Presenting the 2008 Spike Video Game Award nominees
With the end of the year hurtling towards us at an alarming speed, the time has come for prestigious critics and classy establishments to choose and reward the greatest video games of 2008. And because it's the fashionable thing to do, the Spike Video Game Awards will also let you folks know which games -- some "fueled by dew" -- were worthy enough to receive pointy gongs.
Peer past the break for the full list, which includes categories such as Best Studio, Best Independent Game and Best Shooter. There's even one that somehow manages to toss Dame Judi Dench in with Liv Tyler, Eliza Dushku and Jenny McCarthy. Never going to happen again, ladies.
Game of the Year
Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games/ Rockstar North)
LittleBigPlanet (Sony Computer Entertainment/ Media Molecule)
Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks/ Bethesda Game Studios)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc / Kojima Productions)
Gears of War 2 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Epic Games)
Studio of the Year
Media Molecule
Rockstar North
Harmonix
Bethesda Game Studios
Best Shooter
Far Cry 2
Resistance 2
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
Best RPG
Fable II
Fallout 3
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
The World Ends With You
Best Fighting Game
SoulCalibur IV
Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
Best Individual Sports Game
Shaun White Snowboarding
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
Wii Fit
Skate It
Best Handheld Game
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Patapon
Castlevania Order of Eccelsia
Best Graphics
Gears of War 2
Fallout 3
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4
Best Game Based on a Movie or a TV Show
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
Quantum of Solace
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Naruto: The Broken Bond
Best Music Game
Rock Band 2 (MTV Games/ Harmonix)
Guitar Hero World Tour (RedOctane/ Activision Publishing/ Neversoft Entertainment)
Wii Music (Nintendo/ Nintendo)
SingStar (Sony Computer Entertainment/ SCE Studios London)
Best Driving Game
Burnout Paradise
Pure
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Mario Kart Wii
Best Action Adventure Game
Grand Theft Auto IV
Dead Space
Mirror's Edge
Metal Gear Solid 4
Best Team Sports Game
NHL 09
Madden NFL 09
NBA 2K9
FIFA Soccer 09
Best Soundtrack
LittleBigPlanet
Grand Theft Auto IV
Rock Band 2
Guitar Hero World Tour
Best Xbox 360 Game
Fable II
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Fallout 3
Best Wii Game
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Boom Blox
Wii Fit
No More Heroes
Best PS3 Game
Metal Gear Solid 4
Resistance 2
LittleBigPlanet
Grand Theft Auto IV
Best PC Game
Spore
Crysis Warhead
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Left 4 Dead
Best Original Score
Fallout 3
Spore
Metal Gear Solid 4
LittleBigPlanet
Best Multiplayer Game
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
Resistance 2
Call of Duty: World at War
Best Performance by a Human Male
Michael Hollick as Niko Bellic in GTA IV
David Hayter as Old Snake in MGS4
Stephen Fry as The Narrator in LBP
Jason Zumwalt as Roman Bellic in GTA IV
Best Performance by a Human Female
Nathalie Cox as Juno Eclipse in The Force Unleashed
Debi Mae West as Meryl Silverburgh in MGS4
Paula Tiso as Silvia Christel in No More Heroes
Keeley Hawes Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Underworld
Best Independent Game Fueled by Mountain Dew
World of Goo
PixelJunk Eden
Braid
Audiosurf
Big Name in the Game Male
Ricky Gervais as "Himself" in Grand Theft Auto IV
Kiefer Sutherland as "Sgt. Roebuck" in Call of Duty World at War
Liam Neeson as "Father" in Fallout 3
Daniel Craig as "James Bond" in Quantum of Solace
Big Name in the Game Female
Jenny McCarthy as "Tanya" in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Liv Tyler as "Betty Ross" in The Incredible Hulk
Eliza Dushku as "Shaundi" in Saints Row 2
Dame Judi Dench as "M' in Quantum of Solace