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Rockstar Big Winner at Spike TV's Video Game Awards

Sunday night at Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, California, everyone partied like a "rock star" as winners were announced for Spike TV's 2008 Video Game Awards. Hosted by Jack Black, the sixth annual event gathered the world of entertainment to recognize the outstanding artistic and technical achievement in the gaming industry over the past year.

Rockstar Games' record-breaking title GRAND THEFT AUTO IV was crowned Best Game of the Year. The award marked the title's second Vector Monkey of the night. Other two-time winners on this evening include Microsoft Game Studios' GEARS OF WAR 2, MTV Games' ROCK BAND and Konami Digital Ent.'s METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS. Keifer Sutherland, star of the FOX network hit 24, was on-hand to receive the Big Name In The Game Male award for his role as Sgt. Roebuck in CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR. In addition, the genius behind THE SIMS and SPORE, Will Wright, was presented with the first-ever Gamer God honor. A full list of winners is below.

The 2008 VGAs featured ten world premieres, the highest number in the show's six year history. First look world premieres included BRUTAL LEGEND, UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES, EA SPORTS' FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4, MAFIA II, TERMINATOR SALVATION, WATCHMEN: THE END IS NIGH, GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: THE LOST AND DAMNED, DANTE'S INFERNO, GOD OF WAR III gameplay for PlayStation 3 and the announcement of the GEARS OF WAR 2 combustible map pack.

The VGAs pays tribute to the outstanding achievements of games, designers, animation, breakthrough technology, music and performances of the past year in the world of video games. The awards also provide a glimpse of the future of gaming -- including sneak peeks and world premiere footage of some of the hottest and most anticipated games of 2009 and beyond.

The winners:

Game Of The YearGRAND THEFT AUTO IV (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North)

Best Action Adventure GameGRAND THEFT AUTO IV (Rockstar Games / Rockstar North)

Studio Of The YearMedia Molecule

Gamer GodWill Wright

Best ShooterGEARS OF WAR 2 (Microsoft Game Studios/Epic Games)

Best Music GameROCK BAND 2 (MTV Games/Harmonix)

Best SoundtrackROCK BAND 2 (MTV Games/Harmonix)

Best RPGFALLOUT 3 (Bethesda Softworks/Bethesda Game Studios)

Best Independent GameWORLD OF GOO (2D Boy/2D Boy)

Best Team Sports GameNHL 09 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)

Best Individual Sports GameSHAUN WHITE SNOWBOARDING (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Montreal)

Best Game Based On A Movie Or TV ShowLEGO INDIANA JONES: THE ORIGINAL ADVENTURES (LucasArts/Traveler's Tales Games)

Big Name In The Game MaleKiefer Sutherland as "Sgt. Roebuck"CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR (Activision Publishing)

Big Name In The Game FemaleJenny McCarthy as "Tanya"COMMAND & CONQUER: RED ALERT 3 (Electronic Arts)

Best XBOX 360 GameGEARS OF WAR 2 (Microsoft Game Studios/Epic Games)

Best PS3 GameLITTLEBIGPLANET (Sony Computer Ent./Media Molecule)

Best Wii GameBOOM BLOX (Electronic Arts/EA Casual Studios)

Best PC GameLEFT 4 DEAD (VALVE/VALVE)

Best Multi-Player GameLEFT 4 DEAD (VALVE/VALVE)

Best Fighting GameSOULCALIBUR IV (NAMCO BANDAI Games/Project Soul)

Best Handheld GamePROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE (Nintendo/Level-5)

Best Driving GameBURNOUT PARADISE (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)

Best GraphicsMETAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS (Konami Digital Ent., Inc/Kojima Productions)

Best Original ScoreMETAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS (Konami Digital Ent., Inc / Kojima Productions)

Best Performance By A Human MaleMichael Hollick as "Niko Bellic"GRAND THEFT AUTO IV (Rockstar Games)

Best Performance By A Human FemaleDebi Mae West as "Meryl Silverburgh"METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS (Konami Digital Ent., Inc)

Albie Hecht and Casey Patterson, SVP, event production, talent development and studio relations, Spike TV & TV Land, served as executive producers of Spike TV's 2008 Video Game Awards. Greg Sills is supervising producer and Alicia Portugal is exec in charge of production.

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