The 2009 Spike Video Game Awards are over with, and we’ve been covering a lot of announcement and trailer information coming out of the show, but in case you missed the actual awards themselves, we haven’t forgotten about you – we’ve put together the official list of 2009 VGA winners in each category (as well as the nominees).
Don’t forget to check out our own 2009 Game of the Year Round-Up for a more extensive discussion on the most critically acclaimed titles of the year.
- Assassin’s Creed 2
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Left 4 Dead
– Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Studio of the Year
- Infinity Ward
- Naughty Dog
- Rocksteady Studios
- Valve
Best Independent Game Fueled by Mountain Dew
- ‘Splosion Man
- Flower
- Osmos
- Trials HD
Best Xbox 360 Game
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Halo 3: ODST
- Forza Motorspot 3
- Left 4 Dead 2
Best PS3 Game
- inFamous
- Killzone 2
- Rachet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
– Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Wii Game
- MadWorld
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- Punch-Out!!
- Wii Sports Resort
Best PC Game
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Plants vs. Zombies
- The Sims 3
Best Handheld Game
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
- Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
- Scribblenauts
Best Shooter
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Halo 3: ODST
- Killzone 2
- Left 4 Dead 2
Best Fighting Game
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
- Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny
- Street Fighter IV
- Tekken 6
Best Action Adventure Game
- Assassin’s Creed 2
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Brutal Legend
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best RPG
- Borderlands
- Demon’s Souls
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
Best Multiplayer Game
- Borderlands
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Halo 3: ODST
- Left 4 Dead 2
Best Individual Sports Game
- EA Sports Fight Night Round 4
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
- UFC 2009 Undisputed
- Wii Sports Resort
Best Team Sports Game
- FIFA Soccer 10
- Madden NFL 10
- NBA 2K10
- NHL 10
Best Driving Game
- Dirt 2
- Forza Motorsport 3
- Gran Turismo PSP
- Need for Speed Shift
Best Music Game
- DJ Hero
- Guitar Hero 5
- LEGO Rock Band
- The Beatles: Rock Band
Best Soundtrack
- Brutal Legend
- DJ Hero
- Guitar Hero 5
- The Beatles: Rock Band
Best Original Score
- Assassin’s Creed 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Halo 3: ODST
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Graphics
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Killzone 2
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Game Based on a Movie/TV Show
- Ghostbusters: The Video Game
- South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition
Best Performance by a Human Female
- Eliza Dushku as Rubi Malone
- Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman
- Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes
- Tricia Helfer as Dare
Best Performance by a Male
- Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman
- Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
- Samuel L. Jackson as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja
- Shia Labeouf as Sam Witwicky
- Vin Diessel as Richard B. Riddick
Best Cast
- Brutal Legend
- Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
- Ghostbusters: The Video Game
- South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition
Best Voice
- Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn
- Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer
- Jack Black as Eddie Riggs
- Mark Hamill as The Joker
- Nolan North as Nathan Drake
Best Downloadable Game
- Battlefield 1943
- Fat Princess
- Plants vs. Zombies
- Shadow Complex
Best DLC
- Fallout 3 – Broken Steel
- Fallout 3 – Point Lookout
- GTA IV: The Lost and Damned
- GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Most Anticipated Game
- Bioshock 2
- God of War III
- Mass Effect 2
- Starcraft II
Are you excited to see Uncharted 2 awarded game of the year? What is your reaction to the other winners?




poor Batman A.A. lol, got shut out
@ Rich
At least Rocksteady Studios won for Studio of the Year. In the end, that’s the award they probably deserved the most – Batman: Arkham Asylum was a success because of the way the studio approached the idea, as well as their dedication to making it authentic and immersive.
I’m disappointed by a lot of these awards.
WOW, what a sham, MW2 beat out Left 4 Dead 2 for best multiplayer??? PLEASE… I got sick of Modern Warfare’s multiplayer in the matter of like 2 weeks!!
And how can they award Rocksteady the studio of the year then not give Arkham Asylum any awards. How does that make any sense? They are such a great studio but the game they made isn’t worthy of an award? Great logic there idiots.
Arkham Asylum at the very least should have won best action adventure game, but I thought it should have won game of the year, but whatever.
And how Mark Hamill didn’t win for best voice… Come on, those judges are on crack…
Most likely Rocksteady didn’t pay them off to pick their game like the other studios obviously did…
Award shows are such crap.
‘Spolsion Man should have won Best Independent Game, Scribblenauts should have won Best Handheld Game, and Best Cast should have gone to Ghost Busters… I love me some Bill Murray.
Batman: Arkham Asylum won nothing? These awards mean absolutely nothing.
Yep, you said it…
Is that Batman Arkham Asylum game a first or third person deal?
Any good?
3rd person, and no, it totally sucks! lol
These are my awards (Only about half of the awards)
Most Anticipated Game: Bioshock 2
Best Graphics: Modern Warfare 2
Best Original Score: Halo 3: ODST
Best Soundtrack: DJ Hero
Best Music Game: The Beatles: Rock Band
Best Driving Game: Forza Motorsport 3
Best Team Sports Game: NHL 10
Best Individual Sports Game: Tiger Woods 2010 PGA Tour
Best Game Based on a Movie/TV Show: South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!
Best RPG: Borderlands
Best Action Adventure Game: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Fighting Game: Street Fighter IV
Best Shooter: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Best PC Game: The Sims 3
Best Wii Game: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Best PS3 Game: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best XBox 360 Game: Left 4 Dead 2
Best Handheld Game: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Studio of the Year: Infinity Ward
GAME OF THE YEAR: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
There you are, those are my awards. If you like them, comment!