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Vivendi Games Mobile's SWAT Force(R) Wins Best Wireless Game at Spike TV Video Game Awards
Dec. 12 Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, scored a major win at the 4th annual Spike TV Video Game Awards held on Friday, December 8th in Los Angeles. Less than a year into its emergence as a global games publisher for mobile phones, Vivendi Games Mobile won the Best Wireless Game award for its shooter action title SWAT Force, beating out contenders Diner Dash, Tower Bloxx and Super K.O. Boxing.
"I can't think of a better way for Vivendi Games Mobile to celebrate its successful entry into the business," said Paul Maglione, president of Vivendi Games Mobile. "The quality of our games is being recognized across our entire slate of titles, but to receive this special acknowledgement for SWAT is indeed an honor. We look forward to building the SWAT franchise and evolving the title to deliver an even better game for mobile devices worldwide."
Virginie Grange, director of Corporate Business Development for Vivendi Games Mobile, accepted the Spike TV Video Game award and gave a brief acceptance speech. "This award is a great validation for Vivendi Games Mobile and its ability to successfully translate popular video game franchises such as SWAT into a superlative mobile game."
Over the course of 2006, SWAT Force has racked up accolades from major game reviewers, including a Mobie Award nomination from CNET Networks Games & Entertainment and an IGN Editor's Choice Award. In its review, IGN stated, "SWAT Force is one of the better PC-to-mobile games we have played." SWAT Force is currently available to Cingular Wireless, Sprint Wireless, and Amp'd Mobile customers in the US, and will soon be available to Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile customers as well. SWAT Force has also launched on mobile carriers throughout Europe.
Actor Samuel L. Jackson hosted this year's Spike TV Video Game awards event, which featured performances by Tenacious D and AFI, and special guest appearances by 50 Cent, Tyrese, Heroes' stars Hayden Panettiere and Masi Oka, Eva Mendez, Rachel Leigh Cook, Sarah Silverman, and others. The Spike TV Video Game Awards broadcast will debut this Wednesday, 12/13, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
About SWAT Force(R)
SWAT, or Special Weapons and Tactics, is Los Angeles' elite rapid intervention police force. It is specially trained and equipped to deal with the most dangerous urban crisis situations: hostage situations, armed robberies and bomb threats. Based on the popular PC franchise published by Vivendi Games, SWAT Force has faithfully translated the tactical police action to mobile.
SWAT Force puts you in the shoes of a SWAT squad leader. Take tactical control of a 2-man SWAT squad and lead them through seven authentic crisis situations. Choose the equipment and tactics for both your sharpshooter and your explosives expert. Use each one at the appropriate moment and defuse the traps that lie in your way. Remember that your ultimate goal is to protect life and not necessarily to shoot to kill. The game, developed by Kaolink, offers detailed animation and an intuitive control scheme that makes the gameplay experience highly rewarding.
About Vivendi Games Mobile
Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, is dedicated to publishing quality titles for the worldwide mobile games market. The division has a global presence, with its headquarters, operations and an internal development team in Paris and a US-based team in Los Angeles. Following the acquisition of the award-winning mobile games publisher Centerscore in September 2006, Vivendi Games Mobile also has an internal development studio in San Mateo, Calif. The company publishes a diverse portfolio of action, strategy, casual and arcade games based on original IP, high-profile entertainment licenses and classic Sierra IP, distributed by more than 90 operators and dozens of Web portals in 60 countries around the world. Top-selling titles include: Black Hawk Down (R), Crash Bandicoot(R) Tag Team Racing, Empire Earth(R), Eragon(R), Leisure Suit Larry(R) Magna Cum Laude, Spyro the Dragon(R), Surviving High School and SWAT(R) Force. For further information, visit www.vgmobile.com.
