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What else is new? Our good 'ol pal, Steve-O, finds himself drunk (as I'm sure he often does) at this year's Spike Video Game Awards on stage presenting an award. You may know Steve-O from the popular MTV show, Jackass. Without further ado, peep the pointless, but hilarous after the jump.




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The 5th annual Spike Video Game Awards show doesn't air till tonight at 9pm EST, but the winners have "somehow" made its way into my inbox this morning. The show is being held in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Resort and Casino. I honestly thought Halo 3 would hit the Game of the Year, but I never expected Skate to be in the best Sports game category.

But anywho, check out the full list below!

GAME OF THE YEAR
BioShock

STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Harmonix

BEST SHOOTER
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision/ Infinity Ward)

BEST RPG
Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios/ BioWare)

BEST MILITARY GAME
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision/ Infinity Ward)

BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
Skate (Electronic Arts/ EA Black Box)

BEST HANDHELD GAME
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

BEST GRAPHICS
Crysis (Electronic Arts/ Crytek)

BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW
The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts/ EA Redwood Shores)

BEST RHYTHM GAME
Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)

BEST DRIVING GAME
DiRT (Codemasters/ Codemasters)

BEST ACTION GAME
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts/ EA Tiburon)

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)

BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY
The Orange Box/ Portal (Valve/ Valve)

BEST XBOX 360 GAME
BioShock

BEST WII GAME
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

BEST PS3 GAME
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Sony Computer Entertainment/
Insomniac Games)

BEST PC GAME
The Orange Box (Valve/ Valve)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BioShock

BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME
Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Bungie Studios)

MOST ADDICTIVE VIDEO GAME FUELED BY DEW
Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Bungie Studios)


]]> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:47:04 -0600 Get Ready To Hate Your TV: Spike VGA Awards Back Aaron Dunlap http://www.gamebump.com/go/get_ready_to_hate_your_tv_spike_vga_awards_back http://www.gamebump.com/go/get_ready_to_hate_your_tv_spike_vga_awards_back http://www.gamebump.com/go/get_ready_to_hate_your_tv_spike_vga_awards_back#

If you haven't yet gotten your fill of actors with movies to promote and barely-relevant musicians being fed lines about video games from a teleprompter, or truly worthy games being beat out for awards by games that aren't even out yet, or just wanting to throw your remote straight through your TV, it's time for more Spike Video Game Awards!

Yaaaaaay!!!

Hosting again this year is Samuel L. Jackson, perhaps still riding the gamer cred he earned by doing a movie about an aircraft laden with pheromone-wild asps. Also expect many gratutious references to a particular brand of soda beverage named after the condensated water vapor that gathers on Earthen agglomerations of dirt and rock, including an entire award category "fueled" by it.

Also, hot chicks with cheat codes. Because that's what gamers want, right? They want hot chicks who read off cheat codes. I know that's my fantasy. Me being a mid-adolescent troglodyte. I also loooove TAG body spray; I hope they advertise too.

Actually, the "advisory panel" this year is made up of some actually respectable names in the gaming journalism industry, including Dan Hsu, Chris Baker, Jeff Gerstmann,  Andy McNamara, Chris Kohler and other people I often see at E3 and other events but never bother talking to even though I'm sure they're all really interesting people. Whether their ratings for games have any bearing on whether games "win" is doubtful, however, as this show really knows its audience and therefore Halo 3 will win every category, even those it is not eligible for.

This mess show airs on Sunday, December 9th at 9pm but films on Friday, December 7th. Check out the attached link for a list of the categories.
]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:25:45 -0600 Spike TV Announces 2006 Video Game Awards Winners Tim Grube http://www.gamebump.com/go/spike_tv_announces_2006_video_game_awards_winners http://www.gamebump.com/go/spike_tv_announces_2006_video_game_awards_winners http://www.gamebump.com/go/spike_tv_announces_2006_video_game_awards_winners#

Winners were announced tonight during the 4th annual Spike TV Video Game Awards held at the University of Southern California's Galen Center in Los Angeles. Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, the year's biggest celebration for gamers premieres on Spike TV Wednesday, December 13 (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT).

A full list of winners is included below:

GAME OF THE YEAR The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)

BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME Tony Hawk Project 8 (Activision/Neversoft)

BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME NBA2K7 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)

BEST SONG "Lights and Sounds" by YellowCard in Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)

BEST SOUNDTRACK Guitar Hero II (Red Octane/Harmonix)

STUDIO OF THE YEAR Epic Games (Gears of War)

BEST WIRELESS GAME SWAT Force (Vivendi/KAOLink)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - MALE Patrick Stewart in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - FEMALE Vida Guerra in Scarface: The World is Yours (Vivendi/Radical Entertainment)

BEST CAST Family Guy (2K Games/High Voltage Software)

MOST ADDICTIVE The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)

CRITIC'S CHOICE The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)

BEST DRIVING GAME AWARD Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)

BEST ACTION GAME Dead Rising (Capcom)

Click read more for the entire list.

CYBER VIXEN OF THE YEAR Alyx Vance - Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (Valve)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)

BEST FIGHTING GAME Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Midway Games)

BEST PC GAME Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)

BEST RPG The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)

BEST SHOOTER Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)

BEST MILITARY GAME Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)

BEST GRAPHICS Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)

BEST HANDHELD GAME New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)

BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)

BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY WII (Nintendo)

BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller's Tales)

BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE James Gandolfini in The Sopranos: Road to Respect (THQ/7 Studios)

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE Rachel Leigh Cook in Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix)

GAMERS CHOICE: BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE Rosario Dawson in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (Atari/The Collective)

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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