G4TV has announced the nominees for its G-Phoria award show. Consumers choose the winners by voting at G4's website. So get on over there and get your vote in before August 8. We've partnered with P. Diddy and would like to call this the "Vote or Cry" campaign. So get your vote in or DK will start crying. The nominees are as follows:
Game of the Year:God of War - SCEA
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Take 2/Rockstar
Half-Life 2 - Valve
Halo 2 - Microsoft/Bungie
Resident Evil 4 - Capcom
World of Warcraft - VU Games/Blizzard
Best Traditional Sports Game:ESPN NFL 2K5 - Take 2/ESPN
Fight Night Round 2 - EA
Madden NFL 2005 - EA
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 - EA
Winning Eleven 8 - Konami
Best Alt Sports Game:
Def Jam: Fight for NY - EA
NBA Street Vol. 3 - EA
NFL Street 2 - EA
Tony Hawk Underground 2 Remix (PSP) - Activision
WWE Day of Reckoning - THQ
Best Racing Game:
Burnout 3: Takedown - EA
Gran Turismo 4 - SCEA
Rallisport Challenge 2 - Microsoft
Ridge Racers (PSP) - Namco
Wipeout Pure (PSP) - SCEA
Best Action Game:
God of War - SCEA
GTA: San Andreas - Take 2/Rockstar
MGS3: Snake Eater - Konami
Resident Evil 4 - Capcom
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - Ubisoft
Best Shooter:
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 - Ubisoft
Half-Life 2 - Valve
Halo 2 - Microsoft/Bungie
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - Nintendo
The Chronicles of Riddick - Vivendi Universal
Best RPG:
Jade Empire - Microsoft/Bioware
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - Nintendo
Sin Megami Tensei: Nocturn
Star Wars: KOTR2 - LucasArts/Bioware
Tales of Symphonia - Namco
Best Adaptation:
LEGO Star Wars - Eidos
Spider-Man 2 - Activision
Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - VU Games
Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth - EA
X-Men Legends - Activision
Best Cinematic:
God of War - SCEA
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Konami
Oddworld Stranger's Wrath - EA
Resident Evil 4 - Capcom
World of Warcraft - VU Games/Blizzard
Best Graphics:
Doom 3 - Activision/id
God of War - SCEA
Half-Life 2 - Valve
Resident Evil 4 - Capcom
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - Ubisoft
Best Handheld Game:
Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA) - Sega
Lumines (PSP) - Ubisoft/Q!
Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (GBA) - Nintendo
Wario Ware Touched! (DS) - Nintendo
WipEout Pure (PSP) - SCEA
Best Innovation:
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat - Nintendo
Feel the Magic (DS) - Sega
Full Spectrum Warrior - THQ
Katamari Damacy - Namco
Psi-Ops - Midway
Best Multiplayer Game:
City of Heroes - NC Soft
Halo 2 - Microsoft/Bungie
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - Ubisoft
Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures - Nintendo
World of Warcraft - VU Games/Blizzard
Best Original Game:
Full Spectrum Warrior - THQ/Pandemic
God of War - SCEA
Katamari Damacy - Namco
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy - Midway
Psychonauts - Majesco
Best Sound Design:
Doom 3 - Activision/id
God of War - SCEA
Half-Life 2 - Valve
Halo 2 - Microsoft/Bungie
Resident Evil 4 - Capcom
Best Licensed Soundtrack:
Def Jam Fight for New York
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Lumines (PSP)
THUG 2
WipEout Pure (PSP)
Best Original Soundtrack:
Fable - Microsoft/Lionhead
God of War - SCEA
Halo 2 - Microsoft/Bungie
Katamari Damacy - Namco
World of Warcraft - VU Games/Blizzard
Best Voice Performance - Female:
Def Jam...NY - Carmen Electra (as herself) - EA
EverQuest 2 - Heather Graham (Antonia Bayle) - SOE
God of War - Linda Hunt (Narrator) - SCEA
Half-Life 2 - Merle Dandridge (Alyx Vance) - Valve
Need Speed Underground 2 - Brooke Burke (Rachel) - EA
Best Voice Performance - Male:
Chronicles of Riddick - Vin Diesel (Riddick) - VU Games
Def Jam Fight for New York - Snoop Dogg - EA
GTA: San Andreas - Samuel L Jackson (Frank Tenpenny) - Take 2/Rockstar
GTA: San Andreas - Young Maylay (CJ) - Take 2/Rockstar
Halo 2 - David Cross - Microsoft/Bungie
Best Character:
God of War - Kratos - SCEA
GTA: San Andreas - CJ - Take 2/Rockstar
Half-Life 2 - Alyx Vance - Valve
Katamari - King of the Cosmos - Namco
Oddworld Stranger - The Stranger - EA
Best Boss:
Doom 3 - Cyber Demon - Activision/id
God of War - Hydra - SCEA
Halo 2 - Scarab Battle - Microsoft/Bungie
Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater - The End - Konami
Resident Evil 4 - Del Lago - Capcom