The 2004 Spike TV Video Game Awards are over and the winners for each of the 24 categories were announced.

Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was the big winner of the second annual awards, taking home no less than four trophies, for game of the year, best action game, best soundtrack, and berst performance by a human/male (Samuel L. Jackson, who oddly enough accepted the award for Grand Theft Auto 2).
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 website - Fan favorite
    • www.gamespot.com
  • Best military game
  • 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)
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.