pike TV has announced the nominees for their first-ever Video Game Awards. The show will be taped on December 2nd a the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will broadcast on Spike TV on December 4th at 9 PM (EST).
Free tickets for the event will be distributed on Saturday, November 22nd and those interested will need to head to the MGM Grand Garden Arena box office between 8-11 AM to receive a wristband for the ticket lottery giveaway.
Without further ado, here are the nominees, in no particular order:
Game of the Year:
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC Version) (Rockstar)
Madden NFL 2004 (EA)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Ubisoft)
Best Sports Game:
Madden NFL 2004 (EA Sports)
NBA Street Vol. 2 (EA Big)
Tony Hawk's Underground (Activision)
Best Action Game:
Freedom Fighters (EA)
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Rockstar Games)
True Crime: Streets of L.A. (Activision)
Best Animation:
Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball (Tecmo)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC Version) (Rockstar)
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (Blizzard)
Best Driving Game:
F-Zero GX (Nintendo)
NASCAR Thunder 2004 (EA Sports)
The Simpsons: Hit and Run (VU Games)
Best Game Based on a Movie:
Enter the Matrix (Atari)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (EA)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (LucasArts)
Best Music:
Def Jam Vendetta (EA Big)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC Version) (Rockstar)
Madden NFL 2004 (EA Sports)
Best Performance by a Human:
David Duchovny - XIII (Ubisoft)
DMX, Method Man, & more - Def Jam Vendetta (EA Big)
Jenna Jameson- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC Version) (Rockstar)
Ray Liotta - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC Version) (Rockstar)
Snoop Dogg - True Crime: The Streets of L.A. (Activision)
Most Addictive Game:
PlanetSide (Sony Online Entertainment)
Soul Calibur II (Namco)
The Sims: Superstar (EA)
Best PC Game:
Halo: Combat Evolved (Microsoft)
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Rockstar)
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (Blizzard)
Best Online Game:
Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome (EA)
Final Fantasy XI (Square Enix)
Star Wars Galaxies (LucasArts)
Best Handheld Game:
Advance Wars 2: Black Hold Rising (Nintendo)
Final Fantasy Tactics (Nintendo/Square Enix)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Ubisoft)
Best Fighting Game:
Def Jam Vendetta (EA Big)
Soul Calibur II (Namco)
WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain (THQ)
Best First-Person Action Game:
Call of Duty (Activision)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Microsoft)
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (Ubisoft)
Best Fantasy Game:
Final Fantasy XI (Square Enix)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (LucasArts)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Nintendo)
Most Anticipated Game:
Doom 3 (Activision)
Driver 3 (Atari)
Fable (Microsoft)
Full Spectrum Warrior (THQ)
Gran Turismo 4 (SCEA)
Half-Life 2 (VU Games)
Halo 2 (Microsoft)
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (EA)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami)
The Sims 2 (EA)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Ubi Soft)