Vivendi Games is a global developer, publisher and distributor of multi-platform interactive entertainment. The company is the leader in the subscription-based massively multi-player online (MMO) games category and holds leading positions in the PC, casual online, console, handheld and mobile games markets. Vivendi Games' two principal studios and publishing labels include Blizzard Entertainment, headquartered in Irvine, CA, and Sierra Entertainment, headquartered in Los Angeles, which includes Radical Entertainment, Swordfish Studios, High Moon Studios and Massive Entertainment. Vivendi Games is also home to Sierra Online, dedicated to publishing casual games for online play and distribution on all platforms. Vivendi Games maintains strategic relationships with industry leading content partners, including Universal Music Group, NBC Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, and Ludlum Entertainment. The company has 16 offices around the world conducting business in 75 countries.
Source: Vivendi Games Mobile
GAME OF THE YEAR
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
CRITIC'S CHOICE
(game to be released after 11/15/2006 & before 12/31/2006)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
BEST DRIVING GAME AWARD
Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
Tony Hawk Project 8 (Activision/Neversoft )
BEST ACTION GAME
Dead Rising (Capcom)
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
NBA2K7 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)
CYBER VIXEN OF THE YEAR
Alyx Vance - Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (Valve)
BEST SONG
"Lights and Sounds" by YellowCard in Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Guitar Hero 2 (Red Octane/Harmonix)
STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Cliff Bleszinski /Epic Games (Gears of War)
BEST WIRELESS GAME
SWAT Force (Vivendi/KAOLink)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Midway Games)
BEST SHOOTER
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
BEST MILITARY GAME
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
BEST GRAPHICS
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
BEST HANDHELD GAME
New Super Mario (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY
WII (Nintendo)
BEST PC GAME
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
BEST RPG
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller's Tales)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - MALE
Patrick Stewart in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
James Gandolfini in The Sopranos: Road to Respect (THQ/7 Studios)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - FEMALE
Vida Guerra in Scarface: The World is Yours (Vivendi/Radical Entertainment)
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Rachel Leigh Cook in Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix)
BEST CAST
Family Guy (2K Games/High Voltage Software)
MOST ADDICTIVE
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
Gamers Choice: Breakthrough preformance
Rosario Dawson in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (Atari/The Collective)
Gamers Choice:Charter of the year.
Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (Bethesda Softworks/7 Studios/Buena Vista Games)
(C) MBN 2006 William Hoehne
Albie Hecht, Oscar-nominated producer and co-creator of the "Kids' Choice" and "Video Game Awards," and Casey Patterson, Senior Vice President, Event Production & Talent Development for Spike TV will serve as Executive Producers of Spike TV's 2006 Video Game Awards. Alicia Portugal will serve as Producer and Scott Fishman is the Executive in Charge of Production. Beth McCarthy will serve as director.
Spike TV is available in 90 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc.
Live from the feed room
Brandon Routh
Routh, pronounced like "south", was born in Des Moines, Iowa and grew up in nearby Norwalk. He attended the University of Iowa and starred in many productions at the Norwalk Theater of Performing Arts. His first professional acting role was in the ABC television series "Odd Man Out" (1999), and he went on to guest star in the series "Gilmore Girls" (2000) and "Undressed" (1999). In his spare time, Routh enjoys playing soccer and basketball, swimming, biking and reading.
Went as Clark Kent/Superman for a Halloween party in 2003 and won a costume contest, only to receive the movie role one year later.
Dressed up as Batman for Halloween 2004.
His brother is a "real-life Superman" - a police officer in Des Moines
Attended the University of Iowa
After being cast as Superman for Superman Returns (2006), he sought out a movement coach to help him create the proper body language for the Superman character.
Parents are Ron and Katie.
Unlike fellow Superman actors Christopher Reeve and Tom Welling, he is a huge Superman fan. As a kid, he collected the comics, owned the films, and even wore Superman pajamas.
Frequently says that the only good thing that came of his several years of struggling to find success in Hollywood was meeting his long-time girlfriend, Courtney Ford, in a coffee-shop after another failed audition. They became engaged in August, 2006.
Attended the International Model and Talent Association (IMTA).
