A new year is here and so is Mega64 to give their Best of 2013 Awards.
As always, it is never what you would expect, unless you are talking about Game of the Year then you should have a pretty good idea of what it will be if you are a fan.
Tag: Awards
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Canadian Video Game Awards Get It Right
Photo courtesy telegraph.co.uk Canada may get made fun of for a lot of things, but they have given us William Shatner, SCTV and hockey. And this past weekend at their 4th Annual Video Game Awards they got something else right by naming Far Cry 3 the Game of the Year.
Good job Canada, agreeing with us always puts you on the good side again. Check out the full list of winners below.
Game of the Year- Far Cry 3
Future Shop Fans Choice Award- Far Cry 3
Best Downloadable Game- Mark of the Ninja
Best Console Game- Mass Effect 3
Best Game on the go- Sound Shapes
Best Social/Casual Game- The Secret World
Best Animation- Far Cry 3
Best Game Design- Far Cry 3
Best Audio- Assassin’s Creed 3
Best Game Innovation- Sound Shapes
Best Indie Game- Mark of the Ninja
Best New Character- Vaas (Far Cry 3)
Best Original Music- Mass Effect 3
Best Technology- Assassin’s Creed 3
Best Visual Arts- Far Cry 3
Best Writing- Mass Effect 3
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IGN, Kotaku, Others Hand Out Their Game Of The Year Awards For 2012
While our own “Best of 2012” will be out in a little while I thought it would be good to share the games that were honored as games of the year by other sites. There was not a whole of of differing opinions between most of the major video games sites. Take a look below to see which games were 2012’s best and be sure and keep an eye out when we announce our “best of” awards.
IGN– Journey
Joystiq– Journey
Kotaku– [amazon_link id=”B006WQR3V0″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]XCOM: Enemy Unknown[/amazon_link]
Rev3Games– Journey
Game Trailers– XCOM: Enemy UnknownWith The Walking Dead winning GOTY at the VGA’s, this year was really a great year for smaller games. XCOM may surprise some people but it is good to see the turn based RTS get back into the premier game talk and on consoles no less.
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Mega64 Awards For 2012.
The guys at Mega64 are back with their “best of” awards for 2012. Everything from Black Ops 2, Tokyo Jungle, One Direction and Gangnam Style are among the groups big winners. Compare their picks and if they match up with any of yours then please stop playing games, watching movies or just generally being a nerd.
Watch below for the funny. And check out their previous awards from the past few years.
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VGA 10 Awards Rundown
Unlike The Oscars, They Got It Right.
OK, I can admit when I am wrong. I can be the bigger man (not just body wise) and say that while I did make fun of the VGA’s in last Friday’s post I actually enjoyed watching this year’s show. True they did not give out a lot of awards but they did place a good importance on the awards that were given out. It seems they heard the cries of years past that the show was merely a bloated preview special. Don’t get me wrong, it was certainly bloated but not to the point of being useless.
Three things that I took away from the VGA’s:
1. It was a breath of fresh air to see a deserving game like The Walking Dead win Game of the Year over the more obvious choices.
2. The Last of Us is coming out on May 7th. I think I lost man points with the excitement I showed in front of my girlfriend when this was announced.
3. Although Zachary Levi had a reason for his blonde hair (filming the Thor sequel) there was no reason for what happened to Alison Haislip’s hair. Not being too critical because she is uber-hot but….dang.
Here is the rundown of all the winners from VGA 10.
- Game of the Year- The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
- Game of the Decade- Half-Life 2 (Valve)
- Studio of the Year- Telltale Games
- Best PS3 Game- Journey (thatgamecompany)
- Best 360 Game- Halo 4 (343 Industries)
- Best Wii/Wii U Game- New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo)
- Best PC Game- XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Firaxis)
- Best Handheld/ Mobile Game- Sound Shapes (Sony/Queasy)
- Best Shooter- Borderlands 2 (Gearbox)
- Best Action/Adventure Game- Dishonored (Arkane Studios)
- Best RPG- Mass Effect 3 (Bioware)
- Best Multiplayer Game- Borderlands 2 (Gearbox)
- Best Individual Sports Game- SSX (EA)
- Best Team Sports Game- NBA 2K13 (2K)
- Need For Speed: Most Wanted (Criterion)
- Best Fighting Game- Persona 4 Arena (Atlus)
- Best Adapted Video Game- The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
- Best Independent Game- Journey (thatgamecompany)
- Best Graphics- Halo 4 (343 Industries)
- Best Song in a Game- “Cities” by Beck for Sound Shapes
- Best Original Score- Journey (thatgamecompany)
- Best Male Performance- Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack in Borderlands 2
- Best Female Performance- Melissa Hutchinson as Clementine in The Walking Dead
- Best Downloadable Game- The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
- Best Social Game- You Don’t Know Jack (Jellyvision Games)
- Best DLC- Dawnguard for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
- Most Anticipated Game- Grand Theft Auto V
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VGA’s Are Tonight In Case You Forgot
Has it really been ten years since Spike started their own video game awards show? Time really flies when the awards mean nothing and the show is mainly used as a hub for new game previews and not to celebrate the winners. Sarcasm aside, tonight is the tenth VGA’s and I fully intend to watch it because…well that’s what we do. It’s video games. There will be awards for game, studio, soundtrack and downloadable game of the year among others.
New previews will be shown for Tomb Raider, Gears of War: Judgment, The Last of Us, Bioshock Infinite as well as a few surprises which always seem to happen at the show (please let Rocksteady announce their next game).
So set your DVR’s accordingly and in case you miss it we will have a full rundown of the winners and game previews up after the show airs.
