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Sunday, December 9, 2007, Spike TV aired its fifth annual video game awards. In an effort to make gaming as popular as the motion picture industries own awards shows, Spike TV doesn’t pull any punches in making it very clear to the general public how big the growth and impact video games have become over the last decade.

With host Samuel L. Jackson, Spike TV’s video game awards handed out this season’s first batch awards to the industry’s biggest hitters. Like any awards list, there are many games that arguably shouldn’t be counted as the year’s best, but regardless, I think most will agree with the list of nominations and the winners. Game of the Year:

Bioshock (Winner) Mass Effect The Orange Box Halo 3

Best Shooter:

Call of Duty 4 (Winner) The Orange Box Bioshock Halo 3

Best Action Game:

Super Mario Galaxy (Winner) Assassin’s Creed God of War II Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Best Rhythm Game:

Rock Band (Winner) Jam Session Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Best RPG:

Mass Effect (Winner) Eternal Sonata Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

Best Driving Game:

Dirt (Winner) Need for Speed Pro Street Project Gotham Racer 4 Forza Motorsport 2

Best Military Game:

Call of Duty 4 (Winner) Tom Clancy Rainbow Six Vegas World in Conflict Tom Clancy Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter 2

Studio of the Year:

Harmonix (Winner) Valve 2K Boston/2K Australia Bungie Studio

Best Graphics:

Crysis (Winner) Call of Duty 4 Mass Effect Bio Shock

Breakthrough Technology:

Portal (Winner) Halo 3 save films Rock Band Crysis

Best PS3 Game:

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Winner) Warhawk Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Heavenly Sword

Best Wii Game: Super Mario Galaxy (Winner) The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess Metroid Prime 3 Super Paper Mario

Xbox 360 Game:

Bioshock (Winner) Mass Effect Halo 3 The Orange Box

Best PC Game:

The Orange Box (Winner) Crysis World in Conflict Bioshock

Best Individual Sports Game:

Skate (Winner) Virtua Tennis Tony Hawk Proven Ground Tiger Wood PGA Tour 08

Best Team Sport:

Madden NFL 08 (Winner) Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 NBA 2K8 NHL 08

Best Handheld Game:

Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Winner) Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

Best Game Based on a Movie or TV show:

The Simpson Game (Winner) Stranglehold Naruto: Rise of a Ninja

Best Soundtrack:

Rock Band (Winner) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground Bioshock

Best Original Score:

Bioshock (Winner) God of War II Mass Effect Halo 3

Best Multiplayer Game:

Halo 3 (Winner) The Orange Box Call of Duty 4 Rock Band

Well there you have it gamers. Whether you agree with these winners or nominations, it has been one hell of a year for the game industry. For my own vote, Mass Effect is the game of the year. Let your own voice be heard gamers, post your own votes on what you feel should have been nominated or won.

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