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The slate of nominees for the 2013 VGX (once known as the Spike Video Game Awards) has been announced. In addition to a series of council-voted nominations, viewers will have a chance to vote on the most anticipated title of the coming year.
Here’s the full list of categories and nominees:
Game of the Year
Studio of the Year
Most Anticipated Game (voted on by fans)
Best Shooter
Best Independent Game
Best Action Adventure Game
Best Sports Game
Best RPG
Best Fighting Game
Best Driving Game
Best DLC
Best Xbox Game
Best PlayStation Game
Best Nintendo Game
Best PC Game
Best Handheld Game
Best Casual Game
Best Voice Actor
Best Voice Actress
Best Soundtrack
Best Song in a Game
You can find out more at www.vgxlive.com. There, you can vote for your most anticipated game.
You'll be able to watch the VGX proceedings starting at 6 pm on December 7, 2013. You'll be catch it on Xbox One, Xbox Live, PlayStation 3, Twitch, VGXLive.com, Hulu, Yahoo Screen, Spike.com, ComedyCentral.com, MTV.com, MTV2.com, BET.com, and GameTrailers.com.
[Source: VGX]
Our TakeThe VGX (neé VGAs) are always an exciting night for new game announcements. This year should be especially exciting as a new wave of next-generation titles debuts in front of a live audience and via a variety of streaming services.
I'm going for The Last of Us. That game just blew me away. All of the other contender are really amazing also.
Most Anticipated Game: Dark Souls 2
Some of these choices seem odd, but then again this is the VGAs so it is bound to be mediocre.
Killer instinct really that game isnt even out yet. This list is rigged
Wow, how exciting for Nintendo to actually be nominated for GOTY after all of these years! Kudos to them, can't wait to see how 3D World is next week. Hat's off to Sony this year too.
What, GTA V has an awful soundtrack. Did they just throw that in there because big popular game hype.
Fire Emblem wasn't nominated for handheld game if the year, huh? Okie dokie...
My money's on GTA winning the big one. Can't really make a decision based on personal experience, having not played any of the games nominated for GOTY...
I feel lame but my GOTY has to be lego marvel. A more mainstream game i like was BF4
GTA 5 is an amazing game tech wise. Infinite had a good scifi story with a deep characters but I thought the Last of Us had a little bit quality in every direction.
Lot of people bitched about the gameplay in the Last of Us but I found it to be a perfect fit for the style of the game. It complements the character and situation very well and all the while you are playing two of the best realistic characters realized in gaming history. The plot was akin to The Walking Dead's somber tale where you know most of the time it would be a defeating experience. In the end the game poses a very simple question: Was Joel a hero or a villain for doing what he did? Or was he just simply a human being?
Tomb Raider for game of the year.
i wonder what's going to win best playstation game...
I loved the last of us so much, it was an excellent experience that I will never forget. I really hope it takes GOTY.
I can't decide who should earn GOTY I've played them all and they're all amazing in their own way. But I wouldn't be surprised if GTA V woukd win. So I hope either The Last of us, or Bioshock Infinite.