Heroes of All Time
|
* [[Master Chief (Halo)|Master Chief]], ''Halo'' series
* [[Samus Aran]], ''Metroid'' series
* [[Marcus Fenix]], ''Gears of War'' series
|
* [[Mario]], ''Super Mario'' series
* [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War'' series
* [[Solid Snake]], ''Metal Gear Solid'' series
|-
|Best Original Game
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Zombie Game
|''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Dressed Assassin
|[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
|N/A
|-
|Biggest Badass
|[[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War III''
|N/A
|}

===2009 Awards===
The 2009 VGAs were held on December 12, 2009 at the Nokia Event Deck in Los Angeles, California<ref name="yahoovga">{{cite web | url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091213/ap_on_en_ot/us_spike_game_awards | publisher=Yahoo! | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-13 | title='Uncharted 2' nabs top prize at VGAs}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and were the first and only VGAs to not have a single host, but rather a number of presenters for the awards<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spike.com/event/vga2009 | title=Spike Video Game Awards 2009 | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-11 | publisher=SpikeTV}}</ref> It opened with a trailer announcing the [[Batman: Arkham City|sequel]] to ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum]]''. There were other exclusive looks at ''[[Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands]]'', ''[[UFC 2010 Undisputed]]'', ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', and others. [[Samuel L. Jackson]] previewed [[LucasArts]] newest upcoming ''Star Wars'' game, ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II]]''. In addition, ''[[Green Day: Rock Band]]'' was announced and accompanied with a trailer.

With appearances from Stevie Wonder, MTV Jersey Shore cast, Green Day and Jack Black, live music performances at the 2009 awards included [[Snoop Dogg]] and The Bravery.<ref name="yahoovga" />

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[ Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
* ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Rocksteady Studios]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
|
* [[Infinity Ward]], ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2''
* [[Naughty Dog]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
* [[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''Left 4 Dead 2''
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Flower (video game)|Flower]]''
|
* ''[[Osmos]]''
* ''[[Splosion Man]]''
* ''[[Trials HD]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Forza Motorsport 3]]''
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
* ''[[inFAMOUS]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
* ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
|
* ''[[MadWorld]]''
* ''[[Punch-Out!!]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
|
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]''
* ''[[The Sims 3]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]''
|
* ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
* ''[[Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box]]''
* ''[[Scribblenauts]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
|
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Assassins Creed II]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
|
* ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]''
* ''[[Demon's Souls]]''
* ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
|
* ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]''
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Street Fighter IV]]''
|
* ''[[BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger]]''
* ''[[Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny]]''
* ''[[Tekken 6]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[UFC 2009 Undisputed]]''
|
* ''[[Fight Night Round 4]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NHL 10]]''
|
* ''[[Madden NFL 10]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K10]]''
* ''[[FIFA 10]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Forza Motorsport 3]]''
|
* ''[[Dirt 2]]''
* ''[[Gran Turismo PSP]]''
* ''[[Need for Speed: Shift]]''
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]''
|
* ''[[DJ Hero]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[LEGO Rock Band]]''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[DJ Hero]]''
|
* ''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
|
* ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
|-
|Best Game Based On A Movie/TV Show
|''[[South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!]]''
|
* ''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]''
* ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena]]''
* ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition]]''
|-
|Best Performance By A Human Female
|[[Megan Fox]] as [[Mikaela Banes]], ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
|
* [[Eliza Dushku]] as [[Rubi Malone]], ''WET''
* [[Kristen Bell]] as [[Lucy Stillman]], ''Assassin's Creed II''
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as Dare, ''Halo 3: ODST''
|-
|Best Performance By A Human Male
|[[Hugh Jackman]] as [[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine]], ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''
|
* [[Bill Murray]] as Dr. [[Peter Venkman]], ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game''
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]] as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja, ''Afro Samurai''
* [[Shia LaBeouf]] as [[Sam Witwicky]], ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
* [[Vin Diesel]] as [[Richard B. Riddick]], ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena''
|-
|Best Cast
|''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]''
|
* ''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard]]''
* ''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]''
* ''[[South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!]]''
|-
|Best Voice
|[[Jack Black]] for the voice of Eddie Riggs, ''Brütal Legend''
|
* [[Arleen Sorkin]] as [[Harley Quinn]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
* [[Claudia Black]] as [[Chloe Frazer]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
* [[Mark Hamill]] as [[Joker (comics)|The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
* [[Nolan North]] as [[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Shadow Complex]]''
|
* ''[[Battlefield 1943]]''
* ''[[Fat Princess]]''
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]''
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony]]''
|
* ''[[Fallout 3: Broken Steel]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3: Point Lookout]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game of 2010
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
* ''[[BioShock 2]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
* ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
|-
|Best Comedy Game
|''[[Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard]]''
|N/A
|}

===2008 Awards===
The 2008 VGAs were held on December 14, 2008 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Spike-2008-VGA-Results-14035.html | title=Spike 2008 VGA REsults | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2008-12-15 | publisher=Blend Games}}</ref> The show, hosted by [[Jack Black]], featured ten previews of upcoming games. Musical performances included [[50 Cent]], [[The All-American Rejects]], [[Weezer]], and [[LL Cool J]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.planetxbox360.com/article_5364/Spike_TV_Announces_2008_Video_Game_Awards_Winners | title=Spike TV Announces 2008 Video Game Awards Winners | author=Eric Bush | accessdate=2009-12-13}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Gears of War 2]]''
* ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Media Molecule]], ''LittleBigPlanet''
|
* [[Rockstar North]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
* [[Harmonix]], ''Rock Band 2''
* [[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''Fallout 3''
|-
|Gamer God
|[[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]], creator of ''[[The Sims]]'' and ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Gears of War 2]]''
|
* ''[[Far Cry 2]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Fallout 3]]''
|
* ''[[Fable II]]''
* ''[[Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning]]''
* ''[[The World Ends with You]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Shaun White Snowboarding]]''
|
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09]]''
* ''[[Wii Fit]]''
* ''[[Skate It]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Professor Layton and the Curious Village]]''
|
* ''[[God of War: Chains of Olympus]]''
* ''[[Patapon]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|
* ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures]]''
|
* ''[[Quantum of Solace]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]]''
* ''[[Naruto: The Broken Bond]]''
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[Rock Band 2]]''
|
* ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''
* ''[[Wii Music]]''
* ''[[SingStar]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Paradise]]''
|
* ''[[Pure (video game)|Pure]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club: Los Angeles]]''
* ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|
* ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]''
* ''[[Mirror's Edge]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Rock Band 2]]''
|
*''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Gears of War 2]]''
|
* ''[[Fable II]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
*''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Boom Blox]]''
|
*''[[No More Heroes (video game)|No More Heroes]]''
* ''[[Wii Fit]]''
* ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
|
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|
* ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
* ''[[Crysis Warhead]]''
* ''[[Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
* ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|
* ''[[Gears of War 2]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game Fueld By Dew
|''[[World of Goo]]''
|
* ''[[PixelJunk Eden]]''
* ''[[Braid (video game)|Braid]]''
* ''[[Audiosurf]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Soulcalibur IV]]''
|
* ''[[Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe]]''
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
* ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit]]''
|-
|Best Male Voice
|[[Michael Hollick]] as [[Niko Bellic]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
|
* [[David Hayter]] as [[Old Snake (Metal Gear)|Old Snake]], ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''
* [[Stephen Fry]] as The Narrator, ''LittleBigPlanet''
* [[Jason Zumwalt]] as [[Roman Bellic]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
|-
|Best Female Voice
|[[Debi Mae West]] as [[Meryl Silverburgh]], ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''
|
* [[Nathalie Cox]] as [[Juno Eclipse]], ''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed''
* [[Paula Tiso]] as [[Silvia Christel]], ''No More Heroes''
* [[Keeley Hawes]] as [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Underworld''
|-
|Big Name in the Game Male
|[[Kiefer Sutherland]] as Sgt. Roebuck, ''Call of Duty: World at War''
|N/A
|-
|Big Name in the Game Female
|[[Jenny McCarthy]] as Special Agent Tanya Adams, ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3''
|N/A
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NHL 09]]''
|
* ''[[Madden NFL 09]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K9]]''
* ''[[FIFA Soccer 09]]''
|}

===2007 Awards===
The 2007 VGAs aired December 9, 2007. Hosted by [[Samuel L. Jackson]], the winners were announced ahead of the event which was held at the [[Mandalay Bay Events Center]] in Las Vegas. The show featured performances by [[Foo Fighters]], [[Kid Rock]], and exclusive world videogame premieres of ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]'', ''[[Gran Turismo 5 Prologue]]'', ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2]]'' and ''[[TNA Impact! (video game)|TNA iMPACT!]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.digitaltechnews.com/news/2007/12/spike-tv-vga-20.html | title=Spike TV VGA 2007 Winners Announced | publisher=Digital Tech News | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2007-12-08}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Harmonix]], ''Rock Band''
|
* [[Bungie]], ''Halo 3''
* [[2K Boston/2K Australia]], ''BioShock''
*[[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''The Orange Box''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
|
* ''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Mass Effect]]''
|
* ''[[Eternal Sonata]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions]]''
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3]]''
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
|
* ''[[Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas]]''
* ''[[World in Conflict]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Skate (video game)|skate]]''
|
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]]''
* ''[[Virtua Tennis 3]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]''
|
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions]]''
* ''[[Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow]]''
* ''[[Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Crysis]]''
|
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[The Simpsons Game]]''
|
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]''
* ''[[Naruto: Rise of a Ninja]]''
* ''[[Stranglehold (video game)|Stranglehold]]''
|-
|Best Rhythm Game
|''[[Rock Band]]''
|
* ''[[Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Jam Sessions]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Colin McRae: Dirt]]''
|
* ''[[Forza Motorsport 2]]''
* ''[[Need for Speed: ProStreet]]''
* ''[[Project Gotham Racing 4]]''
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
* ''[[God of War II]]''
* ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 08]]''
|
* ''[[NBA 2K8]]''
* ''[[NHL 08]]''
* ''[[Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007]]''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Rock Band]]''
|
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]]''
|-
|Breakthrough Technology
|''[[The Orange Box]]''/''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''
|
* ''[[Crysis]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]'' - Saved Films / Theatre Mode
* ''[[Rock Band]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''
* ''[[Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]''
* ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]''
|
* ''[[Heavenly Sword]]''
* ''[[Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]''
* ''[[Warhawk (2007 video game)|Warhawk]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[The Orange Box]]''
|
* ''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Crysis]]''
* ''[[World in Conflict]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
* ''[[God of War II]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Halo 3]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
* ''[[Rock Band]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
|-
|Most Addictive Video Game
|''[[Halo 3]]''
|
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports]]''
|}

===2006 Awards===
The 2006 VGAs featured musical performances by [[Tenacious D]] and [[AFI (band)|AFI]] and show appearances by 50 Cent, Eva Mendes, Sarah Silverman, Seth Green, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, Brandon Routh, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tony Hawk, Michael Irvin, Method Man, Maria Menounos, Tyrese, Xzibit, James Gandolfini, Kurt Angle, among others. In character as Stewie Griffin and Tom Tucker from Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane served as the voice of the VGAs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/gamebanshee-news-73/spike-tv-2006-vga-winners-announced-82923.html | publisher=UGO Games | accessdate=2009-12-12 | date=2006-12-09 | title=Spike TV 2006 VGA Winners Announced}}</ref> The awards aired December 13, 2006 at the [[Galen Center]] in Los Angeles and were hosted by [[Samuel L. Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://lastheplace.com/2006/12/15/spike-tv-2006-video-game-awards-the-revolution-will-be-televised/ | title=Spike TV 2006 Video Game Awards Breaks the Mold | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-15 | publisher=LAs The Place.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
* ''[[Gears of War]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 2]]''
* ''[[Okami]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Epic Games]], ''Gears of War''
|
* [[Clover Studio]], ''Okami''
* [[Relic Entertainment]], ''Company of Heroes''
* [[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
* [[Harmonix]], ''Guitar Hero''
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Alyx Vance]], ''Half-Life 2: Episode One''
|
* [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Legend''
* [[Princess Peach]], ''Super Mario Bros.''
* Enrica, ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent''
* [[Jen]], ''Prey''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's Project 8]]''
|
* ''[[Rockstar Presents Table Tennis]]''
* ''[[Fight Night Round 3]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07]]''
* ''[[Top Spin 2]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K7]]''
|
* ''[[Madden NFL 07]]''
* ''[[NCAA Football 07]]''
* ''[[FIFA 07]]''
* ''[[NHL 07]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy]]''
|
* ''[[The Godfather: The Game]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]''
* ''[[The Sopranos: Road to Respect]]''
* ''[[Family Guy Video Game!]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
| [[Patrick Stewart]] as Emperor Uriel Septim VII, ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
|
* [[Seth MacFarlane]] as [[Peter Griffin]], [[Stewie Griffin]], and [[Brian Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* Gerry Rosenthal as Jimmy Hopkins, ''Bully''
* [[Johnny Depp]] as [[Jack Sparrow]], ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow''
* [[Kiefer Sutherland]] as [[Jack Bauer]], ''24: The Game''
|-
|Best Supporting Male Performance
|[[James Gandolfini]] as [[Tony Soprano]], ''The Sopranos: Road to Respect''
|
* [[Seth Green]] as [[Chris Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* [[James Woods]] as George Sheffield, ''Scarface: The World Is Yours''
* James Cann as [[Santino 'Sonny' Corleone]], ''The Godfather: The Game''
* Philip Micahel Thomas as Lance Vance, ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
| [[Vida Guerra]] as Femme Fatale, ''Scarface: The World Is Yours''
|
* [[Tia Carrere]] as Lin, ''Saints Row''
* [[Emmanuelle Vaugier]] as Nikki, ''Need For Speed: Carbon''
* [[Keely Hawes]] as [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Legend''
* [[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure''
|-
|Best Supporting Female Performance
|[[Rachael Leigh Cook]] as Tifa Lockhart, ''Kingdom Hearts II''
|
* [[Elisha Cuthbert]] as [[Kim Bauer]], ''24: The Game''
* [[Brittany Murphy]] as Karen Light, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure''
* [[Mila Kunis]] as [[Meg Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* [[Lynda Carter]] as Female Nords / Female Orcs, ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
|-
|Best Cast
|''[[Family Guy Video Game!]]''
|
* ''[[The Godfather: The Game]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]''
* ''[[Saints Row]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|-
|Best Song
|"[[Lights and Sounds]]" by [[Yellowcard]], ''Burnout Revenge''
|
* "Loco Roco No Uta", ''Loco Roco''
* "Heavenly Star", ''Lumines 2''
* "[[Helicopter (song)|Helicopter]]" by Bloc Party, ''Mark Ecko's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure'' and ''Burnout Revenge''
* "[[Summer Shudder]]" by [[AFI (band)|AFI]], ''Maddden NFL 07''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Guitar Hero II]]''
|
* ''[[Madden NFL 07]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World Is Yours]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
* ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''
* ''[[Electroplankton]]''
* ''[[Okami]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Revenge]]''
|
* ''[[Need for Speed: Carbon]]''
* ''[[TOCA Race Driver 3]]''
* ''[[GTR 2 – FIA GT Racing Game]]''
|-
|Most Addictive Game
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
* ''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day]]''
* ''[[Gears of War]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero II]]''
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]''
|
* ''[[Tekken: Dark Resurrection]]''
* ''[[Dead or Alive 4]]''
* ''[[Street Fighter Alpha Anthology]]''
* ''[[God Hand]]''
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Dead Rising]]''
|
* ''[[New Super Mario Bros]]''
* ''[[Okami]]''
* ''[[Saints Row]]''
* ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
* ''[[Black (video game)|Black]]''
* ''[[Prey (video game)|Prey]]''
* ''[[Half Life 2: Episode One]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 3]]''
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 3]]''
* ''[[The Outfit (video game)|The Outfit]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2142]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
* ''[[Okami]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|
* ''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
* ''[[Tetris DS]]''
* ''[[LocoRoco]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent]]''
|-
|Breakthrough Technology
|[[Wii]]
|
* [[PlayStation 3]]
* [[Nintendo DS Lite]]
* ''[[Electroplankton]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
* ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''
* ''[[Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|
* ''[[Half Life 2: Episode One]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2142]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Empire at War]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[SWAT Force]]''
|
* ''[[Diner Dash]]''
* ''[[Tower Bloxx]]''
* ''Super KO Boxing!''
|-
|Critic's Choice (released after 11/15/2006 and before 12/31/2006)
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''
|
* ''[[Resistance: Fall of Man]]''
* ''[[Medieval II: Total War]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports]]''
|-
|Breakthrough Performance
|[[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
|N/A
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[Jack Sparrow]] portrayed by [[Johnny Depp]], ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow''
|N/A
|}

===2005 Awards===
The 2005 VGAs were held December 10, 2005 at the [[Gibson Amphitheatre]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/9815/Spike-TV-VGA-2005-Honors-Activision-Games/ | date=2005-11-23 | accessdate=2009-12-13 | publisher=Team XBox | title=Spike TV VGA 2005 Honors Activision Games}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/7498/Spike-TV-Video-Game-Award-Winners-Announced |title=2005 VGA |accessdate=2008-12-18 |publisher=IGN.com |work=Video Game Awards 2005 Award Winners by Spike TV }}</ref> This was the first year that [[Samuel L. Jackson]] hosted the VGAs.

