Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto IV was named Best Game of the Year and Sims and Spore creator Will Wright was crowned Gamer God at Spike TV’s 2008 Video Game Awards, held Sunday night at Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, Calif. Hosted by actor Jack Black, the sixth annual event gathered luminaries from the world of entertainment to recognize the outstanding artistic and technical achievements in the gaming industry. Attendees and those watching at home were also treated to exclusive world-premiere looks at ten upcoming games, including EA Sports’ Fight Night Round 4, Mafia II, Terminator Salvation, Watchmen: The End is Nigh, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Dante’s Inferno and God of War III.
GTA IV picked up another Vector Monkey for Best Action-Adventure Game during the ceremony. Other multiple winners include Microsoft Game Studios’ Gears of War 2, MTV Games’ Rock Band, Valve’s Left 4 Dead and Konami Digital Entertainment’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Keifer Sutherland (24) was on hand to receive the Big Name in the Game Male award for his role as Sgt. Roebuck in Activision’s Call of Duty: World at War, while Jenny Mccarthy took the female equivalent for her portrayal of Tanya in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 from Electronic Arts.
2008 Spike TV Video Game Awards Winners:
Game of the Year
Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North)
Best Action Adventure Game
Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North)
Studio of the Year
Media Molecule
Gamer God
Will Wright
Best Shooter
Gears of War 2 (Microsoft Game Studios/Epic Games)
Best Music Game
Rock Band 2 (MTV Games/Harmonix)
Best Soundtrack
Rock Band 2 (MTVGames/Harmonix)
Best RPG
Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks/Bethesda Game Studios)
Best Independent Game Fueled By Dew
World of Goo (2D Boy/2D Boy)
Best Team Sports Game
NHL 09 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
Best Individual Sports Game
Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Montreal)
Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Lucasarts/Traveler’s Tales Games)
Big Name In The Game Male
Kiefer Sutherland As “Sgt. Roebuck”
Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Publishing)
Big Name In The Game Female
Jenny McCarthy As “Tanya”
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Electronic Arts)
Best Xbox 360 Game
Gears of War 2 (Microsoft Game Studios/Epic Games)
Best PS3 Game
LittleBigPlanet (Sony Computer Entertainment/Media Molecule)
Best Wii Game
Boom Blox (Electronic Arts/Ea Casual Studios)
Best PC Game
Left 4 Dead (Valve/Valve)
Best Multi-Player Game
Left 4 Dead (Valve/Valve)
Best Fighting Game
Soulcalibur IV (Namco Bandai Games/Project Soul)
Best Handheld Game
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo/Level-5)
Best Driving Game
Burnout Paradise (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
Best Graphics
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
(Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc/Kojima Productions)
Best Original Score
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
(Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc/Kojima Productions)
Best Performance By A Human Male
Michael Hollick As “Niko Bellic”
Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
Best Performance By A Human Female
Debi Mae West As “Meryl Silverburgh”
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.)
