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2010 Spike Video Game Awards Winners List, “Red Dead Redemption” Takes Home Game of the Year Honors
“Red Dead Redemption” was the big winner at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards, held on Saturday, Dec. 11. The game also won in the Best Original Score category and Best DLC (downloadable content) category.
Red Dead Redemption beat out Call of Duty: Black Ops, God of War III, Halo: Reach, and Mass Effect 2 for the top award.
Here is a complete list of winners in the 2010 Spike VGAs.
GAME OF THE YEAR
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games / Rockstar San Diego)
STUDIO OF THE YEAR
BioWare
BEST XBOX 360 GAME
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts / BioWare)
BEST PS3 GAME
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment / SCE Studios Santa Monica)
BEST Wii GAME
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo / Nintendo)
BEST PC GAME
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment / Blizzard Entertainment)
BEST HANDHELD GAME
God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Sony Computer Entertainment / Ready At Dawn Studios)
BEST SHOOTER
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision / Treyarch)
BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montreal)
BEST RPG
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts / BioWare)
BEST MULTI-PLAYER
Halo: Reach (Microsoft / Bungie Studios)
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 (Electronic Arts / EA Tiburon)
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
NBA 2K11 (2K Sports / Visual Concepts)
BEST DRIVING GAME
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts / Criterion Games)
BEST MUSIC GAME
Rock Band 3 (MTV Games / Harmonix)
BEST SOUNDTRACK
DJ Hero 2 (Activision / FreeStyleGames)
BEST SONG IN A GAME
Far Away by Jose Gonzalez (Red Dead Redemption)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games / Rockstar San Diego)
BEST GRAPHICS
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment / SCE Studios Santa Monica)
BEST ADAPTED VIDEO GAME
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Chengdu)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE
Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker / Amazing Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions / Activision)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALE
Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty / Blizzard Entertainment)
BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME
Costume Quest (THQ / Double Fine Productions)
BEST DLC
Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare (Rockstar Games / Rockstar San Diego)
BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
Limbo (PlayDead)
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
Portal 2 (Valve / Valve)
BuyDomains has upped the price of SpaceWars.com
BuyDomains, one of the world’s leading domain marketplaces with a portfolio of over 1,500,000 premium domain names, has upped the price of SpaceWars.com higher to $63,200.
With Halo Reach offering space combat, and rumors of the next Call of Duty taking place in space, it seems a lot of people and companies are really starting to get into gaming.
BuyDomains last had the domain name priced at $50,000.
The change in price is almost a 26% increase on the premium domain.
The company also owns two of the best names for possible upcoming Call of Duty game titles: SpaceWarfare.com and FutureWarfare.com.
Spike Video Game Awards 2010: Who will win “Best Shooter”?
The Spike Video Game Awards 2010 are less than a week away, at which point the “Best Shooter” video game will be announced.
This year’s nominees in the Best Shooter category are Battlefield Bad Company 2, Bioshock 2, Halo: Reach, and Military Gamer’s favorite: Call of Duty Black Ops.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 took last year’s crown for Best Shooter and also took home the second most honors, winning the “Best Shooter” and “Best Multi-Player Game” categories.
Readers, which game is your choice for “Best Shooter”?
Cyber Monday: The best video game deals
There’s still time to find the best video game deals on Cyber Monday.
Hardcore gamers searching for the best video game deals should visit Amazon’s Cyber Monday site for video games.
Amazon is offering deep discounts on games like Halo Reach and there are still deals to be had with several offers to be unveiled over the next several hours.
As a reminder, be careful this holiday season if you’re shopping online, especially if you’re searching the web for “Call of Duty Black Ops”, “Kinect for Xbox” or other popular products targeted by cybercriminals.
For those consumers looking to protect themselves, read about shopping tips and online safety.