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|-
|Action Game of the Year
|''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
|
* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
* ''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
* ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]''
* ''[[50 Cent: Bulletproof]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''
|
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06]]''
* ''[[SSX On Tour]]''
* ''[[Top Spin (video game)|Top Spin]]''
* ''[[Fight Night Round 2]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 06]]''
|
* ''[[Blitz: The League]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K6]]''
* ''[[World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International]]'
* ''[[NBA Street V3]]''
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Maria Menounos]] as Eva, ''James Bond 007: From Russia with Love''
|
* [[Charlize Theron]] as Æon Flux, ''Æon Flux''
* [[Jessica Alba]] as [[Invisible Woman]], ''Fantastic 4''
* [[Traci Lords]] as Cassandra Hartz, ''True Crime: New York City''
* [[Joanna Dark]], ''Perfect Dark Zero''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
|
* ''[[Star Wars Battlefront II]]''
* ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]''
* ''[[From Russia with Love (video game)|James Bond 007: From Russia With Love]]''
* ''[[The Matrix: Path of Neo]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Jack Black]] as [[Carl Denham]], ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official game of the Movie''
|
* [[50 Cent]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Michael Chiklis]] as [[Thing (comics)|Thing]], ''Fantastic 4''
* [[Sean Connery]] as [[James Bond]], ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[TC Carson]] as [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War''
|-
|Best Supporting Male Performance
|[[Christopher Walken]] as Gabriel Whitting, ''True Crime: New York City''
|
* [[Eminem]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Dr. Dre]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] as [[The Suffering: Ties That Bind#Characters|Blackmore]], ''The Suffering: Ties That Bind''
* [[P. Diddy]] as Dip, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Charlize Theron]] as Æon Flux, ''Æon Flux''
|
* [[Naomi Watts]] as Ann Darrow, ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie''
* [[Josie Maran]] as Mia Townsend, ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted''
* [[Jessica Alba]] as [[Invisible Woman]], ''Fantastic 4''
* Cornelia Hayes O’Herlihy as [[Fiona Belli]], ''Haunting Ground''
|-
|Best Supporting Female Performance
|[[Traci Lords]] as Madam Cassandra Hartz, ''True Crime: New York City''
|
* [[Maria Menounos]] as Eva, ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
* [[Natasha Bedingfield]] as Elizabeth Stark, ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[Mariska Hargitay]] as Deena Dixon, ''True Crime: New York City''
|-
|Best Original Song
|"[[Bulletproof (soundtrack)|Maybe We Crazy]]" by [[50 Cent]], ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
|
* "[[Lights and Sounds]]" by [[Yellowcard]], ''Burnout Revenge''
* "When I Get Angry" by [[Spider Loc]], ''Madden NFL 06''
* "Getting Up Anthem: Part I" by Talib Kweli and Rakim, ''Mark Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
* "Error Operator" by [[Taking Back Sunday]], ''Fantastic 4''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Guitar Hero (2005 video game)|Guitar Hero]]''
|
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
* ''[[50 Cent: Bulletproof]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''
* ''[[SSX On Tour]]''
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[We Love Katamari]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
* ''[[Indigo Prophecy]]''
* ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]''
|-
|Designer of the Year
|[[David Jaffe]], ''God of War''
|
* [[Rob Pardo]], ''World of Warcraft''
* [[Michel Ancel]], ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie''
* [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], ''Nintendogs''
* Craig Hubbard, ''F.E.A.R.''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Revenge]]''
|
* ''[[Gran Turismo 4]]''
* ''[[L.A. Rush]]''
* ''[[Forza Motorsport]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition]]''
|-
|Most Addictive Game
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
* ''[[We Love Katamari]]''
* ''[[Lumines]]''
* ''[[Nintendogs]]''
* ''[[Meteos]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Fight Night Round 2]]''
|
* ''[[Soulcalibur III]]''
* ''[[Tekken 5]]''
* ''[[Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]''
|-
|Best First-Person Action
|''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
|
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[Far Cry Instincts]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]''
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
|
* ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''
* ''[[SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
|
* ''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[PGR 3]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Lumines]]''
|
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
* ''[[Nintendogs]]''
* ''[[Meteos]]''
* ''[[Burnout Legends]]''
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Guild Wars]]''
|
* ''[[SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[City of Villains]]''
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|-
|Best Breakthrough Technology
|[[PSP]]
|
* Facial Mo-cap ''[[NBA Live 06]]''
*''[[Nintendogs]]'' Voice Recognition
*[[Unreal Engine 3]]
*[[Xbox 360]]
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
* ''[[Jade Empire]]''
* ''[[X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse]]''
* ''[[Dungeon Siege II]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
*''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization IV]]''
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure]]''
|
* ''[[Need for Speed: Underground 2]]''
* ''[[Massive Snowboarding]]''
* ''[[The Incredibles (video game)|The Incredibles]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''
|}

===2004 Awards===
The 2004 VGAs were held in [[Santa Monica]], [[California]] at the Barker Hangar. They were hosted by [[Snoop Dogg]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-99191738.html | title=American hip-hop star Snoop Dogg to host annual Video Game Awards | publisher=Encyclopedia.com | accessdate=2010-3-14 | date=2004-09-15}}</ref> The event featured musical performances including [[Sum 41]], [[Ludacris]] and a special live performance by Snoop Dogg and the remaining members of [[The Doors]] performing "Riders on the Storm".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2004/11/16-44 | title=Spike TV announces Video Game Awards 2004 nominees | publisher=Gaming Age | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2004-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/half-life-2/573823p1.html |title=2004 VGA |accessdate=2008-12-18 |publisher=Gamespy.com |work=Video Game Awards 2004 Award Winners by Spike TV }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
* ''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay]]''
|
* ''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]''
* ''[[Spider-Man 2 (video game)|Spider-Man 2]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Brooke Burke]] as Rachel Teller, ''Need for Speed: Underground 2''
|
* [[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]], ''Goldeneye: Rogue Agent''
* [[Carmen Electra]] as herself, ''Def Jam: Fight For NY''
* [[Jennifer Garner]] as [[Sydney Bristow]], ''Alias''
* [[Heidi Klum]] as Katya Nadanova, ''James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Samuel L. Jackson]] as [[List of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas characters#Sergeant Frank Tenpenny|Sergeant Frank Tenpenny]], ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''
|
* [[Vin Diesel]] as Richard B. Riddick, ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay''
* [[Hugh Jackman]] as [[Gabriel Van Helsing]], ''Van Helsing''
* [[Christopher Lee]] as [[Francisco Scaramanga]], ''GoldenEye: Rogue Agent''
* [[Tobey Mcguire]] as [[Spider-Man]], ''Spider-Man 2''
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Rayne (BloodRayne)|BloodRayne]], ''BloodRayne 2''
|
* Tina Armstrong, ''Dead or Alive Ultimate''
* [[Carmen Electra]], ''Def Jam: Fight For NY''
* Luba Licious, ''Leisure Suit Larry: Magda Cum Laude''
* Rachel Teller (played by [[Brooke Burke]]), ''Need for Speed: Underground 2''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
|
* ''[[NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup]]''
* ''[[Need For Speed: Underground 2]]''
|-
|Best Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 2005]]''
|
* ''[[ESPN NFL 2K5]]''
* ''[[NBA Ballers]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground 2]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat: Deception]]''
|
* ''[[Def Jam: Fight For NY]]''
* ''[[Dead or Alive Ultimate]]''
* ''[[Fight Night 2004]]''
* ''[[WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw]]''
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
|-
|Best First-Person Action
|''[[Halo 2]]''
|
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Far Cry]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004]]''
|-
|Best Song in a Video Game
|"[[American Idiot (song)|American Idiot]]" by [[Green Day]], ''Madden NFL 2005''
|
* "I Do" by [[Chingy]], ''Need for Speed Underground 2''
* "[[Pain (Jimmy Eat World song)|Pain]]" by [[Jimmy Eat World]], ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2''
* "[[Lean Back]]" by [[Terror Squad (group)|Terror Squad]], ''Need for Speed Underground 2''
* "Go" by [[Will.i.am]], ''NBA Live 2005''
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
* ''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2005]]''
|-
|Designer of the Year
|[[Jason Jones (programmer)|Jason Jones]] and [[Bungie Studios]], ''Halo 2''
|
* [[Sam Houser]] and [[Rockstar North]], ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''
* [[Tomonobu Itagaki]] and [[Team Ninja]], ''Ninja Gaiden''
* [[Hideo Kojima]], ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''
* Alex Ward and [[Criterion Games|Criterion]], ''Burnout 3: Takedown''
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty: Finest Hour]]
|
* ''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]''
* ''[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]''
* ''[[Rome: Total War]]''
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Rome: Total War]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[Might and Magic]]''
|
* ''CBS Sportsline Baseball 2004''
* ''Jamdat Sports NFL 2005''
* ''[[National Treasure]]''{{Disambiguation needed|date=June 2011}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
|-
|Best New Technology
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' engine
* [[NVIDIA GeForce]] 6800
* Spherex [[Xbox]] 5.1 Surround Sound System
|-
|Best Handheld
|''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]''
|
* ''[[Astro Boy: Omega Factor]]''
* ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
* ''[[Pokémon FireRed Version]]''
|-
|Best Massively Multiplayer Game
|''[[City of Heroes]]''
|
* ''[[Everquest II]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Fable (video game)|Fable]]''
|
* ''[[The Bard's Tale (2004 video game)|The Bard's Tale]]''
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne]]''
* ''[[X-Men Legends]]''
|-
|Most Addictive Game (viewer's choice)
|''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
|
* ''[[City of Heroes]]''
* ''[[Donkey Konga]]''
* ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
|-
|Best Gaming Publication (fan favorite)
|''[[Game Informer]]''
|
* ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]''
* ''[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine|Official PlayStation Magazine]]''
* ''[[GMR (magazine)|GMR]]''
*''[[Official Xbox Magazine]]''
|-
|Best Gaming Web Site (fan favorite)
|[[GameSpot]]
|
* [[1UP.com|1UP]]
* [[GameSpy]]
* [[IGN]]
* [[Shack News]]
|}

===2003 Awards===
The 2003 VGAs were the first VGAs to be hosted by Spike TV. It was held at the [[MGM Grand Garden Arena]] in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 2, 2003 and aired on December 4, 2003. The event was hosted by [[David Spade]] and featured appearances by [[Lil' Kim]], [[Jaime Pressly]], [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[P.O.D.]], [[Orlando Jones]], and [[Cedric the Entertainer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/specials/special.pl?spec=spiketv&pagenum=1|title= Unintentional Hilarity at Spike TV|last=Lewinson|first=Tim|date=12-3-2002|publisher=Gaming Age|accessdate=2009-11-15}}</ref> The event also featured a [[WWE]] tag team wrestling match with the superstars [[Rey Mysterio]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Trish Stratus]], and [[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]].

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!style="width:15%"|Award
!style="width:20%"|Winner
!style="width:65%"|Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
|
* ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
* ''[[SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals]]''
* ''[[SSX 3]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
|-
|Best Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
|
* ''[[Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball]]''
* ''[[ESPN NFL Football]]''
*''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Live 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Street Vol. 2]]''
* ''[[SSX3]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004]]''
* ''World Series Baseball 2K3''
* ''[[WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain]]''
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
|
* ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Hitman 2: Silent Assassin]]''
* ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]''
* ''[[Panzer Dragoon Orta]]''
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''
* ''[[SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
|-
|Best Animation
|''[[Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball]]''
|
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[The Getaway (video game)|The Getaway]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica X]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
* ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
* ''[[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]''
* ''[[Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht]]''
* ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]''
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[Enter the Matrix]]''
|
* ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''
* ''[[Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup]]''
* ''[[The Hulk (video game)|The Hulk]]''
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb]]''
* ''[[James Bond 007: Nightfire]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''
* ''[[Tron 2.0]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[NASCAR Thunder 2004]]''
|
* ''[[Auto Modellista]]''
* ''[[Colin McRae Rally 3]]''
* ''[[F1 Career Challenge]]''
* ''[[F-Zero GX]]''
* ''[[The Getaway (video game)|The Getaway]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club II]]''
* ''[[MotoGP 2]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons: Hit and Run]]''
|-
|Best Music
|''[[Def Jam Vendetta]]''
|
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Live 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Street Vol. 2]]''
* ''[[SSX3]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
* ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
* ''Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human
|[[Ray Liotta]] as [[Tommy Vercetti]], ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''
|
* [[Christina Aguilera]] as herself, ''The Sims: Superstar''
* [[Christopher Walken]] as [[True Crime: Streets of LA#Characters|George]], ''True Crime: Streets of LA''
* [[David Duchovny]] as [[XIII (video game)#Characters|XIII]], ''XIII''
* [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[Method Man]], and more as themselves ''Def Jam Vendetta''
* [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] as [[XIII (video game)#Characters|Jones]], ''XIII''
* [[Giovanni Ribisi]] as Pvt Elder, ''Call of Duty''
* [[Jada Pinkett Smith]] as [[Niobe (The Matrix)|Niobe]], ''Enter the Matrix''
* [[Jenna Jameson]] as [[Candy Suxxx]], ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''
* [[Snoop Dogg]] as himself, ''True Crime: Streets of LA''
|-
|Most Anticipated
|''[[Halo 2]]''
|
* ''[[Dead or Alive Online]]''
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Driver 3]]''
* ''[[Fable (video game)|Fable]]''
* ''[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]''
* ''[[Gran Turismo 4]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
* ''[[Starcraft: Ghost]]''
|-
|Most Addictive
|''[[Soulcalibur II]]''
|
* ''[[Anarchy Online#Expansions|Anarchy Online: Shadowlands]]''
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
* ''[[ESPN NHL Hockey]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[PlanetSide]]''
* ''[[The Sims: Superstar]]''
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]''
* ''[[Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
|
* ''[[Age of Mythology: The Titans]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome]]''
* ''[[Command and Conquer: Generals Zero Hour]]''
* ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]''
* ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]''
* ''[[The Sims: Superstar]]''
* ''[[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]''
|-
|Best Online Game
|''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
|
* ''[[Anarchy Online#Expansions|Anarchy Online: Shadowlands]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome]]''
* ''[[EverQuest Online Adventures]]''
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide]]''
* ''[[PlanetSide]]''
* ''[[The Sims Online]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]''
|
* ''[[Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''
* ''[[Iridion II]]''
* ''[[Mega Man and Bass]]''
* ''[[Ninja Five-O]]''
* ''[[Rayman 3]]''
* ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain]]''
|
* ''[[Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home]]''
* ''[[Bloody Roar 4]]''
* ''[[Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO]]''
* ''[[Def Jam Vendetta]]''
* ''[[Pride FC]]''
* ''[[Soulcalibur II]]''
* ''[[Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution]]''
* ''[[WWE Wrestlemania XIX]]''
|-
|Best First Person Action
|''[[Call of Duty]]''
|
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII]]''
* ''[[Chrome (video game)|Chrome]]''
* ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
* ''[[Planetside]]''
* ''[[Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]]''
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder]]''
* ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]''
|-
|Best Fantasy Game
|''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''
|
* ''[[Hack Part 1 Infection]]''
* ''[[Dark Cloud 2]]''
* ''[[EverQuest Online Adventures]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia Legends]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
* ''[[Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht]]''
|}

==Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame==
'''Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame''' recognizes the video game "franchises throughout history that have brought the industry to where it is today" - Casey Patterson, executive producer of the VGAs and executive vice president of event production for Viacom Media Networks Entertainment Group. The first inductee was awarded at the ninth annual Spike Video Game Awards on December 10, 2011. The inaugural recipient was ''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise, with [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] accepting the award.<ref name="2011vga" />

{| class="wikitable hlist"
|-
!Year
!Inductee
|-
|2011
|''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]''
|}

==Nomination==
With the exception of the fan-voted "Most Anticipated Game", "Character of the Year", and a few other non-annual categories, the award nominees and winners are voted by an advisory council, featuring 25 journalists from various media outlets. Fans, however, can vote online for which games they think should win each category.

{| class="wikitable hlist" border="1"
|+ VGA Advisory Council as of November 2011<ref>{{cite web
|date = 2011-11-03
|title = Meet the VGA 2011 Advisory Council
|url = http://www.spike.com/articles/zbeldj/video-game-awards-meet-the-vga-2011-advisory-council
|publisher = [[Spike TV]]
|accessdate = 2011-11-03
}}</ref>
|-
! Member
! Position
! Publication
|-
| Andy McNamara || Editor in Chief || ''[[Game Informer]]''
|-
| [[Brian Crecente]] || Editor in Chief || [[Kotaku]]
|-
| Chris Baker || Senior Editor || ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''
|-
| Chris Kohler || Games Editor || [[Wired.com]]
|-
| Chris Slate || Editor in Chief || ''[[Nintendo Power]]''
|-
| Christopher Grant || Editor in Chief || [[Joystiq]]
|-
| Dale North || Editor in Chief || [[Destructoid]]
|-
| Francesca Reyes || Editor in Chief || ''[[Official Xbox Magazine]]''
|-
| Gary Steinman || Editor in Chief || [[GamesRadar]]
|-
| [[Geoff Keighley]] || Host || ''[[GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley]]''/[[Spike TV]]
|-
| [[Jeff Gerstmann]] || Editor in Chief || [[Giant Bomb]]
|-
| Jeff Jensen || Senior Writer || ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|-
| [[Jerry Holkins]] || Writer / Co-Creator || ''[[Penny Arcade (webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]''
|-
| John Davison || VP of Programming || [[GameSpot]] & [[Metacritic]]
|-
| Logan Decker || Editor in Chief || ''[[PC Gamer]]''
|-
| Lou Kesten || Reviewer/Editor || [[Associated Press]]
|-
| [[Mike Krahulik]] || Artist / Co-Creator || ''Penny Arcade''
|-
| Mike Snider || Technology Reporter || ''[[USA Today]]''
|-
| Rich Greenhill || Director of Content and Programming || [[Yahoo! Games]]
|-
| Sam Kennedy || Director of Audience Generation || [[IGN]]/[[1UP.com]]
|-
| Scott Alexander || Freelance Writer || ''[[Playboy]]''
|-
| Shane Satterfield || VP of Content || Spike TV
|-
| Stephen Totilo || Deputy Editor || Kotaku
|-
| Tal Blevins || VP Games Content || IGN
|-
| Tina Amini || Assistant Editor / Video Games Channel Manager || ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]''
|}

==Reception==
Video game journalism veteran [[Jeff Green (writer)|Jeff Green]] has been vocal in his criticism of the Spike Video Game Awards. In his assessment of the 2010 VGAs, Green laments that Spike TV alienated viewers due to their decision to focus the awards on its own primary demographic, rather than the video game community at large. Green states that this leads to appearances by celebrities who "either didn't want to be or know why they were there."<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://jeff-greenspeak.blogspot.com/2010/12/rant-about-spike-vgas.html |title=A Rant about the Spike VGAs |first=Jeff |last=Green |publisher=Greenspeak |date=2010-12-12 |accessdate=2011-12-07}}</ref> 2011 VGA host Zachary Levi recognized this and prior to hosting the event, told [[MTV]] in an interview that, "I’m happy to work on the VGAs on Spike and make the network happy, but I want to be respectful to the community of gamers because I am one myself. And [with] the humor involved, I want it to be smart, I want it to be honest, and accurate."<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview"/> [[Giant Bomb]]'s Alex Navarro has also commented on the VGAs, questioning the importance of the awards themselves next to the VGA's focus on its exclusive reveals.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/2011-spike-video-game-awards-will-award-video-games-with-awards-also-announce-things/3787/
|title=2011 Spike Video Game Awards Will Award Video Games With Awards, Also Announce Things |first=Alex |last=Navarro |publisher=[[Giant Bomb]] |date=2011-11-03 |accessdate=2011-12-07}}</ref>