Engaged to Courtney Ford [August 23, 2006].
Cites "Braveheart" as his all time favorite film.
MASI OKA
Graduated from Brown University in 1997 with a degree in Computer Science.
He has a 180-plus IQ.
Was featured on the cover of Time Magazine as a child.
Name is pronounced as "mah-see".
When he was 12, he was on the cover of the August 31, 1987 issue of Time magazine titled "Those Asian-American Whiz Kids".
In an interview with TV Guide's Michael Ausiello, he said that as of November 2006, he still works one or two days a week as a CGI artist for George Lucas' special effects company Industrial Light & Magic (at which Oka worked on the effects for such films as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, War of the Worlds, the three most recent Star Wars movies, and The Perfect Storm). He also still drives his old car, a 2000 Honda Accord.
DANIEL DAE KIM
He holds an M.F.A. from the Graduate Acting program at New York University.
Son born in 1996.
He has said that playing "Jin" on "Lost" (2005) is a relief to him because he is finally playing someone of his own heritage (Korean), having been cast as characters of almost every other Asian heritage but his own.
Due to his childhood in America, Daniel knew very little Korean before he did "Lost". He has said that his co-star on that show Yunjin Kim, who is fluent in both English and Korean, has been invaluable in coaching him on his Korean, which has apparently improved. Ironically, to the audience's knowledge, Daniel's character knows nothing but Korean.
Grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College/Bryn Mawr College in Theatre & Political Science.
His acting heroes are Paul Scofield, Gene Hackman, Robert De Niro, Sidney Poitier, Gene Kelly, Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall and, his favorite, Jonathan Pryce.
While getting small parts in plays and writing and performing in an improv comedy group, he seriously considered a career in investment banking.
He attended Freedom High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the same high school as Dwayne Johnson - "The Rock"
He was included on People Magazine's list of the sexiest men alive in 2005. Matthew McConaughey topped the list.
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME: NBA2K7 (2K SPORTS?VISUAL CONCEPTS)
Most Addictive Game: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion won Ultimate Game of the Year, PC Game of the Year, and Xbox Game of the Year
Tila Tequila
Born in Singapore, Tila 'Tequila' Nguyen has become a pop culture sensation. The Houston native is today one of the most popular personalities in cyberspace, breaking records on the ultra-successful MySpace.com website, with a record breaking 1.4 million friends.
Raised in a Buddhist temple, the Vietnamese teenager soon rebelled against her strict upbringing, developing into an out-spoken tomboy before being discovered by international magazine editors. Since then, this Texan beauty has graced the covers of numerous magazines including Maxim UK and Stuff, was recently listed on Maxim Magazine's 'Hot 100' list for 2006, and is featured in Rolling Stone's 2006 'Hot Issue'.
A musician at heart, Tila's much anticipated debut release will be out later this fall, after finishing in the studio with platinum and multi-platinum producers such as Lil Jon, Junior Sanchez and DJ Lethal.
A versatile artist, Tila has made numerous television and film appearances, including an upcoming cameo opposite Adam Sandler in the Universal Pictures feature "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry."
Her 'Tequila' nickname originates from a near fatal drinking experience. Ironically, Tila is allergic to alcohol.
