В этом году церемония вручения наград в игровой индустрии Video Game Awards, проводимая телеканалом Spike TV, состоится уже в восьмой раз. Уже появился список номинантов, которые будут соревноваться за получение наград VGA 2010 в различных категориях. Победители же будут объявлены 11 декабря 2010 года.

Studio of the Year:
BioWare
Blizzard Entertainment
Bungie Studios
Rockstar San Diego

Best Wii Game:
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Metroid: Other M
Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best Xbox 360 Game:
Alan Wake
Fable III
Halo: Reach
Mass Effect 2

Best PS3 Game:
God of War III
Heavy Rain
ModNation Racers
Red Dead Redemption

Best PC Game:
Fallout: New Vegas
Mass Effect 2
Sid Meier's Civilization V
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Best Handheld Game:
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Super Scribblenauts

Best Shooter:
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
BioShock 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Halo: Reach

Best Action-Adventure Game:
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
God of War III
Red Dead Redemption
Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best RPG:
Fable III
Fallout: New Vegas
Final Fantasy XIII
Mass Effect 2

Best Multiplayer Game:
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Halo: Reach
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Best Individual Sports Game:
EA Sports MMA
Shaun White Skateboarding
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
UFC Undisputed 2010

Best Team Sports Game:
FIFA Soccer 11
Madden NFL 11
NBA 2K11
MLB '10: The Show

Best Driving Game:
Blur
ModNation Racers
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Split/Second

Best Music Game:
Dance Central
DJ Hero 2
Def Jam Rapstar
Rock Band 3

Best Soundtrack:
Def Jam Rapstar
DJ Hero 2
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Rock Band 3

Best Song in a Game:
Basket Case by Green Day
Black Rain by Soundgarden
Far Away by Jose Gonzalez
GoldenEye by Nicole Scherzinger
Replay/Rude Boy Mashup by Iyaz & Rihanna
Won't Back Down by Eminem

Best Original Score:
God of War III
Halo: Reach
Mass Effect 2
Red Dead Redemption

Best Graphics:
God of War III
Heavy Rain
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Red Dead Redemption

Best Adapted Video Game:
LEGO: Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Transformers: War for Cybertron

Best Performance by a Human Male:
Daniel Craig as James Bond
Gary Oldman as Sgt. Reznov
John Cleese as Jasper
Martin Sheen as Illusive Man
Nathan Fillion as Sergeant Edward Buck
Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man
Rob Wiethoff as John Marston
Sam Worthington as Alex Mason

Best Performance by a Human Female:
Dame Judi Dench as M
Danica Patrick as Herself
Emmanuelle Chriqui as The Numbers Lady
Felicia Day as Veronica
Jennifer Hale as Commander Sheppard
Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman
Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan
Yvonne Strahovski as Miranda Lawson

Best Downloadable Game:
Costume Quest
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Monday Night Combat
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Best DLC:
BioShock 2: Minerva's Den
Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker
Red Dead Redemption - Undead Nightmare

Best Independent Game:
Joe Danger
Limbo
Super Meat Boy
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

Most Anticipated Game:
Batman: Arkham City
BioShock: Infinite
Gears of War 3
Portal 2

Game of the Year:
Call of Duty: Black Ops
God of War III
Halo: Reach
Mass Effect 2
Red Dead Redemption