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The 2011 Spike VGAs were meant to celebrate the year’s best games and hype future releases. Instead, Johnny Cullen argues, they played to stereotypes in the worst possible way.

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Spike’s announced in a release this evening the next game from BioWare will be among several announces for the Spike Video Game Awards on December 10.

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Spike TV and Philo have teamed up for the Video Game Awards for tonight’s broadcast so that you can check in with your friends while watching the show.

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Reveals aside, you probably want to know who actually won what at the VGAs this year. See below.

For all the rest of the news from the awards, hit this. Thanks for the list, Kotaku, and to bobbymington for the heads up.

• Game of the Year: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Studio of the Year: Rocksteady Studios
• Best Independent Game: Flower
• Best Xbox 360 Game: Left 4 Dead 2
• Best PS3 Game: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Best Wii Game: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
• Best PC Game: Dragon Age: Origins
• Best Handheld Game: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
• Best Shooter: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Best Fighting Game: Street Fighter IV
• Best Action Adventure Game: Assassin’s Creed II
• Best RPG: Dragon Age: Origins
• Best Multiplayer Game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Best Individual Sports Game: UFC 2009 Undisputed
• Best Team Sports Game: NHL 10
• Best Driving Game: Forza Motorsport 3
• Best Music Game: The Beatles: Rock Band
• Best Soundtrack: DJ Hero
• Best Original Score: Halo 3: ODST
• Best Graphics: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Best Game Based On A Movie/TV Show: South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!
• Best Performance By A Human Female: Megan Fox (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
• Best Performance By A Human Male: Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine)
• Best Cast: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Best Voice: Jack Black (Brütal Legend)
• Best Downloadable Game: Shadow Complex
• Best DLC: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
• Most Anticipated Game of 2010: God of War III

Below’s a list of all the reveals and news that came out of the Spike VGAs at the weekend.

Big stuff there. Be sure to watch all the video. You can get all the news and general bits of gossip from the liveblog.

• Spec Ops: The Line announced and trailered
• VGAs – Who won what
• VGAs – Force Unleashed II announced, trailered
• VGAs – Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands movie shows movie themes
• VGAs – Tron Evolution looks pretty much as you thought it would
• VGAs – True Crime trailered, United Front developing
• VGAs – First Crackdown 2 gameplay trailer reveals glide suit
• VGAs – Medal of Honor gets awesome debut trailer
• VGAs – Halo: Reach trailer shows engine, new armour
• VGAs – Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 trailered
• VGAs – Halo: Reach trailer shows engine, new armour
• Spike 2009 Video Game Awards Liveblog is a GO!

Missed this one yesterday. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II was announced and trailered at the VGAs over the weekend, as you can see after the break.

It’s CG-only, showing the Apprentice facing off against large, nasty things in an arena.

Have a watch. It’s out next year.

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Activision trailered a True Crime reboot at the VGAs last night, as you can see after the break.

Canadian developer United Front‘s doing the work. It’s the same outfit behind ModNation Racers.

The new game’s set in China, featuring an undercover cop against the Triads. For those that may not remember, True Crime: Streets of L.A. was originally developed by Luxoflux, and released in 2003.

A sequel, True Crime: New York City, released in 2005, again by Luxoflux.

There’s no date on this. Get all the rest of the show news from Steph’s liveblog.

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The first Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands trailer debuted at the VGAs last night – watch it after the break – showing what very much looks to be a vehicle tie-in for the upcoming Jake Gyllenhaal movie.

The Prince looks like Jake’s in-film character, most obviously. Rewinding’s still there as well, as you can see at the end of the trailer.

It’s out in May. Get all the rest of the show news from Steph’s liveblog.

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Ruffian put out a first proper gameplay trailer of Crackdown 2 trailer at the VGAs last night, showing agents gliding, co-oping and smacking the shit out of people with sign posts.

Is it good? It is. The game’s out next year, 360-only. Hit the link to see why you should be excited.

Get all the rest of the show news from Steph’s liveblog.

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