Spike TV’s 10th annual Video Game Awards have just wrapped for 2012. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to watch the ceremony live, but I heard very good things about this year’s offering, and will definitely make the effort to check it out as soon as I can!
Spike has just sent out the press release containing the full list of winners, and I have to say that there are some major (and majorly exciting) surprises among the rulings.
Remember that game that everyone on Geekscape has been gushing about since its debut in April? Well that picked up a few pretty decent awards, including GAME OF THE FREAKING YEAR! Yeah you read that right: Telltale’s incredible adaptation The Walking Dead beat out the likes of Assassin’s Creed III, Dishonored, Mass Effect 3, and even ThatGameCompany’s incredible PS3 exclusive, Journey. This was an amazing win that I wasn’t expecting whatsoever.
Telltale snagged a few other awards this year too: Studio of the Year, Best Adapted Game, and Best Downloadable Game (which will also be hitting physical stores THIS TUESDAY)
Check out the full list of award winners below, and let us know what you thought of the ceremony!
-Game of the Year – The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
-Studio of the Year – Telltale Games
-Best Xbox 360 Game – Halo 4 (Microsoft Studios/343 Industries)
-Best PS3 Game – Journey (Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany)
-Best Wii / Wii-U Game – New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo)
-Best PC Game – XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2K Games/Firaxis Games)
-Best Handheld / Mobile Game – Sound Shapes (Sony Computer Entertainment/Queasy Games)
Best Shooter – Borderlands 2 (2K Games/Gearbox Software)
Best Action Adventure Game – Dishonored (Bethesda Softworks/Arkane Studios)
Best RPG – Mass Effect 3 (Electronic Arts/BioWare)
Best Multi-Player Game – Borderlands 2 (2K Games/Gearbox Software)
Best Individual Sports Game – SSX (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
Best Team Sports Game – NBA 2K13 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)
Best Driving Game – Need For Speed Most Wanted (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
Best Fighting Game – Persona 4 Arena (Atlus/ARC System Works/Atlus)
Best Adapted Video Game – The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
Best Independent Game – Journey (ThatGameCompany)
Best Graphics – Halo 4 (Microsoft Studios/343 Industries)
Best Song in a Game – “Cities” by Beck (Sound Shapes)
Best Original Score – Journey (Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany)
Best Performance By a Human Male – Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)
Best Performance By a Human Female – Melissa Hutchison as Clementine (The Walking Dead)
Best Downloadable Game – The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
Best Social Game – You Don’t Know Jack (Jellyvision Games)
Best DLC – Dawnguard – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks/Bethesda Game Studios)
Most Anticipated Game – Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games)