Spike Video Game Awards 2012 Winners

Game of the Year
Assassin’s Creed III
Dishonored
Journey
Mass Effect 3
The Walking Dead: The Game (Winner)

Studio of the Year
343 Industries, Halo 4
Arkane Studios, Dishonored
Gearbox Software, Borderlands 2
Telltale Games, The Walking Dead: The Game (Winner)

Entertainment Weekly and Spike VGA Best Game of the Decade
Batman: Arkham City
BioShock
Half-Life 2 (Winner)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Mass Effect 2
Portal
Red Dead Redemption
Shadow of the Colossus
Wii Sports
World of Warcraft

Best Xbox 360 Game
Assassin’s Creed III
Borderlands 2
Dishonored
Halo 4 (Winner)

Best PS3 Game
Assassin’s Creed III
Borderlands 2
Dishonored
Journey (Winner)

Best Wii/Wii U Game
New Super Mario Bros. U (Winner)
The Last Story
Xenoblade Chronicles
ZombiU

Best PC Game
Diablo III
Guild Wars 2
Torchlight II
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Winner)

Best Shooter
Borderlands 2 (Winner)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Halo 4
Max Payne 3

Best Action Adventure Game
Assassin’s Creed III
Darksiders II
Dishonored (Winner)
Sleeping Dogs

Best RPG
Diablo III
Mass Effect 3 (Winner)
Torchlight II
Xenoblade Chronicles

Best Multi-player Game
Borderlands 2 (Winner)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Guild Wars 2
Halo 4

Best Individual Sports Game
Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational
SSX (Winner)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
WWE ’13

Best Team Sports Game
FIFA Soccer 13
Madden NFL 13
NBA 2K13 (Winner)
NHL 13

Best Driving Game
DiRT: Showdown
F1 2012
Forza Horizon
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Winner)

Best Song in a Game
“Castle of Glass” by Linkin Park, Medal of Honor: Warfighter
“Cities” by Beck, Sound Shapes (Winner)
“I Was Born For This” by Austin Wintory, Journey
“Tears” by Health, Max Payne 3

Best Original Score
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Halo 4
Journey (Winner)
Max Payne 3

Best Graphics
Assassin’s Creed III
Dishonored
Halo 4 (Winner)
Journey

Best Independent Game
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Fez
Journey (Winner)
Mark of the Ninja

Best Fighting Game
Dead or Alive 5
Persona 4 Arena (Winner)
Street Fighter X Tekken
Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Best Handheld/Mobile Game
Gravity Rush
LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Sound Shapes (Winner)

Best Performance by a Human Female
Emma Stone as Amanda Cartwright, Sleeping Dogs
Jen Taylor as Cortana, Halo 4
Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard (female version), Mass Effect 3
Melissa Hutchinson as Clementine, The Walking Dead: The Game (Winner)

Best Performance by a Human Male
Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack, Borderlands 2 (Winner)
Dave Fennoy as Lee Everret, The Walking Dead: The Game
James McCaffrey as Max Payne, Max Payne 3
Nolan North as Captain Martin Walker, Spec Ops: The Line

Best Adapted Video Game
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
The Walking Dead: The Game (Winner)
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Best DLC
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dawnguard (Winner)
Mass Effect 3 – Leviathan
Borderlands 2 – Mechromancer Pack
Portal 2 – Perpetual Testing Initiative

Best Downloadable Game
Fez
Journey
Sound Shapes
The Walking Dead: The Game (Winner)

Best Social Game
Draw Something
Marvel: Avengers Alliance
SimCity Social
You Don’t Know Jack (Winner)

Most Anticipated Game
BioShock Infinite
Grand Theft Auto V (Winner)
South Park: The Stick of Truth
The Last of Us
Tomb Raider

Character of the Year
Connor Kenway, Assassin’s Creed III
Commander Shepard, Mass Effect 3
Clap Trap, Borderlands 2 (Winner)
Master Chief, Halo 4
Raul Menendez, Call of Duty: Black Ops II