The 2011 VGAs were given similar criticisms. [[Kotaku]] reported that VGA nominees [[Mark Hamill]] and [[Tara Strong]] were disappointed that they were present at the event but their respective categories were not present at the show, only finding out the results of the "Best Performance by a Human Male" and "Best Performance by a Human Female" awards after the show.<ref>{{cite web
|url=kotaku.com/5867014/
|title=Mark Hamill, Tara Strong (aka The Joker and Harley Quinn) Both Miffed about the VGAs |first=Stephen |last=Totilo |publisher=[[Kotaku]] |date=2011-12-11 |accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref> [[Wired.com]] writer Jason Schreier addressed Spike TV after the event in reference to food eating segments by [[Felicia Day]] and the host Zachary Levi having simulations of a [[Tea bag (sexual act)|sexual act]] performed on him. Schreier said, "It’s not hard to find the root of the problem here: You think we’re dumb. You think your audience is so stupid that they’ll be amused by YouTube rants and health potion gags. You think we get our jollies out of watching girls bite cupcakes off conveyor belts. You think videogame references make a good substitute for humor." Schreier also quoted [[Joystiq]]'s Justin McElroy, who voiced his concern at many awards being shown together in a short montage. Praise was given for the handling of ''The Legend of Zelda's'' induction into the Hall of Fame including the video package of the franchise's releases and an appearance by creator [[Shigeru Miyamoto]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://jasonschreier.com/2011/12/11/spike-vgas/
|title=An Open Letter To The Spike VGAs |first=Jason |last=Schreier |publisher=jasonschreier.com |date=2011-12-11 |accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref>

==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 (actor)|Michael McDonald]]) and [[Farrah Fawcett]] (played by [[Arden Myrin]]), musical guest [[The Jackson 5]], and award presenter [[Mark Spitz]] (played by [[Ike Barinholtz]]). ''[[Pong]]'' and ''[[Asteroids (video game)|Asteroids]]'' were the only video games nominated for all of the awards presented, even though ''Asteroids'' wasn't released in the arcade until [[1979 in video gaming|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 in video gaming|1978]].<ref name="madtv">MADtv Episode #1121, Air Date: May 13, 2006.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview">{{cite web|first=Charles | last=Webb| url =http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/12/05/spike-vgas-interview-meet-your-host-zachary-levi/ | title = Spike VGAs Interview: Meet Your Host, Zachary Levi | publisher = [[MTV]]| date = 2011-12-05 | accessdate = 2011-12-07 | deadurl=no}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* [http://www.spike.com/event/vga Spike Video Game Awards]
* [http://www.spike.com/articles/6aoa62/video-game-awards-every-vga-winner-from-years-past Every VGA Winner from Years Past]

{{SpikeTVAwardsList}}

[[Category:Video game awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2003]]

Spike Video Game Awards

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'''Spike Video Game Awards''' ('''VGA''') is an annual [[award show]] hosted by [[Spike TV]] that recognizes the best [[personal computer game|computer]] and [[video game]]s of the year. The VGAs feature live music performances and appearances by popular performers in music, movies, and television. Additionally, preview trailers for upcoming games are highlighted. The show is produced by ''[[GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley|GameTrailers TV's]]'' [[Geoff Keighley]]. The event has been held at various locations in Los Angeles and [[Santa Monica, California]] as well as [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas, Nevada]]. The first event was held on December 2, 2003 (aired on December 4, 2003). Spike's first ever [[Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame|Video Game Hall of Fame]] award, given to ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', was announced at the 2011 VGAs.<ref name="2011vga" />

The 2012 Spike Video Game Awards, which was the tenth anniversary, was held on December 7, 2012.

==2012 Awards==
The 2012 VGAs (promoted as ''VGA 10'' for the tenth anniversary) was held on December 7, 2012 at [[Sony Pictures Studios]] in [[Culver City, California]]. [[Samuel L. Jackson]] returned to host for a fourth time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gamerant.com/spike-video-game-awards-nominees-2013/|title=2012 Spike Video Game Awards Nominees Announced|date=November 15, 2012|last=Taormina|first=Anthony|publisher=Game Rant|accessdate=2012-11-16}}</ref> For the first time, the awards were broadcast on [[Xbox Live]]. Live users could "play" the show as it aired live. Responses to poll questions were tabulated in real time on screen for the Xbox Live audience and users with [[Xbox SmartGlass]] devices got a unique second-screen experience that updated in real time alongside the show content. Additionally, Spike TV and ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' partnered to create the first-ever "Entertainment Weekly and Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade" award. Exclusive world premieres that debuted at VGA 10 include [[Naughty Dog]]'s ''[[The Last of Us]]'', [[Epic Games]]' ''[[Gears of War: Judgment]]'', [[Obsidian Entertainment]]'s ''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth]]'', [[Konami]]'s ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2]]'', [[Irrational Games]]' ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'', [[Crystal Dynamics]]' ''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]'', [[Ubisoft]]'s ''[[Assassin's Creed III#The Tyranny of King Washington|Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington]]'', and [[343 Industries]]' ''[[Halo 4: Spartan Ops]]''. Two new games were announced, including ''[[Dark Souls II]]'' from [[From Software]], and a new game from [[Moby Dick Studio]] called ''[[The Phantom Pain (video game)|The Phantom Pain]]''. The event also had appearances from all past hosts of the VGAs except [[David Spade]]. The event featured musical performances by [[Linkin Park]], [[Tenacious D]], [[Gustavo Santaolalla]] and [[Wolfgang Gartner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/6gv02m/video-game-awards-vga-hosts-from-past-10-years-to-join-vga-ten|title=VGA Hosts From Past 10 Years to Join VGA Ten|date=November 29, 2012|author=Spike TV|publisher=spike.com|accessdate=2012-12-03}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Winner
! Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
| ''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
| [[Telltale Games]], ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[343 Industries]], ''Halo 4''
*[[Arkane Studios]], ''Dishonored''
*[[Gearbox Software]], ''Borderlands 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Character of the Year
| Claptrap, ''Borderlands 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]], ''Assassin's Creed III''
*[[Commander Shepard]], ''Mass Effect 3''
*[[Master Chief (Halo)|Master Chief]], ''Halo 4''
*Raul Menendez, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Entertainment Weekly and
Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[BioShock]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
*''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''
*''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
*''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''
*''[[Wii Sports]]''
*''[[World of Warcraft]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
| ''[[Halo 4]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PS3 Game
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wii/Wii U Game
| ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The Last Story]]''
*''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''
*''[[ZombiU]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[XCOM: Enemy Unknown]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Diablo III]]''
*''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
*''[[Torchlight II]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Shooter
| ''[[Borderlands 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Max Payne 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
| ''[[Dishonored]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Darksiders II]]''
*''[[Sleeping Dogs (video game)|Sleeping Dogs]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Diablo III]]''
*''[[Torchlight II]]''
*''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multi-player Game
| ''[[Borderlands 2]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[SSX (2012 video game)|SSX]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational]]''
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13]]''
*''[[WWE '13]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K13]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[FIFA Soccer 13]]''
*''[[Madden NFL 13]]''
*''[[NHL 13]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game)|Need for Speed: Most Wanted]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[DiRT: Showdown]]''
*''[[F1 2012 (video game)|F1 2012]]''
*''[[Forza Horizon]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Song in a Game
|"Cities" by [[Beck]], ''Sound Shapes''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*"[[Castle of Glass]]" by [[Linkin Park]], ''Medal of Honor: Warfighter''
*"I Was Born for This" by [[Austin Wintory]], ''Journey''
*"Tears" by [[Health (band)|Health]], ''Max Payne 3''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Max Payne 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
| ''[[Halo 4]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Independent Game
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dust: An Elysian Tail]]''
*''[[Fez (video game)|Fez]]''
*''[[Mark of the Ninja]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
| ''[[Persona 4 Arena]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dead or Alive 5]]''
*''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]]''
*''[[Tekken Tag Tournament 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld/Mobile Game
|''[[Sound Shapes]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Gravity Rush]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet PS Vita]]''
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
| Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Emma Stone]] as Amanda Cartwright, ''Sleeping Dogs''
*[[Jen Taylor]] as [[Cortana]], ''Halo 4''
*[[Jennifer Hale]] as [[Commander Shepard|Commander Shepard (female version)]], ''Mass Effect 3''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
| [[Dameon Clarke]] as Handsome Jack, ''Borderlands 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Dave Fennoy]] as Lee Everret, ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
*[[James McCaffrey]] as [[Max Payne (character)|Max Payne]], ''Max Payne 3''
*[[Nolan North]] as Captain Martin Walker, ''Spec Ops: The Line''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two]]''
*''[[Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes]]''
*''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best DLC
| ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Mass Effect 3#Downloadable content|Mass Effect 3 - Leviathan]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2#Mechromancer Pack (Premiere Club)|Borderlands 2 - Mechromancer Pack]]''
*''[[Portal 2#Downloadable content|Portal 2 - Perpetual Testing Initiative]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
| ''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fez (video game)|Fez]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
*''[[Sound Shapes]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Social Game
|''[[You Don't Know Jack (Facebook game)|You Don't Know Jack]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Draw Something]]''
*''[[Marvel: Avengers Alliance]]''
*''[[SimCity Social]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
*''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth]]''
*''[[The Last of Us]]''
*''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|}

==Previous winners==
===2011 Awards===
The 2011 VGAs were held Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the [[Sony Pictures Studios]] in [[Culver City, California]], hosted by [[Zachary Levi]].<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview"/> The awards previewed world premieres of ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Patriots]]'', ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'', ''[[Alan Wake's American Nightmare]]'', ''[[Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'', ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD]]'', ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)#video game|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', the exclusive PlayStation 3 game ''[[The Last of Us]]'' developed by [[Naughty Dog]], ''[[Command & Conquer: Generals 2]]'' from [[BioWare Victory]], and ''[[Fortnite]]'' from [[Epic Games]]. New trailers for both ''[[Hitman: Absolution]]'' and ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' were aired during the show, as well as a pre-show announcement for ''[[Tekken Tag Tournament 2]]''. [[Mark Burnett]] was the Executive Producer for the event, and for the first time, the VGAs aired live on [[MTV 2]] (US), [[Spike.com]] (US) and [[Ginx TV]] (UK), in addition to Spike TV. The winners, as well as world premiere trailers, were announced during a pre-show red carpet live event hosted by GTTV's [[Amanda MacKay]] and Daniel Kayser. The 2011 VGAs also honored ''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise with its first ever "Video Game Hall of Fame Award".<ref name="2011vga">{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/press/2011/11/16/spike-announces-first-video-game-hall-of-fame-award-and-complete-list-of-vga-nominees/|title=Spike Announces VGA Nominees & Honors "Legend Of Zelda" With First Ever Video Game Hall Of Fame Award|date=2011-11-16|author=Spike Press Release|publisher=Spike|accessdate=2011-11-19}}</ref> Another unique award at the 2011 VGAs was the ''NFL Blitz'' Cover Athlete award. This award, determined by live online voting during the event (just like Character of the Year), determined which NFL athlete would be on the cover of the [[EA Sports]] game, ''[[NFL Blitz (2012 video game)|NFL Blitz]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/fvto8s/video-game-awafrds-nfl-blitz-cover-athlete-to-be-determined-live-by-vga-fans|title=NFL Blitz Cover Athlete To Be Determined Live By VGA Fans|date=2011-12-06|author=VGA|publisher=Spike.com|accessdate=2011-12-10}}</ref>

With appearances by [[will.i.am]], [[LL Cool J]], [[Felicia Day]], [[Kevin Jonas]], [[Seth Green]], [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], [[Tony Hawk]], [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Stacy Keibler]], [[Charlie Sheen]], [[Hideo Kojima]], and musical performances by [[Black Keys]] and [[Deadmau5]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Winner
! Nominees
|-
| [[Game of the Year]]
||''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham City ]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
*''[[Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''The Elders Scrolls V: Skyrim''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Naughty Dog]], ''Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception''
*[[Rocksteady Studios]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
*[[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''Portal 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Gamer God
|[[Blizzard Entertainment]]''
|N/A
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Marcus Fenix]], ''Gears Of War 3''
*[[Wheatley (Portal)|Wheatley]], ''Portal 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[inFAMOUS 2]]''
*''[[Killzone 3]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Epic Mickey]]''
*''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''
*''[[Lost in Shadow]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Minecraft]]''
*''[[The Witcher 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld/Mobile Game
|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]]''
*''[[Infinity Blade]]''
*''Jetpack Joyride''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
*''[[RAGE]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
*''[[Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dark Souls]]''
*''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]''
*''[[Dragon Age II]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Fight Night Champion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters]]''
*''[[Top Spin 4]]''
*''[[Virtua Tennis 4]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K12]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[FIFA Soccer 12]]''
*''[[NHL 12]]''
*''[[MLB 11: The Show]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[DiRT 3]]''
*''[[Driver: San Francisco]]''
*''[[Need for Speed: The Run]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The King of Fighters XIII]]''
*''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''
*''[[WWE All Stars]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Motion Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Child of Eden]]''
*''[[Dance Central 2]]''
*''[[The Gunstringer]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Minecraft]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''
*''[[Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP]]''
*''[[The Binding of Isaac (video game)|The Binding of Isaac]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Back to the Future: The Game]]''
*''[[Captain America: Super Soldier]]''
*''[[LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Song in a Game
|"Build That Wall (Zia's Theme)" by Darren Korb, ''Bastion''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*"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''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[LA Noire]]''
*''[[RAGE]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Stephen Merchant]] as [[Wheatley (Portal)|Wheatley]], ''Portal 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[J.K. Simmons]] as [[Cave Johnson]], ''Portal 2''
*[[Mark Hamill]] as [[The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
*[[Nolan North]] as [[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Ellen McLain]] as [[GLaDOS]], ''Portal 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Claudia Black]] as [[Chloe Frazer]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Emily Rose (actress)|Emily Rose]] as [[Elena Fisher]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Tara Strong]] as [[Harley Quinn]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet]]''
*''[[Stacking (video game)|Stacking]]''
*''[[Iron Brigade (video game)|Iron Brigade]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Portal 2#Downloadable content|Portal 2 Peer Review]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fallout: New Vegas|Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blue]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 2: Arrival]]''
*''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat:]]'' ''[[Freddy Krueger]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
*''[[Diablo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[The Last Guardian]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|[[GameTrailers.com]] Trailer of the Year
|''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', [[E3 2011]] Trailer
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''. Hugo Strange Reveal Trailer
*''[[Dark Souls]]'', Ignite 11 Debut Trailer
*''[[Dead Island]]'', [[Game Developers Conference|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
|-
|''NFL Blitz'' Cover Athlete
|[[Ray Rice]]
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Roddy White]]
*[[Patrick Willis]]
|}

===2010 Awards===
The 2010 VGAs were held Saturday, December 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California at the L.A. Convention Center and returned to using a host which was [[Neil Patrick Harris]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chiff.com/recreation/video-game-awards.htm | publisher=Chiff.com | accessdate=2010-11-14 | title=2010 Spike TV Video Game Awards, nominees, Winners, TV Schedule}}</ref> Unlike previous years, all the awards were not awarded during the show.

Several new games were announced which include [[BioWare]]'s announcement of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', ''[[Prototype 2 (video game)|Prototype 2]]'', ''[[Insane (2013 video game)|Insane]]'' from acclaimed movie director [[Guillermo del Toro]], ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'', ''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'' featuring [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''[[Resistance 3]]'', ''[[Portal 2]]'', ''[[SSX: Deadly Descents]]'', and ''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''. ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'' had another [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] trailer debut and the first trailer of ''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]'' aired during the awards.

With appearances by the cast members of ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'', [[Danny DeVito]], [[Kaitlin Olson]], [[Rob McElhenney]], Academy Award Nominated Director [[Guillermo del Toro]], ''Halo: Reach'' star and VGA Nominee [[Nathan Fillion]], ''[[Thor: God of Thunder]]'' star [[Chris Hemsworth]], [[Olivia Munn]], [[AnnaLynne McCord]], and [[Tony Hawk]], among others. Including musical performances by award winning violinist [[Diana Yukawa]],<ref name="Diana Yukawa Performs at Video Game Awards">Diana Yukawa Performs Halo Music at [http://www.dianayukawa.co.uk/Latest_Solo_Violinist_Performs_Halo_Music_at_2010_Video_Game_Awards_in_LA.html Video Game Awards]</ref> [[My Chemical Romance]] and [[José González]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/event/vga|title=Spike Video Game Awards 2010}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Winner
! Nominees
|-
| Game of the Year
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
* ''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[BioWare]], ''Mass Effect 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Blizzard Entertainment]], ''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''
* [[Bungie Studios]], ''Halo: Reach''
* [[Rockstar San Diego]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[List of Call of Duty characters#Protagonists|Sgt. Frank Woods]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War III''
* [[List of Red Dead Redemption characters|John Marston]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
* [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Alan Wake]]''
* ''[[Fable III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Heavy Rain]]''
* ''[[ModNation Racers]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''
* ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''
* ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
* ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization V]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[God of War: Ghost of Sparta]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]''
* ''[[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future]]''
* ''[[Super Scribblenauts]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]''
* ''[[BioShock 2]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
| ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fable III]]''
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer
|''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
* ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[EA Sports MMA]]''
* ''[[Shaun White Skateboarding]]''
* ''[[UFC Undisputed 2010]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K11]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[FIFA 11]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 11]]''
* ''[[MLB 10: The Show]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010 video game)|Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Blur (video game)|Blur]]''
* ''[[ModNation Racers]]''
* ''[[Split/Second]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[Rock Band 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dance Central]]''
* ''[[DJ Hero 2]]''
* ''[[Def Jam Rapstar]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[DJ Hero 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock]]''
* ''[[Rock Band 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Song in a Game
|"Far Away" by [[José González]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*"[[Basket Case (song)|Basket Case]]" by [[Green Day]], ''Green Day: Rock Band''
* "[[Black Rain (Soundgarden song)|Black Rain]]" by [[Soundgarden]], ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock''
* "[[GoldenEye (song)|GoldenEye]]" by [[Nicole Scherzinger]], ''GoldenEye 007 (2010)''
* "Won't Back Down" by [[Eminem]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* "[[Replay (Iyaz song)|Replay]]/[[Rude Boy (song)|Rude Boy]] Mashup" by [[Iyaz]]/[[Rihanna]], ''DJ Hero 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Heavy Rain]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
* ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
* ''[[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II]]''
* ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Neil Patrick Harris]] as [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man]], ''Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Daniel Craig]] as [[James Bond]], ''Goldeneye 007 (2010 video game)''
* [[Gary Oldman]] as Sergeant Reznov, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* [[John Cleese]] as Jasper, ''Fable III''
* [[Martin Sheen]] as the [[Illusive Man]], ''Mass Effect 2''
* [[Nathan Fillion]] as Sergeant Edward Buck, ''Halo: Reach''
* Rob Wiethoff as John Marston, ''Red Dead Redemption''
* [[Sam Worthington]] as [[Call of Duty: Black Ops#Characters and setting|Alex Mason]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Sarah Kerrigan]], ''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]], ''James Bond 007: Blood Stone''
* [[Danica Patrick]] as Herself, ''Blur''
* [[Emmanuelle Chriqui]] as The Numbers Lady, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* [[Felicia Day]] as Veronica Santangelo, ''Fallout: New Vegas''
* [[Jennifer Hale]] as [[Characters of the Mass Effect universe|Commander Shepard (female version)]], ''Mass Effect 2''
* [[Kristen Bell]] as [[Lucy Stillman]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
* [[Yvonne Strahovski]] as [[Characters of the Mass Effect universe|Miranda Lawson]], ''Mass Effect 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Costume Quest]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light]]''
* ''[[Monday Night Combat]]''
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock 2#Minerva's Den|BioShock 2: Minerva's Den]]''
* ''[[Borderlands (video game)#The Secret Armory of General Knoxx|Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Limbo (video game)|Limbo]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Joe Danger]]''
* ''[[Super Meat Boy]]''
* ''[[The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
* ''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
* ''[[Gears of War 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Strongest Heroes of All Time
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Master Chief (Halo)|Master Chief]], ''Halo'' series
* [[Samus Aran]], ''Metroid'' series
* [[Marcus Fenix]], ''Gears of War'' series
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Mario]], ''Super Mario'' series
* [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War'' series
* [[Solid Snake]], ''Metal Gear Solid'' series
|-
|Best Original Game
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Zombie Game
|''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Dressed Assassin
|[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
|N/A
|-
|Biggest Badass
|[[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War III''
|N/A
|}

===2009 Awards===
The 2009 VGAs were held on December 12, 2009 at the Nokia Event Deck in Los Angeles, California<ref name="yahoovga">{{cite web | url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091213/ap_on_en_ot/us_spike_game_awards | publisher=Yahoo! | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-13 | title='Uncharted 2' nabs top prize at VGAs}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and were the first and only VGAs to not have a single host, but rather a number of presenters for the awards<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spike.com/event/vga2009 | title=Spike Video Game Awards 2009 | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-11 | publisher=SpikeTV}}</ref> It opened with a trailer announcing the [[Batman: Arkham City|sequel]] to ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum]]''. There were other exclusive looks at ''[[Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands]]'', ''[[UFC 2010 Undisputed]]'', ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', and others. [[Samuel L. Jackson]] previewed [[LucasArts]] newest upcoming ''Star Wars'' game, ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II]]''. In addition, ''[[Green Day: Rock Band]]'' was announced and accompanied with a trailer.

