By Quinton Miles

There were winners in 24 categories last night during the live telecast of Spike TV’s annual Video Game Awards Show. [i]Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[/i] was one of the more highlighted games of the night, raking in four “Vector Monkey” trophies. The event, hosted by Snoop Dogg, also featured live performances from acts such as Snoop himself, Pharrell, Busta Rhymes, Motley Crue, and Sum 41.

Winners of the show were determined by votes from Spike TV’s own advisory board, consisting of gaming industry experts and consumer voting. The show also gave exclusive previews to some of the more anticipated games of 2005, such as [i]The Godfather[/i] by EA and [i]Fear and Respect[/i] by Midway.

If you happened to miss the show, an encore broadcast will be aired throughout the day this Saturday, December 18 (2:00-4:00 pm, eastern/pacific 1:00-3:00 am, eastern pacific).

Award Winners:

Game of the Year-Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)

Best Game Based on a Movie-The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay (Vivendi Universal Games)

Best Performance by a Human-Female-Brooke Burke- Need for Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts)

Best Performance by a Human-Male-Samuel L. Jackson-Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)

Cyber Vixen of the Year-BloodRayne- BloodRayne 2 (Majesco Games)

Best Driving Game-Burnout 3: Takedown (Electronic Arts)

Best Sports Game-Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)

Best Fighting Game-Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway)

Best Action Game-Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)

Best First Person Action Game-Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)

Best Song in a Video Game-Green Day “American Idiot” -Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)

Best Soundtrack-Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)

Designer of the Year-Jason Jones and Bungie Studios, for Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios /Bungie Studios)

Most Addictive Game-(Viewer’s Choice)-Burnout 3: Takedown (Electronic Arts)

Best Gaming Publication-(Fan Favorite)-Game Informer

Best Gaming Site -(Fan Favorite)-www.gamespot.com

Best Military Game-Call of Duty: Finest Hour (Activision)

Best PC Game-Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games)

Best Wireless Game-Might and Magic (Gameloft)

Best Graphics-Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games)

Best New Technology-Nintendo DS (Nintendo)

Best Handheld-Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo)

Best Massive Multiplayer Game-City of Heroes (NCsoft)

Best RPG-Fable (Microsoft Game Studios)