Vote For the Game of the Year

Spike TV has revealed the finalists in sixteen wide-ranging awards categories for the network's first annual "Video Game Awards" (VGAs), hosted by actor/comedian David Spade from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This unprecedented, non-traditional awards show premieres on Spike TV on Thursday, December 4 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).

Your vote counts towards the final result, Viewers choice — Most Addictive and Most Anticipated is determined 100 per cent by online voting.

The full list of categories and nominations is as follows:

Game of the Year

– Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Rockstar Games)
– Madden NFL 2004 (EA Sports)
– Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Ubi Soft)

Best Sports Game

– Madden NFL 2004 (EA Sports)
– NBA Street Vol. 2 (EA Big)
– Tony Hawk's Underground (Activision)

Best Action Game

– Freedom Fighters (EA Games)
– Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Rockstar Games)
– True Crime: Streets of LA (Activision)

Best Animation

– Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (Tecmo)
– Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Rockstar Games)
– Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (Blizzard Entertainment)

Best Game Based on Movie

– Enter the Matrix (Atari)
– The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (EA Games)
– Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (LucasArts)

Best Driving Game

– F-Zero GX (Nintendo)
– NASCAR Thunder 2004 (EA Sports)
– The Simpson's: Hit & Run (VU Games)

Best Music

– Def Jam Vendetta (EA Big)
– Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Rockstar Games; PC Version)
– Madden NFL 2004 (EA Sports)

Best Performance By A Human

– Def Jam Crew – DMX / Ludacris / Method Man / Red Man (Def Jam Vendetta; EA Big)
– Jenna Jameson (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; Rockstar Games)
– Ray Liotta (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; Rockstar Games)
– Snoop Dogg (True Crime: Streets of LA; Activision)
– David Duchovny XIII (Ubi Soft)

Most Anticipated

– Doom 3 (Activision)
– Driver 3 (Atari)
– Fable (Microsoft)
– Full Spectrum Warrior (THQ)
– Gran Turismo 4 (SCEA)
– Half-Life 2 (VU Games)
– Halo 2 (Microsoft)
– Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami)
– The Sims 2 (EA Games)
– Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Ubi Soft)

Most Addictive

– PlanetSide (Sony Online Entertainment)
– Soul Calibur II (Namco)
– The Sims: Superstar (EA Games)

Best PC Game

– Halo: Combat Evolved (Microsoft)
– Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Rockstar Games)
– Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (Blizzard Entertainment)

Best Online Game

– Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome (EA Games)
– Final Fantasy XI (Square Enix)
– Star Wars Galaxies (Lucas Arts)

Best Handheld Game

– Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (Nintendo)
– Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (Nintendo / Sqare Enix)
– Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Ubi Soft)

Best Fighting Game

– Def Jam Vendetta (EA Big)
– Soul Calibur II (Namco)
– WWE Smackdown!: Here Comes the Pain (THQ)

Best First Person Action

– Call of Duty (Activision)
– Halo: Combat Evolved (Microsoft)
– Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (Ubi Soft)