The Spike VGX 2013

VGX, not VGA anymore. It's saying it's "Xtreme!" now I guess?

Here are the nominees:

http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2013/11/spike-vgx-2013-nominees-released/

Game of the Year

BioShock Infinite
Grand Theft Auto 5
Super Mario 3D World
The Last of Us
Tomb Raider

Studio of the Year

Irrational Games
Naughty Dog
Rockstar North
The Fullbright Company

Best Shooter

Battlefield 4
BioShock Infinite
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Metro: Last Light

Best Action Adventure Game

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
Grand Theft Auto 5
The Last of Us
Tomb Raider

Best Sports Game

FIFA 14
MLB 13: The Show
NBA 2K14
NHL 14

Best Independent Game

Gone Home
Kentucky Route Zero
Papers, Please
The Stanley Parable

Best RPG

Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Pokemon X/Y

Best Fighting Game

Divekick
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Killer Instinct
Tekken Revolution

Best Driving Game

F1 2013
Grid 2
Forza Motorsport 5
Need for Speed Rivals

Best DLC

Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep
Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Mass Effect 3: Citadel

Best Xbox Game

BioShock Infinite
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Grand Theft Auto 5
Tomb Raider

Best PlayStation Game

Grand Theft Auto 5
Rayman Legends
The Last of Us
Tomb Raider

Best Nintendo Game

Pikmin 3
Rayman Legends
Super Mario 3D World
The Wonderful 101

Best PC Game

Battlefield 4
Gone Home
Papers, Please
The Stanley Parable

Best Handheld Game

Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Pokemon X/Y
Tearaway
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

Best Casual Game

Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Disney Infinity
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time
Skylanders Swap Force

Best Voice Actor

Troy Baker as Joel in The Last of Us
Troy Baker as Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite
Steven Ogg as Trevor Philips in Grand Theft Auto 5
Willem Dafoe as Nathan Dawkins in Beyond: Two Souls

Best Voice Actress

Ashely Johnson as Ellie in The Last of Us
Courtnee Draper as Elizabeth in BioShock Infinite
Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider
Ellen Page as Jodie Holmes in Beyond: Two Souls

Best Soundtrack

BioShock Infinite
Grand Theft Auto 5
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
The Last of Us

Best Song in a Game

“ADHD” by Kendrick Lamar (Grand Theft Auto 5)
“Sleepwalking” by The Chain Gang of 1974 (Grand Theft Auto 5)
“Survival” by Eminem (Call of Duty: Ghosts)
“Will the Circle be Unbroken” by Courtnee Draper & Troy Baker (BioShock Infinite)

Most Anticipated Game

South Park: The Stick of Truth
Destiny
Watch Dogs
Titanfall
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Your thoughts?

Personally, I feel the majority of nominees for most of the categories suck.

I think Last of Us should pretty much win everything that it's nominated for. Game's amazing.

Some nominees haven't even been released yet. haermm

Far Cry Blood Dragon shouldn't even been in that category. It's not DLC, you don't even need the original game to play that game. Blood Dragon is it's on game and becoming it's own series.

Originally posted by BackFire
I think Last of Us should pretty much win everything that it's nominated for. Game's amazing.

The Last of Us should win for best PlayStation game since it's the only PS game on the list but GTAV will probably win anyway. Is it just me or is it cheating adding multiplatform titles to categories for specific consoles? Nominating Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite and GTAV for Best Multiplatform would make sense. Nominating them for best game on PS and Xbox however is confusing because it's like they're saying those games are exclusive.

Why are they picking and choosing which multiplatform game should go to which system for the exclusives instead of just adding actual exclusives for each system. Also, yeah Blood Dragon is actually DLC.

Along with this I would like to ask if anyone knew about Final Fantasy XIV's existence because I sure as hell didn't?

And I wonder just how many Mountain Dew and Doritos commercials we're going to get this year 😐

Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka

Along with this I would like to ask if anyone knew about Final Fantasy XIV's existence because I sure as hell didn't?

I did

even Good Game reviewed it.

Really?

Because I didn't hear anyone else talking about except for maybe gametrailers.

Blood Dragon is an Arcade/PSN game.

Blood Dragon is DLC.

It's Far Cry 3 made with 80's shtick.

The Last of Us needs to win, but GTA Stupid V is going to win, no doubt.

What's wrong with GTA V again? Also its the VGA(X) or whatever the **** Spike wants to call it so it really shouldn't matter that much.

Also "Beyond Two Souls" for Game of the Year 😛

I Hate that Batman was left out, because it wasn't made by Rocksteady 🙁

Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka
What's wrong with GTA V again?

Other than the fact it's in a category that should only have exclusives in it, nothing really.

Originally posted by Smasandian
Blood Dragon is DLC.

It's Far Cry 3 made with 80's shtick.

How is it DLC, When you don't need Far Cry 3 to play it.

I guess if you want to be specific then yes, I guess it's not DLC.

Butt.....really, its the same game with different textures.

Why isn't Enemy Within in DLC?

EDIT: I just realized Gone Home is in Best PC game

Hahahahahahahahahaha

I guess Best PC game means only PC game.

Even though BF4 is there....

Except there are literally dozens of better candidates of PC only games then Gone Home.

I thought Gone Home was pretty legit myself. Very touching.