Exclusive reveals, prestigious awards and celebs - what more could you ask for at the Video Game Awards 2012? There's only 5 days left to use your vote before the results are announced live on Spike TV. And what could possibly make it more awesome than Samuel L Jackson hosting them? You can vote here, and here are the categories:
Game of the Year: Assassin's Creed 3, Dishonored, Journey, Mass Effect 3 and The Walking Dead: The Game.
Studio of the Year: 343 Industries, Arkane Studios, Gearbox Software and Telltale Games.
Best Xbox 360: Assassin's Creed 3, Borderlands 2, Dishonored and Halo 4.
Best PS3 Game: Assassin's Creed 3, Borderlands 2, Dishonored and Journey.
Best Wii / Wii-U Game: New Super Mario Bros. U, The Last Story, Xenoblade Chronicles and ZombiU.
Best PC Game: Diablo 3, Guild Wars 2, Torchlight II and Xcom: Enemy Unknown.
Best Shooter: Borderlands 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Halo 4 and Max Payne 3.
Best Action Adventure Game: Assassin's Creed 3, Darksiders 2, Dishonored and Sleeping Dogs.
Best RPG: Diablo 3, Mass Effect 3, Torchlight II and Xenoblade Chronicles.
Best Multiplayer Game: Borderlands 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Guild Wars 2 and Halo 4.
Best Individual Sports Game: Hot Shots Golf World Invitational, SSX, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 and WWE '13.
Best Team Sports Game: Fifa Soccer 13, Madden NFL 13, NBA 2K13 and NHL 13.
Best Driving Game: Dirt: Showdown, F1 2012, Forza Horizon and Need for Speed Most Wanted.
Best Song in a Game: "Castle of Glass" by Linkin Park, "Cities" by Beck, "I Was Born For This" by Austin Wintory and "Tears" by Health.
Best Original Score: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Halo 4, Journey and Max Payne 3.
Best Graphics: Assassin's Creed 3, Dishonored, Halo 4 and Journey.
Best Independent Game: Dust: An Elysian Tail, Fez, Journey and Mark of the Ninja.
Best Fighting Game: Dead or Alive 5, Persona 4 Arena, Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
Best Handheld/Mobile Game: Gravity Rush, Littlebigplanet PS Vita, New Super Mario Bros 2 and Sound Shapes.
Best Performance By Human Female: Emma Stone as Amanda Cartwright, Jen Taylor as Cortana, Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard and Melissa Hutchinson as Clementine.
Best Performance By Human Male: Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack, Dave Fennoy as Lee Everret, James McCaffrey as Max Payne and Nolan North as Captain Martin Walker.
Best Adapted Video Game: Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power Of Two, Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, The Walking Dead and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.
Best DLC: Dawnguard - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Leviathan - Mass Effect 3, Mechromancer Pack - Borderlands 2 and Perpetual Testing Initiative - Portal 2.
Best Downloadable Game: Fez, Journey, Sound Shapes and The Walking Dead.
Best Social Game: Draw Something, Marvel: Avengers Alliance, SimCity Social and You Don't Know Jack
Most Anticipated Game: Bioshock Infinite, Grand Theft Auto V, South Park: The Stick of Truth, The Last of Us and Tomb Raider.
Character of the Year: Connor (Assassin's Creed 3), Commander Shepard (Mass Effect 3), Clap Trap (Borderlands 2), Master Chief (Halo 4) and Raul Menendez (Call of Duty: Black Ops 2)
Make sure you're watching them on Friday 7th December at 9pm ET! But don't worry if you miss something, there will be plenty of coverage on VGU!
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