Video Game Awards Nominees Revealed, Mass Effect 2 and Black Ops Lead

As we near the beginning of December, the Spike TV Video Game Awards are nearing their start, to the nominees for this year's edition have finally been unveiled to the public.

Quite surprisingly, at least considering the other hugely marketed titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops or Halo: Reach, BioWare's Mass Effect 2 leads with the most nominations (10), followed by Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption, with 9, and then by Black Ops and Reach, each with 7.

The winners will be chosen by a panel of journalists, who also chose the final list of nominees for this year's awards ceremony.

Check out all of the Spike TV Video Game Awards nominees below.

Game of the Year
Call of Duty: Black Ops
God of War III
Halo: Reach
Mass Effect 2
Red Dead Redemption

Studio of the Year
BioWare
Blizzard Entertainment
Bungie Studios
Rockstar San Diego

Best Xbox 360 Game
Alan Wake
Fable III
Halo: Reach
Mass Effect 2

Best PS3 Game
God of War 3
Heavy Rain
Modnation Racers
Red Dead Redemption

Best Wii Game
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Metroid Other M
Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best PC Game
Fallout: New Vegas
Mass Effect 2
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Starcraft II Wings of Liberty

Best Handheld Game
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Super Scribblenauts

Best Shooter
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
BioShock 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Halo: Reach

Best Action Adventure Game
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
God of War III
Red Dead Redemption
Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best RPG
Fable III
Fallout: New Vegas
Final Fantasy XIII
Mass Effect 2

Best Multi-player
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Halo: Reach
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

Best Individual Sports Game
EA Sports MMA
Shaun White Skateboarding
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
UFC Undisputed 2010

Best Team Sports Game
FIFA Soccer 11
Madden NFL 11
NBA 2K11
MLB 10: The Show

Best Driving Game
Blur
Modnation Racers
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Split/Second

Best Music Game
Dance Central
DJ Hero 2
Def Jam Rapstar
Rock Band 3

Best Soundtrack
Def Jam Rapstar
DJ Hero 2
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Rock Band 3

Best Song in a Game
"Basket Case"
"Black Rain"
"Far Away"
"GoldenEye"
"Won't Back Down"
"Replay/Rude Boy Mashup"

Best Original Score
God of War III
Halo: Reach
Mass Effect 2
Red Dead Redemption

Best Graphics
God of War III
Heavy Rain
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Red Dead Redemption

Best Adapted Video Game
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Transformers: The War for Cybertron

Best Performance By A Human Male
Daniel Craig as James Bond (Blood Stone 007)
Gary Oldman as Sgt. Reznov (Call of Duty Black Ops)
John Cleese as Jasper (Fable III)
Martin Sheen as Illusive Man (Mass Effect 2)
Nathan Fillion as Sergeant Edward Buck (Halo Reach)
Neil Pattrick Harris as Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions)
Rob Wiethoff as John Marston (Red Dead Redemption)
Sam Worthington as Alex Mason (Call of Duty Black Ops)

Best Performance by a Human Female
Dame Judi Dench as M (Blood Stone 007)
Danica Patrick as Danica Patrick (Blur)
Emmanuelle Chriqui as The Numbers Lady (Call of Duty Back Ops)
Felicia Day as Veronica (Fallout New Vegas)
Jennifer Hale as Commander Sheppard (Mass Effect 2)
Kristin Bell as Lucy Stillman (Assassin's Creed Brotherhood)
Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan (Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty)
Yvonne Strahovski as Miranda Lawson (Mass Effect 2)

Best Downloadable Game
Costume Quest
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Monday Night Combat
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Best DLC
BioShock 2 "Minerva's Den"
Borderlands "The Secret Armory of General Knoxx"
Mass Effect 2 "Lair of the Shadow Broker"
Red Dead Redemption "Undead Nightmare"

Best Independent Game
Joe Danger
Limbo
Super Meat Boy
The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom

Most Anticipated Game
Batman: Arkham City
BioShock: Infinite
Gears of War 3
Portal 2

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