With appearances from Stevie Wonder, MTV Jersey Shore cast, Green Day and Jack Black, live music performances at the 2009 awards included [[Snoop Dogg]] and The Bravery.<ref name="yahoovga" />

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[ Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Rocksteady Studios]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Infinity Ward]], ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2''
* [[Naughty Dog]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
* [[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''Left 4 Dead 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Flower (video game)|Flower]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Osmos]]''
* ''[[Splosion Man]]''
* ''[[Trials HD]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Forza Motorsport 3]]''
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[inFAMOUS]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
* ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[MadWorld]]''
* ''[[Punch-Out!!]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]''
* ''[[The Sims 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
* ''[[Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box]]''
* ''[[Scribblenauts]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Assassins Creed II]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]''
* ''[[Demon's Souls]]''
* ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]''
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Street Fighter IV]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger]]''
* ''[[Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny]]''
* ''[[Tekken 6]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[UFC 2009 Undisputed]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fight Night Round 4]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NHL 10]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Madden NFL 10]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K10]]''
* ''[[FIFA 10]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Forza Motorsport 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dirt 2]]''
* ''[[Gran Turismo PSP]]''
* ''[[Need for Speed: Shift]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[DJ Hero]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[LEGO Rock Band]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[DJ Hero]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based On A Movie/TV Show
|''[[South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]''
* ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena]]''
* ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance By A Human Female
|[[Megan Fox]] as [[Mikaela Banes]], ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Eliza Dushku]] as [[Rubi Malone]], ''WET''
* [[Kristen Bell]] as [[Lucy Stillman]], ''Assassin's Creed II''
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as Dare, ''Halo 3: ODST''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance By A Human Male
|[[Hugh Jackman]] as [[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine]], ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Bill Murray]] as Dr. [[Peter Venkman]], ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game''
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]] as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja, ''Afro Samurai''
* [[Shia LaBeouf]] as [[Sam Witwicky]], ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
* [[Vin Diesel]] as [[Richard B. Riddick]], ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Cast
|''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard]]''
* ''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]''
* ''[[South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Voice
|[[Jack Black]] for the voice of Eddie Riggs, ''Brütal Legend''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Arleen Sorkin]] as [[Harley Quinn]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
* [[Claudia Black]] as [[Chloe Frazer]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
* [[Mark Hamill]] as [[Joker (comics)|The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
* [[Nolan North]] as [[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Shadow Complex]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield 1943]]''
* ''[[Fat Princess]]''
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fallout 3: Broken Steel]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3: Point Lookout]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Anticipated Game of 2010
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock 2]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
* ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Comedy Game
|''[[Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard]]''
|N/A
|}

===2008 Awards===
The 2008 VGAs were held on December 14, 2008 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Spike-2008-VGA-Results-14035.html | title=Spike 2008 VGA REsults | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2008-12-15 | publisher=Blend Games}}</ref> The show, hosted by [[Jack Black]], featured ten previews of upcoming games. Musical performances included [[50 Cent]], [[The All-American Rejects]], [[Weezer]], and [[LL Cool J]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.planetxbox360.com/article_5364/Spike_TV_Announces_2008_Video_Game_Awards_Winners | title=Spike TV Announces 2008 Video Game Awards Winners | author=Eric Bush | accessdate=2009-12-13}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Gears of War 2]]''
* ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Media Molecule]], ''LittleBigPlanet''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Rockstar North]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
* [[Harmonix]], ''Rock Band 2''
* [[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''Fallout 3''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Gamer God
|[[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]], creator of ''[[The Sims]]'' and ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Gears of War 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Far Cry 2]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Fallout 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fable II]]''
* ''[[Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning]]''
* ''[[The World Ends with You]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Shaun White Snowboarding]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09]]''
* ''[[Wii Fit]]''
* ''[[Skate It]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Professor Layton and the Curious Village]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[God of War: Chains of Olympus]]''
* ''[[Patapon]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Sonic Unleashed]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Quantum of Solace]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]]''
* ''[[Naruto: The Broken Bond]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[Rock Band 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''
* ''[[Wii Music]]''
* ''[[SingStar]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Paradise]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Pure (video game)|Pure]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club: Los Angeles]]''
* ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]''
* ''[[Mirror's Edge]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Rock Band 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Gears of War 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fable II]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
*''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Boom Blox]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[No More Heroes (video game)|No More Heroes]]''
* ''[[Wii Fit]]''
* ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
* ''[[Crysis Warhead]]''
* ''[[Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
* ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Gears of War 2]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Independent Game Fueld By Dew
|''[[World of Goo]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[PixelJunk Eden]]''
* ''[[Braid (video game)|Braid]]''
* ''[[Audiosurf]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Soulcalibur IV]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe]]''
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
* ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Male Voice
|[[Michael Hollick]] as [[Niko Bellic]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[David Hayter]] as [[Old Snake (Metal Gear)|Old Snake]], ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''
* [[Stephen Fry]] as The Narrator, ''LittleBigPlanet''
* [[Jason Zumwalt]] as [[Roman Bellic]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Female Voice
|[[Debi Mae West]] as [[Meryl Silverburgh]], ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Nathalie Cox]] as [[Juno Eclipse]], ''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed''
* [[Paula Tiso]] as [[Silvia Christel]], ''No More Heroes''
* [[Keeley Hawes]] as [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Underworld''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Big Name in the Game Male
|[[Kiefer Sutherland]] as Sgt. Roebuck, ''Call of Duty: World at War''
|N/A
|-
|Big Name in the Game Female
|[[Jenny McCarthy]] as Special Agent Tanya Adams, ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3''
|N/A
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NHL 09]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Madden NFL 09]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K9]]''
* ''[[FIFA Soccer 09]]''
|}

===2007 Awards===
The 2007 VGAs aired December 9, 2007. Hosted by [[Samuel L. Jackson]], the winners were announced ahead of the event which was held at the [[Mandalay Bay Events Center]] in Las Vegas. The show featured performances by [[Foo Fighters]], [[Kid Rock]], and exclusive world videogame premieres of ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]'', ''[[Gran Turismo 5 Prologue]]'', ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2]]'' and ''[[TNA Impact! (video game)|TNA iMPACT!]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.digitaltechnews.com/news/2007/12/spike-tv-vga-20.html | title=Spike TV VGA 2007 Winners Announced | publisher=Digital Tech News | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2007-12-08}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Harmonix]], ''Rock Band''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Bungie]], ''Halo 3''
* [[2K Boston/2K Australia]], ''BioShock''
*[[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''The Orange Box''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Mass Effect]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Eternal Sonata]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions]]''
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas]]''
* ''[[World in Conflict]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Skate (video game)|skate]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]]''
* ''[[Virtua Tennis 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions]]''
* ''[[Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow]]''
* ''[[Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Crysis]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[The Simpsons Game]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]''
* ''[[Naruto: Rise of a Ninja]]''
* ''[[Stranglehold (video game)|Stranglehold]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Rhythm Game
|''[[Rock Band]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Jam Sessions]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Colin McRae: Dirt]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Forza Motorsport 2]]''
* ''[[Need for Speed: ProStreet]]''
* ''[[Project Gotham Racing 4]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
* ''[[God of War II]]''
* ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 08]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[NBA 2K8]]''
* ''[[NHL 08]]''
* ''[[Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Rock Band]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Breakthrough Technology
|''[[The Orange Box]]''/''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Crysis]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]'' - Saved Films / Theatre Mode
* ''[[Rock Band]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''
* ''[[Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]''
* ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Heavenly Sword]]''
* ''[[Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]''
* ''[[Warhawk (2007 video game)|Warhawk]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[The Orange Box]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Crysis]]''
* ''[[World in Conflict]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[God of War II]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Halo 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
* ''[[Rock Band]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Addictive Video Game
|''[[Halo 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports]]''
|}

===2006 Awards===
The 2006 VGAs featured musical performances by [[Tenacious D]] and [[AFI (band)|AFI]] and show appearances by 50 Cent, Eva Mendes, Sarah Silverman, Seth Green, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, Brandon Routh, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tony Hawk, Michael Irvin, Method Man, Maria Menounos, Tyrese, Xzibit, James Gandolfini, Kurt Angle, among others. In character as Stewie Griffin and Tom Tucker from Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane served as the voice of the VGAs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/gamebanshee-news-73/spike-tv-2006-vga-winners-announced-82923.html | publisher=UGO Games | accessdate=2009-12-12 | date=2006-12-09 | title=Spike TV 2006 VGA Winners Announced}}</ref> The awards aired December 13, 2006 at the [[Galen Center]] in Los Angeles and were hosted by [[Samuel L. Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://lastheplace.com/2006/12/15/spike-tv-2006-video-game-awards-the-revolution-will-be-televised/ | title=Spike TV 2006 Video Game Awards Breaks the Mold | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-15 | publisher=LAs The Place.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Gears of War]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 2]]''
* ''[[Okami]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Epic Games]], ''Gears of War''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Clover Studio]], ''Okami''
* [[Relic Entertainment]], ''Company of Heroes''
* [[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
* [[Harmonix]], ''Guitar Hero''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Alyx Vance]], ''Half-Life 2: Episode One''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Legend''
* [[Princess Peach]], ''Super Mario Bros.''
* Enrica, ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent''
* [[Jen]], ''Prey''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's Project 8]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Rockstar Presents Table Tennis]]''
* ''[[Fight Night Round 3]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07]]''
* ''[[Top Spin 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K7]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Madden NFL 07]]''
* ''[[NCAA Football 07]]''
* ''[[FIFA 07]]''
* ''[[NHL 07]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The Godfather: The Game]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World is Yours]]''
* ''[[The Sopranos: Road to Respect]]''
* ''[[Family Guy Video Game!]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Patrick Stewart]] as Emperor Uriel Septim VII, ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Seth McFarlane]] as [[Peter Griffin]], [[Stewie Griffin]], and [[Brian Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* Gerry Rosenthal as Jimmy Hopkins, ''Bully''
* [[Johnny Depp]] as [[Jack Sparrow]], ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow''
* [[Keifer Sutherland]] as [[Jack Bauer]], ''24: The Game''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Supporting Male Performance
|[[James Gandolfini]] as [[Tony Soprano]], ''The Sopranos: Road to Respect''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Seth Green]] as [[Chris Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* [[James Woods]] as George Sheffield, ''Scarface: The World is Yours''
* James Cann as [[Santino 'Sonny' Corleone]], ''The Godfather: The Game''
* Philip Micahel Thomas as Lance Vance, ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Vida Guerra]] as Femme Fatale, ''Scarface: The World Is Yours''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Tia Carrere]] as Lin, ''Saints Row''
* [[Emmanuelle Vaugier]] as Nikki, ''Need For Speed: Carbon''
* [[Keely Hawes]] as [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Legend''
* [[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Supporting Female Performance
|[[Rachael Leigh Cook]] as Tifa Lockhart, ''Kingdom Hearts II''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Elisha Cuthbert]] as [[Kim Bauer]], ''24: The Game''
* [[Brittany Murphy]] as Karen Light, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure''
* [[Mila Kunis]] as [[Meg Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* [[Lynda Carter]] as Female Nords / Female Orcs, ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Cast
|''[[Family Guy Video Game!]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The Godfather: The Game]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World is Yours]]''
* ''[[Saints Row]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Song
|"[[Lights and Sounds]]" by [[Yellowcard]], ''Burnout Revenge''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*"Loco Roco No Uta", ''Loco Roco''
* "Heavenly Star", ''Lumines 2''
* "[[Helicopter (song)|Helicopter]]" by Bloc Party, ''Mark Ecko's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure'' and ''Burnout Revenge''
* "[[Summer Shudder]]" by [[AFI (band)|AFI]], ''Maddden NFL 07''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Guitar Hero II]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Madden NFL 07]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World is Yours]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''
* ''[[Electroplankton]]''
* ''[[Okami]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Revenge]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Need For Speed: Carbon]]''
* ''[[TOCA Race Driver 3]]''
* ''[[GTR 2 – FIA GT Racing Game]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Addictive Game
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day]]''
* ''[[Gears of War]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero II]]''
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Tekken: Dark Resurrection]]''
* ''[[Dead or Alive 4]]''
* ''[[Street Fighter Alpha Anthology]]''
* ''[[God Hand]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Dead Rising]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[New Super Mario Bros]]''
* ''[[Okami]]''
* ''[[Saints Row]]''
* ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Black (video game)|Black]]''
* ''[[Prey (video game)|Prey]]''
* ''[[Half Life 2: Episode One]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 3]]''
* ''[[The Outfit (video game)|The Outfit]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2142]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Okami]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
* ''[[Tetris DS]]''
* ''[[Loco Roco]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Company of Heroes]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Breakthrough Technology
|[[Wii]]
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[PlayStation 3]]
* [[Nintendo DS Lite]]
* ''[[Electroplankton]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''
* ''[[Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Half Life 2: Episode One]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2142]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Empire at War]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[SWAT Force]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Diner Dash]]''
* ''[[Tower Bloxx]]''
* ''Super KO Boxing!''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Critic's Choice (released after 11/15/2006 and before 12/31/2006)
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Resistance: Fall of Man]]''
* ''[[Medieval II: Total War]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Breakthrough Performance
|[[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
|N/A
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[Jack Sparrow]] portrayed by [[Johnny Depp]], ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow''
|N/A
|}

===2005 Awards===
The 2005 VGAs were held December 10, 2005 at the [[Gibson Amphitheatre]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/9815/Spike-TV-VGA-2005-Honors-Activision-Games/ | date=2005-11-23 | accessdate=2009-12-13 | publisher=Team XBox | title=Spike TV VGA 2005 Honors Activision Games}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/7498/Spike-TV-Video-Game-Award-Winners-Announced |title=2005 VGA |accessdate=2008-12-18 |publisher=IGN.com |work=Video Game Awards 2005 Award Winners by Spike TV }}</ref> This was the first year that [[Samuel L. Jackson]] hosted the VGAs.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Action Game of the Year
|''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
* ''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
* ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]''
* ''[[50 Cent: Bulletproof]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06]]''
* ''[[SSX On Tour]]''
* ''[[Top Spin (video game)|Top Spin]]''
* ''[[Fight Night Round 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 06]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Blitz: The League]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K6]]''
* ''[[World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International]]'
* ''[[NBA Street V3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Maria Menounos]] as Eva, ''James Bond 007: From Russia with Love''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Charlize Theron]] as Æon Flux, ''Æon Flux''
* [[Jessica Alba]] as [[Invisible Woman]], ''Fantastic 4''
* [[Traci Lords]] as Cassandra Hartz, ''True Crime: New York City''
* [[Joanna Dark]], ''Perfect Dark Zero''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Star Wars Battlefront II]]''
* ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]''
* ''[[From Russia with Love (video game)|James Bond 007: From Russia With Love]]''
* ''[[The Matrix: Path of Neo]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Jack Black]] as [[Carl Denham]], ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official game of the Movie''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[50 Cent]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Michael Chiklis]] as [[Thing (comics)|Thing]], ''Fantastic 4''
* [[Sean Connery]] as [[James Bond]], ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[TC Carson]] as [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Supporting Male Performance
|[[Christopher Walken]] as Gabriel Whitting, ''True Crime: New York City''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Eminem]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Dr. Dre]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] as [[The Suffering: Ties That Bind#Characters|Blackmore]], ''The Suffering: Ties That Bind''
* [[P. Diddy]] as Dip, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Charlize Theron]] as Æon Flux, ''Æon Flux''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Naomi Watts]] as Ann Darrow, ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie''
* [[Josie Maran]] as Mia Townsend, ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted''
* [[Jessica Alba]] as [[Invisible Woman]], ''Fantastic 4''
* Cornelia Hayes O’Herlihy as [[Fiona Belli]], ''Haunting Ground''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Supporting Female Performance
|[[Traci Lords]] as Madam Cassandra Hartz, ''True Crime: New York City''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Maria Menounos]] as Eva, ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
* [[Natasha Bedingfield]] as Elizabeth Stark, ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[Mariska Hargitay]] as Deena Dixon, ''True Crime: New York City''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Song
|"[[Bulletproof (soundtrack)|Maybe We Crazy]]" by [[50 Cent]], ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*"[[Lights and Sounds]]" by [[Yellowcard]], ''Burnout Revenge''
* "When I Get Angry" by [[Spider Loc]], ''Madden NFL 06''
* "Getting Up Anthem: Part I" by Talib Kweli and Rakim, ''Mark Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
* "Error Operator" by [[Taking Back Sunday]], ''Fantastic 4''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Guitar Hero (2005 video game)|Guitar Hero]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
* ''[[50 Cent: Bulletproof]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''
* ''[[SSX On Tour]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[We Love Katamari]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
* ''[[Indigo Prophecy]]''
* ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Designer of the Year
|[[David Jaffe]], ''God of War''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Rob Pardo]], ''World of Warcraft''
* [[Michel Ancel]], ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie''
* [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], ''Nintendogs''
* Craig Hubbard, ''F.E.A.R.''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Revenge]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Gran Turismo 4]]''
* ''[[L.A. Rush]]''
* ''[[Forza Motorsport]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Addictive Game
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[We Love Katamari]]''
* ''[[Lumines]]''
* ''[[Nintendogs]]''
* ''[[Meteos]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Fight Night Round 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Soulcalibur III]]''
* ''[[Tekken 5]]''
* ''[[Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best First-Person Action
|''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[Far Cry Instincts]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''
* ''[[SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[PGR 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Lumines]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
* ''[[Nintendogs]]''
* ''[[Meteos]]''
* ''[[Burnout Legends]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Guild Wars]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[City of Villains]]''
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Breakthrough Technology
|[[PSP]]
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*Facial Mo-cap ''[[NBA Live 06]]''
*''[[Nintendogs]]'' Voice Recognition
*[[Unreal Engine 3]]
*[[Xbox 360]]
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Jade Empire]]''
* ''[[X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse]]''
* ''[[Dungeon Siege II]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization IV]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Need for Speed: Underground 2]]''
* ''[[Massive Snowboarding]]''
* ''[[The Incredibles (video game)|The Incredibles]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''
|}

