If you mean Mario Galaxy, look again, its there.

Where are you looking?

Game of the Year
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box

Best Wii Game lol...my bad, I need coffee.(I spelled that right, right?)

I agree, flawed list on many fronts. Allow me to elaborate...

Best game fueled by Dew? Pucker them corporate sucking lips up, baby. Not to mention one of the nominees is from last year.

Game of the Year: Remember kids, if it ain't on 360, it ain't on this list.

Best Shooter: Second verse... oh well, if Warhawk doesn't make this list, it'll make action, right?

Best Action: Well, there goes that theory... but GOWII? Isn't this yet another year+ game?

Best Rhythm: GH should not be on the list twice. Especially not when Singstar and Boogie dropped this year. Boogie may not be the best game, but GH shouldn't be on the list twice.

Best Driving Game: I can forgive Motorstorm not being on but why does a game not even released yet get on? I mean, I'm all about Gran Turismo 5 winning this section. And the next Zelda should beat out anything else in the action category.

Best Military Game: Themed categories? Best game where a character wears an eye-patch... GO!

Breakthorugh Technology: Please, dear god don't tell me saving your replay is considered "breakthrough." I was doing this on N64.

Best Wii Game: How is Twilight Princess up for an award?

Best PC Game: If they can reach into the future elsewhere for nominations, why can't Unreal Tournament III come along?

@FidliousWong

You are right about Wii Sports, and Zelda TP (Zack and Wiki should be on that list) but you are wrong in 1 point.

God of War 2 came out February 2007 (thats counted as this year).

OMG GUYS MY FAVORITE GAME IS BETTER THAN YOUR FAVORITE GAME let me elaborate:

1. my game is more fun
2. have you SEEN MY GAME!?!
3. my game is on my system which is inherently better than yours (see sub-elaboration):
a. my system has better games (circular logic ftw)
b. my system is revolutionary/awesome
4. i am a more hardcore gamer than you and thus know more about games
5. you are a fanboy I AM MOAR OBJECTIVOAR

Even as an Xbox 360 Fanboy, who got bored of my Wii and gave it to my family, Metroid Prime and I'm sure Mario Galaxy deserve to be atleast nominated for Game of the Year. I'll be glad to play these games on my winter break back home.

What, the fact that it has the words "Spike TV" attached to it wasn't already a big enough clue that the whole thing is flawed?

Supposedly, from what I've "heard," Twilight Princess didn't make the cut-off date to be included last year, which only makes Mass Effect's inclusion rather odd (unless they extended the cut-off date). I also find it odd that Mario Galaxy wasn't included for GOTY (not that I've played it yet so what I say may not mean much) and that the Orange Box gets in (unless the combination of Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal really merits the inclusion).

I own a 360, and even I find it strange that the games nominated in that category are exactly the same as the games nominated for game of the year. They're all good games, but seriously, not one of those Wii games got a GOTY nomination? I personally think Galaxy deserves GOTY, but no one thought any one of Nintendo's big three were worthy? They need a real gaming award show...

I agree. This is a flawed view towards 360.

Is it flawed? Or was the 360 the better console this year?

I agree that Galaxy should be considered for sure. But everything else is fine enough. The 360 had a monster year for games, one of the best ever imo. It should be no surprise to see it dominate this list.

As for the Galaxy scores, give it a week. Games can drop up to 5 percentage points once everyone gets their reviews in. The "worst" scores come from smaller sites.

I'm going to call Mass Effect as the winner. It has it all. Graphics, story, gameplay, unique elements. Granted the game isn't out yet and I don't know how good it is, so I am basing this on my psychic powers.

Mario Galaxy isn't *EXTREEEEEEEEME* enough for SPIKE TV: THE CHANNEL FOR *MEN*.
If you're not shooting something, it's not Game of the Year material.

I'd also have put Galaxy up for Best Graphics.

@samfish

Not graphics, but a definite win for art direction.

Should they put a PS3 game on the list just to be fair? Do you really think you can but Ratchet and Clank on the same level as the Orange Box, or Mass Effect?

But it's at least in every GameStop as a demo so it can be played and it is practically reviewed everywhere too

It's reviewed and its was released in Japan a week ago.

Its quite shallow. I think the list should be

Super Mario Galaxy
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
The Orange Box
Bioshock

most good videogames have conflict, and what better way to embody conflict than with guys trying to kill you?

ratchet has guns, halo, bioshock, gears, cod4, oj box, etc

I personally do not take these "VGA" awards shows seriously. In fact I dont even watch them. Why?

IT WILL PISS ME OFF!!

to gonk:

Just because conflict exist doesn't mean there must be only 1 single way to end conflict.

Not counting more peaceful means, there's also bombs, assassinations, applications of blunt objects, acid, combustion, serration, temperature reduction, implosion, and other methods of inflicting pain and destruction. Guns are overrated.

No one cares about your opinion.

"Best Wii Game

Trick category there are no good wii games. zing!"

The 4 Wii games listed have better scores then those PS3 and 360 games up on their list, so think again.

@ Fernando


COMBO BREAKER11

If these are chosen by the fans the correct games will not get honored. If they are chosen by a body that knows about games and game theory then I imagine the good games will actually win the correct categories.

In other words, just like the oscars, if they are chosen by the industry the good games will win. if they are chosen by the fans its a complete farce.

Best PS3 game is Heavenly Sword? You sure like your action games!

Yeah shag, if chosen by the fans, it is fake since people arent' buying the obviously superior PS3 games.

You are such a tool. Industry chosen awards are nothing more than big circle jerks for people in the industry to tell each other how much they love themselves. Fuck that.

Games that people like and sell should be the winners. Something beautiful and groundbreaking thatnobody cares about should get the ignominy it deserves

I can see that you hate Halo. I bet you cant get a freaking kill.

What a loser..

Go have sex with your Protein folder..

So how does it feel like sucking the cock of Bill Gates?

wat kind of tools, wrenches, screwdrivers, or hammers...wat????... guise tell me!!!!

I think he meant "all of the tools." I don't know why he said it really.

haha yeah

lmao

Maybe they should add a category,
*Most Realistic Dragon Flight Simulator:
Lair

*this category sponsored, voted on, and funded by Sony.

no wonder dragons are extinct, they couldn't fly worth a shit

What's funny is Portal wasn't that big of a break through... people have been toying with the concept for around 10 years... I distinctly recall looking at some demos in '98 or so that toyed with portals and physics.

Crysis wasn't a break through at all, sure it looks good but it's just evolutionary, there is nothing amazing about it. It doesn't look THAT good considering the system requirements! Halo 3 had coolio online, but had been done on PC's before, and releasing a ton of peripherals for a game is nothing new.

Crysis deserves to win just because you can chop down trees with gunfire and club innocent sea turtles to death.

If you could Chop down trees with sea turtles it would be GoTY.

Shagi... really... shut up.