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Game Of The Year: BioShock, Halo 3, Mass Effect & Orange Box nominated in Spike's VGA

Yes, The Game Of The Year (GOTY) discussion is already beginning! Spike is hosting its 5th annual Video Game Awards this December in Las Vegas, and this morning the nominees were released on Spike.com. What's in contention for Game of the Year? Orange Box, Halo 3, BioShock, and Mass Effect.

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cloud360-7th_account - 773 days 23 hours ago

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Wer is God of War II. is that not supposed to be an awesome game... guess not.

but who would like a game like that. Full of gore, MURDERERS.

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MK_Red - 773 days 23 hours ago

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Agreed. God of War 2 deserves to be GOTY nominee but so do Assassins Creed, COD4 and Super Mario Galaxy.

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cloud360-7th_account - 773 days 23 hours ago

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Well i have to admit i am a bit of a baby. Its not that i dont like games like that but.

My PS2 is in the living room downstiars, if my Mum and dad saw all of the gore and nudity in that game. They would kill me.

I wouldnt be able to buy a 18+ game again and they dont yet know that video game have that age system thing.... though i dont buy them anyway

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Violater - 773 days 23 hours ago

1.3 - this whole list

is one big joke.

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aebriscoejr - 773 days 23 hours ago

1.4 - Does Microsoft sponsor this event?

Not only God of War but where is Assassin's Creed 9.5/10 Game Informer, Super Mario Galaxy 9.75/10 GI, Call of Duty 4 10/10 GI, God of War 2 9.75 GI, and plenty of other games.

Not to mention why is The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess up for Wii GOTY. By the time the show air it would have been out over a year.

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BloodySinner - 773 days 23 hours ago

1.5 - Violater

Why? Because 3 of those titles are Xbox 360 games? - LMAO.

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ruibing - 773 days 23 hours ago

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Why is Mass Effect on the list? It's not even out. That's like a movie winning the Oscars without anyone except some reviewers seeing it.

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CrashSharc - 773 days 18 hours ago

1.7 - Messed up, no really...

This is list is REALLY messed up and OBVIOUS that it is swayed by sponsors. Halo 3 for breakthrough tech!? really? Exactly what did halo3 do that was so breakthrough? 640p? and what the hell is the whole "Most addicting game fueled by Dew"??? If that isn't sponsor biased I don't know what is. BTW H3 appears on Mountain dew cans so I wonder who'll win :P

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The_Engineer - 773 days 3 hours ago

1.8 - Mass Effect

is the DEAD GIVEAWAY that the MS FUDfund is @ work here. No wonder Sony blacklisted "kotaku".

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Gamespot-equals-EGM - 773 days ago

1.9 - This list is bullsh!t, the panel is full of xbots

This list is total bullsh!t, why are the all the games Xbox 360 exclusives (sans PC version; Orange Box isn't coming out for the ps3 until next year)? So the Xbox 360 is the only console with excellent games? LMAO, no way.

Obviously this panel is full of xbots. Pathetic and Sad.

SMG, COD4, Rachet and Clank and some others need to be on this list. Stop with the American-ethocentric bullsh!t already, geez.

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MK_Red - 773 days 23 hours ago

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The list of Game Of The Year noms is exactly the list of Best 360 Games, lol.
But seriously, 360 titles lead the noms of VGA. Aside from Orange Box, the other 3 are 360 exclusives and only BioShock is available for PC.

Where are Assassins, UT3 and COD4? No Super Mario Galaxy!?
I also think they should have put Zack & Wiki among best of Wii as well as Assassins in graphics and tech category.

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Sam Fisher - 773 days 23 hours ago

2.1 - ut3

is next year cuz its coming out next year

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MK_Red - 773 days 23 hours ago

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I'm pretty sure that they said the PC version of UT3 will be out before christmas and there is hope for PS3 version coming out in 2007 as well.

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QuackPot - 773 days 22 hours ago

2.3 - Crap List

Assassins Creed is clearly frontrunner for GOTY.

UT3, COD4, GoW2 & Super Mario Galaxy should be serious considerations.

Bioshock - which I've completed - looked & sounded great but was too short and gamplay was the same throughout. And if short length & same gameplay is no problem then Heavenly Sword should have been on the list.

Halo 3 - which I'm still playing - has no innovation and is merely a better looking version of Halo 2 with a few tweaks here and there.

The Orange Box should be considered due to it being the bargain of the Year - look at all the games you get.

But...

Assassins Creed clearly pawns everything else....on innovation, graphics, hopefully gameplay. Bring on the reviews.

Ridiculous list.

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socomnick - 773 days 23 hours ago

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I agree with that list.

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Violater - 773 days 23 hours ago

3.1 - you would

given your post history

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Rockstar - 773 days 21 hours ago

3.2 - of course you do

no surprise there

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jackfatal - 773 days 20 hours ago

3.3 - they missed out uncharted

beside! how can they put mass effect before even playing the game?talking about M$ hype here!!

money buys people!! this M$ way of doing their business!! someone have to stop them!! they are destroying all entertainments in the world like this!

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jjfunaz - 773 days 22 hours ago

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You say that Mass Effect Shouldn't be Nominated because its not out yet, But everyone wants Assasin's Creeds and UT3 (UT3 shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentance as GOTY) to be nominated as well.

While i don't really agree with the list your argument doesn't hold much weight

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Keyser - 773 days 21 hours ago

4.2 - I know playing Ratchet & Clank won't get you into MENSA but...

how does it not even get brought up for Graphics Game of the year? Regardless of whether reviewers liked the genre or the style everyone remarked that it is one of the mor beautiful games out yet no love.

Why does the GOTY list have 3 shooters and an RPG Shooter in it? There is a lot of shooter love going on...

