Review: Dragon Ball Z – Ultimate Tenkaichi (PS3)

So, if you live in America, and can stand to watch the sort of channel/website which bills itself as “the premier destination for men” (whose listings seem to consist of an endless loop of either CSI, wrestling or boobs), and have an interest in that sort of thing, you may have watched the Spike Videogame Awards. In my opinion, the awards were largely incidental,and just served as padding between the rather more interesting trailers which were shown. Nevertheless, a summary of the VGA’s contents can be found after the jump. Enjoy!

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 has been covered already by Vikki, so I won’t repeat that here. Other than that, though…

Activision has has decided to re-launch their True Crime series (for some reason…). Trailer below.

We all knew that Halo Reach was coming, but the debut trailer shows something new- girls! That’s right, females in T3h HAl0es! ZOMG! There’s also a Spartan with a skull mask. Is this Halo or Army of Two?

Medal of Honour (sorry, Honor) is being rebooted, so they’ve released a trailer for that… it looks a bit Modern-Warfare-ish. Well, it would do, being a game about military actions in a contemporary setting. The trailer places some fairly heavy emphasis on vehicles, so I’m guessing that’s one of the points which EA hopes will contend with Activision’s colossus.

We knew there was going to be a Star Wars announcement, but sadly, it was just The Force Unleashed II. It looks nice (hey, it’s a cinematic trailer) but I honestly thought the Sith Apprentice should have stayed dead, and that half-baked chapter of Star Wars history be closed forever.

How you can ‘forget’ some sand is a little beyond me, but this Prince (by which I mean the old prince seems to have some sort of Nathan Drake-esque hair cement holding it in place.

Green Day: Rock Band… don’t care, but I suppose it’ll sell better than Guitar Hero: Van Halen.

Another trailer for Crackdown 2… blowing stuff up is always awesome!

Finally, something called… Tron?

There were also some awards, but to be honest, they’re pretty throwaway. Megan Fox won one for being in the game of Transformers 2, which for me invalidates the whole proceedings, but for those of you who really care that much…

Game of the Year
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Studio of the Year
Rocksteady Studios

Best Independent Game Fueled by Dew
Flower

Best Xbox 360 Game
Left 4 Dead 2

Best PS3 Game
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Best Wii Game
New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Best PC Game
Dragon Age: Origins

Best Handheld Game
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Best Shooter
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Best Fighting Game
Street Fighter IV

Best Action Adventure Game
Assassin’s Creed 2

Best RPG
Dragon Age: Origins

Best Multi-player Game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Best Individual Sports Game
UFC 2009 Undisputed

Best Driving Game
Forza Motorsport 3

Best Music Game
The Beatles: Rock Band

Best Soundtrack
DJ Hero

Best Original Score
Halo 3: ODST

Best Graphics
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Best Game Based on a Movie/TV Show
South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!

Best Performance by a Human Female
Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes

Best Performance by a Human Male
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine

Best Cast
Wolverine

Best Voice
Jack Black as Eddie Riggs

Best Downloadable Game
Shadow Complex

Best DLC
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Most Anticipated Game
God of War III