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And the winners of the 2010 Video Game Awards are…

The 2010 Video Game Awards are over and the big winner was Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption. Rockstar’s epic western won the Game of the Year prize, toping Halo: Reach, Mass Effect 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops and God of War III.

God of War III won the top spot for Best PlayStation 3 Game and Best Graphics, while God of War: Ghost of Sparta won Best Handheld Game. Other winners included Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit for Best Driving Game and NBA 2K11 for Best Team Sports Game.

See below for a full list of winners:

GAME OF THE YEAR
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games / Rockstar San Diego)

STUDIO OF THE YEAR
BioWare

BEST XBOX 360 GAME
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts / BioWare)

BEST PS3 GAME
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment / SCE Studios Santa Monica)

BEST Wii GAME
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo / Nintendo)

BEST PC GAME
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment / Blizzard Entertainment)

BEST HANDHELD GAME
God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Sony Computer Entertainment / Ready At Dawn Studios)

BEST SHOOTER
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision / Treyarch)

BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montreal)

BEST RPG
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts / BioWare)

BEST MULTI-PLAYER
Halo: Reach (Microsoft / Bungie Studios)

BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 (Electronic Arts / EA Tiburon)

BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
NBA 2K11 (2K Sports / Visual Concepts)

BEST DRIVING GAME
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts / Criterion Games)

BEST MUSIC GAME
Rock Band 3 (MTV Games / Harmonix)

BEST SOUNDTRACK
DJ Hero 2 (Activision / FreeStyleGames)

BEST SONG IN A GAME
Far Away by José González (Red Dead Redemption)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games / Rockstar San Diego)

BEST GRAPHICS
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment / SCE Studios Santa Monica)

BEST ADAPTED VIDEO GAME
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Chengdu)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE
Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker / Amazing Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions / Activision)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALE
Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty / Blizzard Entertainment)

BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME
Costume Quest (THQ / Double Fine Productions)

BEST DLC
Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare (Rockstar Games / Rockstar San Diego)

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
Limbo (PlayDead)

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
Portal 2 (Valve / Valve)