The tenth annual Spike TV Video Game Awards have been handed out and The Walking Dead has come away the big winner, trouncing more ambitious (and expensive) titles such as Halo 4 and Mass Effect 3.
The episodic adventure game based on Robert Kirkman’s comic book series won Game of the Year, Best Adapted Video Game and Best Downloadable Game. Developer Telltale Games also won Studio of the Year while Melissa Hutchinson was honored in the Best Performance By a Human Female category for her role as Clementine.
The other big winner of the night was thatgamecompany’s Journey, which nabbed three awards: Best PS3 Game, Best Independent Game, and Best Original Score. Gearbox’s Borderlands 2 also took home three awards: Best Shooter, Best Multiplayer Game, and Best Performance By a Human Male (Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack). The viewer-voted Best Character award was also given to Borderlands 2’s Claptrap.
Hit the jump for a complete list of winners from this year’s Spike TV Video Game Awards, which also includes XCOM: Enemy Unknown, New Super Mario Bros. U, Sound Shapes, and many others.
Game of the Year
The Walking Dead: The Game
Studio of the Year
Telltale Games
Best Xbox 360 Game
Halo 4
Best PS3 Game
Journey
Best Wii/Wii U Game
New Super Mario Bros. U
Best PC Game
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Best Shooter
Borderlands 2
Best Action Adventure Game
Dishonored
Best RPG
Mass Effect 3
Best Multiplayer Game
Borderlands 2
Best Individual Sports Game
SSX
Best Team Sports Game
NBA 2K13
Best Driving Game
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
Best Song in a Game
“Cities” – Beck (Sound Shapes)
Best Original Score
Journey
Best Graphics
Halo 4
Best Independent Game
Journey
Best Fighting Game
Persona 4: Arena
Best Handheld/Mobile Game
Sound Shapes
Best Performance By a Human Female
Melissa Hutchinson as Clementine (The Walking Dead: The Game)
Best Performance By a Human Male
Dameon Clarke as Handome Jack (Borderlands 2)
Best Adapted Video Game
The Walking Dead: The Game
Best DLC
Dawnguard (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
Best Downloadable Game
The Walking Dead: The Game
Best Social Game
You Don’t Know Jack
Most Anticipated Game (Viewer Voted)
Grand Theft Auto V
Character of the Year (Viewer Voted)
Clap Trap (Borderlands 2)
