{"id":17793,"date":"2011-12-13T20:28:13","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T10:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=17793"},"modified":"2011-12-13T20:28:13","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T10:28:13","slug":"warner-bros-interactive-entertainment-wins-eight-spike-tv%e2%80%99s-2011-video-game-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=17793","title":{"rendered":"WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT WINS EIGHT SPIKE TV\u2019S 2011 VIDEO GAME AWARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Batman: Arkham City, Mortal Kombat <\/em><\/strong><strong>and <em>Bastion <\/em>Win Big<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment won eight awards at Spike TV\u2019s 2011 Video Game Awards (VGAs) which premiered live in the US on Saturday, December 10 (Local time).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Batman: Arkham City<\/em><\/strong>,<em> <\/em>the critically acclaimed videogame developed by Rocksteady Studios, was honoured with four awards: Best Action Adventure Game, Best Xbox 360 Game, Character of the Year, and Best Adapted Video Game.\u00a0 <em>The game <\/em>builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of <em>Batman: Arkham Asylum,<\/em>\u00a0sending players flying through the expansive Arkham City \u2013 five times larger than the game world in <em>Batman: Arkham Asylum<\/em><em>.\u00a0 <\/em><strong><em>Batman: Arkham City<\/em><\/strong> currently stands as one of the highest reviewed games of 2011 on Metacritic.com where it is ranked #1 and #3 for PlayStation3 and Xbox 360, with average review scores of 96 and 94, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Bastion<\/em><\/strong>, the downloadable action role-playing game developed by Supergiant Games, won three awards:\u00a0 Best Downloadable Game, Best Original Score and Best Song in a Game.\u00a0 The game features lush and imaginative artwork, as well as an innovative reactive narration system that responds to players\u2019 actions in real time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Mortal Kombat, <\/em><\/strong>the most brutal installment of the landmark fighting game from NetherRealm Studios, won the award for Best Fighting Game.\u00a0 <strong><em>Mortal Kombat<\/em><\/strong> is a triumphant return to the classic arcade series that offers over-the-top fatalities and cringe-worthy X-ray moves. The title has gone on to sell more than three million units worldwide, making it the most successful console game for the iconic franchise to date.<\/p>\n<p>To watch the <strong><em>Batman: Arkham City<\/em><\/strong> Spike VGAs 2011 Trailer please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OPu6XZGz8m8&amp;list=UUWX75AWP5IQat2ZmRa7FA5g&amp;feature=plcp\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batman: Arkham City, Mortal Kombat and Bastion Win Big\u00a0 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment won eight awards at Spike TV\u2019s 2011 Video Game Awards (VGAs) which premiered live in the US on Saturday, December 10 (Local time). Batman: Arkham City, the critically acclaimed videogame developed by Rocksteady Studios, was honoured with four awards: Best Action Adventure<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=17793\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17797,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17793\/revisions\/17797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}