It’s once again that time of the year: time for the Spike Video Game Awards. Over the years the Spike VGAs have grown in prominence, both as a major televised industry event and a place to showcase some of the next year’s hot new titles, but not necessarily in quality. Some could argue that the awards themselves, while usually indicative of sales trends, don’t exactly fall in line with the collective gamer opinion.
This year’s nominees, however, are actually some of the strongest we’ve seen in quite some time. Rather than go for the obvious choices – granted, many are still there – Spike opted to reward some new IPs and even a downloadable title few gamers would even consider being a ‘Game of the Year’ contender. Actually, make that two ...
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