No love for Super Mario Galaxy for GOTY? Wow...

Hmmm...not feeling Kotaku's list.

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Retro-Virus - 773 days 23 hours ago

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Hmmm...I see, no Uncharted on the list ??

Prejudice !!

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jtmill07 - 773 days 23 hours ago

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Not to have Uncharted as one of the best graphics nominee's goes to show this list is bul* sh** !!!!!!!!

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Irving - 773 days 23 hours ago

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Rofl, where is UT3? How come they are announcing nominations when many high profile games are still not out yet?

Oh its kotaku, didn't see it before, my bad ;)

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The Round Peg - 773 days 23 hours ago

7 - Oh man

PS3 totally got pwned....

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cloud360-7th_account - 773 days 23 hours ago

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some games that are not even out yet have been nominated... Huh

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SeanScythe - 773 days 23 hours ago

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yeah Uncharted should be at the top.

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socomnick - 773 days 23 hours ago

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lol On what grounds ?

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Syko 360 - 773 days 23 hours ago

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I haven't played it personally, but from what everyone around here is saying I don't see how it only got nominated for "Best PS3 Game" as it's only category.

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mighty_douche - 773 days 23 hours ago

8.3 - same grounds..

as mass effect i guess.

you played mass effect already huh?

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TheSadTruth - 773 days 23 hours ago

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What you are hearing is a fun game that PS3 fans are just overhyping.. wait for the reviews and you will see that Uncharted is NOT the savior for the PS3, not by a long shot.

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SeanScythe - 773 days 23 hours ago

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The fact I played the Demo last night twice and it kicks ass! That's what grounds i say. What does mass effect offer over Oblivion? Uncharted is no different then Assasins Creed both are new IPs and deserve the attention. You must not have played the demo so you have no idea of what you're missing.

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Syko 360 - 773 days 23 hours ago

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Damn a clean sweep for the 360, If you want to play every game they are only all playable on 360, Followed closely by PC which has everything but Halo 3 and Mass Effect on it.

I think Mario Galaxy got ripped but that is no surprise when it comes to the graphic ability of the Wii. As any gamer will tell you it's Gameplay > Graphics, But with all these games doing both it's hard to compete.

I hope Harmonix wins many awards for Rock Band and maybe even pulls off Studio of the Year.

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MK_Red - 773 days 23 hours ago

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"Gameplay > Graphics, But with all these games doing both it's hard to compete."

Superb point and comment. That's what I've been saying and that's my problem with Nintendo and Wii. They said they will go for superb gameplay on Wii instead of graphic approach of PS3 and 360 but look now:
360 and PS3 games have the graphics that they wanted but they also have SUPERB gameplay: Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4 and more...

Still, Mario Galaxy should have been among GOTY noms.

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MarioFromTexas - 773 days 22 hours ago

9.2 - Halo3 is crap...and yes I finish it

Can you and all the other idiots say that about PS3 games that you haven't even played.......Play the phucking games before opening your stupid mouth. Uncharted should be nominated for best graphics and yes it has the best graphics to date on any console.....This list is pure bullsh1t and COD4 and bioshock are the only games on the list that should be there the other games look like lastgen rehash.....

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MK_Red - 773 days 23 hours ago

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While I don't like the list, a big problem is that all 4 GOTY noms deserve to be there but so do many others. Seriously, this year we had more than 5 GOTY worthy titles (usualy number of GOTY noms).
Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, God of War 2, Mass Effect, Orange Box, Rock Band, Super Mario Galaxy, Uncharted and Unreal Tournoment 3...
I think all other sources should choose 7 to 10 games for GOTY and choose 3 as the winner instead of one.

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socomnick - 773 days 23 hours ago

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I believe reviewers have been generous I believe for a game to get Above 9s it has to be revolutionary the way bioshock and mass effect are.

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Thursday - 772 days 20 hours ago

10.2 - BioShock

BioShock is indeed a great game, and a fantastic experience from start to end, but I don't see how it is revolutionary. It's still a first-person shooter, although the voice acting etc is great.

http://www.escapistmagazine...

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PStriple703 - 773 days 23 hours ago

11 - um wtf

take off halo and put uncharted

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Syko 360 - 773 days 23 hours ago

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Sorry dude but even though I don't think Halo should win GOTY. When a game sells like Halo did it is going to get the benefit of the doubt and everyone in the industry will give the nod to Halo. Just out of principle alone. It will win GOTY and everybody already knows it.

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PS360WII - 773 days 23 hours ago

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Spike TV and there gaming award "show" is more of a popularity contest then awards to the actual gaming industry. Whatever though should be funny to watch.

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RelloC - 773 days 23 hours ago

13 - Decent list but...

they have a few to add.

Heres my list: (in no particular order)

Mass Effect
Assassins Creed
Mario Galaxy
CoD4
Halo 3
Orange Box
BioShock

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snoop_dizzle - 773 days 23 hours ago

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halo shouldn't be on there. Bioshock deserves its spot, Mario galaxy should be on that isn't though.

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socomnick - 773 days 23 hours ago

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bioshock is in there.

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snoop_dizzle - 773 days 23 hours ago

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oh yeah i know i was saying that bioshock deserves it place on the list. But mario galaxy should be up on that list. I just didn't seem to convey that correctly. Man i can't write today. gar!

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allforcalisto - 773 days 23 hours ago

15 - a bit dumb

no assassin's? why?

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snoop_dizzle - 773 days 23 hours ago

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yeah if we are including games that aren't out yet assassins should probably be on there.

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Syko 360 - 773 days 23 hours ago

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It was nominated for Best Action Game.

Best Action Game: Nominees
-Assassin's Creed
-God of War 2
-Super Mario Galaxy
-Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

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