The categories and winners for the first annual Spike TV "VGAs" are:

• Best Animation
  • Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (Tecmo)
• Best Performance By A Human
  • Ray Liotta in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Rockstar)
• Best Game Based on a Movie
  • Enter the Matrix (Atari)
• Most Addictive
  • Soul Calibur II (Namco)
• Best Action Game
  • True Crime: Streets of LA (Activision)
• Pontiac/GTO Driving Award
  • Nascar Thunder 2004 (EA Sports)
    
• Best Fantasy Game
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Lucas Arts)
• Best Sports Game
  • Tony Hawk's Underground (Activision)
• Best Fighting Game
  • WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain (THQ)
• Most Anticipated Game
  • Halo 2 (Microsoft)
• Best Handheld Game
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Ubi Soft)
• Best Online Game
  • Final Fantasy XI (Square Enix)
• Best 1st Person Action
  • Call of Duty (Activision)
• Best PC Game
  • Halo: Combat Evolved (Microsoft)
• Game of the Year
  • Madden NFL 2004 (EA Sports)
• Best Music
  • Def Jam Vendetta (EA Big)

The first annual Spike TV "VGAs" included musical performances by Kelis, P.O.D., Bubba Sparxx and Travis from Blink 182, Andrew W.K. and DMX. Celebrity appearances included: Pamela Anderson, Shaquille O'Neal, Lil' Kim, Ray Liotta, Jamie Pressly, Orlando Jones, Steve-O, Cedric The Entertainer, Penn & Teller, George Lopez, Gilbert Gottfried, Penny Hardaway, Tony Hawk and the Boom Boom Huck Jam, DJ Funkmaster Flex, John Henson, The Oakland Raiderettes, the DOA Volleyball Girls, 100 official "Star Wars" Stormtroopers and WWE wrestlers Chris Jerico, Rey Mysterio, Trish and Victoria.

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