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'Journey' leads Spike Video Game Awards nominees 16 November 2012 This video game image released by Activision shows a This video game image released by Activision shows a scene from "Call of Duty: Black Ops II." (AP scene from "Call of Duty: Black Ops II." (AP Photo/Activision) Photo/Activision) The show will feature debut footage from such (AP)—The artsy downloadable game "Journey" upcoming games as "The Last of Us" and "Gears of leads the pack of nominees for this year's Spike War: Judgment," as well as musical performances Video Game Awards. by Linkin Park and Tenacious D. The PlayStation 3 game received seven nods in Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights such categories as best graphics, independent reserved. This material may not be published, game, original score and game of the year. broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Other game of the year nominees are "Assassin's Creed III," ''Dishonored," ''Mass Effect 3" and "The Walking Dead: The Game." The nominees in the best shooter category are "Borderlands 2," ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II," ''Halo 4" and "Max Payne 3." The 10th annual ceremony on Dec. 7 will be hosted by Samuel L. Jackson and broadcast live on Spike. 1 / 2 APA citation: 'Journey' leads Spike Video Game Awards nominees (2012, November 16) retrieved 26 September 2021 from https://phys.org/news/2012-11-journey-spike-video-game-awards.html This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. 2 / 2 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).

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