MonsterVine Live Blog: SpikeTV VGA Awards

Kojima sez: “lol douchebags I just won three awards within a five second time frame”

Hello and welcome to an exclusive MonsterVine feature where the staff will discuss and liveblog their thoughts on the SpikeTV Video Game Awards 2008 in real-time text as the ceremony progresses through the night.

So tune in to a recap of our live coverage blog down below.

Annoucements
* Exclusive: Gears of War 2 ‘Combustible’ Map Pack available on Xbox Live Marketplace 12 PM Pacific/3 AM East TONIGHT
* Exclusive: Fight Night Round 4 arrives in stores summer 2009
* Exclusive: EA debuts Dante’s Inferno title, coming in 2009
* Exclusive: Pearl Jam’s ‘Ten’ available as downloadable Rock Band album in March
* Terminator Salvation game announced
* Brutal Legend will be the greatest game of all time ever and is confirmed to arrive in 2009

Award Winners

* Best Shooter: Gears of War 2 (Epic Games)
* Best Xbox 360 Game: Gears of War 2 (Epic Games)
* Best Indie Game Voted by the Fans: World of Goo (2D Boy)
* Big Name in a Game: Kiefer Sutherland (Call of Duty: World at War)
* Gamer God Inductee: Will Wright (Sim City, Spore)
* Best RPG: Fallout 3 (Bethesda)
* Best Music Game: Rock Band 2 (Harmonix)
* Best Soundtrack in a Game: Rock Band 2 (Harmonix)
* Studio of the Year: Media Molecule (Little Big Planet)
* Best PS3 Game: Little Big Planet (Media Molecule)
* Best Driving: Burnout Paradise (Criterion)
* Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show: Lego Indy (Traveller’s Tales)
* Best Fighting: Soul Calibur 4 (Project Soul)
* Best Multiplayer: Left 4 Dead (Valve)
* Best PC: Left 4 Dead (Valve)
* Best Portable: Professor Layton (Level 5)
* Best Wii: Boom Blox (EA Casual)
* Best Individual Sports: Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubi Montreal)
* Best Female in a Game: Jenny McCarthy as Tanya in Red Alert 3 (EA Westwood)
* Best Performance by a Human Male: Michael Hollick as Niko Bellic (Grand Theft Auto IV)
* Best Performance by a Human Female: Debbie Mae West as Meryl Silverburgh (Metal Gear Solid 4)
* Best Graphics: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
* Best Original Score: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
* Best Action-Adventure Game: Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
* Best Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)