Topic: Spike TV's 2007 Video Game Awards

[MysterD]

For those interested, Spike TV gives their awards out for some video games.

Here you go.

Spike TV Announces 2007 'Video Game Awards' Winners

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                  BioShock Garners Game of the Year Honors
Show Features Performances by Foo Fighters and Exclusive World Premieres of
 Borderlands, Gran Turismo(TM) 5 Prologue, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
                              and TNA iMPACT!
                    Premieres Sunday, December 9 at 9 PM

    LAS VEGAS, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Winners were announced tonight for
Spike TV's 5th annual "Video Game Awards," the preeminent celebration of
achievement in the gaming world. Talent from across the entertainment world
gathered at the Mandalay Bay Events Resort and Casino in Las Vegas to honor
the year's accomplishments within the video game community. Hosted by
Samuel L. Jackson, the 2007 "Video Game Awards" will premiere on Spike TV
Sunday, December 9 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).

    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060322/NYW096LOGO )

    The night's most prestigious honors were bestowed upon 2K Games'
BioShock, as it took home awards for Game of the Year, Best Xbox 360 Game
and Best Original Score. Two of the industry's most anticipated releases,
Microsoft Game Studios' Halo 3 and MTV Games' Rock Band, garnered two
awards each. A full list of winners can be found below.

    Viewers were treated to mind blowing, never-before-seen world premieres
of gaming's most anticipated releases. Borderlands (2K), Gran Turismo(TM) 5
Prologue (Sony Computer Entertainment America), Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Vegas 2 (Ubisoft) and TNA iMPACT! (Midway) were all unveiled for the world
to see.

    The 2007 "Video Game Awards" featured memorable musical and comedic
performances. Four time Grammy award winners and fresh off receiving five
more Grammy nods earlier this week, Foo Fighters rocked the stage, and Kid
Rock delivered a stirring three song medley, while comics Patton Oswalt,
Ralphie May and Brian Posehn provided nonstop laughs for those in
attendance during their performances. The world's leading video game
concert series, Video Games Live, made its national television debut. The
night also featured award presentations and appearances by Criss Angel,
"TNA" wrestling stars Kurt and Karen Angle, actress Tia Carrere, "Chuck"
stars Joshua Gomez and Zachary Levi, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, former
NFL star Rocket Ismail, UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage"
Jackson, "The Ultimate Fighter 1" winner Forrest Griffin, legendary boxing
promoter Don King, MTV reality couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, NFL
quarterback and Heisman trophy winner Matt Leinart, rock star Dave Navarro,
comedian Patton Oswalt, comedian and Comedy Central star Brian Posehn, and
MTV's Tila Tequila.

    The show pays tribute to the outstanding achievements of games,
designers, animation, breakthrough technology, music and performances of
the past year in the world of video games. The awards also provide a
forecast of the future of gaming -- including exclusive sneak peeks and
world premiere footage of some of the hottest and most anticipated games of
2008 and beyond.



    A full list of winners is included below:

    GAME OF THE YEAR
    BioShock (2K Games/ 2K Boston - 2K Australia)

    STUDIO OF THE YEAR
    Harmonix

    BEST SHOOTER
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision/ Infinity Ward)

    BEST RPG
    Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios/ BioWare)

    BEST MILITARY GAME
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision/ Infinity Ward)

    BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
    skate (Electronic Arts/ EA Black Box)

    BEST HANDHELD GAME
    The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

    BEST GRAPHICS
    Crysis (Electronic Arts/ Crytek)

    BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW
    The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts/ EA Redwood Shores)

    BEST RHYTHM GAME
    Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)

    BEST DRIVING GAME
    DiRT (Codemasters/ Codemasters)

    BEST ACTION GAME
    Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

    BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
    Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts/ EA Tiburon)

    BEST SOUNDTRACK
    Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)

    BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY
    The Orange Box/ Portal (Valve/ Valve)

    BEST XBOX 360 GAME
    BioShock (2K Games/ 2K Boston - 2K Australia)

    BEST WII GAME
    Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

    BEST PS3 GAME
    Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Sony Computer Entertainment/
    Insomniac Games)