===2004 Awards===
The 2004 VGAs were held in [[Santa Monica]], [[California]] at the Barker Hangar. They were hosted by [[Snoop Dogg]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-99191738.html | title=American hip-hop star Snoop Dogg to host annual Video Game Awards | publisher=Encyclopedia.com | accessdate=2010-3-14 | date=2004-09-15}}</ref> The event featured musical performances including [[Sum 41]], [[Ludacris]] and a special live performance by Snoop Dogg and the remaining members of [[The Doors]] performing "Riders on the Storm".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2004/11/16-44 | title=Spike TV announces Video Game Awards 2004 nominees | publisher=Gaming Age | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2004-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/half-life-2/573823p1.html |title=2004 VGA |accessdate=2008-12-18 |publisher=Gamespy.com |work=Video Game Awards 2004 Award Winners by Spike TV }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]''
* ''[[Spider-Man 2 (video game)|Spider-Man 2]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Brooke Burke]] as Rachel Teller, ''Need for Speed: Underground 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]], ''Goldeneye: Rogue Agent''
* [[Carmen Electra]] as herself, ''Def Jam: Fight For NY''
* [[Jennifer Garner]] as [[Sydney Bristow]], ''Alias''
* [[Heidi Klum]] as Katya Nadanova, ''James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Samuel L. Jackson]] as [[List of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas characters#Sergeant Frank Tenpenny|Sergeant Frank Tenpenny]], ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Vin Diesel]] as Richard B. Riddick, ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay''
* [[Hugh Jackman]] as [[Gabriel Van Helsing]], ''Van Helsing''
* [[Christopher Lee]] as [[Francisco Scaramanga]], ''GoldenEye: Rogue Agent''
* [[Tobey Mcguire]] as [[Spider-Man]], ''Spider-Man 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Rayne (BloodRayne)|BloodRayne]], ''BloodRayne 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*Tina Armstrong, ''Dead or Alive Ultimate''
* [[Carmen Electra]], ''Def Jam: Fight For NY''
* Luba Licious, ''Leisure Suit Larry: Magda Cum Laude''
* Rachel Teller (played by [[Brooke Burke]]), ''Need for Speed: Underground 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup]]''
* ''[[Need For Speed: Underground 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 2005]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[ESPN NFL 2K5]]''
* ''[[NBA Ballers]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat: Deception]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Def Jam: Fight For NY]]''
* ''[[Dead or Alive Ultimate]]''
* ''[[Fight Night 2004]]''
* ''[[WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best First-Person Action
|''[[Halo 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Far Cry]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Song in a Video Game
|"[[American Idiot (song)|American Idiot]]" by [[Green Day]], ''Madden NFL 2005''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*"I Do" by [[Chingy]], ''Need for Speed Underground 2''
* "[[Pain (Jimmy Eat World song)|Pain]]" by [[Jimmy Eat World]], ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2''
* "[[Lean Back]]" by [[Terror Squad (group)|Terror Squad]], ''Need for Speed Underground 2''
* "Go" by [[Will.i.am]], ''NBA Live 2005''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2005]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Designer of the Year
|[[Jason Jones (programmer)|Jason Jones]] and [[Bungie Studios]], ''Halo 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Sam Houser]] and [[Rockstar North]], ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''
* [[Tomonobu Itagaki]] and [[Team Ninja]], ''Ninja Gaiden''
* [[Hideo Kojima]], ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''
* Alex Ward and [[Criterion Games|Criterion]], ''Burnout 3: Takedown''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty: Finest Hour]]
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]''
* ''[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]''
* ''[[Rome: Total War]]''
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Rome: Total War]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[Might and Magic]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''CBS Sportsline Baseball 2004''
* ''Jamdat Sports NFL 2005''
* ''[[National Treasure]]''{{Disambiguation needed|date=June 2011}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best New Technology
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Half-Life 2]]'' engine
* [[NVIDIA GeForce]] 6800
* Spherex [[Xbox]] 5.1 Surround Sound System
|-
|Best Handheld
|''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Astro Boy: Omega Factor]]''
* ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
* ''[[Pokémon FireRed Version]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Massively Multiplayer Game
|''[[City of Heroes]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Everquest II]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Fable (video game)|Fable]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The Bard's Tale (2004 video game)|The Bard's Tale]]''
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne]]''
* ''[[X-Men Legends]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Addictive Game (viewer's choice)
|''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[City of Heroes]]''
* ''[[Donkey Konga]]''
* ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Gaming Publication (fan favorite)
|''[[Game Informer]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]''
* ''[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine|Official PlayStation Magazine]]''
* ''[[GMR (magazine)|GMR]]''
*''[[Official Xbox Magazine]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Gaming Web Site (fan favorite)
|[[GameSpot]]
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[1UP.com|1UP]]
* [[GameSpy]]
* [[IGN]]
* [[Shack News]]
|}

===2003 Awards===
The 2003 VGAs were the first VGAs to be hosted by Spike TV. It was held at the [[MGM Grand Garden Arena]] in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 2, 2003 and aired on December 4, 2003. The event was hosted by [[David Spade]] and featured appearances by [[Lil' Kim]], [[Jaime Pressly]], [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[P.O.D.]], [[Orlando Jones]], and [[Cedric the Entertainer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/specials/special.pl?spec=spiketv&pagenum=1|title= Unintentional Hilarity at Spike TV|last=Lewinson|first=Tim|date=12-3-2002|publisher=Gaming Age|accessdate=2009-11-15}}</ref> The event also featured a [[WWE]] tag team wrestling match with the superstars [[Rey Mysterio]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Trish Stratus]], and [[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
* ''[[SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals]]''
* ''[[SSX 3]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball]]''
* ''[[ESPN NFL Football]]''
*''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Live 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Street Vol. 2]]''
* ''[[SSX3]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004]]''
* ''World Series Baseball 2K3''
* ''[[WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Hitman 2: Silent Assassin]]''
* ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]''
* ''[[Panzer Dragoon Orta]]''
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''
* ''[[SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Animation
|''[[Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[The Getaway (video game)|The Getaway]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica X]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
* ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
* ''[[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]''
* ''[[Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht]]''
* ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[Enter the Matrix]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''
* ''[[Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup]]''
* ''[[The Hulk (video game)|The Hulk]]''
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb]]''
* ''[[James Bond 007: Nightfire]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''
* ''[[Tron 2.0]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[NASCAR Thunder 2004]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Auto Modellista]]''
* ''[[Colin McRae Rally 3]]''
* ''[[F1 Career Challenge]]''
* ''[[F-Zero GX]]''
* ''[[The Getaway (video game)|The Getaway]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club II]]''
* ''[[MotoGP 2]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons: Hit and Run]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Music
|''[[Def Jam Vendetta]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Live 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Street Vol. 2]]''
* ''[[SSX3]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
* ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
* ''Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human
|[[Ray Liotta]] as [[Tommy Vercetti]], ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Christina Aguilera]] as herself, ''The Sims: Superstar''
* [[Christopher Walken]] as [[True Crime: Streets of LA#Characters|George]], ''True Crime: Streets of LA''
* [[David Duchovny]] as [[XIII (video game)#Characters|XIII]], ''XIII''
* [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[Method Man]], and more as themselves ''Def Jam Vendetta''
* [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] as [[XIII (video game)#Characters|Jones]], ''XIII''
* [[Giovanni Ribisi]] as Pvt Elder, ''Call of Duty''
* [[Jada Pinkett Smith]] as [[Niobe (The Matrix)|Niobe]], ''Enter the Matrix''
* [[Jenna Jameson]] as [[Candy Suxxx]], ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''
* [[Snoop Dogg]] as himself, ''True Crime: Streets of LA''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Anticipated
|''[[Halo 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dead or Alive Online]]''
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Driver 3]]''
* ''[[Fable (video game)|Fable]]''
* ''[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]''
* ''[[Gran Turismo 4]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
* ''[[Starcraft: Ghost]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Addictive
|''[[Soulcalibur II]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Anarchy Online#Expansions|Anarchy Online: Shadowlands]]''
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
* ''[[ESPN NHL Hockey]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[PlanetSide]]''
* ''[[The Sims: Superstar]]''
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]''
* ''[[Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Age of Mythology: The Titans]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome]]''
* ''[[Command and Conquer: Generals Zero Hour]]''
* ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]''
* ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]''
* ''[[The Sims: Superstar]]''
* ''[[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Online Game
|''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Anarchy Online#Expansions|Anarchy Online: Shadowlands]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome]]''
* ''[[EverQuest Online Adventures]]''
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide]]''
* ''[[PlanetSide]]''
* ''[[The Sims Online]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''
* ''[[Iridion II]]''
* ''[[Mega Man and Bass]]''
* ''[[Ninja Five-O]]''
* ''[[Rayman 3]]''
* ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home]]''
* ''[[Bloody Roar 4]]''
* ''[[Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO]]''
* ''[[Def Jam Vendetta]]''
* ''[[Pride FC]]''
* ''[[Soulcalibur II]]''
* ''[[Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution]]''
* ''[[WWE Wrestlemania XIX]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best First Person Action
|''[[Call of Duty]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII]]''
* ''[[Chrome (video game)|Chrome]]''
* ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
* ''[[Planetside]]''
* ''[[Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]]''
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder]]''
* ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fantasy Game
|''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Hack Part 1 Infection]]''
* ''[[Dark Cloud 2]]''
* ''[[EverQuest Online Adventures]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia Legends]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
* ''[[Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht]]''
|}

==Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame==
'''Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame''' recognizes the video game "franchises throughout history that have brought the industry to where it is today" - Casey Patterson, executive producer of the VGAs and executive vice president of event production for Viacom Media Networks Entertainment Group. The first inductee was awarded at the ninth annual Spike Video Game Awards on December 10, 2011. The inaugural recipient was ''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise, with [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] accepting the award.<ref name="2011vga" />

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Inductee
|-
|2011
|''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]''
|}

==Nomination==
With the exception of the fan-voted "Most Anticipated Game", "Character of the Year", and a few other non-annual categories, the award nominees and winners are voted by an advisory council, featuring 25 journalists from various media outlets. Fans, however, can vote online for which games they think should win each category.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|+ VGA Advisory Council as of November 2011<ref>{{cite web
|date = 2011-11-03
|title = Meet the VGA 2011 Advisory Council
|url = http://www.spike.com/articles/zbeldj/video-game-awards-meet-the-vga-2011-advisory-council
|publisher = [[Spike TV]]
|accessdate = 2011-11-03
}}</ref>
|-
! Member
! Position
! Publication
|-
| Andy McNamara || Editor in Chief || ''[[Game Informer]]''
|-
| [[Brian Crecente]] || Editor in Chief || [[Kotaku]]
|-
| Chris Baker || Senior Editor || ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''
|-
| Chris Kohler || Games Editor || [[Wired.com]]
|-
| Chris Slate || Editor in Chief || ''[[Nintendo Power]]''
|-
| Christopher Grant || Editor in Chief || [[Joystiq]]
|-
| Dale North || Editor in Chief || [[Destructoid]]
|-
| Francesca Reyes || Editor in Chief || ''[[Official Xbox Magazine]]''
|-
| Gary Steinman || Editor in Chief || [[GamesRadar]]
|-
| [[Geoff Keighley]] || Host || ''[[GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley]]''/[[Spike TV]]
|-
| [[Jeff Gerstmann]] || Editor in Chief || [[Giant Bomb]]
|-
| Jeff Jensen || Senior Writer || ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|-
| [[Jerry Holkins]] || Writer / Co-Creator || ''[[Penny Arcade (webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]''
|-
| John Davison || VP of Programming || [[GameSpot]] & [[Metacritic]]
|-
| Logan Decker || Editor in Chief || ''[[PC Gamer]]''
|-
| Lou Kesten || Reviewer/Editor || [[Associated Press]]
|-
| [[Mike Krahulik]] || Artist / Co-Creator || ''Penny Arcade''
|-
| Mike Snider || Technology Reporter || ''[[USA Today]]''
|-
| Rich Greenhill || Director of Content and Programming || [[Yahoo! Games]]
|-
| Sam Kennedy || Director of Audience Generation || [[IGN]]/[[1UP.com]]
|-
| Scott Alexander || Freelance Writer || ''[[Playboy]]''
|-
| Shane Satterfield || VP of Content || Spike TV
|-
| Stephen Totilo || Deputy Editor || Kotaku
|-
| Tal Blevins || VP Games Content || IGN
|-
| Tina Amini || Assistant Editor / Video Games Channel Manager || ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]''
|}

==Reception==
Video game journalism veteran [[Jeff Green (writer)|Jeff Green]] has been vocal in his criticism of the Spike Video Game Awards. In his assessment of the 2010 VGAs, Green laments that Spike TV alienated viewers due to their decision to focus the awards on its own primary demographic, rather than the video game community at large. Green states that this leads to appearances by celebrities who "either didn't want to be or know why they were there."<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://jeff-greenspeak.blogspot.com/2010/12/rant-about-spike-vgas.html |title=A Rant about the Spike VGAs |first=Jeff |last=Green |publisher=Greenspeak |date=2010-12-12 |accessdate=2011-12-07}}</ref> 2011 VGA host Zachary Levi recognized this and prior to hosting the event, told [[MTV]] in an interview that, "I’m happy to work on the VGAs on Spike and make the network happy, but I want to be respectful to the community of gamers because I am one myself. And [with] the humor involved, I want it to be smart, I want it to be honest, and accurate."<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview"/> [[Giant Bomb]]'s Alex Navarro has also commented on the VGAs, questioning the importance of the awards themselves next to the VGA's focus on its exclusive reveals.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/2011-spike-video-game-awards-will-award-video-games-with-awards-also-announce-things/3787/
|title=2011 Spike Video Game Awards Will Award Video Games With Awards, Also Announce Things |first=Alex |last=Navarro |publisher=[[Giant Bomb]] |date=2011-11-03 |accessdate=2011-12-07}}</ref>

The 2011 VGAs were given similar criticisms. [[Kotaku]] reported that VGA nominees [[Mark Hamill]] and [[Tara Strong]] were disappointed that they were present at the event but their respective categories were not present at the show, only finding out the results of the "Best Performance by a Human Male" and "Best Performance by a Human Female" awards after the show.<ref>{{cite web
|url=kotaku.com/5867014/
|title=Mark Hamill, Tara Strong (aka The Joker and Harley Quinn) Both Miffed about the VGAs |first=Stephen |last=Totilo |publisher=[[Kotaku]] |date=2011-12-11 |accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref> [[Wired.com]] writer Jason Schreier addressed Spike TV after the event in reference to food eating segments by [[Felicia Day]] and the host Zachary Levi having simulations of a [[Tea bag (sexual act)|sexual act]] performed on him. Schreier said, "It’s not hard to find the root of the problem here: You think we’re dumb. You think your audience is so stupid that they’ll be amused by YouTube rants and health potion gags. You think we get our jollies out of watching girls bite cupcakes off conveyor belts. You think videogame references make a good substitute for humor." Schreier also quoted [[Joystiq]]'s Justin McElroy, who voiced his concern at many awards being shown together in a short montage. Praise was given for the handling of ''The Legend of Zelda's'' induction into the Hall of Fame including the video package of the franchise's releases and an appearance by creator [[Shigeru Miyamoto]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://jasonschreier.com/2011/12/11/spike-vgas/
|title=An Open Letter To The Spike VGAs |first=Jason |last=Schreier |publisher=jasonschreier.com |date=2011-12-11 |accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref>

==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 (actor)|Michael McDonald]]) and [[Farrah Fawcett]] (played by [[Arden Myrin]]), musical guest [[The Jackson 5]], and award presenter [[Mark Spitz]] (played by [[Ike Barinholtz]]). ''[[Pong]]'' and ''[[Asteroids (video game)|Asteroids]]'' were the only video games nominated for all of the awards presented, even though ''Asteroids'' wasn't released in the arcade until [[1979 in video gaming|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 in video gaming|1978]].<ref name="madtv">MADtv Episode #1121, Air Date: May 13, 2006.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview">{{cite web|first=Charles | last=Webb| url =http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/12/05/spike-vgas-interview-meet-your-host-zachary-levi/ | title = Spike VGAs Interview: Meet Your Host, Zachary Levi | publisher = [[MTV]]| date = 2011-12-05 | accessdate = 2011-12-07 | deadurl=no}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* [http://www.spike.com/event/vga Spike Video Game Awards]
* [http://www.spike.com/articles/6aoa62/video-game-awards-every-vga-winner-from-years-past Every VGA Winner from Years Past]

{{SpikeTVAwardsList}}

[[Category:Video game awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2003]]

Spike Video Game Awards

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'''Spike Video Game Awards''' ('''VGA''') is an annual [[award show]] hosted by [[Spike TV]] that recognizes the best [[personal computer game|computer]] and [[video game]]s of the year. The VGAs feature live music performances and appearances by popular performers in music, movies, and television. Additionally, preview trailers for upcoming games are highlighted. The show is produced by ''[[GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley|GameTrailers TV's]]'' [[Geoff Keighley]]. The event has been held at various locations in Los Angeles and [[Santa Monica, California]] as well as [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas, Nevada]]. The first event was held on December 2, 2003 (aired on December 4, 2003). Spike's first ever [[Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame|Video Game Hall of Fame]] award, given to ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', was announced at the 2011 VGAs.<ref name="2011vga" />

The 2012 Spike Video Game Awards, which was the tenth anniversary, was held on December 7, 2012.

