Spike TV Video Game Awards 2005 Winners Announced

Winners were announced on Nov, 19, 2005, during the 3rd annual Spike TV "Video Game Awards 2005" ceremony held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, the two-hour "game vs. game" extravaganza will premiere on Spike TV Saturday, Dec. 10 (9:00-11:00 pm, ET/PT).

RESIDENT EVIL 4 (Capcom) took away the Vector Monkey trophy for Game of the Year as well as Best Graphics. PETER JACKSON'S KING KONG: THE OFFICIAL MOVIE OF THE GAME (Ubisoft) won three awards including, Best Performance by a Human — Male for Jack Black; Best Game Based on a Movie and Best Cast. WORLD OF WARCRAFT (Blizzard Ent.) won four awards including Best Multiplayer Game and Best PC Game.

Below is a complete list of winners.

Game Of The Year
RESIDENT EVIL 4 (Capcom)

Best Action Game
GOD OF WAR (Sony Computer Ent. America)

Best Individual Sports Game
TONY HAWK'S AMERICAN WASTELAND (Activision Inc.)

Best Team Sports Game
MADDEN NFL 06 (Electronic Arts)

Cyber Vixen Of The Year
Maria Menounos as Eva in JAMES BOND 007: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (Electronic Arts)

Best Game Based On A Movie
PETER JACKSON'S KING KONG: THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THE MOVIE (Ubisoft)

Best Performance By A Human — Male
Jack Black in PETER JACKSON'S KING KONG: THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THE MOVIE (Ubisoft)

Best Supporting Male Performance
Christopher Walken in TRUE CRIME: NEW YORK CITY (Activision Inc.)

Best Performance By A Human — Female
Charlize Theron in AEON FLUX (Majesco Ent.)

Best Supporting Female Performance
Traci Lords in TRUE CRIME: NEW YORK CITY (Activision Inc.)

Best Cast
PETER JACKSON'S KING KONG: THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THE MOVIE (Ubisoft)

Best Original Song
"Maybe We Crazy" by 50 Cent in 50 CENT: BULLETPROOF (Vivendi Universal Games)

Best Soundtrack
GUITAR HERO (RedOctane)

Best Original Score
WE LOVE KATAMARI (Namco Hometek Inc.)

Designer Of The Year
David Jaffe for GOD OF WAR (Sony Computer Ent. America)

Pontiac Best Driving Game Award (Viewer's Choice)
BURNOUT REVENGE (Electronic Arts)

Most Addictive Game Fueled By Dew (Viewer's Choice)
WORLD OF WARCRAFT (Blizzard Ent.)

Best Wireless Game (Viewer's Choice)
MARC ECKO'S GETTING UP (Atari Inc. & Glu)

Best Fighting Game
EA SPORTS FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 2 (Electronic Arts)

Best First Person Action
F.E.A.R. (Vivendi Universal Games)

Best Military Game
CALL OF DUTY 2 (Activision Inc.)

Best Graphics
RESIDENT EVIL 4 (Capcom)

Best Handheld Game
LUMINES (Ubisoft)

Best Multi-Player Game
WORLD OF WARCRAFT (Blizzard Ent.)

Best Breakthrough Technology
Sony PSP (Sony Computer Ent. America)

Best PC Game
WORLD OF WARCRAFT (Blizzard Ent.)

Best RPG
WORLD OF WARCRAFT (Blizzard Ent.)

Albie Hecht and Casey Patterson serve as exec producers of the Spike TV "Video Game Awards 2005." Greg Sills is supervising producer, Magda Liolis is producer and Scott Fishman is the executive in charge of production. Julia Knowles serves as director.

Spike TV, the first network for men, is available in 88 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc.

SOURCE: SPIKE TV