    BEST PC GAME
    The Orange Box (Valve/ Valve)

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
    BioShock (2K Games/ 2K Boston - 2K Australia)

    BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME
    Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Bungie Studios)

    MOST ADDICTIVE VIDEO GAME FUELED BY DEW
    Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Bungie Studios)

    Albie Hecht, Oscar(R)-nominated producer and co-creator of the "Kids'
Choice" and "Video Game Awards," and Casey Patterson, senior vice
president, event production & talent development for Spike TV will serve as
executive producers of Spike TV's 2007 Video Game Awards. Greg Sills is
supervising producer, Alicia Portugal is producer and Scott Fishman is
executive in charge of production.

    Spike TV is available in 96.1 million homes and is a division of MTV
Networks. MTV Networks is a division of Viacom International Inc. (NYSE:
VIA, VIA.B).

SOURCE Spike TV

[Quemaqua]

Predictable.  Does anyone actually watch these?  Or Spike, for that matter?

[idolminds]

BEST SOUNDTRACK
  Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)

I think if your game is all licensed music that you shouldn't win an award for it.

[MysterD]

I didn't watch it last year, no -- even knowing Oblivion won GOTY.

About Spike TV, I only watch it namely for TNA Wrestling on Thurs.

[MysterD]

BEST SOUNDTRACK
  Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)

I think if your game is all licensed music that you shouldn't win an award for it.

They did give another award for Best Score....

[scottws]

Can you really call the Orange Box a game?

[Cobra951]

Nooo!  Don't bring that up.  It will start an argument again.

[Quemaqua]

You can't.  The end.

Also, BioShock doesn't come close to winning best original score.  It had good music, but much of its strength was the licensed stuff, and while several of the original tracks were absolutely stunning, there wasn't nearly enough of it to make up for how much of it was just trying to be spooky or atmospheric or whatever.

[scottws]

Nooo!  Don't bring that up.  It will start an argument again.

I must have missed it.  I don't know what you are talking about.

[Cobra951]

http://www.overwritten.net/forum/index.php?topic=2861.msg35927#msg35927

Edit:  I could have sworn this went further than that one post and my reply.  Maybe in a different topic?

[scottws]

http://www.overwritten.net/forum/index.php?topic=2861.msg35927#msg35927

Haha, the first thing that jumped out at me was a bit of unintentional foreshadowing:

I think it's a load of bullshit that they're even "reviewing" a pack of games in the first place.  That infuriates me.  You don't review a fucking pack of games, especially not the way GSpot is doing it with the awards and stuff.  It's entirely nonsensical and I'll say it again: Gerstmann needs to go.

Journalism my ass.

[Cobra951]

Ha!  Yeah, I saw that too, and did a double-take.  Looks like Que got his wish.  It's all his fault!

[Quemaqua]

Heh.  Well, it's hard to say if that direction was really Gerstmann's fault now.  I mean, it isn't like things are going to change, and most likely he was being pushed into it by someone else.  If that's the case, I feel sort of bad for saying it in retrospect.

[MysterD]

Orange Box isn't a PC game. It's a compilation of games.

So, if Orange Box is to get some sort of an award, it should get  2007's Best Compilation Pack Award or some shit.

[Cobra951]

Gamecock interrupt Levine's acceptance of GOTY award.  I don't know if this was considered funny or just disruptive (which it obviously is).  After seeing how the winner was announced, the show gets no respect from me anyway.  I'm sorry Levine even attended.  Serves him right?

[gpw11]

Who the fuck is gamecock? 

But beyond that, I can't blame Spike TV.  Look at the target demographic.

[idolminds]

I disagree with cobra. Winners should always be announced via bodypaint on a naked chick.

[Ghandi]

And beer. And brooms.

[Quemaqua]

 ...




 ... *sigh*

[NatchDan]

The show was worth watching for the acceptances by the Harmonix guys. You know the chick who pretends to be intensely stupid on the behind the scenes video on GH2? She was smashed.

[Quemaqua]

Somebody find a YouTube of that, haha