Spike TV awards announced

By Games Industry.biz Published 10 December, 2007

BioShock and others celebrated.

2K Australia has more awards for its display cabinet, as BioShock has been named game of the year in the Spike TV Video Game Awards, which took place in Las Vegas yesterday, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

The title also won best Xbox 360 game and best score in the ceremony, adding to a host of awards - including best game - which it won at this year's BAFTA Video Games Awards.

Harmonix was named as best studio for its work on Rock Band, which was a also given the award for best rhythm game.

Other notable winners at the event, hosted by Samuel L Jackson with appearances from US comedian Ralphie May and comic legend Stan Lee, included Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Super Mario Galaxy and Halo 3 which all picked up two awards each.

Elsewhere Crysis took home the award for best graphics while Mass Effect was voted best RPG and Orange Box was PC game of the year.

Spike TV is a US cable channel owned by MTV Networks.

The full list of winners is as follows:

  • Game of the year: BioShock
  • Best shooter: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  • Best action game: Super Mario Galaxy
  • Best rhythm game: Rock Band
  • Best RPG: Mass Effect
  • Best driving game: DiRT: Colin McRae
  • Best military game: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  • Studio of the year: Harmonix
  • Best graphics: Crysis
  • Breakthrough technology: The Orange Box/Portal
  • Best PS3 game: Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
  • Best Wii game: Super Mario Galaxy
  • Best Xbox 360 game: BioShock
  • Best PC game: The Orange Box
  • Best individual sports game: Skate
  • Best team sports game: Madden NFL 08
  • Best handheld game: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
  • Best game based on a movie or TV show: The Simpsons Game [surely "least rubbish game"? - Ed]
  • Best soundtrack: Rock Band
  • Best original score: BioShock
  • Best multiplayer game: Halo 3
  • Most addictive game: Halo 3

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Comments (25) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • onyxbox #1 4 years ago

    um... what shall we give Halo 3...

    I know... "Most addictive game"... what a load of bollocks.

  • Dizzy #2 4 years ago

    And "Best multiplayer game" :)

    I would have picked Mass Effect as GOTY... still the list is much better this year than ever before IMHO.

  • Cloudane #3 4 years ago

    There is nothing to complain about there if you ask me.

    I do expect to see several comments regarding that SMG should have be the GotY though...

  • wyli #4 4 years ago

    Ahh, but is Halo 3 more addictive than Heroin Hero? "You can chase all you want, but you'll never catch the dragon"

  • Freek #5 4 years ago

    There is nothing to complain about there if you ask me.

    You would if you knew the nominations list. The results look reasonable but the lists were a bitt skewed in odd ways.
    Game of the Year for example was mostly filled with 360 titles, Mario Galaxy, Ratchet , Crysis weren't on that list.
    It was a bitt of joke.

    1up Yours podcast had a bitt about it.

  • mattjohnston #6 4 years ago

    Super Mario Galaxy didn't deserve to win GOTY because quite simply, its Game of All Time.

    Being the undisputed champion of that category automatically disqualifies it from being in any lesser categories ;)

  • miiiguel #7 4 years ago

    chastising rebuke, Mass Effect for GotY!

  • xAx #8 4 years ago

    @ wyli

    You should try rehab hero

  • miiiguel #9 4 years ago

    The beatnik way:

    "Halo is my life, Halo is my wife"

  • onyxbox #10 4 years ago

    The most memorable game this year for me was Crackdown, it wasn't hyped up like the others and it was a lot of fun.

    Mario Galaxy is GOY for me (although, I haven't played Mass Effect yer).

  • mkreku #11 4 years ago

    The game I had most fun with this year was.. Gothic 3!

    The game was so buggy when it was released in November 2006 that I didn't even install it until April 2007! But since then (and numerous patches) it's been a blast :D

  • mossychops001 #12 4 years ago

    Spike TV gets some free advertising Shocker!

  • crozon #13 4 years ago

    best multplayer games should have gone to Team Fortress 2.
    Aside from that the awards weren't bad.
    best shooter was always going to be a toss up between crysis and Cod4, i would have gone for crysis but what the heck cod4 is bloody good as well.
    However where is the award for best RTS game????? Thats got to go to World in Conflict

  • Squire #14 4 years ago

    Naruto > The Simpsons :/

  • penhalion #15 4 years ago

    I am so happy that dispite everyone (myself included) buying halo 3, it was recognised as NOT being the best shooter or game out there. Heck it was mediocre at best with again a crap story and 5 year old gameplay.

    I would argue that COD 4 has best multiplayer too but, that's just my hate of jumpy shooters kicking in.

    @Freek

    Game of the year needs to be out for about 3 monthsI think so neither Mario or Mass effect would have been eligable.
    Edited by 1 at 10/12/07 @ 13:19

  • miiiguel #16 4 years ago

    The only problem with Halo 3, is that everyone talks about it, everywhere. Either one is in a games forum or a toasters debate.
    If it wasn't the case, everyone would agree it's damn fine game. Very well made, with it's own personality, even if it misses any new feature, or whatever people seem to want.

    To some extent I agree with ony, Crackdown should have won something, OST? shit, it has Amon Tobin!, how cool is that. huh!?, Amon Tobin and DJ Shadow in a shooter!
    Edited by 2 at 10/12/07 @ 13:31

  • skillian #17 4 years ago

    Best PC game is an expansion pack :/

    As part of a bigger package, Portal is never quite going to get the recognition it deserves this year - a Breakthough Technology award isn't very exciting (not to mention odd - it wasn't an amazing tech advance, just a great idea well-executed).

    It's my game of the year by a long, long way (haven't played SMG) but it's just gonna get swallowed by the "Orange Box" title in terms of recognition, which is a shame.

  • L42yB #18 4 years ago

    Nice list of games. I have no real complaints about that list, seems pretty fair. Much better than the BAFTA's :/

    "Best game based on a movie or TV show: The Simpsons Game [surely "least rubbish game"? - Ed]"

    LOL!

  • Codework #19 4 years ago

    So nice of them to make up the addictive category so Halo would win something. Certainly doesn't deserve the multiplayer one.

  • Kropotkin #20 4 years ago

    All deserving IMHO. Not like the BAFTA's with their fixation over Wii freaking Sports.

  • smoothn00dle #21 4 years ago

    spike should be name microsoft game show..

    GOTY all 360s, what da fcuk?

  • deaner #22 4 years ago

    As per Ron Gilbert's response...

  • smelly #23 4 years ago

    >GOTY all 360s, what da fcuk?

    And every single one of the nominations was a shooter too.. *sigh*

  • zoidberg #24 4 years ago

    Orange Box GOTY by far... 5 games in one? Come ON!

  • miiiguel #25 4 years ago

    Can't you be modest and honest and admit what's fair ?
    - 360 had the best games this year (all genres)
    - Amazing shooters spawned.

    You can then add: but, but we dislike MS (political shit), and we don't like shooters.

    Zoid: Orange Box is not a game, it's a package - it should have won PotY.
    Edited by 1 at 11/12/07 @ 10:24