Rachael Leigh Cook
Minneapolis native Rachael Leigh Cook began her career as a model at the tender age of 10, gracing Milk-Bone(R) boxes and Target(R) ads nationwide. She also appeared in a now-famous anti-drug TV spot in which, armed with a frying pan, she bashed her way through a kitchen to show the disastrous effects of heroin. At 14, her modeling agency sent her to read for a short film (26 Summer Street (1996)) and changed the course of her young life--from that moment on, Cook was hooked on acting. When she reached L.A. later that year, Cook bypassed the wannabe stage and nailed her first audition (for the part of a budding entrepreneur in The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)). She returned to theaters three months later in the Jonathan Taylor Thomas vehicle Tom and Huck (1995), then filled her calendar with appearances in independent and made-for-TV movies. She divided her time between Minneapolis and Tinseltown, shuttling from school events to movie shoots with her mother in tow. Cook's starlet status crystallized in 1999, when she starred opposite Freddie Prinze Jr. in the Pygmalion retelling She's All That (1999). Her on-screen transformation from ugly duckling to ravishing beauty scored several teen-oriented awards and made Cook a hot commodity in Hollywood. She signed for a handful of plum follow-up roles, including a troubled adolescent in Sylvester Stallone's Get Carter (2000), a frontier gal in Texas Rangers (2001), and the caterwauling lead in the live-action version of Josie and the Pussycats (2001). Cook now lives primarily in Los Angeles, but she returns home frequently to visit with friends and family. Her father, Tom (a former stand-up comic), is a social worker in the public school system, and her younger brother, Ben, is an aspiring filmmaker.
Cast of Family Guy
Seth MacFarlane was born in the small New England town of Kent, Connecticut where he lived with his father (Ron), mother (Perry) and sister (Rachael). He attended and studied animation at the Rhode Island School of Design and after he graduated he was hired by Hanna-Barbera Productions (Now called Cartoon Network Studios) working as an animator and writer on the TV series Johnny Bravo and Cow and Chicken. He also worked for Walt Disney Animation as a writer on the TV series Jungle Cubs. He created The Life of Larry (1995) which was originally supposed to be used as an in-between on Mad-TV. Unfortunately the deal fell through but a few months later executives at FOX called him into their offices and gave him $50,000 to create a pilot for what would eventually become "Family Guy" (1999). On September 11, 2001 he was scheduled to return to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11 after being a keynote speaker at his alma-mater in Rhode Island. Due to a mix-up by his travel agent he was told that his flight was scheduled to depart at 8:15am but it really departed at 7:45am and he had arrived at Boston Logan Airport a few minutes after boarding was stopped on his flight and he was told he would have to wait for the next flight. At 8:45am one hour after the departure of American Airlines Flight 11 it was hijacked by terrorists and crashed into One World Trade Center (North Tower) in New York City killing all on-board. He was able to contact his parents within 20 minutes of Flight 11 striking the first tower to tell them he was okay. He said that he thanked his travel agent for screwing up the departure time or he would have been on board.
Seth Green Seth was raised in Overbrook Park by his parents; Herb, a math teacher, and Barbara, an artist. He attended public school and played soccer. Seth decided to make acting his career at age six after appearing in a summer camp performance of "Hello, Dolly
Michael Irvin Loves Harlem Nights the Movie
Height: 6-2
Weight: 207 lbs.
Born: March 5, 1966
College: Miami (FL)
Drafted: Selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round (11th pick overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft.
Acquired: Re-signed by the Dallas Cowboys as a free agent on Sept. 3, 1992.
College
In just three season as a starter, Irvin set Miami career records for catches (143), receiving yards (2,423) and TD receptions (26) ... His TD catches in 1986 is also a Hurricanes record ... In Miami's 1987 national championship season ... Michael caught TD passes of 26 and 73 yards in the fourth quarter to hand No. 2-ranked Florida State its only loss and the game-winning TD in the Orange Bowl win over Oklahoma.
Personal
All-state at St. Thomas Aquinas High School ... Won several slam dunk contests while in college ... One of 17 children and grew up within three miles of fellow NFL stars Lorenzo White and the Blades brothers Bennie and Brian ... Appears in "Stay In School" ... Hosts weekly television show during the season ... Teams up with Southwest Airlines to fly nearly 100 under-privileged children to spend a day at training camp ... Wife, Sandi, and daughter.
Tony Hawks wins Tony Hawk Project 8 (Activision/Neversoft )
Family Guy cast award
Dana White Joe Rogan UFC (ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP) Rogan Was a popular stand-up comedian before he got into acting and television. NEWS RADIO-Joe Garrelli (70 episodes, 1995-1999)
DANA WHITE President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - FEMALE
Vida Guerra in Scarface: The World is Yours (Vivendi/Radical Entertainment)
Album coming out march 2007, self titled. R&B hip hop works out had toncils removed three weeks ago hard to speak.