==2012 Awards==
The 2012 VGAs (promoted as ''VGA 10'' for the tenth anniversary) was held on December 7, 2012 at [[Sony Pictures Studios]] in [[Culver City, California]]. [[Samuel L. Jackson]] returned to host for a fourth time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gamerant.com/spike-video-game-awards-nominees-2013/|title=2012 Spike Video Game Awards Nominees Announced|date=November 15, 2012|last=Taormina|first=Anthony|publisher=Game Rant|accessdate=2012-11-16}}</ref> For the first time, the awards were broadcast on [[Xbox Live]]. Live users could "play" the show as it aired live. Responses to poll questions were tabulated in real time on screen for the Xbox Live audience and users with [[Xbox SmartGlass]] devices got a unique second-screen experience that updated in real time alongside the show content. Additionally, Spike TV and ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' partnered to create the first-ever "Entertainment Weekly and Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade" award. Exclusive world premieres that debuted at VGA 10 include [[Naughty Dog]]'s ''[[The Last of Us]]'', [[Epic Games]]' ''[[Gears of War: Judgment]]'', [[Obsidian Entertainment]]'s ''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth]]'', [[Konami]]'s ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2]]'', [[Irrational Games]]' ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'', [[Crystal Dynamics]]' ''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]'', [[Ubisoft]]'s ''[[Assassin's Creed III#The Tyranny of King Washington|Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington]]'', and [[343 Industries]]' ''[[Halo 4: Spartan Ops]]''. Two new games were announced, including ''[[Dark Souls II]]'' from [[From Software]], and a new game from [[Moby Dick Studio]] called ''[[The Phantom Pain (video game)|The Phantom Pain]]''. The event also had appearances from all past hosts of the VGAs except [[David Spade]]. The event featured musical performances by [[Linkin Park]], [[Tenacious D]], [[Gustavo Santaolalla]] and [[Wolfgang Gartner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/6gv02m/video-game-awards-vga-hosts-from-past-10-years-to-join-vga-ten|title=VGA Hosts From Past 10 Years to Join VGA Ten|date=November 29, 2012|author=Spike TV|publisher=spike.com|accessdate=2012-12-03}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Winner
! Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
| ''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|-
|Studio of the Year
| [[Telltale Games]], ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
|
*[[343 Industries]], ''Halo 4''
*[[Arkane Studios]], ''Dishonored''
*[[Gearbox Software]], ''Borderlands 2''
|-
|Character of the Year
| Claptrap, ''Borderlands 2''
|
*[[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]], ''Assassin's Creed III''
*[[Commander Shepard]], ''Mass Effect 3''
*[[Master Chief (Halo)|Master Chief]], ''Halo 4''
*Raul Menendez, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II''
|-
|Entertainment Weekly and
Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[BioShock]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
*''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''
*''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
*''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''
*''[[Wii Sports]]''
*''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
| ''[[Halo 4]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
|-
|Best PS3 Game
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
|-
|Best Wii/Wii U Game
| ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|
*''[[The Last Story]]''
*''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''
*''[[ZombiU]]''
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[XCOM: Enemy Unknown]]''
|
*''[[Diablo III]]''
*''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
*''[[Torchlight II]]''
|-
|Best Shooter
| ''[[Borderlands 2]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Max Payne 3]]''
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
| ''[[Dishonored]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Darksiders II]]''
*''[[Sleeping Dogs (video game)|Sleeping Dogs]]''
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|
*''[[Diablo III]]''
*''[[Torchlight II]]''
*''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''
|-
|Best Multi-player Game
| ''[[Borderlands 2]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[SSX (2012 video game)|SSX]]''
|
*''[[Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational]]''
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13]]''
*''[[WWE '13]]''
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K13]]''
|
*''[[FIFA Soccer 13]]''
*''[[Madden NFL 13]]''
*''[[NHL 13]]''
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game)|Need for Speed: Most Wanted]]''
|
*''[[DiRT: Showdown]]''
*''[[F1 2012 (video game)|F1 2012]]''
*''[[Forza Horizon]]''
|-
|Best Song in a Game
|"Cities" by [[Beck]], ''Sound Shapes''
|
*"[[Castle of Glass]]" by [[Linkin Park]], ''Medal of Honor: Warfighter''
*"I Was Born for This" by [[Austin Wintory]], ''Journey''
*"Tears" by [[Health (band)|Health]], ''Max Payne 3''
|-
|Best Original Score
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Max Payne 3]]''
|-
|Best Graphics
| ''[[Halo 4]]''
|
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Dishonored]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|-
|Best Independent Game
| ''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
|
*''[[Dust: An Elysian Tail]]''
*''[[Fez (video game)|Fez]]''
*''[[Mark of the Ninja]]''
|-
|Best Fighting Game
| ''[[Persona 4 Arena]]''
|
*''[[Dead or Alive 5]]''
*''[[Street Fighter X Tekken]]''
*''[[Tekken Tag Tournament 2]]''
|-
|Best Handheld/Mobile Game
|''[[Sound Shapes]]''
|
*''[[Gravity Rush]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet PS Vita]]''
*''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
| Melissa Hutchison as Clementine, ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
|
*[[Emma Stone]] as Amanda Cartwright, ''Sleeping Dogs''
*[[Jen Taylor]] as [[Cortana]], ''Halo 4''
*[[Jennifer Hale]] as [[Commander Shepard|Commander Shepard (female version)]], ''Mass Effect 3''
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
| [[Dameon Clarke]] as Handsome Jack, ''Borderlands 2''
|
*[[Dave Fennoy]] as Lee Everret, ''The Walking Dead: The Game''
*[[James McCaffrey]] as [[Max Payne (character)|Max Payne]], ''Max Payne 3''
*[[Nolan North]] as Captain Martin Walker, ''Spec Ops: The Line''
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
*''[[Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two]]''
*''[[Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes]]''
*''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]''
|-
|Best DLC
| ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard]]''
|
*''[[Mass Effect 3#Downloadable content|Mass Effect 3 - Leviathan]]''
*''[[Borderlands 2#Mechromancer Pack (Premiere Club)|Borderlands 2 - Mechromancer Pack]]''
*''[[Portal 2#Downloadable content|Portal 2 - Perpetual Testing Initiative]]''
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
| ''[[The Walking Dead (2012 video game)|The Walking Dead: The Game]]''
|
*''[[Fez (video game)|Fez]]''
*''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]''
*''[[Sound Shapes]]''
|-
|Best Social Game
|''[[You Don't Know Jack (Facebook game)|You Don't Know Jack]]''
|
*''[[Draw Something]]''
*''[[Marvel: Avengers Alliance]]''
*''[[SimCity Social]]''
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''
|
*''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
*''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth]]''
*''[[The Last of Us]]''
*''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]''
|-
|}

==Previous winners==
===2011 Awards===
The 2011 VGAs were held Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the [[Sony Pictures Studios]] in [[Culver City, California]], hosted by [[Zachary Levi]].<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview"/> The awards previewed world premieres of ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Patriots]]'', ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'', ''[[Alan Wake's American Nightmare]]'', ''[[Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'', ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD]]'', ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)#video game|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', the exclusive PlayStation 3 game ''[[The Last of Us]]'' developed by [[Naughty Dog]], ''[[Command & Conquer: Generals 2]]'' from [[BioWare Victory]], and ''[[Fortnite]]'' from [[Epic Games]]. New trailers for both ''[[Hitman: Absolution]]'' and ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' were aired during the show, as well as a pre-show announcement for ''[[Tekken Tag Tournament 2]]''. [[Mark Burnett]] was the Executive Producer for the event, and for the first time, the VGAs aired live on [[MTV 2]] (US), [[Spike.com]] (US) and [[Ginx TV]] (UK), in addition to Spike TV. The winners, as well as world premiere trailers, were announced during a pre-show red carpet live event hosted by GTTV's [[Amanda MacKay]] and Daniel Kayser. The 2011 VGAs also honored ''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise with its first ever "Video Game Hall of Fame Award".<ref name="2011vga">{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/press/2011/11/16/spike-announces-first-video-game-hall-of-fame-award-and-complete-list-of-vga-nominees/|title=Spike Announces VGA Nominees & Honors "Legend Of Zelda" With First Ever Video Game Hall Of Fame Award|date=2011-11-16|author=Spike Press Release|publisher=Spike|accessdate=2011-11-19}}</ref> Another unique award at the 2011 VGAs was the ''NFL Blitz'' Cover Athlete award. This award, determined by live online voting during the event (just like Character of the Year), determined which NFL athlete would be on the cover of the [[EA Sports]] game, ''[[NFL Blitz (2012 video game)|NFL Blitz]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/fvto8s/video-game-awafrds-nfl-blitz-cover-athlete-to-be-determined-live-by-vga-fans|title=NFL Blitz Cover Athlete To Be Determined Live By VGA Fans|date=2011-12-06|author=VGA|publisher=Spike.com|accessdate=2011-12-10}}</ref>

With appearances by [[will.i.am]], [[LL Cool J]], [[Felicia Day]], [[Kevin Jonas]], [[Seth Green]], [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], [[Tony Hawk]], [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Stacy Keibler]], [[Charlie Sheen]], [[Hideo Kojima]], and musical performances by [[Black Keys]] and [[Deadmau5]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Winner
! Nominees
|-
| [[Game of the Year]]
||''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham City ]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
*''[[Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''The Elders Scrolls V: Skyrim''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Naughty Dog]], ''Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception''
*[[Rocksteady Studios]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
*[[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''Portal 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Gamer God
|[[Blizzard Entertainment]]''
|N/A
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Marcus Fenix]], ''Gears Of War 3''
*[[Wheatley (Portal)|Wheatley]], ''Portal 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[inFAMOUS 2]]''
*''[[Killzone 3]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Epic Mickey]]''
*''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''
*''[[Lost in Shadow]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Minecraft]]''
*''[[The Witcher 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld/Mobile Game
|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]]''
*''[[Infinity Blade]]''
*''Jetpack Joyride''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
*''[[RAGE]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
*''[[Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dark Souls]]''
*''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]''
*''[[Dragon Age II]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield 3]]''
*''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]''
*''[[Gears of War 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Fight Night Champion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters]]''
*''[[Top Spin 4]]''
*''[[Virtua Tennis 4]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K12]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[FIFA Soccer 12]]''
*''[[NHL 12]]''
*''[[MLB 11: The Show]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[DiRT 3]]''
*''[[Driver: San Francisco]]''
*''[[Need for Speed: The Run]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The King of Fighters XIII]]''
*''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''
*''[[WWE All Stars]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Motion Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Child of Eden]]''
*''[[Dance Central 2]]''
*''[[The Gunstringer]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Minecraft]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''
*''[[Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP]]''
*''[[The Binding of Isaac (video game)|The Binding of Isaac]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Back to the Future: The Game]]''
*''[[Captain America: Super Soldier]]''
*''[[LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Song in a Game
|"Build That Wall (Zia's Theme)" by Darren Korb, ''Bastion''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*"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''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]''
*''[[Portal 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
*''[[LA Noire]]''
*''[[RAGE]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Stephen Merchant]] as [[Wheatley (Portal)|Wheatley]], ''Portal 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[J.K. Simmons]] as [[Cave Johnson]], ''Portal 2''
*[[Mark Hamill]] as [[The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
*[[Nolan North]] as [[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Ellen McLain]] as [[GLaDOS]], ''Portal 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Claudia Black]] as [[Chloe Frazer]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Emily Rose (actress)|Emily Rose]] as [[Elena Fisher]], ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''
*[[Tara Strong]] as [[Harley Quinn]], ''Batman: Arkham City''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet]]''
*''[[Stacking (video game)|Stacking]]''
*''[[Iron Brigade (video game)|Iron Brigade]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Portal 2#Downloadable content|Portal 2 Peer Review]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fallout: New Vegas|Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blue]]''
*''[[Mass Effect 2: Arrival]]''
*''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat:]]'' ''[[Freddy Krueger]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
*''[[Diablo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[The Last Guardian]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|[[GameTrailers.com]] Trailer of the Year
|''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', [[E3 2011]] Trailer
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''. Hugo Strange Reveal Trailer
*''[[Dark Souls]]'', Ignite 11 Debut Trailer
*''[[Dead Island]]'', [[Game Developers Conference|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
|-
|''NFL Blitz'' Cover Athlete
|[[Ray Rice]]
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Roddy White]]
*[[Patrick Willis]]
|}

===2010 Awards===
The 2010 VGAs were held Saturday, December 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California at the L.A. Convention Center and returned to using a host which was [[Neil Patrick Harris]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chiff.com/recreation/video-game-awards.htm | publisher=Chiff.com | accessdate=2010-11-14 | title=2010 Spike TV Video Game Awards, nominees, Winners, TV Schedule}}</ref> Unlike previous years, all the awards were not awarded during the show.

Several new games were announced which include [[BioWare]]'s announcement of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', ''[[Prototype 2 (video game)|Prototype 2]]'', ''[[Insane (2013 video game)|Insane]]'' from acclaimed movie director [[Guillermo del Toro]], ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'', ''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'' featuring [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''[[Resistance 3]]'', ''[[Portal 2]]'', ''[[SSX: Deadly Descents]]'', and ''[[Forza Motorsport 4]]''. ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'' had another [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] trailer debut and the first trailer of ''[[Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception]]'' aired during the awards.

With appearances by the cast members of ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'', [[Danny DeVito]], [[Kaitlin Olson]], [[Rob McElhenney]], Academy Award Nominated Director [[Guillermo del Toro]], ''Halo: Reach'' star and VGA Nominee [[Nathan Fillion]], ''[[Thor: God of Thunder]]'' star [[Chris Hemsworth]], [[Olivia Munn]], [[AnnaLynne McCord]], and [[Tony Hawk]], among others. Including musical performances by award winning violinist [[Diana Yukawa]],<ref name="Diana Yukawa Performs at Video Game Awards">Diana Yukawa Performs Halo Music at [http://www.dianayukawa.co.uk/Latest_Solo_Violinist_Performs_Halo_Music_at_2010_Video_Game_Awards_in_LA.html Video Game Awards]</ref> [[My Chemical Romance]] and [[José González]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/event/vga|title=Spike Video Game Awards 2010}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Winner
! Nominees
|-
| Game of the Year
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
* ''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[BioWare]], ''Mass Effect 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Blizzard Entertainment]], ''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''
* [[Bungie Studios]], ''Halo: Reach''
* [[Rockstar San Diego]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[List of Call of Duty characters#Protagonists|Sgt. Frank Woods]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War III''
* [[List of Red Dead Redemption characters|John Marston]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
* [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Alan Wake]]''
* ''[[Fable III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Heavy Rain]]''
* ''[[ModNation Racers]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''
* ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''
* ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
* ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization V]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[God of War: Ghost of Sparta]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]''
* ''[[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future]]''
* ''[[Super Scribblenauts]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]''
* ''[[BioShock 2]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
| ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fable III]]''
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer
|''[[Halo: Reach]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]''
* ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[EA Sports MMA]]''
* ''[[Shaun White Skateboarding]]''
* ''[[UFC Undisputed 2010]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K11]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[FIFA 11]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 11]]''
* ''[[MLB 10: The Show]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010 video game)|Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Blur (video game)|Blur]]''
* ''[[ModNation Racers]]''
* ''[[Split/Second]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[Rock Band 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dance Central]]''
* ''[[DJ Hero 2]]''
* ''[[Def Jam Rapstar]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[DJ Hero 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock]]''
* ''[[Rock Band 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Song in a Game
|"Far Away" by [[José González]], ''Red Dead Redemption''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*"[[Basket Case (song)|Basket Case]]" by [[Green Day]], ''Green Day: Rock Band''
* "[[Black Rain (Soundgarden song)|Black Rain]]" by [[Soundgarden]], ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock''
* "[[GoldenEye (song)|GoldenEye]]" by [[Nicole Scherzinger]], ''GoldenEye 007 (2010)''
* "Won't Back Down" by [[Eminem]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* "[[Replay (Iyaz song)|Replay]]/[[Rude Boy (song)|Rude Boy]] Mashup" by [[Iyaz]]/[[Rihanna]], ''DJ Hero 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[God of War III]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Heavy Rain]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
* ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Adapted Video Game
|''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
* ''[[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II]]''
* ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Neil Patrick Harris]] as [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man]], ''Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Daniel Craig]] as [[James Bond]], ''Goldeneye 007 (2010 video game)''
* [[Gary Oldman]] as Sergeant Reznov, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* [[John Cleese]] as Jasper, ''Fable III''
* [[Martin Sheen]] as the [[Illusive Man]], ''Mass Effect 2''
* [[Nathan Fillion]] as Sergeant Edward Buck, ''Halo: Reach''
* Rob Wiethoff as John Marston, ''Red Dead Redemption''
* [[Sam Worthington]] as [[Call of Duty: Black Ops#Characters and setting|Alex Mason]], ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Sarah Kerrigan]], ''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]], ''James Bond 007: Blood Stone''
* [[Danica Patrick]] as Herself, ''Blur''
* [[Emmanuelle Chriqui]] as The Numbers Lady, ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''
* [[Felicia Day]] as Veronica Santangelo, ''Fallout: New Vegas''
* [[Jennifer Hale]] as [[Characters of the Mass Effect universe|Commander Shepard (female version)]], ''Mass Effect 2''
* [[Kristen Bell]] as [[Lucy Stillman]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
* [[Yvonne Strahovski]] as [[Characters of the Mass Effect universe|Miranda Lawson]], ''Mass Effect 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Costume Quest]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light]]''
* ''[[Monday Night Combat]]''
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock 2#Minerva's Den|BioShock 2: Minerva's Den]]''
* ''[[Borderlands (video game)#The Secret Armory of General Knoxx|Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Limbo (video game)|Limbo]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Joe Danger]]''
* ''[[Super Meat Boy]]''
* ''[[The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Anticipated Game
|''[[Portal 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
* ''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
* ''[[Gears of War 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Strongest Heroes of All Time
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Master Chief (Halo)|Master Chief]], ''Halo'' series
* [[Samus Aran]], ''Metroid'' series
* [[Marcus Fenix]], ''Gears of War'' series
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Mario]], ''Super Mario'' series
* [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War'' series
* [[Solid Snake]], ''Metal Gear Solid'' series
|-
|Best Original Game
|''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Zombie Game
|''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Dressed Assassin
|[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
|N/A
|-
|Biggest Badass
|[[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War III''
|N/A
|}

===2009 Awards===
The 2009 VGAs were held on December 12, 2009 at the Nokia Event Deck in Los Angeles, California<ref name="yahoovga">{{cite web | url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091213/ap_on_en_ot/us_spike_game_awards | publisher=Yahoo! | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-13 | title='Uncharted 2' nabs top prize at VGAs}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and were the first and only VGAs to not have a single host, but rather a number of presenters for the awards<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spike.com/event/vga2009 | title=Spike Video Game Awards 2009 | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-11 | publisher=SpikeTV}}</ref> It opened with a trailer announcing the [[Batman: Arkham City|sequel]] to ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum]]''. There were other exclusive looks at ''[[Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands]]'', ''[[UFC 2010 Undisputed]]'', ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', and others. [[Samuel L. Jackson]] previewed [[LucasArts]] newest upcoming ''Star Wars'' game, ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II]]''. In addition, ''[[Green Day: Rock Band]]'' was announced and accompanied with a trailer.

