The Walking Dead Takes Home Game of the Year Honors at 10th Annual Video Game Awards

Spike TV debuted the 10th annual Video Game Awards last Friday night. The event was hosted by video game and movie star, Samuel L. Jackson and featured performances by composers Jason Graves Lorne Balfe both led an orchestral performance, while other bands such as Tenacious D rocked the show. The awards show also included several surprises and big reveals including new content for the already announced titles Tomb Raider, The Last of Us, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Halo 4: Spartan Ops, Gears of War Judgment and BioShock Infinite and newly announced content was also on display including Assassin's Creed III's Tyranny of King Washington, The Phantom Pain and the biggest announcement of the night, Dark Souls II. Of course, there were plenty of awards given away at the show as well including Borderlands 2 taking home numerous awards including Character of the Year for Clap Trap, Best Male Performance for Handsome Jack, Best Shooter Game of the Year and Best Multiplayer Game of the Year; however, the Game of the Year award went to Telltale Games' The Walking Dead. Read on for a list of the nominees and winners from the 10th Annual Video Game Awards!

Game of the Year

Assassin’s Creed III
Dishonored Journey
Mass Effect 3
The Walking Dead: The Game

Studio of the Year

343 Industries
Arkane Studios
Gearbox Software
Telltale Games

Best Xbox 360 Game

Assassin’s Creed III
Borderlands 2
Dishonored
Halo 4

Best PS3 Game

Assassin’s Creed III
Borderlands 2
Dishonored
Journey

Best Wii/Wii U Game

New Super Mario Bros. U
The Last Story
Xenoblade Chronicles
ZombiU

Best PC Game

Diablo III
Guild Wars 2
Torchlight II
XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Best Shooter

Borderlands 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Halo 4
Max Payne 3

Best Action Adventure Game

Assassin’s Creed III
Darksiders II
Dishonored
Sleeping Dogs

Best RPG

Diablo III
Mass Effect 3
Torchlight II
Xenoblade Chronicles

Best Multiplayer Game

Borderlands 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Guild Wars 2
Halo 4

Best Individual Sports Game

Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational
SSX
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
WWE ’13

Best Team Sports Game

FIFA Soccer 13
Madden NFL 13
NBA 2K13
NHL 13

Best Driving Game

DiRT: Showdown
F1 2012
Forza Horizon
Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Best Song in a Game

“Castle of Glass” by Linkin Park – Medal of Honor: Warfighter
“Cities” by Beck – Sound Shapes
“I was Born for This” by Austin Wintory – Journey
“Tears” by Health – Max Payne 3

Best Original Score

Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Halo 4
Journey
Max Payne 3

Best Graphics

Assassin’s Creed III
Dishonored
Halo 4
Journey

Best Independent Game

Dust: An Elysian Tail
Fez
Journey
Mark of the Ninja

Best Fighting Game

Dead or Alive 5
Persona 4 Arena
Street Fighter X Tekken Tekken
Tag Tournament 2

Best Mobile/Handheld Game

Gravity Rush
LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Sound Shapes 

Best Performance by a Human Female

Emma Stone as Amanda Cartwright – Sleeping Dogs
Jen Taylor as Cortana – Halo 4
Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard – Mass Effect 3
Melissa Hutchison as Clementine – The Walking Dead

Best Performance by a Human Male

Daemon Clarke as Handsome Jack – Borderlands 2
Dave Fenno as Lee Everret – The Walking Dead
James McCaffrey as Max Payne – Max Payne 3
Nolan North as Captain Martin Walker – Spec Ops: The Line

Best Adapted Video Game

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
The Walking Dead: The Game
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Best DLC

Dawnguard – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Leviathan – Mass Effect 3
Mechromancer Pack – Borderlands 2
Perpetual Testing Initiative – Portal 2

Best Downloadable Game

Fez
Journey
Sound Shapes
The Walking Dead: The Game

Best Social Game

Drawn Something
Marvel: Avengers Alliance
SimCity Social
You Don’t Know Jack

Most Anticipated

BioShock Infinite
Grand Theft Auto V
South Park: The Stick of Truth
The Last of Us
Tomb Raider

Game of the Decade

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Half-Life 2
World of Warcraft
Shadow of the Colossus
Wii Sports
BioShock
Portal
Mass Effect 2
Red Dead Redemption
Batman: Arkham City

Character of the Year

Connor Kenway – Assassin’s Creed III
Commander Shepard – Mass Effect 3
Clap Trap – Borderlands 2
Master Chief – Halo 4
Raul Menendez – Call of Duty: Black Ops II

For more information on the event, check out the official Video Game Awards website.