The most acclaimed celebration of gaming is back.  Spike TV’s Video Game Awards 2008 premiere on Sunday, December 14 (9:00- 11:00 PM, ET/ tape delay west coast), broadcasting LIVE from Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, CA.
In addition to honoring the best in video games – this year’s show is featuring a special treat for fans.  For the first time ever, Spike is going to feature exclusive premiere footage from the industry’s most highly anticipated releases.  The only way to see these exclusives – and what the future of gaming holds – is to tune into the show.

Check out the Trailer for this years event and more info below:

Spike TV announces the nominees and categories for the year’s most acclaimed celebration in the excellence of gaming – the 2008 “Video Game Awards.” The sixth annual “VGAs” will bring together megastars from the worlds of video games, Hollywood, music, sports and more to celebrate the outstanding achievements within the video game industry over the past year. The two-hour extravaganza will premiere LIVE on Spike TV Sunday, December 14 (9:00- 11:00 PM, ET/ tape delay west coast) from Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, CA.

The 2008 “Video Game Awards” will feature exclusive premiere footage from the industry’s most highly anticipated releases. On VGA.Spike.com, Spike TV will reveal one, new world-premiere each Wednesday leading up to the live telecast on December 14. The very first exclusive to be announced is EA Sports’ Fight Night Round 4. In addition, fans can log on to VGA.Spike.com view the latest, breaking news on this year’s event.

Leading the way with nine nominations, including a nod for Game of the Year, is Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 4, while LittleBigPlanet, Fallout 3 and Metal Gear Solid 4 all notched seven nominations. November’s hottest release, Gears of War 2, garnered four nominations. Below are a few of the nominees and categories, while the full list can be found at VGA.Spike.com.

GAME OF THE YEAR

Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games/ Rockstar North)

LittleBigPlanet (Sony Computer Entertainment/ Media Molecule)

Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks/ Bethesda Game Studios)

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc/ Kojima Productions)

Gears of War 2 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Epic Games)

STUDIO OF THE YEAR

Media Molecule

Rockstar North

Harmonix

Bethesda Game Studios

BEST MUSIC GAME

Rock Band 2 (MTV Games/ Harmonix)

Guitar Hero World Tour (RedOctane/ Activision Publishing/ Neversoft Entertainment)

Wii Music (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

SingStar (Sony Computer Entertainment/ SCE Studios London)

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