Spike TV announced the nominees for its "VGA Ten" video game award show that celebrates the best games of the year.
Actor and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas star, Samuel L. Jackson, will host this year's show, according to Spike TV. The show will feature exclusive world premieres of video game footage as well as musical performances by Linkin Park and Tenacious D. The award show will premiere Live on Friday, Dec. 7 at 9:00 pm ET on Spike TV. The show will also be available on MTV 2, MTV Tr3s, Spike.com and GameTrailers.com.
This year Spike TV and Microsoft unveiled plans to broadcast 2012 Video Game Awards to Xbox LIVE users.
"This unprecedented partnership with Xbox will make 'VGA TEN' the biggest worldwide gaming event ever; we're thrilled to be the first awards show presented on Xbox where our fans play every day," said Casey Patterson, Executive Producer of the "VGAs" and Executive Vice President of Production for Entertainment Group. "There is no more innovative producer than Mark Burnett to engage the fans on a whole new level in our big anniversary year."
The U.S. Xbox LIVE streams of the VGAs will lets users respond to poll questions and will feature a second-screen experience through Xbox Smartglass.
"Xbox makes your entertainment more amazing, and we can't wait to team up with Viacom and Mark Burnett to make the VGAs the first-ever interactive TV awards show to be broadcast on Xbox LIVE," said Marc Whitten, Corporate Vice President, Interactive Entertainment Business, Microsoft. "Our teams are working together to create a groundbreaking interactive TV experience that will turn VGA viewers into VGA participants."
Here are some of the nominees and categories for Spike TV's "VGA TEN" awards"
Game of the Year
- "Assassin's Creed III" (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
- "Dishonored" (Bethesda Softworks/Arkane Studios)
- "Journey" (Sony Computer Entertainment/thatgamecompany)
- "Mass Effect 3" (Electronic Arts/BioWare)
- "The Walking Dead: The Game" (Telltale Games)
Best Action Adventure Game
- "Assassin's Creed III" (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
- "Darksiders II" (THQ/Vigil Games)
- "Dishonored" (Bethesda Softworks/Arkane Studios)
- "Sleeping Dogs" (Square Enix/United Front Games)
Best Shooter
- "Borderlands 2" (2K Games/Gearbox Software)
- "Call of Duty: Black Ops II" (Activision/Treyarch)
- "Halo 4" (Microsoft Studios/343 Industries)
- "Max Payne 3" (Rockstar Games)
Studio of the Year
- 343 Industries
- Arkane Studios
- Gearbox Software
- Telltale Games
Most Anticipated Game
- "BioShock Infinite" (2K Games/Irrational Games)
- "Grand Theft Auto V" (Rockstar Games)
- "South Park: The Stick of Truth" (THQ/Obsidian Entertainment)
- "The Last of Us" (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog)
- "Tomb Raider" (Square Enix/Crystal Dynamics)
See the rest of the categories and nominees here. What Do you think of the nominees? Comment in the section below...
