Come ogni anno, fra meno di un mese si terrà la nuova edizione degli Spike Video Game Awards, dove una giuria di giornalisti specializzati nel settore assegnerà dei premi ai migliori prodotti in campo videoludico usciti negli ultimi dodici mesi. Oggi è stato annunciato l'elenco delle nominations per ogni piattaforma e categoria, in attesa di conoscere i vincitori che saranno annunciati la notte del 11 dicembre.

Lasciandovi alla lista completa, vi ricordiamo che durante l'evento saranno annunciati e mostrati per la prima volta diversi nuovi titoli, tra i quali il nuovo gioco horror in stile lovecraftiano curato da Guillermo del Toro in collaborazione con THQ; ci saranno grosse novità anche da parte di Bioware, per le quali dovremmo avere le prime informazioni a breve.

Studio of the Year

- BioWare
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Bungie Studios
- Rockstar San Diego

Best Wii Game

- Donkey Kong Country Returns
- Kirby’s Epic Yarn
- Metroid: Other M
- Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best Xbox 360 Game

- Alan Wake
- Fable III
- Halo: Reach
- Mass Effect 2

Best PS3 Game

- God of War III
- Heavy Rain
- ModNation Racers
- Red Dead Redemption

Best PC Game

- Fallout: New Vegas
- Mass Effect 2
- Sid Meier’s Civilization V
- StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Best Handheld Game

- God of War: Ghost of Sparta
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
- Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
- Super Scribblenauts

Best Shooter

- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- BioShock 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Halo: Reach

Best Action-Adventure Game

- Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
- God of War III
- Red Dead Redemption
- Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best RPG

- Fable III
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Mass Effect 2

Best Multiplayer Game

- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Halo: Reach
- StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Best Individual Sports Game

- EA Sports MMA
- Shaun White Skateboarding
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
- UFC Undisputed 2010

Best Team Sports Game

- FIFA Soccer 11
- Madden NFL 11
- NBA 2K11
- MLB ’10: The Show

Best Driving Game

- Blur - ModNation Racers
- Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
- Split/Second

Best Music Game

- Dance Central
- DJ Hero 2
- Def Jam Rapstar
- Rock Band 3

Best Soundtrack

- Def Jam Rapstar
- DJ Hero 2
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
- Rock Band 3

Best Song in a Game

- Basket Case by Green Day
- Black Rain by Soundgarden
- Far Away by José González
- GoldenEye by Nicole Scherzinger
- Replay/Rude Boy Mashup by Iyaz & Rihanna
- Won’t Back Down by Eminem

Best Original Score

- God of War III
- Halo: Reach
- Mass Effect 2
- Red Dead Redemption

Best Graphics

- God of War III
- Heavy Rain
- Kirby’s Epic Yarn
- Red Dead Redemption

Best Adapted Video Game

- LEGO: Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
- Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
- Transformers: War for Cybertron

Best Performance by a Human Male

- Daniel Craig as James Bond
- Gary Oldman as Sgt. Reznov
- John Cleese as Jasper
- Martin Sheen as Illusive Man
- Nathan Fillion as Sergeant Edward Buck
- Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man
- Rob Wiethoff as John Marston
- Sam Worthington as Alex Mason

Best Performance by a Human Female

- Dame Judi Dench as M
- Danica Patrick as Herself
- Emmanuelle Chriqui as The Numbers Lady
- Felicia Day as Veronica
- Jennifer Hale as Commander Sheppard
- Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman
- Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan
- Yvonne Strahovski as Miranda Lawson

Best Downloadable Game

- Costume Quest
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
- Monday Night Combat
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Best DLC

- BioShock 2: Minerva’s Den
- Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
- Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker
- Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare

Best Independent Game

- Joe Danger
- Limbo
- Super Meat Boy
- The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

Most Anticipated Game

- Batman: Arkham City
- BioShock: Infinite
- Gears of War 3
- Portal 2

Game of the Year

- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- God of War III
- Halo: Reach
- Mass Effect 2
- Red Dead Redemption