With appearances from Stevie Wonder, MTV Jersey Shore cast, Green Day and Jack Black, live music performances at the 2009 awards included [[Snoop Dogg]] and The Bravery.<ref name="yahoovga" />

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[ Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Rocksteady Studios]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Infinity Ward]], ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2''
* [[Naughty Dog]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
* [[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''Left 4 Dead 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Independent Game
|''[[Flower (video game)|Flower]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Osmos]]''
* ''[[Splosion Man]]''
* ''[[Trials HD]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Forza Motorsport 3]]''
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[inFAMOUS]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
* ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[MadWorld]]''
* ''[[Punch-Out!!]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]''
* ''[[The Sims 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
* ''[[Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box]]''
* ''[[Scribblenauts]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Assassins Creed II]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]''
* ''[[Demon's Souls]]''
* ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]''
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Street Fighter IV]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger]]''
* ''[[Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny]]''
* ''[[Tekken 6]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[UFC 2009 Undisputed]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fight Night Round 4]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NHL 10]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Madden NFL 10]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K10]]''
* ''[[FIFA 10]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Forza Motorsport 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dirt 2]]''
* ''[[Gran Turismo PSP]]''
* ''[[Need for Speed: Shift]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[DJ Hero]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[LEGO Rock Band]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[DJ Hero]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]''
* ''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''
* ''[[Killzone 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based On A Movie/TV Show
|''[[South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]''
* ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena]]''
* ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance By A Human Female
|[[Megan Fox]] as [[Mikaela Banes]], ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Eliza Dushku]] as [[Rubi Malone]], ''WET''
* [[Kristen Bell]] as [[Lucy Stillman]], ''Assassin's Creed II''
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as Dare, ''Halo 3: ODST''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance By A Human Male
|[[Hugh Jackman]] as [[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine]], ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Bill Murray]] as Dr. [[Peter Venkman]], ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game''
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]] as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja, ''Afro Samurai''
* [[Shia LaBeouf]] as [[Sam Witwicky]], ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
* [[Vin Diesel]] as [[Richard B. Riddick]], ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Cast
|''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game)|X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard]]''
* ''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]''
* ''[[South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Voice
|[[Jack Black]] for the voice of Eddie Riggs, ''Brütal Legend''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Arleen Sorkin]] as [[Harley Quinn]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
* [[Claudia Black]] as [[Chloe Frazer]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
* [[Mark Hamill]] as [[Joker (comics)|The Joker]], ''Batman: Arkham Asylum''
* [[Nolan North]] as [[Nathan Drake (character)|Nathan Drake]], ''Uncharted 2: Among Thieves''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Downloadable Game
|''[[Shadow Complex]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield 1943]]''
* ''[[Fat Princess]]''
* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best DLC
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fallout 3: Broken Steel]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3: Point Lookout]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Anticipated Game of 2010
|''[[God of War III]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock 2]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''
* ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Comedy Game
|''[[Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard]]''
|N/A
|}

===2008 Awards===
The 2008 VGAs were held on December 14, 2008 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Spike-2008-VGA-Results-14035.html | title=Spike 2008 VGA REsults | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2008-12-15 | publisher=Blend Games}}</ref> The show, hosted by [[Jack Black]], featured ten previews of upcoming games. Musical performances included [[50 Cent]], [[The All-American Rejects]], [[Weezer]], and [[LL Cool J]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.planetxbox360.com/article_5364/Spike_TV_Announces_2008_Video_Game_Awards_Winners | title=Spike TV Announces 2008 Video Game Awards Winners | author=Eric Bush | accessdate=2009-12-13}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Gears of War 2]]''
* ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Media Molecule]], ''LittleBigPlanet''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Rockstar North]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
* [[Harmonix]], ''Rock Band 2''
* [[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''Fallout 3''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Gamer God
|[[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]], creator of ''[[The Sims]]'' and ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
|N/A
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Gears of War 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Far Cry 2]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Fallout 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fable II]]''
* ''[[Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning]]''
* ''[[The World Ends with You]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Shaun White Snowboarding]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09]]''
* ''[[Wii Fit]]''
* ''[[Skate It]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Professor Layton and the Curious Village]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[God of War: Chains of Olympus]]''
* ''[[Patapon]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Sonic Unleashed]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Quantum of Solace]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]]''
* ''[[Naruto: The Broken Bond]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Music Game
|''[[Rock Band 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''
* ''[[Wii Music]]''
* ''[[SingStar]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Paradise]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Pure (video game)|Pure]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club: Los Angeles]]''
* ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Adventure Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]''
* ''[[Mirror's Edge]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Rock Band 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''
*''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[Gears of War 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fable II]]''
* ''[[Fallout 3]]''
*''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Boom Blox]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[No More Heroes (video game)|No More Heroes]]''
* ''[[Wii Fit]]''
* ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
* ''[[Crysis Warhead]]''
* ''[[Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Fallout 3]]''
* ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]''
* ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Left 4 Dead]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Gears of War 2]]''
* ''[[Resistance 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Independent Game Fueld By Dew
|''[[World of Goo]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[PixelJunk Eden]]''
* ''[[Braid (video game)|Braid]]''
* ''[[Audiosurf]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Soulcalibur IV]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe]]''
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
* ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Male Voice
|[[Michael Hollick]] as [[Niko Bellic]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[David Hayter]] as [[Old Snake (Metal Gear)|Old Snake]], ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''
* [[Stephen Fry]] as The Narrator, ''LittleBigPlanet''
* [[Jason Zumwalt]] as [[Roman Bellic]], ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Female Voice
|[[Debi Mae West]] as [[Meryl Silverburgh]], ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Nathalie Cox]] as [[Juno Eclipse]], ''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed''
* [[Paula Tiso]] as [[Silvia Christel]], ''No More Heroes''
* [[Keeley Hawes]] as [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Underworld''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Big Name in the Game Male
|[[Kiefer Sutherland]] as Sgt. Roebuck, ''Call of Duty: World at War''
|N/A
|-
|Big Name in the Game Female
|[[Jenny McCarthy]] as Special Agent Tanya Adams, ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3''
|N/A
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NHL 09]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Madden NFL 09]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K9]]''
* ''[[FIFA Soccer 09]]''
|}

===2007 Awards===
The 2007 VGAs aired December 9, 2007. Hosted by [[Samuel L. Jackson]], the winners were announced ahead of the event which was held at the [[Mandalay Bay Events Center]] in Las Vegas. The show featured performances by [[Foo Fighters]], [[Kid Rock]], and exclusive world videogame premieres of ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]'', ''[[Gran Turismo 5 Prologue]]'', ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2]]'' and ''[[TNA Impact! (video game)|TNA iMPACT!]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.digitaltechnews.com/news/2007/12/spike-tv-vga-20.html | title=Spike TV VGA 2007 Winners Announced | publisher=Digital Tech News | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2007-12-08}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Harmonix]], ''Rock Band''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Bungie]], ''Halo 3''
* [[2K Boston/2K Australia]], ''BioShock''
*[[Valve Corporation|Valve]], ''The Orange Box''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Mass Effect]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Eternal Sonata]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions]]''
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas]]''
* ''[[World in Conflict]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Skate (video game)|skate]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]]''
* ''[[Virtua Tennis 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions]]''
* ''[[Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow]]''
* ''[[Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Crysis]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[The Simpsons Game]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]''
* ''[[Naruto: Rise of a Ninja]]''
* ''[[Stranglehold (video game)|Stranglehold]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Rhythm Game
|''[[Rock Band]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Jam Sessions]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Colin McRae: Dirt]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Forza Motorsport 2]]''
* ''[[Need for Speed: ProStreet]]''
* ''[[Project Gotham Racing 4]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
* ''[[God of War II]]''
* ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 08]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[NBA 2K8]]''
* ''[[NHL 08]]''
* ''[[Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Rock Band]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Proving Ground]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Breakthrough Technology
|''[[The Orange Box]]''/''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Crysis]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]'' - Saved Films / Theatre Mode
* ''[[Rock Band]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Xbox 360 Game
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wii Game
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''
* ''[[Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]''
* ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PS3 Game
|''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Heavenly Sword]]''
* ''[[Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]''
* ''[[Warhawk (2007 video game)|Warhawk]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[The Orange Box]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[BioShock]]''
* ''[[Crysis]]''
* ''[[World in Conflict]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[BioShock]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[God of War II]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Mass Effect]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Halo 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]''
* ''[[Rock Band]]''
* ''[[The Orange Box]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Addictive Video Game
|''[[Halo 3]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports]]''
|}

===2006 Awards===
The 2006 VGAs featured musical performances by [[Tenacious D]] and [[AFI (band)|AFI]] and show appearances by 50 Cent, Eva Mendes, Sarah Silverman, Seth Green, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, Brandon Routh, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tony Hawk, Michael Irvin, Method Man, Maria Menounos, Tyrese, Xzibit, James Gandolfini, Kurt Angle, among others. In character as Stewie Griffin and Tom Tucker from Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane served as the voice of the VGAs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/gamebanshee-news-73/spike-tv-2006-vga-winners-announced-82923.html | publisher=UGO Games | accessdate=2009-12-12 | date=2006-12-09 | title=Spike TV 2006 VGA Winners Announced}}</ref> The awards aired December 13, 2006 at the [[Galen Center]] in Los Angeles and were hosted by [[Samuel L. Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://lastheplace.com/2006/12/15/spike-tv-2006-video-game-awards-the-revolution-will-be-televised/ | title=Spike TV 2006 Video Game Awards Breaks the Mold | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2009-12-15 | publisher=LAs The Place.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Gears of War]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero 2]]''
* ''[[Okami]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Studio of the Year
|[[Epic Games]], ''Gears of War''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Clover Studio]], ''Okami''
* [[Relic Entertainment]], ''Company of Heroes''
* [[Bethesda Game Studios]], ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
* [[Harmonix]], ''Guitar Hero''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Alyx Vance]], ''Half-Life 2: Episode One''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Legend''
* [[Princess Peach]], ''Super Mario Bros.''
* Enrica, ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent''
* [[Jen]], ''Prey''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's Project 8]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Rockstar Presents Table Tennis]]''
* ''[[Fight Night Round 3]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07]]''
* ''[[Top Spin 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[NBA 2K7]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Madden NFL 07]]''
* ''[[NCAA Football 07]]''
* ''[[FIFA 07]]''
* ''[[NHL 07]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
|''[[Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The Godfather: The Game]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World is Yours]]''
* ''[[The Sopranos: Road to Respect]]''
* ''[[Family Guy Video Game!]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Patrick Stewart]] as Emperor Uriel Septim VII, ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Seth McFarlane]] as [[Peter Griffin]], [[Stewie Griffin]], and [[Brian Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* Gerry Rosenthal as Jimmy Hopkins, ''Bully''
* [[Johnny Depp]] as [[Jack Sparrow]], ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow''
* [[Keifer Sutherland]] as [[Jack Bauer]], ''24: The Game''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Supporting Male Performance
|[[James Gandolfini]] as [[Tony Soprano]], ''The Sopranos: Road to Respect''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Seth Green]] as [[Chris Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* [[James Woods]] as George Sheffield, ''Scarface: The World is Yours''
* James Cann as [[Santino 'Sonny' Corleone]], ''The Godfather: The Game''
* Philip Micahel Thomas as Lance Vance, ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Vida Guerra]] as Femme Fatale, ''Scarface: The World Is Yours''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Tia Carrere]] as Lin, ''Saints Row''
* [[Emmanuelle Vaugier]] as Nikki, ''Need For Speed: Carbon''
* [[Keely Hawes]] as [[Lara Croft]], ''Tomb Raider: Legend''
* [[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Supporting Female Performance
|[[Rachael Leigh Cook]] as Tifa Lockhart, ''Kingdom Hearts II''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Elisha Cuthbert]] as [[Kim Bauer]], ''24: The Game''
* [[Brittany Murphy]] as Karen Light, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure''
* [[Mila Kunis]] as [[Meg Griffin]], ''Family Guy Video Game!''
* [[Lynda Carter]] as Female Nords / Female Orcs, ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Cast
|''[[Family Guy Video Game!]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The Godfather: The Game]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World is Yours]]''
* ''[[Saints Row]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Song
|"[[Lights and Sounds]]" by [[Yellowcard]], ''Burnout Revenge''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*"Loco Roco No Uta", ''Loco Roco''
* "Heavenly Star", ''Lumines 2''
* "[[Helicopter (song)|Helicopter]]" by Bloc Party, ''Mark Ecko's Getting Up Contents Under Pressure'' and ''Burnout Revenge''
* "[[Summer Shudder]]" by [[AFI (band)|AFI]], ''Maddden NFL 07''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Guitar Hero II]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Madden NFL 07]]''
* ''[[Scarface: The World is Yours]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''
* ''[[Electroplankton]]''
* ''[[Okami]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Revenge]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Need For Speed: Carbon]]''
* ''[[TOCA Race Driver 3]]''
* ''[[GTR 2 – FIA GT Racing Game]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Addictive Game
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day]]''
* ''[[Gears of War]]''
* ''[[Guitar Hero II]]''
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Tekken: Dark Resurrection]]''
* ''[[Dead or Alive 4]]''
* ''[[Street Fighter Alpha Anthology]]''
* ''[[God Hand]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Dead Rising]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[New Super Mario Bros]]''
* ''[[Okami]]''
* ''[[Saints Row]]''
* ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Shooter
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Black (video game)|Black]]''
* ''[[Prey (video game)|Prey]]''
* ''[[Half Life 2: Episode One]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 3]]''
* ''[[The Outfit (video game)|The Outfit]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2142]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Okami]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
* ''[[Company of Heroes]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
* ''[[Tetris DS]]''
* ''[[Loco Roco]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Gears of War]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Company of Heroes]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Breakthrough Technology
|[[Wii]]
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[PlayStation 3]]
* [[Nintendo DS Lite]]
* ''[[Electroplankton]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''
* ''[[Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Company of Heroes]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Half Life 2: Episode One]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2142]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Empire at War]]''
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[SWAT Force]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Diner Dash]]''
* ''[[Tower Bloxx]]''
* ''Super KO Boxing!''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Critic's Choice (released after 11/15/2006 and before 12/31/2006)
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Resistance: Fall of Man]]''
* ''[[Medieval II: Total War]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas]]''
* ''[[Wii Sports]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Breakthrough Performance
|[[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
|N/A
|-
|Character of the Year
|[[Jack Sparrow]] portrayed by [[Johnny Depp]], ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow''
|N/A
|}

===2005 Awards===
The 2005 VGAs were held December 10, 2005 at the [[Gibson Amphitheatre]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/9815/Spike-TV-VGA-2005-Honors-Activision-Games/ | date=2005-11-23 | accessdate=2009-12-13 | publisher=Team XBox | title=Spike TV VGA 2005 Honors Activision Games}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/7498/Spike-TV-Video-Game-Award-Winners-Announced |title=2005 VGA |accessdate=2008-12-18 |publisher=IGN.com |work=Video Game Awards 2005 Award Winners by Spike TV }}</ref> This was the first year that [[Samuel L. Jackson]] hosted the VGAs.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Action Game of the Year
|''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
* ''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
* ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]''
* ''[[50 Cent: Bulletproof]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Individual Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06]]''
* ''[[SSX On Tour]]''
* ''[[Top Spin (video game)|Top Spin]]''
* ''[[Fight Night Round 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Team Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 06]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Blitz: The League]]''
* ''[[NBA 2K6]]''
* ''[[World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International]]'
* ''[[NBA Street V3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Maria Menounos]] as Eva, ''James Bond 007: From Russia with Love''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Charlize Theron]] as Æon Flux, ''Æon Flux''
* [[Jessica Alba]] as [[Invisible Woman]], ''Fantastic 4''
* [[Traci Lords]] as Cassandra Hartz, ''True Crime: New York City''
* [[Joanna Dark]], ''Perfect Dark Zero''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Star Wars Battlefront II]]''
* ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]''
* ''[[From Russia with Love (video game)|James Bond 007: From Russia With Love]]''
* ''[[The Matrix: Path of Neo]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Jack Black]] as [[Carl Denham]], ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official game of the Movie''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[50 Cent]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Michael Chiklis]] as [[Thing (comics)|Thing]], ''Fantastic 4''
* [[Sean Connery]] as [[James Bond]], ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[TC Carson]] as [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]], ''God of War''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Supporting Male Performance
|[[Christopher Walken]] as Gabriel Whitting, ''True Crime: New York City''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Eminem]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Dr. Dre]] as himself, ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
* [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] as [[The Suffering: Ties That Bind#Characters|Blackmore]], ''The Suffering: Ties That Bind''
* [[P. Diddy]] as Dip, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Charlize Theron]] as Æon Flux, ''Æon Flux''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Naomi Watts]] as Ann Darrow, ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie''
* [[Josie Maran]] as Mia Townsend, ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted''
* [[Jessica Alba]] as [[Invisible Woman]], ''Fantastic 4''
* Cornelia Hayes O’Herlihy as [[Fiona Belli]], ''Haunting Ground''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Supporting Female Performance
|[[Traci Lords]] as Madam Cassandra Hartz, ''True Crime: New York City''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Maria Menounos]] as Eva, ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[Rosario Dawson]] as Tina, ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
* [[Natasha Bedingfield]] as Elizabeth Stark, ''James Bond 007: From Russia With Love''
* [[Mariska Hargitay]] as Deena Dixon, ''True Crime: New York City''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Song
|"[[Bulletproof (soundtrack)|Maybe We Crazy]]" by [[50 Cent]], ''50 Cent: Bulletproof''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*"[[Lights and Sounds]]" by [[Yellowcard]], ''Burnout Revenge''
* "When I Get Angry" by [[Spider Loc]], ''Madden NFL 06''
* "Getting Up Anthem: Part I" by Talib Kweli and Rakim, ''Mark Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure''
* "Error Operator" by [[Taking Back Sunday]], ''Fantastic 4''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Guitar Hero (2005 video game)|Guitar Hero]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
* ''[[50 Cent: Bulletproof]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''
* ''[[SSX On Tour]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Original Score
|''[[We Love Katamari]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[God of War (video game)|God of War]]''
* ''[[Indigo Prophecy]]''
* ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Designer of the Year
|[[David Jaffe]], ''God of War''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Rob Pardo]], ''World of Warcraft''
* [[Michel Ancel]], ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie''
* [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], ''Nintendogs''
* Craig Hubbard, ''F.E.A.R.''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout Revenge]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Gran Turismo 4]]''
* ''[[L.A. Rush]]''
* ''[[Forza Motorsport]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Addictive Game
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[We Love Katamari]]''
* ''[[Lumines]]''
* ''[[Nintendogs]]''
* ''[[Meteos]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Fight Night Round 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Soulcalibur III]]''
* ''[[Tekken 5]]''
* ''[[Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best First-Person Action
|''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[Far Cry Instincts]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''
* ''[[SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Resident Evil 4]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[PGR 3]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Lumines]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
* ''[[Nintendogs]]''
* ''[[Meteos]]''
* ''[[Burnout Legends]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Multiplayer Game
|''[[Guild Wars]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[City of Villains]]''
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Breakthrough Technology
|[[PSP]]
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*Facial Mo-cap ''[[NBA Live 06]]''
*''[[Nintendogs]]'' Voice Recognition
*[[Unreal Engine 3]]
*[[Xbox 360]]
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Jade Empire]]''
* ''[[X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse]]''
* ''[[Dungeon Siege II]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[World of Warcraft]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Battlefield 2]]''
* ''[[Call of Duty 2]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''
* ''[[Sid Meier's Civilization IV]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Need for Speed: Underground 2]]''
* ''[[Massive Snowboarding]]''
* ''[[The Incredibles (video game)|The Incredibles]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''
|}

