Nominations have been made for the 10th Annual Game Developers Choice awards at the Game Developers Conference on March 11. Uncharted 2 leads the nominations with seven, followed by indie game Flower and Assassin's Creed 2. Winners will be chosen by 500 selected game creators, and the winners will be announced at the GDC on March 11th.

Best Game Design:

• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady)
• Assassin's Creed 2 (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Flower (Thatgamecompany)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)

Best Visual Art:

• Borderlands (Gearbox Software)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward)
• Flower (Thatgamecompany)

Best Technology:

• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward)
• Red Faction: Guerrilla (Volition)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Killzone 2 (Guerrilla Games)
• Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)

Best Writing:

• Brutal Legend (Double Fine)
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
• Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Halo 3: ODST (Bungie)

Best Audio:

• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
• Rock Band: The Beatles (Harmonix)
• Flower (Thatgamecompany)
• Brutal Legend (Double Fine Productions)

Innovation:

• Scribblenauts (5th Cell)
• Flower (Thatgamecompany)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)
• Demon's Souls (From Software)

Best Debut:

• The Maw (Twisted Pixel)
• League Of Legends (Riot Games)
• Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style)
• Torchlight (Runic Games)
• Zeno Clash (ACE Team)

Best Downloadable Game:

• Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap)
• Trials HD (RedLynx)
• PixelJunk Shooter (Q Games)
• Shadow Complex (Chair Entertainment)
• Flower (Thatgamecompany)

Best New Social/Online Game:

• Restaurant City (Playfish)
• Farmville (Zynga)
• Dungeon Fighter Online (Neople/Nexon)
• Free Realms (Sony Online Entertainment San Diego)
• Bejeweled Blitz (PopCap)

Best Handheld Game:

• Scribblenauts (5th Cell)
• Flight Control (Firemint)
• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North)
• Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor (Tiger Style)
• Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo EAD)

Game of the Year:

• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog)
• Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
• Demon's Souls (From Software)
• Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal)

Uncharted 2 brought home the top honors from Saturday's Spike TV Video Game Awards. The show kicked off with a teasing look at an upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 featuring an even scarier looking,  scarred and seemingly ailing Joker and Arkham inmates filling the streets of Gothan City. VGA viewers got a cinematic look at Halo Reach which introduced new Spartans in which one was female and another had a skull painted on his helmet. Release date for Halo Reach was set at Fall 2010. Not much plot was revealed, though one character mentions that the mission won't involve "lone wolf" tactics. Other highlights from the show included a look at the new Tron Evolution game, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 for 2010, the first look at Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, and learned that Zachary Quinto (Heroes, Star Trek) will be one of the voices for the upcoming Star Trek Online.

And the winners are...

Best Voice in a Video Game: Jack Black as Eddie Riggs in Brutal Legend
Best Cast: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Best Performance by a Human Male: Hugh Jackman in X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Best Performance by a Human Female: Megan Fox in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Indie Game Fueled by Dew: Flower
Best Downloadable Game: Shadow Complex
Best Downloadable Content: GTA4: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Best Graphics: Uncharted 2
Best Soundtrack: DJ Hero
Best Original Score: Halo 3: ODST
Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show: South Park: Let's Go Tower Defense Play
Best Multiplayer Game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Best Action/Adventure: Assassin's Creed 2
Best Driving Game: Forza Motorsport 3
Best Fighting Game: Street Fighter 4
Best Music Game: Beatles Rock Band
Best RPG: Dragon Age: Origins
Best Shooter: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Best Team Sports Game NHL 10
Best Individual Sports Game: UFC 2009 Undisputed
Studio of the Year: Rocksteady Studios for Batman: Arkham Asylum
Best PlayStation 3 Game: Uncharted 2
Best Wii Game: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Best Xbox 360 Game: Left 4 Dead 2
Best Handheld Game: GTA: Chinatown Wars
Best PC Game: Dragon Age Origins
Most Anticipated Game: God of War 3
Game of the Year: Uncharted 2

Spike's Video Game Awards 2009 will air live on December 12th, 2009 at 8PM and will show more than awards being handed out. Spike has promised a world premiere look at the upcoming Halo: Reach. Halo: Reach was announced at E3 as a prequel to the original Halo that will be coming out in Fall of 2010.

Other publishers contributing exclusive new content to the VGAs include 2K, Activision, Disney Interactive Studios, Electronic Arts, LucasArts Entertainment, Microsoft Game Studios, THQ, Ubisoft, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, and more.

The Video Game Awards are essentially viewers choice. Voting online is open until Friday, December 11th. The VGA's have been running since 2003.

Categories and Nominees Include:

Game of the Year - Assassin's Creed II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Studio of the Year - Infinity Ward (MW2), Naughty Dog (Uncharted 2), Rockstead Studios (Batman), Valve (L4D2)
Best Independent Game - 'Splosion Man, Flower, Osmos, Trials HD
Best Xbox 360 Game - Batman: Arkham Asylum, Halo 3 ODST, Forza Motorsport 3, Left 4 Dead 2
Best PS3 Game - inFamous, Killzone 2, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Wii Game - Madworld, New Super Mario Bros, Punch-Out!!, Wii Sports Resort
Best PC Game - Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Plants vs. Zombies, The Sims 3
Best Handheld Game - Grand Theft Auto: ChinaTown Wars, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, Scribblenauts
Best Shooter - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Left 4 Dead 2
Best Fighter - Blazblue: Calamity Trigger, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, Street Fighter IV, Tekken 6
Best Action/Adventure Game - Assassin's Creed II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Brutal Legend, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best RPG - Borderlands, Demon's Souls, Dragon Age: Origins, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Best Multi-player Game - Borderlands, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Halo 3 ODST, Left 4 Dead 2
Best Individual Sports Game - EA Sports Fight Night Round 4, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, UFC 2009 Undisputed, Wii Sports Resort
Best Team Sports Game - FIFA Soccer 10, Madden NFL 10, NBA 2K10, NHL 10
Best Driving Game - DiRT 2, Forza Motorsport 3, Gran Turismo (PSP), Need for Speed Shift
Best Music Game - DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5, Lego Rock Band, The Beatles: Rock Band
Best Soundtrack - Brutal Legend, DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5, The Beatles: Rock Band
Best Original Score - Assassin's Creed 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Halo 3: ODST, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Graphics - Batman: Arkham Asylum, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Killzone 2, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show - Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Southpark Let's Go Tower Defense Play, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition
Best Performance by Human Female - Eliza Dushku as Rubi Malone, Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman, Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes, Tricia Helfer as Dare
Best Performance by a Human Male- Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Samuel L. Jackson as Afro Samurai/Ninja Ninja, Shia Labeouf as Sam Witwicky, Vin Diesel as Richard B. Riddick
Best Cast - Brutal Legend, Eat Lead: The Return of Sam Hazard, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition
Best Voice - Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn, Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer, Jack Black as Eddie Riggs, Mark Hamill as The Joker, Nolan North as Nathan Drake
Best Downloadable Game -  Battlefield 1943, Fat Princess, Plants vs. Zombies, Shadow Complex
Best DLC - Fallout 3 - Broken Steel, Fallout 3 - Point Lookout, GTA IV: The Lost and Damned, GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Most Anticipated Game - Bioshock 2, God of War III, Mass Effect II, Starcraft II