"GRAND THEFT AUTO IV" CROWNED GAME OF THE YEAR
LIVE Show Hosted By Jack Black Featured The Debut of Ten Exclusive World
Premieres; Explosive Performances by 50 Cent, All-American Rejects, LL Cool J
And Weezer
Televised LIVE Tonight Sunday, December 14th At 9 PM, ET
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonight at Sony Picture Studios in Culver
City, CA, everyone partied like a "Rockstar" as winners were announced for
Spike TV's 2008 "Video Game Awards." Hosted by superstar Jack Black, the
sixth annual event gathered luminaries from the world of entertainment to
recognize the outstanding artistic and technical achievement in the gaming
industry over the past year.
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Presented by the red hot Megan Fox, Rockstar Games record-breaking title
"Grand Theft Auto IV" was crowned Best Game of the Year. The award marked the
titles' second Vector Monkey of the night. Other two-time winners on this
evening include Microsoft Game Studios "Gears of War 2," MTV Games' "Rock
Band" and Konami Digital Entertainment's "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the
Patriots." Keifer Sutherland, star of the FOX network hit "24," was on-hand
to receive the Big Name In The Game Male award for his role as Sgt. Roebuck in
"Call of Duty: World at War." In addition, the genius behind "The Sims" and
"Spore," Will Wright, was presented with the first-ever Gamer God honor. A
full list of winners can be found below.
The 2008 "VGAs" featured ten exclusive world premieres, the highest number in
the show's six year history. First look world premieres included "Brutal
Legend," "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves," 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," "God of War III" gameplay
for PlayStation 3TM and the announcement of the "Gears of War 2" combustible
map pack.
Interscope Geffen A&M were this year's "VGAs" exclusive music provider. The
label powered the event's playlist, including presenter walk-ons, bumpers and
performances by 50 Cent, the All-American Rejects and Weezer. UMG/Def Jam
recording artist LL Cool J, along with special guest UFC president Dana White
and light heavyweight champ Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Rampage Jackson,
Frank Mir, Antonio Nogueira and Wanderlei Silva, brought down the house with a
memorable two-song set featuring the '91 hit single "Mama Said Knock You Out"
and "It's Time for War." Also, during 50 Cent's performance of "Get Up,"
Spike TV incorporated footage of his upcoming game "50 Cent: Blood in the
Sand." Alt-rock band Weezer played "The Greatest Man that Ever Lived, the
third single from their album "Weezer" (also known as "The Red Album" and the
All-American Rejects gave the crowd a taste of their new album with a
performance of "Gives You Hell," from "When the World Comes Down" available
Tuesday.
The "VGAs" 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 glimpse of the future of
gaming - including exclusive sneak peeks and world premiere footage of some of
the hottest and most anticipated games of 2009 and beyond.
A full list of winners is included below:
-- 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 (MTV Games / 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)
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 & studio relations, Spike TV & TV Land, will
serve as executive producers of Spike TV's 2008 "Video Game Awards." Greg
Sills is supervising producer and Alicia Portugal is executive in charge of
production.
Spike TV is available in 97.7 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks.
A unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the world's
leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike
TV's Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival
press information and photographs, visit Spike TV's press site at
http://www.spike.com/press.
SOURCE Spike TV
Shana Tepper, +1-212-767-4275, shana.tepper@spiketv.com, or Aileen Budow,
+1-212-767-3952, aileen.budow@spiketv.com, both of Spike TV
