Spike TV held their 10th annual Video Game Awards (VGAs) last night. Along with the standard assortment of clips from familiar video game titles this year, Samuel L. Jackson once again hosted the festivities with his own brand of humor and infamous lines from such movies as
Pulp Fiction and
Snakes on a Plane.
Aside from the trailers for video games already revealed such as
The Last of Us and
Tomb Raider, the VGAs also announced new titles.
From Software is returning to its acclaimed series with
Dark Souls II. As anyone who played
Demon Souls or
Dark Souls knows, you will die a lot. The trailer showcased a knight decked out in armor battling masked opponents with swords, taking fire from a dragon and even dying from multiple arrow hits.
Also revealed was
The Phantom Pain; a game by new developer Moby Dick Studio. This seems like a psychological thriller as you play a man who has just awaken from a coma and sinister things begin to happen such as heavily armed men killing patients in a hospital and giant flaming whales.
However, as
IGN.com has pointed out, some observant gamers out there are thinking that this title is nothing more than a viral campaign for Metal Gear Solid V. As readers have pointed out, Moby Dick Studio’s CEO is Joakim Mogren; whose first name is an anagram for Kojima, last name for Metal Gear’s creator Hideo Kojima. Next, people at the VGAs reported that they saw Kojima and others at Konami’s table wearing
The Phantom Pain and Moby Dick Studio shirts. Also, the main character of the trailer did resemble Big Boss; the protagonist from
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Still, nothing is concrete about it yet.
Here is the full list of last night's winners.
Awards
Best Xbox 360 Game – Halo 4
Best Wii/Wii-U Game – New Super Mario Bros. U
Best PC Game – XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Best RPG – Mass Effect 3
Best Individual Sports Game – SSX
Best Team Sports Game – NBA 2K13
Best Driving Game – Need For Speed: Most Wanted
Best Song in a Game – “Cities” by Beck (Sound Shapes)
Best Graphics – Halo 4
Best Fighting Game – Persona 4 Arena
Best Handheld/Mobile Game – Sounds Shapes
Best Performance by a Human Female – Melissa Hutchinson (Clementine from The Walking Dead)
Best Performance by a Human Male – Daemon Clarke (Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2)
Best Adapted Video Game – The Walking Dead
Best DLC – Dawnguard (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
Best Downloadable Game – The Walking Dead
Best Social Game – You Don’t Know Jack
Best Shooter – Borderlands 2
Best Multiplayer – Borderlands 2
Best Action Adventure – Dishonored
Best Independent Game – Journey
Best PS3 Game – Journey
Best Original Score – Journey
Video Game of the Decade – Half Life 2
Game of the Year – The Walking Dead
Studio of the Year – Telltale Games
Viewer Voted:
Most Anticipated Game – Grand Theft Auto V
Character of the Year – Claptrap
