It's going on six years now that Spike TV has been handing out awards to game developers on television for the year's best video games and each year, it seems, the show gets just a touch better.

This year the show will include a live performance by 50 Cent, a Gamer God Award for Will Wright and, thankfully, no sponsored category. As in that annual Mountain Dew award won't be something the judges will have to vote on. Instead, I'm told it will be used to back an award for best indie game. As a judge, that's something I've been complaining about for years so I'm delighted to see it being shifted to something worthwhile.

Now hit the jump to read up on the finalists for the 22 categories and argue over who should be taking home the awards.

Game of the Year
Grand Theft Auto IV
LittleBigPlanet
Fallout 3
Metal Gear Solid 4
Gears of War 2

Studio of the Year
Media Molecule
Rockstar North
Harmonix
Bethesda Game Studios

Best Shooter
Far Cry 2
Resistance 2
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead

Best RPG
Fable II
Fallout 3
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
The World Ends With You

Best Fighting Game
SoulCalibir IV
Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit

Best Individual Sports Game
Shaun White Snowboarding
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
Wii Fit
Skate It

Best Handheld Game
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Patapon
Castlevania Order of Eccelsia

Best Graphics
Gears of War 2
Fallout 3
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4

Best Game Based on a Movie or a TV Show
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
Quantum of Solace
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Naruto: The Broken Bond

Best Music Game
Rock Band 2 (MTV Games/ Harmonix)
Guitar Hero World Tour (RedOctane/ Activision Publishing/ Neversoft Entertainment)
Wii Music (Nintendo/ Nintendo)
SingStar (Sony Computer Entertainment/ SCE Studios London)

Best Driving Game
Burout Paradise
Pure
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Mario Kart Wii

Best Action Adventure Game
Grand Theft Auto IV
Dead Space
Mirror's Edge
Metal Gear Solid 4

Best Team Sports Game
NHL 09
Madden NFL 09
NBA 2K9
FIFA Soccer 09

Best Soundtrack
LittleBigPlanet
Grand Theft Auto IV
Rock Band 2
Guitar Hero World Tour

Best Xbox 360 Game
Fable II
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Fallout 3

Best Wii Game
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Boom Blox
Wii Fit
No More Heroes

Best PS3 Game
Metal Gear Solid 4
Resistance 2
LittleBigPlanet
Grant Theft Auto IV

Best PC Game
Spore
Crysis Warhead
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Left 4 Dead

Best Original Score
Fallout 3
Spore
Metal Gear Solid 4
LittleBigPlanet

Best Multiplayer Game
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
Resistance 2
Call of Duty: World at War

Best Performance by a Human Male
Michael Hollick as Niko Bellic in GTA IV
David Hayter as Old Snake in MGS 4
Stephen Fry as The Narrator in LBP
Jason Zumwalt as Roman Bellic in GTA IV

Best Performance by a Human Female
Nathalie Cox as Juno Eclipse in The Force Unleashed
Debi Mae West as Meryl Silverburgh: MGS 4
Paula Tiso as Silvia Christel in No More Heroes
Keeley Hawes Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Underworld

Best Independent Game Fueled by Mountain Dew (Not a Judge Category)
World of Goo
PixelJunk Eden
Braid
Audio Surf

link : http://kotaku.com/5085433/spike-tv-announces-nominees-for-6th-vgas

This shows you how strong a year the PS3 and Xbox360 have had gamewise.

My vote for GOY is MGS4.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl deserves to be in the GOTY list.

Dupe thread
http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=49000

My picks:

GOTY: (out of what's there) Gears 2
Studio: HAL Labs for SSBB. But Media Molecule.
Shooter: Gears
RPG: TWEWY
Fighting: SSBB
Sports: Skate It
Handheld: Professor Layton
Graphics: Toss-up between Gears and MGS4
Licensed: Quantum of Solace
Music Game: Rock Band 2
Driving Game: Mario Kart Wii
Action-Adventure: MGS4
Team Sports: NBA
Soundtrack: LittleBig Planet
360 game: Gears of War 2
Wii game: SSBB
PS3 game: LBP
PC Game: Spore
Original score: LBP
Best Multiplayer: Gears 2
Performance Male: David Hayter
Performance Female: Keeley Hawes
Mountain Dew: Braid

I'll slim down the list based on opinion, or state why I haven't slimmed down a particular catagory.

