As every year, the gaming community is in need of choosing the best games of each genre, developing studios, musical score, graphics and much more. It’s a basic human need to celebrate the best of the best so with no further words said, I present to you this year’s finalists in the Video Games Awards – 10th Anniversary concerning the PC (with the one or other exception). And yes, it’s quiet a list.

Game of the Year

• Assassin’s Creed III (Not yet released on PC)
• Dishonoured
• Journey (PS3)
• Mass Effect 3

Studio of the Year

• 343 Industries – Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
• Arkane Studios - Dishonoured
• gearbox software – Borderlands II
• telltalegames – The Walking Dead

Best PC Game

• Diablo III
• Guild Wars 2
• Torchlight II
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Best Shooter

• Borderlands 2
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II
• Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
• Max Payne 3

Best Action Adventure Game

• Assassin’s Creed III (Not yet released on PC)
• Darksiders II
• Dishonoured
• Sleeping Dogs

Best RPG

• Diablo III
• Mass Effect 3
• Torchlight II
• Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)

Best Multi-Player Game

• Borderlands 2
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II
• Guild Wars 2
• Halo 4 (Xbox 360)

Best Team Sports Game

• Fifa Soccer 13
• Madden NFL 13
• NBA 2K13
• NHL 13

Best Driving Game

• DIRT: Showdown
• F1 2012
• Forza Horizon
• Need For Speed Most Wanted

Best Song in a Game

• ‘Castle of Glass’ by Linkin Park – Medal of Honor Warfighter
• ‘Cities’ by Beck – Sound Shapes
• ‘I Was Born For This’ by Austin Wintory – Journey
• ‘Tears’ by Health – Max Payne 3

Best Original Score

• Call of Duty: Black Ops II
• Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
• Journey (PS3)
• Max Payne 3

Best Graphics

• Assassin’s Creed III
• Dishonoured
• Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
• Journey (PS3)

Best Independent Game

• Dust: An Elysian Tail (Xbox Live Arcade)
• Fez (Xbox Live Arcade)
• Journey (PS3)
• Mark of the Ninja

Best Fighting Game

• Dead or Alive 5
• Persona 4 Arena (Consoles)
• Street Fighter X Tekken
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Consoles)

Best Performance by a Human Female

• Emma Stone as Amanda Cartwright – Sleeping Dogs
• Jen Taylor as Cortana – Halo 4
• Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard – Mass Effect 3
• Melissa Hutchison as Clementine – The Walking Dead: The Game

Best Performance by a Human Male

• Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack – Borderlands 2
• Dave Fennoy as Lee Everret - The Walking Dead: The Game
• James McCaffrey as Max Payne – Max Payne 3
• Nolan North as Captain Martin Walker – Spec Ops: The Line

Best Adapted Video Game

• Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
• Lego Batman2 DC Super Heroes
• The Walking Dead: The Game
• Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Best DLC

• Dawnguard – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Leviathan – Mass Effect 3
• Mechromancer Park – Borderlands 2
• Perpetual Testing Inititaive – Portal 2

Best Downloadable Game

• Fez (Xbox Live Arcade)
• Journey (PS3)
• Sound Shapes (PS3, PS Vita)
• The Walking Dead: The Game

Most Anticipated Game

• BioShock Infinite
• Grand Theft Auto V
• South Park: The Stick of Truth
• The Last of Us
• Tomb Raider

Character of the Year (votable on the 7th of December)

• Connor – Assassin’s Creed III
• Commander Shepard – Mass Effect 3
• Clap Trap – Borderlands 2
• Master Chief – Halo 4
• Raul Menedez – Call of Duty: Black Ops II

To vote, head over to Spike.com and tell us what you think of the Nominees, your votes cast - if you cannot bear to live with it as a secret - and what you your opinion is on the whole matter.