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Grand Theft Auto IV Best Game of the Year: Spike TV

Winners are announced for Spike TV's 2008 "Video Game Awards." Hosted by superstar Jack Black, the sixth annual event (Dec. 14) honoured the artistic and technical achievement in the gaming industry. Here’s the list of winners in various categories. 

Presented by Megan Fox, Rockstar Games’ title "Grand Theft Auto IV" was crowned Best Game of the Year. The award marked the titles' second Vector Monkey of the night.  

Other two-time winners include Microsoft Game Studios "Gears of War 2," MTV Games' "Rock Band" and Konami Digital Entertainment's "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots." 

Keifer Sutherland, star of the FOX network hit "24," was on-hand to receive the Big Name In The Game Male award for his role as Sgt. Roebuck in "Call of Duty: World at War." In addition, the genius behind "The Sims" and "Spore," Will Wright, was presented with the first-ever Gamer God honor.  

Here’s the list: 

• GAME OF THE YEAR: GRAND THEFT AUTO IV (Rockstar Games / Rockstar North)

• BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME: GRAND THEFT AUTO IV (Rockstar Games / Rockstar North)

• STUDIO OF THE YEAR: MEDIA MOLECULE

• GAMER GOD: WILL WRIGHT

• BEST SHOOTER: GEARS OF WAR 2 (Microsoft Game Studios / Epic Games)

• BEST MUSIC GAME: ROCK BAND 2 (MTV Games / Harmonix)

• BEST SOUNDTRACK: ROCK BAND 2 (MTV Games / Harmonix)

• BEST RPG: FALLOUT 3 (Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Game Studios)

• BEST INDEPENDENT GAME FUELED BY DEW: WORLD OF GOO (2D Boy / 2D Boy)

• BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME: NHL 09 (Electronic Arts / EA Canada)

• BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME: SHAUN WHITE SNOWBOARDING (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Montreal)

• BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW: LEGO INDIANA JONES: THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURES (LucasArts / Traveler's Tales Games)

• BIG NAME IN THE GAME MALE:  KIEFER SUTHERLAND AS "SGT. ROEBUCK" CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR  (Activision Publishing)

• BIG NAME IN THE GAME FEMALE: JENNY MCCARTHY AS "TANYA" COMMAND & CONQUER: RED ALERT 3 (Electronic Arts)

• BEST XBOX 360 GAME: GEARS OF WAR 2 (Microsoft Game Studios / Epic Games)

• BEST PS3 GAME: LITTLEBIGPLANET (Sony Computer Entertainment / Media Molecule)

• BEST Wii GAME: BOOM BLOX (Electronic Arts / EA Casual Studios)

• BEST PC GAME: LEFT 4 DEAD (VALVE / VALVE)

• BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME: LEFT 4 DEAD (VALVE / VALVE)

• BEST FIGHTING GAME: SOULCALIBUR IV (NAMCO BANDAI Games / Project Soul)

• BEST HANDHELD GAME: PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE (Nintendo / Level-5)

• BEST DRIVING GAME: BURNOUT PARADISE (Electronic Arts / Criterion Games)

• BEST GRAPHICS: METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS (Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc / Kojima Productions)

• BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS(Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc / Kojima Productions)

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE: MICHAEL HOLLICK AS "NIKO BELLIC"  GRAND THEFT AUTO IV (Rockstar Games)

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALE: DEBI MAE WEST AS "MERYL SILVERBURGH" METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS (Konami Digital  Entertainment, Inc)

Spike TV says it’s available in 97.7 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks.

Photo courtesy: Spike TV