Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption top VGA Nominations

Mass Effect 2 tops the 2010 Spike TV Video Game Awards with 10 nominations in nine categories including Best RPG, Best Original Score, and Best Performance by a Human Female.

Red Dead Redemption follows closely with eight nominations in multiple categories such as Best Action Adventure Game, Best DLC, and Best Graphics. Call of Duty: Black Ops scored eight nominations in seven categories including Game of the Year, and Best Multiplayer.

The 2010 Spike TV Video Game Awards air on December 11 at 8 p.m. ET. This year's awards show features reveals of three games including Batman: Arkham City, BioWare's next game, and Guillermo del Toro's game project with THQ. To learn more about the VGA's, visit www.spike.com/event/vga. The full list of nominees follow below:

Game of the Year:
Call of Duty: Black Ops
God of War III
Halo: Reach
Mass Effect 2
Red Dead Redemption

Studio of the Year:
Treyarch
BioWare
Blizzard Entertainment
Bungie Studios
Rockstar San Diego

Best Xbox 360 Game:
Alan Wake
Fable III
Halo: Reach
Mass Effect 2

Best PS3 Game:
God of War III
Heavy Rain
Modnation Racers
Red Dead Redemption

Best Wii Game:
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Metroid: Other M
Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best PC Game:
Fallout: New Vegas
Mass Effect 2
Sid Meier's Civilization V
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Best Handheld Game:
God of War: Ghost of Sparta (PSP)
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (DS)
Super Scribblenauts (DS)

Best Shooter:
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
BioShock 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Halo: Reach

Best Action Adventure Game:
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
God of War III
Red Dead Redemption
Super Mario Galaxy 2

Best RPG:
Fable III
Fallout: New Vegas
Final Fantasy XIII
Mass Effect 2

Best Multiplayer:
Halo: Reach
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Best Individual Sports Game:
EA Sports MMA
Shaun White Snowboarding
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
UFC Undisputed 2010

Best Team Sports Game:
FIFA Soccer 11
Madden NFL 11
NBA 2K11
MLB '10: The Show

Best Driving Game:
Blur
Modnation Racers
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Split/Second

Best Music Game:
Dance Central
DJ Hero 2
Def Jam Rapstar
Rock Band 3

Best Soundtrack:
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
DJ Hero 2
Rock Band 3
Def Jam Rapstar

Best Song in a Game:
"Basket Case" - Green Day: Rock Band
"Black Rain" - Sound Garden, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
"Far Away" - Jose Gonzalez, Red Dead Redemption
"Goldeneye" - Nicole Scherzinger, Goldeneye 007
"Won't Back Down" - Eminem, Call of Duty: Black Ops
"Replay/Rudeboy Mashup" - Iyaz & Rihanna, DJ Hero 2

Best Original Score:
God of War III
Halo: Reach
Mass Effect 2
Red Dead Redemption

Best Graphics:
God of War III
Heavy Rain
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Red Dead Redemption

Best Downloadable Game:
Costume Quest
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Monday Night Combat
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Best DLC:
BioShock 2: Minerva's Den
Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

Best Independent Game:
Joe Danger
Limbo
Super Meat Boy
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

Most Anticipated Game:
Batman: Arkham City
BioShock Infinite
Gears of War 3
Portal 2

Best Adapted Video Game:
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1 - 4
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2
Transformers: War for Cybertron

Best Performance by a Human Male:
Daniel Craig as James Bond in Bloodstone 007
Gary Oldman as Sgt. Reznov in Call of Duty: Black Ops
John Cleese as Jasper in Fable III
Martin Sheen as Illusive Man in Mass Effect 2
Nathan Fillion as Sergeant Edward Buck in Halo: Reach
Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Sam Worthington as Alex Mason in Call of Duty: Black Ops

Best Performance by a Human Female:
Dame Judi Dench as M in 007 Bloodstone
Dancia Patrick as Herself in Blur
Emmanuelle Chriqui as The Numbers Lady in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Felicia Day as Veronica in Fallout: New Vegas
Jennifer Hale as Commander Sheppard (female) in Mass Effect 2
Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Yvonne Strahovski as Miranda Lawson in Mass Effect 2

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