The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion from Bethesda Softworks was named Game of the Year at the 4th annual Spike TV Video Game Awards (VGA), held Saturday at the University of Southern California’s Galen Center in Los Angeles. Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, the star-studded ceremony will air on Spike TV Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane served as the voice of the VGAs, which featured a performance by Tenacious D and the exclusive world premiere of Blizzard Ent.’s opening cinematic movie for the highly anticipated World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. MacFarlane was also among the winners as the Family Guy video game from 2k Games and High Voltage Software took the award for Best Cast.
In addition to Game of the Year, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion won Spike’s vote for Most Addictive, Best RPG and Best Original Score. The game also earned Patrick Stewart the award for Best Performance by a Human-Male. Meanwhile, Vida Guerra scored a best female performance for her role in Scarface: The World is Yours from Vivendi and Radical Ent. Supporting performance awards went to Rachel Leigh Cook for Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts II and James Gandolfini for The Sopranos: Road to Respect from THQ and 7Studios. Rosario Dawson snatched the Gamers Choice Award for Breakthrough Performance for her work on Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (Atari/The Collective).
Spike’s Studio of the Year is Epic Games, maker of Microsoft’s Gears of War, which took Best Shooter, Best Graphics and Best Multi-Player Game. Nintendo also had a good showing, earning Critic’s Choice with The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and taking the Breakthrough Technology award for its innovative Wii gaming console.
Other Winners:
Best Action Game
Dead Rising (Capcom)
Best Individual Sports Game
Tony Hawk Project 8 (Activision/Neversoft)
Best Team Sports Game
NBA2K7 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)
Best Driving Game
Burnout Revenge-Xbox 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games
Best Fighting Game
Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Midway Games)
Best Military Game
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
Best PC Game
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
Best Handheld Game
New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo/Nintendo Ead)
Best Wireless Game
Swat Force (Vivendi/Kaolink)
Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller’s Tales)
Best Song
“Lights And Sounds” by Yellowcard In Burnout Revenge for Xbox 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
Best Soundtrack
Guitar Hero II (Red Octane/Harmonix)
Cyber Vixen of the Year
Alyx Vance in Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (Valve)
Gamers Choice: Character of the Year
Jack Sparrow, portrayed By Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The
Legend Of Jack Sparrow (Bethesda Softworks/7studios/Buena Vista Games)
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