Graduated from Emerson College in Boston.
Was an anchor on Channel One, a news program for school children usually played during the school day.
Worked as an international correspondent for Channel One News.
When a contestant in the Miss Teen USA Pageant in 1996, representing the state of Massachussetts, Miss Menounos was asked by pageant host Bob Goen what she would like to do when she "grew up." Her response was "I want to work with you at E.T., Bob!". Her wish came true when she joined "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) six years later as a correspondent for the show. She also answered viewers' questions about celebrities at the E.T. website (etonline.com), where her page was called 'Maria's Mailbox'. Miss Menounos is now a Los Angeles-based correspondent for "Access Hollywood" (1996).
She is of Greek descent.
Was Miss Massachussetts Teen USA 1996.
Speaks Greek fluently
Ranked and Voted #5 by AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2006
GAME OF THE YEAR
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
Okami (Capcom/Clover Studio)
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
Guitar Hero 2 (Red Octane/Harmonix)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft)
CRITIC'S CHOICE
(game to be released after 11/15/2006 & before 12/31/2006)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
Resistance: Fall of Man (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)
Medieval II: Total War (Sega/Creative Assembly)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft Montreal)
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
BEST DRIVING GAME AWARD
Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
Need For Speed Carbon (Electronic Arts/EA Black Box)
TOCA Race Driver 3 (Codemasters)
GTR 2 (10tacle Studios/SimBin Development Team)
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego)
EA Sports Fight Night Round 3 (Electronic Arts/ EA Chicago)
Tony Hawk Project 8 (Activision/Neversoft )
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (Electronic Arts/EA Redwood Shores)
Top Spin 2 (2K Sports/Power & Magic)
BEST ACTION GAME
Dead Rising (Capcom)
New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
Okami (Capcom/Clover Studio)
Saints Row (THQ/Volition)
Bully (Rockstar Games/Rockstar Vancouver)
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
NBA2K7 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)
Madden NFL 07 (Electronic Arts/Tiburon)
NCAA Football 07 (Electronic Arts/Tiburon)
FIFA 07 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
NHL 07 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
CYBER VIXEN OF THE YEAR
Lara Croft - Tomb Raider: Legend (Eidos Interactive/Crystal Dynamics)
Alyx Vance - Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (Valve)
Princess Peach - New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
Enrica - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (Ubisoft Montreal)
Jen - Prey (2K Games/ Human Head Studios/3D Realms)
BEST SONG
"LocoRoco No Uta" by Nobuyuki Shimizu and Kemmei Adachi in LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment America/SCE Studios Japan)
"Heavenly Star" by Genki Rockets in Lumines II (Buena Vista Games/Q Entertainment)
"Helicopter" by Bloc Party in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (Atari/The Collective)
"Summer Shudder" by AFI in Madden NFL 07 (Electronic Arts/Tiburon)
"Lights and Sounds" by YellowCard in Burnout Revenge-XBOX 360 (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Guitar Hero 2 (Red Octane/Harmonix)
Madden NFL 07 (Electronic Arts/Tiburon)
Scarface: The World is Yours (Vivendi/Radical Entertainment)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar Games/Rockstar Leeds / Rockstar North)
STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Clover Studio (Okami)
Relic (Company of Heroes)
Cliff Bleszinski /Epic Games (Gears of War)
Todd Howard / Bethesda Softworks (The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion)
Harmonix (Guitar Hero 2)
BEST WIRELESS GAME
Diner Dash (Glu Mobile)
SWAT Force (Vivendi/KAOLink)
Tower Bloxx (Digital Chocolate)
Super K.O. Boxing (Glu Mobile)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
Bully (Rockstar Games/Rockstar Vancouver)
Electroplankton (Nintendo)
Okami (Capcom/Clover Studio)
Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Tekken: Dark Resurrection (Namco Bandai)
Dead or Alive 4 (Tecmo/Team Ninja)
Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Midway Games)
