Neil Patrick Harris hosted the 2010 Video Game Awards last night on Spike TV. The show was exciting, for me anyway, mainly because of the many game trailers they premiered at the show. I was however surprised and disappointed by a few of the winners.

Game of the Year, went to the much deserved Red Dead Redemption, beating out the most nominated game Mass Effect 2, Halo: Reach, God of War III, and Call of Duty: Black Ops . Red Dead Redemption itself had nine nominations, including Best PS3 Game, Best Action Adventure Game, Best Graphics and Best Original Score.

A new category this year was the Character of the Year, with the win going to Sgt. Frank Woods of Call of Duty: Black Ops. How he beat out John Marston, from Red Dead Redemption is beyond me. He even beat out Kratos!

Best PS3 Game went to God of War III, which also won for Best Graphics. The other nominees for Best PS3 Game were Heavy Rain, ModNation Racers, and Red Dead Redemption, the only non-exclusive in the list.

What do you think? Were your picks chosen?

The full list of nominations and winners can be found after the jump.

2010 Spike Video Game Award Nominees & * Winners

Game of the Year * Red Dead Redemption(Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) Call of Duty: Black Ops(Activision/Treyarch) God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica) Halo: Reach(Microsoft/Bungie Studios) Mass Effect 2(Electronic Arts/BioWare) Studio of the Year * BioWare Blizzard Entertainment Bungie Studios Rockstar San Diego Character of the Year * Sgt. Frank Woods, Call of Duty: Black Ops Ezio, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Best Dressed winner) Kratos, God of War III (Biggest Badass winner) John Marston, Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) Best Xbox 360 Game * Mass Effect 2(Electronic Arts/BioWare) Alan Wake (Microsoft/Remedy) Fable III(Microsoft/Lionhead Studios) Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios) Best PS3 Game * God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica) Heavy Rain(Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream) ModNation Racers (Sony Computer Entertainment/United Front Games) Red Dead Redemption(Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) Best Wii Game * Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo/Nintendo) Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo/Retro Studios) Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo/Good-Feel) Metroid: Other M (Nintendo/Team Ninja/Nintendo) Best PC Game * StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment) Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks/Obsidian Entertainment) Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts/BioWare) Sid Meier’s Civilization V(2K Games/Firaxis) Best Handheld Game * God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Sony Computer Entertainment / Ready At Dawn Studios) Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker(Konami / Kojima Productions) Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (Nintendo/ Level-5) Super Scribblenauts (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / 5th Cell) Best Shooter * Call of Duty: Black Ops(Activision/Treyarch) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts/DICE) BioShock 2 (2K Games/2K Marin) Halo: Reach(Microsoft/Bungie Studios) Best Action Adventure Game * Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal) God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica) Red Dead Redemption(Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo/Nintendo) Best RPG * Mass Effect 2(Electronic Arts/BioWare) Fable III(Microsoft/Lionhead Studios) Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks/Obsidian Entertainment) Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix/Square Enix) Best Multiplayer Game * Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts/DICE) Call of Duty: Black Ops(Activision/Treyarch) StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment) Best Individual Sports Game * Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11(Electronic Arts/EA Tiburon) EA Sports MMA(Electronic Arts/EA Tiburon) Shaun White Skateboarding (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal) UFC Undisputed 2010 (THQ/Yuke’s Media Creations) Best Team Sports Game * NBA 2K11 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts) FIFA Soccer 11 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada) Madden NFL 11(Electronic Arts/EA Tiburon) MLB ’10: The Show (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios San Diego) Best Driving Game * Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games) Blur(Activision/Bizarre Creations) ModNation Racers (Sony Computer Entertainment/United Front Games) Split/Second (Disney Interactive Studios/Black Rock Studio) Best Music Game * Rock Band 3(MTV Games/Harmonix) Dance Central(MTV Games/Harmonix) DJ Hero 2(Activision Publishing/FreeStyleGames) Def Jam Rapstar (Konami/Autumn Games / 4mm Games) Best Soundtrack * DJ Hero 2(Activision/FreeStyleGames) Def Jam Rapstar(Konami/Autumn Games /4mm Games) Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock(Activision/Neversoft Entertainment) Rock Band 3(MTV Games/Harmonix) Best Song in a Game * “Far Away”by José González (Red Dead Redemption) “Basket Case” by Green Day (Green Day Rock Band) “Black Rain” by Soundgarden (Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock) “Goldeneye” by Nicole Scherzinger (GoldenEye 007) “Replay/Rude Boy Mashup” by Iyaz & Rihanna (DJ Hero 2) “Won’t Back Down” by Eminem (Call of Duty: Black Ops) Best Original Score * Red Dead Redemption(Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica) Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie Studios) Mass Effect 2(Electronic Arts/BioWare) Best Graphics * God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Studios Santa Monica) Heavy Rain(Sony Computer Entertainment/Quantic Dream) Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo/Good-Feel) Red Dead Redemption(Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) Best Adapted Video Game * Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game(Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Chengdu) LEGO: Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros. Interactive/Traveller’s Tales) Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions(Activision/Beenox) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II(LucasArts/LucasArts) Transformers: War for Cybertron(Activision/High Moon Studios) Best Performance by a Human Male * Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions/Activision) Daniel Craig as James Bond (James Bond 007: Blood Stone/Activision) Gary Oldman as Sgt. Reznov (Call of Duty: Black Ops/Activision) John Cleese as Jasper (Fable III/Microsoft) Martin Sheen as Illusive Man (Mass Effect 2/Electronic Arts) Nathan Fillion as Sergeant Edward Buck (Halo: Reach/Microsoft) Rob Wiethoff as John Marston (Red Dead Redemption/Rockstar Games) Sam Worthington as Alex Mason (Call of Duty: Black Ops/Activision) Best Performance by a Human Female * Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty/Blizzard Entertainment) Dame Judi Dench as M (James Bond 007: Blood Stone/Activision) Danica Patrick as Herself (Blur/Activision) Emmanuelle Chriqui as The Numbers Lady (Call of Duty: Black Ops/Activision) Felicia Day as Veronica (Fallout: New Vegas/Bethesda Softworks) Jennifer Hale as Commander Sheppard (Mass Effect 2/Electronic Arts) Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman (Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood/Ubisoft) Yvonne Strahovski as Miranda Lawson (Mass Effect 2/Electronic Arts) Best Downloadable Game * Costume Quest (THQ/Double Fine Productions) Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light(Square Enix/Crystal Dynamics) Monday Night Combat(Uber Entertainment/Uber Entertainment) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game(Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft Chengdu) Best DLC * Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare(Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego) BioShock 2: Minerva’s Den (2K Games/2K Marin) Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx (2K Games/Gearbox Software) Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker(Electronic Arts/BioWare) Best Independent Game * Limbo(PlayDead) Joe Danger (Hello Games) Super Meat Boy (Team Meat) The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom (The Odd Gentleman) Most Anticipated Game * Portal 2 (Valve/Valve) Batman: Arkham City(Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment/Rocksteady Studios) BioShock: Infinite (2K Games/Irrational Games) Gears of War 3 (Microsoft/Epic Games)

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