===2004 Awards===
The 2004 VGAs were held in [[Santa Monica]], [[California]] at the Barker Hangar. They were hosted by [[Snoop Dogg]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-99191738.html | title=American hip-hop star Snoop Dogg to host annual Video Game Awards | publisher=Encyclopedia.com | accessdate=2010-3-14 | date=2004-09-15}}</ref> The event featured musical performances including [[Sum 41]], [[Ludacris]] and a special live performance by Snoop Dogg and the remaining members of [[The Doors]] performing "Riders on the Storm".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2004/11/16-44 | title=Spike TV announces Video Game Awards 2004 nominees | publisher=Gaming Age | accessdate=2009-12-13 | date=2004-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/half-life-2/573823p1.html |title=2004 VGA |accessdate=2008-12-18 |publisher=Gamespy.com |work=Video Game Awards 2004 Award Winners by Spike TV }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]''
* ''[[Spider-Man 2 (video game)|Spider-Man 2]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Female
|[[Brooke Burke]] as Rachel Teller, ''Need for Speed: Underground 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Judi Dench]] as [[M (James Bond)|M]], ''Goldeneye: Rogue Agent''
* [[Carmen Electra]] as herself, ''Def Jam: Fight For NY''
* [[Jennifer Garner]] as [[Sydney Bristow]], ''Alias''
* [[Heidi Klum]] as Katya Nadanova, ''James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human Male
|[[Samuel L. Jackson]] as [[List of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas characters#Sergeant Frank Tenpenny|Sergeant Frank Tenpenny]], ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Vin Diesel]] as Richard B. Riddick, ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay''
* [[Hugh Jackman]] as [[Gabriel Van Helsing]], ''Van Helsing''
* [[Christopher Lee]] as [[Francisco Scaramanga]], ''GoldenEye: Rogue Agent''
* [[Tobey Mcguire]] as [[Spider-Man]], ''Spider-Man 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Cyber Vixen of the Year
|[[Rayne (BloodRayne)|BloodRayne]], ''BloodRayne 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*Tina Armstrong, ''Dead or Alive Ultimate''
* [[Carmen Electra]], ''Def Jam: Fight For NY''
* Luba Licious, ''Leisure Suit Larry: Magda Cum Laude''
* Rachel Teller (played by [[Brooke Burke]]), ''Need for Speed: Underground 2''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup]]''
* ''[[Need For Speed: Underground 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Sports Game
|''[[Madden NFL 2005]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[ESPN NFL 2K5]]''
* ''[[NBA Ballers]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Fighting Game
|''[[Mortal Kombat: Deception]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Def Jam: Fight For NY]]''
* ''[[Dead or Alive Ultimate]]''
* ''[[Fight Night 2004]]''
* ''[[WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best First-Person Action
|''[[Halo 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Far Cry]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Song in a Video Game
|"[[American Idiot (song)|American Idiot]]" by [[Green Day]], ''Madden NFL 2005''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*"I Do" by [[Chingy]], ''Need for Speed Underground 2''
* "[[Pain (Jimmy Eat World song)|Pain]]" by [[Jimmy Eat World]], ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2''
* "[[Lean Back]]" by [[Terror Squad (group)|Terror Squad]], ''Need for Speed Underground 2''
* "Go" by [[Will.i.am]], ''NBA Live 2005''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Soundtrack
|''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[GoldenEye: Rogue Agent]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2005]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Designer of the Year
|[[Jason Jones (programmer)|Jason Jones]] and [[Bungie Studios]], ''Halo 2''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Sam Houser]] and [[Rockstar North]], ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''
* [[Tomonobu Itagaki]] and [[Team Ninja]], ''Ninja Gaiden''
* [[Hideo Kojima]], ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''
* Alex Ward and [[Criterion Games|Criterion]], ''Burnout 3: Takedown''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Military Game
|''[[Call of Duty: Finest Hour]]
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]''
* ''[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]''
* ''[[Rome: Total War]]''
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best PC Game
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Rome: Total War]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Wireless Game
|''[[Might and Magic]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''CBS Sportsline Baseball 2004''
* ''Jamdat Sports NFL 2005''
* ''[[National Treasure]]''{{Disambiguation needed|date=June 2011}}
|-
|Best Graphics
|''[[Half-Life 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best New Technology
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Half-Life 2]]'' engine
* [[NVIDIA GeForce]] 6800
* Spherex [[Xbox]] 5.1 Surround Sound System
|-
|Best Handheld
|''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Astro Boy: Omega Factor]]''
* ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
* ''[[Pokémon FireRed Version]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Massively Multiplayer Game
|''[[City of Heroes]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Everquest II]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best RPG
|''[[Fable (video game)|Fable]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[The Bard's Tale (2004 video game)|The Bard's Tale]]''
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne]]''
* ''[[X-Men Legends]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Addictive Game (viewer's choice)
|''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[City of Heroes]]''
* ''[[Donkey Konga]]''
* ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Gaming Publication (fan favorite)
|''[[Game Informer]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]''
* ''[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine|Official PlayStation Magazine]]''
* ''[[GMR (magazine)|GMR]]''
*''[[Official Xbox Magazine]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Gaming Web Site (fan favorite)
|[[GameSpot]]
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[1UP.com|1UP]]
* [[GameSpy]]
* [[IGN]]
* [[Shack News]]
|}

===2003 Awards===
The 2003 VGAs were the first VGAs to be hosted by Spike TV. It was held at the [[MGM Grand Garden Arena]] in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 2, 2003 and aired on December 4, 2003. The event was hosted by [[David Spade]] and featured appearances by [[Lil' Kim]], [[Jaime Pressly]], [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[P.O.D.]], [[Orlando Jones]], and [[Cedric the Entertainer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/specials/special.pl?spec=spiketv&pagenum=1|title= Unintentional Hilarity at Spike TV|last=Lewinson|first=Tim|date=12-3-2002|publisher=Gaming Age|accessdate=2009-11-15}}</ref> The event also featured a [[WWE]] tag team wrestling match with the superstars [[Rey Mysterio]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Trish Stratus]], and [[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Nominees
|-
|Game of the Year
|''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
* ''[[SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals]]''
* ''[[SSX 3]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Sports Game
|''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball]]''
* ''[[ESPN NFL Football]]''
*''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Live 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Street Vol. 2]]''
* ''[[SSX3]]''
* ''[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004]]''
* ''World Series Baseball 2K3''
* ''[[WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Action Game
|''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Hitman 2: Silent Assassin]]''
* ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]''
* ''[[Panzer Dragoon Orta]]''
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''
* ''[[SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Animation
|''[[Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[The Getaway (video game)|The Getaway]]''
* ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica X]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
* ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
* ''[[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]''
* ''[[Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht]]''
* ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Game Based on a Movie
|''[[Enter the Matrix]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''
* ''[[Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup]]''
* ''[[The Hulk (video game)|The Hulk]]''
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb]]''
* ''[[James Bond 007: Nightfire]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''
* ''[[Tron 2.0]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Driving Game
|''[[NASCAR Thunder 2004]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Auto Modellista]]''
* ''[[Colin McRae Rally 3]]''
* ''[[F1 Career Challenge]]''
* ''[[F-Zero GX]]''
* ''[[The Getaway (video game)|The Getaway]]''
* ''[[Midnight Club II]]''
* ''[[MotoGP 2]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons: Hit and Run]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Music
|''[[Def Jam Vendetta]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Live 2004]]''
* ''[[NBA Street Vol. 2]]''
* ''[[SSX3]]''
* ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
* ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
* ''Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Best Performance by a Human
|[[Ray Liotta]] as [[Tommy Vercetti]], ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*[[Christina Aguilera]] as herself, ''The Sims: Superstar''
* [[Christopher Walken]] as [[True Crime: Streets of LA#Characters|George]], ''True Crime: Streets of LA''
* [[David Duchovny]] as [[XIII (video game)#Characters|XIII]], ''XIII''
* [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[Method Man]], and more as themselves ''Def Jam Vendetta''
* [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] as [[XIII (video game)#Characters|Jones]], ''XIII''
* [[Giovanni Ribisi]] as Pvt Elder, ''Call of Duty''
* [[Jada Pinkett Smith]] as [[Niobe (The Matrix)|Niobe]], ''Enter the Matrix''
* [[Jenna Jameson]] as [[Candy Suxxx]], ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''
* [[Snoop Dogg]] as himself, ''True Crime: Streets of LA''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Anticipated
|''[[Halo 2]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Dead or Alive Online]]''
* ''[[Doom 3]]''
* ''[[Driver 3]]''
* ''[[Fable (video game)|Fable]]''
* ''[[Full Spectrum Warrior]]''
* ''[[Gran Turismo 4]]''
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]''
* ''[[James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
* ''[[The Sims 2]]''
* ''[[Starcraft: Ghost]]''
{{hidden end}}
|-
|Most Addictive
|''[[Soulcalibur II]]''
|
{{hidden begin|toggle=left}}
*''[[Anarchy Online#Expansions|Anarchy Online: Shadowlands]]''
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
* ''[[ESPN NHL Hockey]]''
* ''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''
* ''[[PlanetSide]]''
* ''[[The Sims: Superstar]]''
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]''
* ''[[Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution]]''
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|Best PC Game
|''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
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*''[[Age of Mythology: The Titans]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome]]''
* ''[[Command and Conquer: Generals Zero Hour]]''
* ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''
* ''[[Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]''
* ''[[Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]''
* ''[[The Sims: Superstar]]''
* ''[[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]''
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|Best Online Game
|''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
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*''[[Anarchy Online#Expansions|Anarchy Online: Shadowlands]]''
* ''[[Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome]]''
* ''[[EverQuest Online Adventures]]''
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide]]''
* ''[[PlanetSide]]''
* ''[[The Sims Online]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
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|Best Handheld Game
|''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]''
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*''[[Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''
* ''[[Iridion II]]''
* ''[[Mega Man and Bass]]''
* ''[[Ninja Five-O]]''
* ''[[Rayman 3]]''
* ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]''
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|Best Fighting Game
|''[[WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain]]''
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*''[[Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home]]''
* ''[[Bloody Roar 4]]''
* ''[[Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO]]''
* ''[[Def Jam Vendetta]]''
* ''[[Pride FC]]''
* ''[[Soulcalibur II]]''
* ''[[Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution]]''
* ''[[WWE Wrestlemania XIX]]''
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|Best First Person Action
|''[[Call of Duty]]''
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*''[[Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII]]''
* ''[[Chrome (video game)|Chrome]]''
* ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
* ''[[Planetside]]''
* ''[[Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]]''
* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War]]''
* ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder]]''
* ''[[XIII (video game)|XIII]]''
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|Best Fantasy Game
|''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]''
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*''[[Hack Part 1 Infection]]''
* ''[[Dark Cloud 2]]''
* ''[[EverQuest Online Adventures]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia Legends]]''
* ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]''
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''
* ''[[Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht]]''
|}

==Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame==
'''Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame''' recognizes the video game "franchises throughout history that have brought the industry to where it is today" - Casey Patterson, executive producer of the VGAs and executive vice president of event production for Viacom Media Networks Entertainment Group. The first inductee was awarded at the ninth annual Spike Video Game Awards on December 10, 2011. The inaugural recipient was ''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise, with [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] accepting the award.<ref name="2011vga" />

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Inductee
|-
|2011
|''[[The Legend of Zelda (franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]''
|}

==Nomination==
With the exception of the fan-voted "Most Anticipated Game", "Character of the Year", and a few other non-annual categories, the award nominees and winners are voted by an advisory council, featuring 25 journalists from various media outlets. Fans, however, can vote online for which games they think should win each category.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|+ VGA Advisory Council as of November 2011<ref>{{cite web
|date = 2011-11-03
|title = Meet the VGA 2011 Advisory Council
|url = http://www.spike.com/articles/zbeldj/video-game-awards-meet-the-vga-2011-advisory-council
|publisher = [[Spike TV]]
|accessdate = 2011-11-03
}}</ref>
|-
! Member
! Position
! Publication
|-
| Andy McNamara || Editor in Chief || ''[[Game Informer]]''
|-
| [[Brian Crecente]] || Editor in Chief || [[Kotaku]]
|-
| Chris Baker || Senior Editor || ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''
|-
| Chris Kohler || Games Editor || [[Wired.com]]
|-
| Chris Slate || Editor in Chief || ''[[Nintendo Power]]''
|-
| Christopher Grant || Editor in Chief || [[Joystiq]]
|-
| Dale North || Editor in Chief || [[Destructoid]]
|-
| Francesca Reyes || Editor in Chief || ''[[Official Xbox Magazine]]''
|-
| Gary Steinman || Editor in Chief || [[GamesRadar]]
|-
| [[Geoff Keighley]] || Host || ''[[GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley]]''/[[Spike TV]]
|-
| [[Jeff Gerstmann]] || Editor in Chief || [[Giant Bomb]]
|-
| Jeff Jensen || Senior Writer || ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|-
| [[Jerry Holkins]] || Writer / Co-Creator || ''[[Penny Arcade (webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]''
|-
| John Davison || VP of Programming || [[GameSpot]] & [[Metacritic]]
|-
| Logan Decker || Editor in Chief || ''[[PC Gamer]]''
|-
| Lou Kesten || Reviewer/Editor || [[Associated Press]]
|-
| [[Mike Krahulik]] || Artist / Co-Creator || ''Penny Arcade''
|-
| Mike Snider || Technology Reporter || ''[[USA Today]]''
|-
| Rich Greenhill || Director of Content and Programming || [[Yahoo! Games]]
|-
| Sam Kennedy || Director of Audience Generation || [[IGN]]/[[1UP.com]]
|-
| Scott Alexander || Freelance Writer || ''[[Playboy]]''
|-
| Shane Satterfield || VP of Content || Spike TV
|-
| Stephen Totilo || Deputy Editor || Kotaku
|-
| Tal Blevins || VP Games Content || IGN
|-
| Tina Amini || Assistant Editor / Video Games Channel Manager || ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]''
|}

==Reception==
Video game journalism veteran [[Jeff Green (writer)|Jeff Green]] has been vocal in his criticism of the Spike Video Game Awards. In his assessment of the 2010 VGAs, Green laments that Spike TV alienated viewers due to their decision to focus the awards on its own primary demographic, rather than the video game community at large. Green states that this leads to appearances by celebrities who "either didn't want to be or know why they were there."<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://jeff-greenspeak.blogspot.com/2010/12/rant-about-spike-vgas.html |title=A Rant about the Spike VGAs |first=Jeff |last=Green |publisher=Greenspeak |date=2010-12-12 |accessdate=2011-12-07}}</ref> 2011 VGA host Zachary Levi recognized this and prior to hosting the event, told [[MTV]] in an interview that, "I’m happy to work on the VGAs on Spike and make the network happy, but I want to be respectful to the community of gamers because I am one myself. And [with] the humor involved, I want it to be smart, I want it to be honest, and accurate."<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview"/> [[Giant Bomb]]'s Alex Navarro has also commented on the VGAs, questioning the importance of the awards themselves next to the VGA's focus on its exclusive reveals.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/2011-spike-video-game-awards-will-award-video-games-with-awards-also-announce-things/3787/
|title=2011 Spike Video Game Awards Will Award Video Games With Awards, Also Announce Things |first=Alex |last=Navarro |publisher=[[Giant Bomb]] |date=2011-11-03 |accessdate=2011-12-07}}</ref>

The 2011 VGAs were given similar criticisms. [[Kotaku]] reported that VGA nominees [[Mark Hamill]] and [[Tara Strong]] were disappointed that they were present at the event but their respective categories were not present at the show, only finding out the results of the "Best Performance by a Human Male" and "Best Performance by a Human Female" awards after the show.<ref>{{cite web
|url=kotaku.com/5867014/
|title=Mark Hamill, Tara Strong (aka The Joker and Harley Quinn) Both Miffed about the VGAs |first=Stephen |last=Totilo |publisher=[[Kotaku]] |date=2011-12-11 |accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref> [[Wired.com]] writer Jason Schreier addressed Spike TV after the event in reference to food eating segments by [[Felicia Day]] and the host Zachary Levi having simulations of a [[Tea bag (sexual act)|sexual act]] performed on him. Schreier said, "It’s not hard to find the root of the problem here: You think we’re dumb. You think your audience is so stupid that they’ll be amused by YouTube rants and health potion gags. You think we get our jollies out of watching girls bite cupcakes off conveyor belts. You think videogame references make a good substitute for humor." Schreier also quoted [[Joystiq]]'s Justin McElroy, who voiced his concern at many awards being shown together in a short montage. Praise was given for the handling of ''The Legend of Zelda's'' induction into the Hall of Fame including the video package of the franchise's releases and an appearance by creator [[Shigeru Miyamoto]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://jasonschreier.com/2011/12/11/spike-vgas/
|title=An Open Letter To The Spike VGAs |first=Jason |last=Schreier |publisher=jasonschreier.com |date=2011-12-11 |accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref>

==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 (actor)|Michael McDonald]]) and [[Farrah Fawcett]] (played by [[Arden Myrin]]), musical guest [[The Jackson 5]], and award presenter [[Mark Spitz]] (played by [[Ike Barinholtz]]). ''[[Pong]]'' and ''[[Asteroids (video game)|Asteroids]]'' were the only video games nominated for all of the awards presented, even though ''Asteroids'' wasn't released in the arcade until [[1979 in video gaming|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 in video gaming|1978]].<ref name="madtv">MADtv Episode #1121, Air Date: May 13, 2006.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="MTVVGAZacharyLeviInterview">{{cite web|first=Charles | last=Webb| url =http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/12/05/spike-vgas-interview-meet-your-host-zachary-levi/ | title = Spike VGAs Interview: Meet Your Host, Zachary Levi | publisher = [[MTV]]| date = 2011-12-05 | accessdate = 2011-12-07 | deadurl=no}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* [http://www.spike.com/event/vga Spike Video Game Awards]
* [http://www.spike.com/articles/6aoa62/video-game-awards-every-vga-winner-from-years-past Every VGA Winner from Years Past]

{{SpikeTVAwardsList}}

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[[Category:Awards established in 2003]]