by Jonathan Audric Matias

On the 10th of December (Pacific Time—GMT -8), Spike TV broadcast a plethora of new trailers for upcoming games and the winners of this year’s “Game of the Year” awards in multiple categories.  Every year, Spike TV hosts the VGA’s to highlight the game industry’s best experiences across all platforms, inviting prominent members of the industry and celebrities to examine the best games offered during the year and releasing trailers that showcase the year to come.

The awardees for the most general categories are:

Best Independent Game: Minecraft (Mojang)

Best Wii Game: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)

Best XBOX360 Game: Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)

Best PS3 Game: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Naughty Dog)

Best PC Game: Portal 2 (Valve)

Game of the Year:  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)

Studio of the Year: Bethesda Game Studios

A few of the newest trailers revealed were:

By far, the most significant news are emphasized in bold above:

1) Naughty Dog, of Uncharted and Crash Bandicoot fame, is making The Last of Us;

2) C&C: Generals 2 is being developed by Bioware (albeit one of its sub studios, Victory), a primarily RPG-focused developer; and

3) Metal Gear Solid: Rising is no longer in Kojima Productions’ hands; the developers of Bayonetta (Platinum) are now at the helm.

To view the rest of the list of awardees, visit the Spike VGA site.

(photos courtesy of kotaku.com, gamepur.com)