It’s hard to say whether or not one should respect the decision of Spike’s Video Game Awards with a ton of advertisements on upcoming games and celebrities get more attention than the actual deserving winners. Despite that though the VGA’s made some really good decisions this year that were almost unexpected. TellTale’s The Walking Dead took game of the year, best downloadable game and best adaptation home and they also won studio of the year. PS3’s Journey was nominated for the most categories and walked away with three awards including best original score, best PS3 game and best independent game which was a close match up against Dust: An Elysian Tale, Fez and Mark of the Ninja. Also Valve won one of the biggest awards given out for Half Life 2. Halo 4 took home 360 gold while XCOM won PC game of the year, although it was never actually mentioned in the show.
For the other winners of the VGAs please look below.
Game of the Year – The Walking Dead: The Game (Telltale Games)
Studio of the Year – Telltale Games (The Walking Dead)
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: The Game (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: The Game)
Best Downloadable Game – The Walking Dead: The Game (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)
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