Winners in 24 categories were announced tonight during the LIVE telecast (9:00-11:00 PM ET) of Spike TV "Video Game Awards 2004." Rockstar Games'' "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" was the big winner of the second annual awards, taking home four "Vector Monkey" trophies.  The Spike TV "Video Game Awards" were hosted by Snoop Dogg and encore telecasts of the show can be seen on Saturday, Dec. 18 (2:00-4:00 PM, ET/PT & 1:00-3:00 AM, ET/PT) and Monday, Dec. 20 (11:00 PM-1:00 AM, ET/PT).

The winners for the Spike TV Video Game Awards were determined by votes from Spike TV's Advisory Board, made up of a group of gaming industry experts, and consumer voting.  Viewers exclusively determined the winner in three award categories - the Fan Favorite awards of "Best Gaming Publication" and "Best Gaming Website" and the Viewers Choice award for "Most Addictive Game."  More than 4.6 million gamers and Spike TV viewers logged on to cast their votes for their favorite games.

In addition to presenting awards for the best games of 2004, the show featured a sneak peek to some of the most anticipated and talked about games for 2005.  The Spike TV Video Game Awards 2004 featured the exclusive World Premiere game play & footage of two video games of 2005 -- Midway Games'' "Fear & Respect" from John Singelton and Electronic Arts'' "The Godfather."  Also showcased the upcoming "Need for Speed Underground Rivals" for the Sony PSP, available in 2005.

The show included LIVE musical performance by Snoop Dogg & Pharrell; Motley Crue, Ludacris, Sum 41 and Busta Rhymes, Method Man & Red Man in first- ever "Def Jam: Fight For New York" performance.  Celebrity appearances included Brooke Burke, Samuel L. Jackson, Vin Diesel, Green Day, Giovanni Ribisi, Gabrielle Union, Tara Reid, Papa Roach, Tony Hawk, John Singleton, Danny Masterson, Frankie Muniz, Bai Ling, Ron Perlman, Bam Margera, Freddy Adu, Fabolous, Bobby Crosby & Barry Zito and Michelle Rodriguez among others.

Categories and winners for the Spike TV Video Game Awards 2004 are:

    GAME OF THE YEAR

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)

    BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE

    The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay (Vivendi Universal

     Games)

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN -                                - FEMALE

    Brooke Burke -                 - Need for Speed Underground 2 (Electronic

    Arts)

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN -                                - MALE

    Samuel L. Jackson -                      - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

    (Rockstar Games)

    CYBER VIXEN OF THE YEAR

    BloodRayne -               - BloodRayne 2 (Majesco Games)

    BEST DRIVING GAME

    Burnout 3: Takedown (Electronic Arts)

    BEST SPORTS GAME

    Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts)

    BEST FIGHTING GAME

    Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway)

    BEST ACTION GAME

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)

    BEST FIRST PERSON ACTION

    Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)

    BEST SONG IN A VIDEO GAME

    Green Day "American Idiot" -                               - Madden NFL 2005

    (Electronic Arts)

    BEST SOUNDTRACK

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)

    DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

    Jason Jones and Bungie Studios, for Halo 2 (Microsoft Game Studios /

     Bungie Studios)

    MOST ADDICTIVE GAME -                        - VIEWERS CHOICE

    Burnout 3: Takedown (Electronic Arts)

    BEST GAMING PUBLICATION -                            - FAN FAVORITE

    Game Informer

    BEST GAMING WEB SITE -                         - FAN FAVORITE

    http://www.gamespot.com

    BEST MILITARY GAME

    Call of Duty: Finest Hour (Activision)

    BEST PC GAME

    Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games)

    BEST WIRELESS GAME

    Might and Magic (Gameloft)

    BEST GRAPHICS

    Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games)

    BEST NEW TECHNOLOGY

    Nintendo DS (Nintendo)

    BEST HANDHELD

    Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo)

    BEST MASS MULTI-PLAYER GAME

    City of Heroes (NCsoft)

    BEST RPG

    Fable (Microsoft Game Studios)