If you’re somewhere without a cable television or, worse, no television at all, you can still follow the action from tonight’s 2011 Spike Video Game Awards live, right here. Courtesy of Spike and MTV Networks, we’re glad to bring you live streaming video of the broadcast.
UPDATE: It appears as though the VGAs isn’t available in Australia for licensing reasons. Lame. If anyone finds a decent stream feel free to drop the link below, otherwise we’ll update with the trailers as soon as they drop.
A half-hour pre-show begins at 7:30 pm, which you may also catch through the feed embedded below. As the night unfolds, we’ll be breaking out news from the evening’s reveals and trailers, and posting those videos separately as they become available.
Lastly, awards will be conferred in 26 categories this evening. Below are the full list of nominees. We’ll update it here as the winners are announced.
GAME OF THE YEAR
Nominees:
Batman: Arkham City
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Portal 2
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Nominees:
Bethesda Game Studios
Naughty Dog
Rocksteady Studios
Valve
BEST XBOX 360 GAME
Nominees:
Batman: Arkham City
Forza Motorsport 4
Gears of War 3
Portal 2
BEST PS3 GAME
Nominees:
inFAMOUS 2
Killzone 3
LittleBigPlanet 2
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
BEST Wii GAME
Nominees:
Disney’s Epic Mickey
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
Lost in Shadow
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
BEST PC GAME
Nominees:
Battlefield 3
Minecraft
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Portal 2
BEST HANDHELD/MOBILE GAME
Nominees:
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Infinity Blade
Super Mario 3D Land
Jetpack Joyride
BEST SHOOTER
Nominees:
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Gears of War 3
Rage
BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME
Nominees:
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
Batman: Arkham City
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
BEST RPG
Nominees:
Dark Souls
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Dragon Age II
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
BEST MULTI-PLAYER
Nominees:
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Gears of War 3
Portal 2
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
Nominees:
Fight Night Champion
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
Top Spin 4
Virtua Tennis 4
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
Nominees:
FIFA Soccer 12
NBA 2K12
NHL 12
MLB ’11: The Show
BEST DRIVING GAME
Nominees:
DiRT 3
Driver: San Francisco
Forza Motorsport 4
Need For Speed: The Run
BEST FIGHTING GAME
Nominees:
The King of Fighters XIII
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
Mortal Kombat
WWE All Stars
BEST MOTION GAME
Nominees:
Child of Eden
Dance Central 2
The Gunstringer
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
Nominees:
Bastion
Minecraft
Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP
The Binding of Isaac
BEST ADAPTED VIDEO GAME
Nominees:
Back to the Future: The Game
Batman: Arkham City
Captain America: Super Soldier
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
BEST SONG IN A GAME
Nominees:
“Build that Wall (Zia’s Theme)” by Darren Korb — Bastion
“Exile Vilify” by The National — Portal 2
“I’m Not Calling You a Liar” by Florence + the Machine — Dragon Age II
“Setting Sail, Coming Home (End Theme)” by Darren Korb — Bastion
“Want You Gone” by Jonathan Coulton — Portal 2
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Nominees:
Bastion
Batman: Arkham City
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Portal 2
BEST GRAPHICS
Nominees:
Batman: Arkham City
LA Noire
Rage
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE
Nominees:
J.K. Simmons as Cave Johnson — Portal 2
Mark Hamill as The Joker — Batman: Arkham City
Nolan North as Nathan Drake — Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Stephen Merchant as Wheatley — Portal 2
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALE
Nominees:
Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer — Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Ellen McLain as GLaDOS — Portal 2
Emily Rose as Elena Fisher — Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Tara Strong as Harley Quinn — Batman: Arkham City
BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME
Nominees:
Bastion
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Stacking
Trenched
BEST DLC
Nominees:
Fallout: New Vegas — Old World Blues
Mass Effect 2: Arrival
Mortal Kombat: Freddy Krueger
Portal 2 Peer Review
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
Nominees:
BioShock: Infinite
Diablo III
Halo 4
Mass Effect 3
The Last Guardian
AngryAngus
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 12:14 PMhttp://i.imgur.com/CtXdh.png
3noneTwo
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 12:17 PMAlready proven fake.
http://i.imgur.com/XTZ3S.png
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/3931/noep3.jpg
http://www.image-share.com/upload/1120/200.png
Lanky Mikey
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 12:23 PMFound a stream. The owner is talking over the stream in some foreign language though.
http://www.livestream.com/podgames
Kontomble
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 12:43 PMIts a joke that we cant watch the live stream from Australia.
Peter K
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 12:48 PMHey guys, there’s a stream here. Not great, but it’s better than nothing.
http://www.justin.tv/spiketvvgas#/w/2222376528
Lucas
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 12:54 PMwe can’t stream it in New Zealand either =\
brian
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 12:56 PMso retarded they could atleast sell the stream writes to some pay tv stations in AUstralia so i can watch it on Foxtel i wouldnt mind paying for it
Lanky Mikey
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 1:11 PMYou will be able to watch it on Foxtel but it doesnt air here until the 21st on Sci-Fi which is truly stupid.
All that matters is the trailers though and they will be getting uploaded soon enough anyway.
Kontomble
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 12:58 PMYeah i searched everywhere for it, and already 2 channels have been shut down to watch it online. This is just stupid, I really wanted to see the Diablo 3 Video
ibiglen
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 1:03 PMso there is no way at all to watch it in australia?
John Mizzi
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 1:03 PMI’m live streaming it from Australia through the spike.com website. Just clicked through to the live stream. Works great on my iPad through AirPlay to Apple TV
thyco1
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 1:11 PMC&C: Generals 2 is offically announced. Looks like Bioware is what we should be calling EA for non sports and racing games.
SydProg
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 1:24 PMMych better stream for aussies, but you probably shouldn’t watch it, it’s horrible.
And as a typed that “Charlie Sheen award best shooter”, turning it off now.
http://media.mtvnservices.com/player/prime/mediaplayerprime.1.9.2.swf?uri=mgid:arc:video:spike.com:82baec49-74d7-4915-b6af-54d2c2d36450&type=network&ref=www.spike.com&geo=US&group=entertainment&&CONFIG_URL=http%3a%2f%2fmedia.mtvnservices.com%2fpmt%2fe1%2fplayers%2fmgid%3aarc%3avideo%3aspike.com%3a%2fcontext1%2fcontext1%2fcontext1%2fconfig.xml%3furi%3dmgid%3aarc%3avideo%3aspike.com%3a82baec49-74d7-4915-b6af-54d2c2d36450%26type%3dnetwork%26ref%3dwww.spike.com%26geo%3dUS%26group%3dentertainment%26
Zingi
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 1:27 PMhttp://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=33336596&postcount=118 use that link to get the official ginx (UK) stream working in australia
Crafticus
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 2:27 PMI missed it! Anybody happen to dvr it or know where I can watch it now??? Much thanks!
MrBS
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 9:41 PMI went to the trouble to cirvumvent the IP block and turned it off after five minutes. Painful to watch.