Street Fighter Alpha Anthology (Capcom)
God Hand (Capcom/Clover Studio)
BEST SHOOTER
Black (Electronic Arts/Criterion)
Prey (2K Games/ Human Head Studios/3D Realms)
Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (Valve)
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
Call of Duty 3 (Activision/Treyarch)
BEST MILITARY GAME
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft)
Call of Duty 3 (Activision/Treyarch)
The Outfit (THQ/Relic)
Battlefield 2142 (Electronic Arts/EA UK / DICE UK)
BEST GRAPHICS
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
Okami (Capcom/Clover Studio)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
BEST HANDHELD GAME
New Super Mario (Nintendo/Nintendo EAD)
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar Games/Rockstar Leeds / Rockstar North)
Tetris DS (Nintendo)
LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment America/SCE Studios Japan)
BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (Konami/Kojima Productions)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (Ubisoft Montreal)
BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY
WII (Nintendo)
PS3 (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
DS Lite (Nintendo)
Electroplankton (Nintendo)
BEST PC GAME
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (Valve)
Battlefield 2142 (Electronic Arts/Digital Illusions CE )
Star Wars: Empire at War (LucasArts/Petroglyph)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST RPG
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)
Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix)
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (Square Enix/tri-Ace)
BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller's Tales)
The Godfather (Electronic Arts/EA Redwood Shores)
Scarface: The World is Yours (Vivendi/Radical Entertainment)
The Sopranos: Road to Respect (THQ/7 Studios)
Family Guy (2K Games/High Voltage Software)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - MALE
Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (2K Games/High Voltage Software)
Gerry Rosenthal in Bully (Rockstar Games/Rockstar Vancouver)
Patrick Stewart in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (Bethesda Softworks/7 Studios/Buena Vista Games)
Kiefer Sutherland in 24: The Game (2K Games/SCEE Studios Cambridge)
BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
Seth Green in Family Guy (2K Games/High Voltage Software)
James Woods in Scarface: The World is Yours (Vivendi/Radical Entertainment)
James Caan in The Godfather (Electronic Arts/EA Redwood Shores)
Philip Michael Thomas in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar Games/Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North)
James Gandolfini in The Sopranos: Road to Respect (THQ/7 Studios)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN - FEMALE
Vida Guerra in Scarface: The World is Yours (Vivendi/Radical Entertainment)
Tia Carrere in Saints Row (THQ/Volition)
Emmanuelle Vaugier in Need For Speed Carbon (Electronic Arts/EA Black Box)
Keely Haws in Tomb Raider: Legend (Eidos Interactive/Crystal Dynamics)
Rosario Dawson in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (Atari/The Collective)
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Rachel Leigh Cook in Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix)
Elisha Cuthbert in 24: The Game (2K Games/SCE Studios Cambridge)
Brittany Murphy in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (Atari/The Collective)
Mila Kunis in Family Guy (2K Games/High Voltage Software)
Lynda Carter in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
BEST CAST
The Godfather (Electronic Arts/EA Redwood Shores)
Family Guy (2K Games/High Voltage Software)
Scarface: The World is Yours (Vivendi/Radical Entertainment)
Saints Row (THQ/Volition)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
MOST ADDICTIVE
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
Gears of War (Microsoft/Epic Games)
Guitar Hero 2 (Red Octane/Harmonix)
Company of Heroes (THQ/Relic)
Albie Hecht, Oscar-nominated producer and co-creator of the "Kids' Choice" and "Video Game Awards," and Casey Patterson, Senior Vice President, Event Production & Talent Development for Spike TV will serve as Executive Producers of Spike TV's 2006 Video Game Awards. Alicia Portugal will serve as Producer and Scott Fishman is the Executive in Charge of Production. Beth McCarthy will serve as director.
Spike TV is available in 90 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc.
