Spike TV has revealed the finalists in sixteen wide-ranging awards categories for the network's first annual "Video Game Awards" (VGAs), hosted by actor/comedian David Spade from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This unprecedented, non-traditional awards show premieres on Spike TV on Thursday, December 4 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).
Your vote counts towards the final result, Viewers choice -- Most Addictive and Most Anticipated is determined 100 per cent by online voting.
The full list of categories and nominations is as follows:
Game of the Year
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Rockstar Games)
- Madden NFL 2004 (EA Sports)
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Ubi Soft)
Best Sports Game
- Madden NFL 2004 (EA Sports)

- NBA Street Vol. 2 (EA Big)
- Tony Hawk's Underground (Activision)
Best Action Game
- Freedom Fighters (EA Games)
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Rockstar Games)
- True Crime: Streets of LA (Activision)
Best Animation
- Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (Tecmo)
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Rockstar Games)
- Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (Blizzard Entertainment)
Best Game Based on Movie
- Enter the Matrix (Atari)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (EA Games)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (LucasArts)
Best Driving Game
- F-Zero GX (Nintendo)
- NASCAR Thunder 2004 (EA Sports)
- The Simpson's: Hit & Run (VU Games)
Best Music
- Def Jam Vendetta (EA Big)
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Rockstar Games; PC Version)
- Madden NFL 2004 (EA Sports)
Best Performance By A Human
- Def Jam Crew - DMX / Ludacris / Method Man / Red Man (Def Jam Vendetta; EA Big)
- Jenna Jameson (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; Rockstar Games)
- Ray Liotta (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; Rockstar Games)
- Snoop Dogg (True Crime: Streets of LA; Activision)
- David Duchovny XIII (Ubi Soft)
Most Anticipated
- Doom 3 (Activision)
- Driver 3 (Atari)
- Fable (Microsoft)
- Full Spectrum Warrior (THQ)
- Gran Turismo 4 (SCEA)
- Half-Life 2 (VU Games)
- Halo 2 (Microsoft)
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami)
- The Sims 2 (EA Games)
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Ubi Soft)
Most Addictive
- PlanetSide (Sony Online Entertainment)
- Soul Calibur II (Namco)
- The Sims: Superstar (EA Games)
Best PC Game
- Halo: Combat Evolved (Microsoft)
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Rockstar Games)
- Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (Blizzard Entertainment)
Best Online Game
- Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome (EA Games)
- Final Fantasy XI (Square Enix)
- Star Wars Galaxies (Lucas Arts)
Best Handheld Game
- Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (Nintendo)
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (Nintendo / Sqare Enix)
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Ubi Soft)
Best Fighting Game
- Def Jam Vendetta (EA Big)
- Soul Calibur II (Namco)
- WWE Smackdown!: Here Comes the Pain (THQ)
Best First Person Action
- Call of Duty (Activision)
- Halo: Combat Evolved (Microsoft)
- Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (Ubi Soft)
Best Fantasy Game
- Final Fantasy XI (Square Enix)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Lucas Arts)
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Nintendo)