Game of the Year
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4
Gears of War 2

Studio of the Year
Media Molecule
Rockstar North
Harmonix
Bethesda Game Studios
-----horrible choices for studio IMO-----

Best Shooter
Far Cry 2
Resistance 2
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
-----Haven't played any of these games besides Resistance 2 beta-----

Best RPG
Fable II
Fallout 3

Best Fighting Game
--Naruto Ultimate Ninja: STORM--
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit

Best Individual Sports Game
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
Skate It
-----Wii Fit..really? I'll cry..-----

Best Handheld Game
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Patapon
Castlevania Order of Eccelsia

Best Graphics
Gears of War 2
--Resistance 2--
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4
-----Fallout 3 doesn't have near the graphics of the games listed above..it's not terrible, but it plainly can't compare to any of them-----

Best Game Based on a Movie or a TV Show
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
Quantum of Solace
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Naruto: The Broken Bond -- Ultimate Ninja: STORM ??? --

Best Music Game
Rock Band 2 (MTV Games/ Harmonix)
Guitar Hero World Tour (RedOctane/ Activision Publishing/ Neversoft Entertainment)
SingStar (Sony Computer Entertainment/ SCE Studios London)
-----Not trying to say Wii Music is that bad..but it's not worth putting on this list imo-----

Best Driving Game
Burout Paradise
Pure
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Mario Kart Wii
--Forza 2? GT5P fall in this year?? I dunno--

Best Action Adventure Game
Dead Space
Metal Gear Solid 4
-----Theres probably another 360 title that could make this list..just can't think of it-----

Best Team Sports Game
NHL 09
Madden NFL 09
NBA 2K9
FIFA Soccer 09

Best Soundtrack
LittleBigPlanet
GTA IV
Rock Band 2
Guitar Hero World Tour
-----It probably won't win..but for the type of gameplay LBP offers, the soundtrack is flat-out perfect, and it should win-----

Best Xbox 360 Game
Fable II
Gears of War 2
-----I think Fallout and GTAIV were here just for more than 2 nominees, but multi-plats don't deserve to be..if a multi-plat wins best console x game, it makes that console look like shit imo, and neither of those games come close to either of these 2-----

Best Wii Game
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Boom Blox
No More Heroes

Best PS3 Game
Metal Gear Solid 4
LittleBigPlanet
-----No offense to Resistance fans...but no. Same as 360 for GTAIV-----

Best PC Game
Crysis Warhead
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Left 4 Dead
-----Spore is the best PC game..if you're into let downs..-----

Best Original Score
--Fable II--
--Gears of War 2--
Fallout 3
Metal Gear Solid 4
LittleBigPlanet
-----I'm not really sure what Best Original Score means..-----

Best Multiplayer Game
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
Resistance 2
Call of Duty: World at War
--LittleBigPlanet--
-----Why LBP isn't on here is beyond me..the multiplayer on this game is the best part about the game-----

Best Performance by a Human Male
Michael Hollick as Niko Bellic in GTA IV
David Hayter as Old Snake in MGS 4
-----I don't think the other 2 deserve the list..and who plays Otacon? If Roman can make the list, why wouldn't Otacon?-----

Best Performance by a Human Female
Nathalie Cox as Juno Eclipse in The Force Unleashed
Debi Mae West as Meryl Silverburgh: MGS 4
Paula Tiso as Silvia Christel in No More Heroes
Keeley Hawes Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Underworld

Best Independent Game Fueled by Mountain Dew (Not a Judge Category)
World of Goo
PixelJunk Eden
Braid
Audio Surf