Spike TV announces the nominees for their 7th annual Video Game Awards, which will be broadcast live on Saturday, December 12 at 8:00 pm EST. The Video Game Awards 2009 Website has all the nominations broken down by category, and here are their game of the year candidates, only 40% of which were released within the last 24 hours:

    • Assassin's Creed 2 (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montreal)
    • Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos Interactive - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Rocksteady Studios)
    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Publishing / Infinity Ward)
    • Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve)
    • UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog)