De vierde Spike TV Video Game Awards leverde weer vele winnaars op. Met de hosting in handen van Samuel L. Jackson kwamen met name The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion en Gears of War er goed vanaf.
Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks) bracht vijf awards mee naar huis, onder andere "Game of the Year" en "Most Addictive". Gears of War (Microsoft / Epic Games) moest het met één award minder doen, maar mocht wel de "Studio of the Year" award mee nemen.
Tijdens de show werd onder andere het openingsfilmpje geopenbaard van World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. Het filmpje duurde ongeveer drie minuten en zal binnenkort op Spike TV te zien zijn. (en ongetwijfeld ook te downloaden - red.)
Een volledige lijst van de winnaars:
GAME OF THE YEAR: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME: Tony Hawk Project 8 (Activision/Neversoft)
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME: NBA2K7 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)
BEST SONG: "Lights and Sounds" by YellowCard in Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
BEST SOUNDTRACK: Guitar Hero II (Red Octane/Harmonix)
STUDIO OF THE YEAR: Epic Games (Gears of War)
BEST WIRELESS GAME: SWAT Force (Vivendi/KAOLink)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - MALE: Patrick Stewart in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - FEMALE: Vida Guerra in Scarface: The World is Yours (Vivendi/Radical Entertainment)
BEST CAST: Family Guy (2K Games/High Voltage Software)
MOST ADDICTIVE: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
CRITIC'S CHOICE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
BEST DRIVING GAME AWARD: Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
BEST ACTION GAME: Dead Rising (Capcom)
CYBER VIXEN OF THE YEAR: Alyx Vance - Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (Valve)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST FIGHTING GAME: Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Midway Games)
BEST PC GAME: Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
BEST RPG: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST SHOOTER: Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
BEST MILITARY GAME: Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
BEST GRAPHICS: Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
BEST HANDHELD GAME: New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME: Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY: WII (Nintendo)
BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW: Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller's Tales)
BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE: James Gandolfini in The Sopranos: Road to Respect (THQ/7 Studios)
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE: Rachel Leigh Cook in Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix)
GAMERS CHOICE: BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Rosario Dawson in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (Atari/The Collective)
GAMERS CHOICE: CHARACTER OF THE YEAR: "Jack Sparrow" portrayed by Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (Bethesda Softworks/7Studios/Buena Vista Games)
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