If you switch on Spike TV on Sunday, you should first know that the Video Game Awards show hosted by Samuel L. Jackson is not live. The ceremony took place last night and we have all the results for you.

Harmonix took home three awards including Studio of the Year and two awards for Rock Band — not bad considering Harmonix and Spike TV are owned by MTV.

No big surprises, except maybe for Tools of Destruction winning for Best Playstation 3 game. It didn’t even make our top five. The Orange Box also received two awards including Best PC Game.

I’d say the show is definitely still worth watching if you’re a gamer. The show, which took place in Vegas, featured performances by Foo Fighters and world premieres of Borderlands, Gran Turismo 5 and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Here’s the list:

GAME OF THE YEAR
BioShock (2K Games/ 2K Boston – 2K Australia)

STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Harmonix

BEST SHOOTER
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision/Infinity Ward)

BEST RPG
Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios/BioWare)

BEST MILITARY GAME
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision/Infinity Ward)

BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
skate (Electronic Arts/ EA Black Box)

BEST HANDHELD GAME
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo/Nintendo)

BEST GRAPHICS
Crysis (Electronic Arts/ Crytek)

BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW
The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts/EA Redwood Shores)

BEST RHYTHM GAME
Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)

BEST DRIVING GAME
DiRT (Codemasters)

BEST ACTION GAME
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)

BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts/ EA Tiburon)

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Rock Band (MTV Games/Harmonix)

BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY
The Orange Box/ Portal (Valve)

BEST XBOX 360 GAME
BioShock (2K Games/ 2K Boston – 2K Australia)

BEST WII GAME
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

BEST PS3 GAME
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)

BEST PC GAME
The Orange Box (Valve)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BioShock (2K Games/ 2K Boston – 2K Australia)

BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME
Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Bungie Studios)

MOST ADDICTIVE VIDEO GAME FUELED BY DEW
Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Bungie Studios)

Catch the awards on Spike, December 9 (9-11 p.m.)

About The Author

John Guilfoil is the editor-in-chief of Blast: Boston's Online Magazine and the Blast Magazine Network. He can be reached at [email protected]. Tweet @johnguilfoil.

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