Spike VGA award nominations announced

Gamerfitnation have spotted the list of Spike VGA awards nominations and, as ever, there's are some unusual decisions. Minecraft grabs a nominations for PC game of the year while indie favourite Bastion picked up a surprising five nominations, meanwhile Deus Ex: Human Revolution misses out on a nomination for Game of the Year and, most bizarrely of all, Battlefield 3 isn't nominated for Best Graphics.

The Spike VGA awards will take place on the 10th of December, and will see the unveiling of a new Bioware game (pictured above). Check inside for a breakdown of the relevant nominations:

Let the arguments commence!

Studio of the Year

• Bethesda Game Studios
• Naughty Dog
• Rocksteady Studios
• Valve

Best PC Game

• Battlefield 3
• Minecraft
• The Witcher 2
• Portal 2

Best Shooter

• Battlefield 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Gears of War 3
• Rage

Best Action Adventure Game

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Batman: Arkham City
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Best RPG

• Dark Souls
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Dragon Age II
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Best Multiplayer

• Battlefield 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Gears of War 3
• Portal 2

Best Driving Game

• DiRT 3
• Driver: San Francisco
• Forza Motorsport 4
• Need for Speed: The Run

Best Independent Game

• Bastion
• Minecraft
• Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP
• The Binding of Isaac

Best Adapted Video Game

• Back to the Future: The Game
• Batman: Arkham City
• Captain America: Super Soldier
• LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

Best Graphics

• Batman: Arkham City
• L.A. Noire
• RAGE
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Best Performance By a Human Male

• J.K. Simmons as Cave Johnson – Portal 2
• Mark Hamill as the Joker – Batman: Arkham City
• Nolan North as Nathan Drake – Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
• Stephen Merchant as Wheatley – Portal 2

Best Performance By a Human Female

• Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
• Ellen McClain as Glados - Portal 2
• Emily Rose as Elena Fisher - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
• Tara Strong as Harley Quinn - Batman: Arkham City

Best DLC

• Fallout: New Vegas – Old World Blues
• Mass Effect 2 – Arrival
• Mortal Kombat – Freddy Krueger
• Portal 2 – Peer Review

Best Original Score

• Bastion
• Batman: Arkham City
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Portal 2

Most Anticipated Game

• BioShock: Infinite
• Diablo III
• Halo 4
• Mass Effect 3
• The Last Guardian

Game of the Year

• Batman: Arkham City
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Portal 2
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception