Spike VGA 2012: The Walking Dead wins Game of the Year

The Spike Videogame Awards highlighted Telltale Studios’ episodic adventure game The Walking Dead: The Game, giving it the Game of the Year Award, as well as best Downloadable Game, Best Adaptation, Best Voice Actress (Melissa Hutchinson’s role as Clementine), and Studio of the Year for Telltale itself.

Halo 4 earned Best Xbox 360 game as well as Best Graphics, while Journey earned the Best PlayStation 3 game, Best Independent Game and Best Soundtrack. XCOM: Enemy Unknown was named as Best PC Game.

As far as genres, Borderlands 2 got Best Shooter, Best Multiplayer Game and Best Voice Actor (Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack), Dishonored earned Best Action-Adventure Game, and Mass Effect 3 got Best RPG. NBA 2K13 and SSX earned Best Team Sports and Best Individual Sports games respectively, while Need for Speed: Most Wanted won Best Driving Game. Finally, Persona 4 Arena earned best Fighting Game. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard was given Best Expansion.

Finally, Grand Theft Auto V was awarded Most Anticipated Game.