Spike TV has just sent their list of VGA 2011 Nominees which you can check out below. VGAs are all about new game reveals and awarding the best games out there for that year. You can expect a lot of brand new footage this year, and Nintendo’s Zelda: Skyward Sword has been nominated as well.

Nintendo was quite surprised at the nomination and said, “All of us at Nintendo are truly honored to have ‘The Legend of Zelda’ as the first inductee into Spike’s Video Game Hall of Fame.”

Check out the entire list. Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

Studio of the Year

Bethesda Game Studios
Naughty Dog
Rocksteady Studios
Valve

Best Xbox 360 Game

Batman: Arkham City
Forza Motorsport 4
Gears of War 3
Portal 2

Best PS3 Game

inFamous 2
Killzone 3
LittleBigPlanet 2
Uncharted 3

Best Wii Game

Epic Mickey
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
Lost in Shadow
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Best PC Game

Battlefield 3
Minecraft
The Witcher 2
Portal 2

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Infinity Blade
Super Mario 3D Land
Jetpack Joyride

Best Shooter

Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Gears of War 3
RAGE

Best Action Adventure Game

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
Batman: Arkham City
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Best RPG

Dark Souls
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Dragon Age II
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Best Multiplayer

Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Gears of War 3
Portal 2

Best Individual Sports Game

Fight Night Champion
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
Top Spin 4
Virtua Tennis 4

Best Team Sports Game

FIFA Soccer 12
NBA 2K12
NHL 12
MLB ’11: The Show

Best Driving Game

DiRT 3
Driver: San Francisco
Forza Motorsport 4
Need for Speed: The Run

Best Fighting Game

The King of Fighters XIII
Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Mortal Kombat
WWE All Stars

Best Motion Game

Child of Eden
Dance Central 2
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Gunstringer

Best Independent Game

Bastion
Minecraft
Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP

Best Adapted Video Game

Back to the Future: The Game
Batman: Arkham City
Captain America: Super Soldier
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

Best Original Game

Bastion
Batman: Arkham City
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Portal 2

Best Graphics

Batman: Arkham City
L.A. Noire
RAGE
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Best Performance By a Human Male

J.K. Simmons as Cave Johnson – Portal 2
Mark Hamill as the Joker – Batman: Arkham City
Nolan North as Nathan Drake – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Stephen Merchant as Wheatley – Portal 2

Best Downloadable Game

Bastion
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Stacking
Trenched

Best DLC

Fallout: New Vegas – Old World Blues
Mass Effect 2 – Arrival
Mortal Kombat – Freddy Krueger
Portal 2 – Peer Review

GameTrailers.com Trailer of the Year

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations – E3 2011 Trailer
Batman: Arkham City – Hugo Strange Reveal Trailer
Dark Souls – Ignite ’11 Debut Trailer
Dead Island – GDC 11 Cinematic Trailer
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Purity First Infomercial
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – In-Game Debut Trailoer
Hitman: Absolution – E3 2011 Trailer
Prey 2 – E3 2011 Trailer
Tomb Raider – E3 2011 Trailer
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – E3 2011 Trailer

Best Song In A Game

“Build that Wall (Zia’s Theme)” by Darren Korb – Bastion
“Exile Vilify” by The National – Portal 2
“I’m Not Calling You a Liar” by Florence + the Machine – Dragon Age II
“Setting Sail, Coming Home (End Theme)” by Darren Korb – Bastion

Best Original Score

Bastion
Batman: Arkham City
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Portal 2

Most Anticipated Game

BioShock: Infinite
Diablo III
Halo 4
Mass Effect 3
The Last Guardian

Game of the Year

Batman: Arkham City
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Portal 2
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

The Video Game Awards will be held in December, but we all know they’re not just about big announcements, but primarily about… well, awarding good video games with… awards. And Spike has announced the Game of the Year 2011 and Most Anticipated Game awards nominations.

Via his Twitter feed, Spike’s Geoff Keighley announced the nominees.

They’re as follows:

GOTY:

• Batman Arkham City
• Portal 2
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Most Anticipated:

• Bioshock: Infinite
• Diablo III
• Halo 4
• The Last Guardian
• Mass Effect 3

For those who you who’re wondering how Skyrim and Skyward Sword were nominated for the GOTY award, Keighley also told everyone that the VGA panel had already played the two on pre-release copies and made the decision based on those playthroughs. “The board gets these games before the public to play,” he said. “Games are usually finished at least a month before release.”

“The press advisory board has final copies of both games. The oars picks nominees and winners.”

Which one do you think should win in both categories? Tell us in the comments section below.

Spike, hosts of the annual Video Game Awards, announced recently in a press release that an all new BioWare game from a new franchise and Alan Wake 2 will be among the several reveals made at the awards ceremony when it takes place on on December 10.

The new BioWare game is being developed by a brand new BioWare studio.

And after months of rumours and speculations and a confirmations by the developers of its existence sometime ago, Alan Wake 2 will be officially announced at the Video Game Awards as well.

Teases for the new BioWare IP and Alan Wake 2 will be in the next issue of Game Informer.

A Metal Gear Solid: Rising re-reveal has also been confirmed, true to Kojima’s words, who said that there is something big in store for the game this winter. “The truth about Metal Gear Solid: Rising will finally be revealed at 2011 VGAs,” tweets Geoff Keighly.

Stay tuned for more info.

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