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Spike TV VGA Red Carpet

Brian Crecente — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:00:04 +0000

GameVideos just put up their red carpet video from Spike TV’s VGA Awards. Kinda funny to see the mostly B-list actors and actresses stumble buy and try to fake their way past a slew of “So, uh, like do you play video games and stuff” questions. Look out for special behind-the-interviewee appearances by our own Flynn De Marco and Mr. Destructoid.

Patton Oswalt Calls Spike VGAs “Godawful”

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:11:46 +0000

Comedian Patton Oswalt, who, in addition to lending his voice talents to Pixar’s Ratatouille, was responsible for handing out this year’s “Most Addictive Game Fueled By Dew” at the Spike Video Game Awards. Shockingly, Halo 3 won that coveted prize. Who would’ve ever thought it possible? Anyway, Mr. Oswalt had less than kind words for his stint on the Spike VGAs, as he filed it under “Godawful” in his most recent MySpace blog entry. Something tells me Patton won’t be invited back after referring to Spike’s annual ode to the best in gaming as a “bullshit award show” as the VGAs and its ilk “herd a bunch of confused teens into an aeroplane hangar, assault them with lights and noise and explosions, and get them to yell at nothing.”

That same something is also telling me that the regret the comedian seems to be feeling about his “money grubbing” appearance means that he won’t shed many tears when producers don’t ask for a return in 2008.

Godawful/Thank God [MySpace via GameSetWatch and Looky Touchy]

Spike Video Game Awards: Winners, Losers and Boozers

Flynn De Marco — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:00:50 +0000

In a fitting (almost) ending to my six day cross county road trip to move myself from Atlanta to San Francisco, I landed in glamorous Las Vegas last night just in time for the Spike TV Video Game awards. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect having never attended a “major” awards show before, but I sat down fuelled by five days on the road and a few drinks with my pad and paper to bring you all the big announcements.

One of the things I found amazingly odd was that the awards themselves really seemed to take a back seat to the musical performances, commercials, myriad non video game related guest stars, and occasional World Premier Trailers for games like Little Big Planet, Rainbow 6 Vegas 2, Borderlands, TNA Wrestling, Prototype and Gran Turismo 5. It was almost like the awards were an afterthought, tacked on to an evening of oohing and ahhing over the next big name to take the stage.

The evening was also marked by celebrity appearances by the likes of show host and badass Samuel L. Jackson, Heroes star Kristen Bell, freaky magician Criss Angel, “TNA” wrestling stars Kurt and Karen Angle, the still smokin’ Tia Carrere, legendary Marvel comics god Stan Lee, the godfather of skateboarding Tony Hawk, Simpsons creator Matt Groening, flag toting boxing promoter Don King, much too pretty reality stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, NFL quarterback Matt Leinart, complete douchebag Dave Navarro, diminutive bisexual Tila Tequila and comedians Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn and Raphie May.

Musical guest performers included multiple performances by the Foo Fighters, southern fried rocker Kid Rock and a far too short old school game medley by Tommy Tallarico’s Video Games Live Orchestra.

*Caution: Spoilers ahead. If you don’t want to know any of the winners until the show airs tomorrow night, read no further!*
Game of the Year
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box

Best Shooter
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
BioShock
Halo 3
The Orange Box

Best Action Game
Super Mario Galaxy
Assassin’s Creed
God of War 2
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Best Rhythm Game
Rock Band
Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Jam Sessions

Best RPG
Mass Effect
Eternal Sonata
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

Best Driving Game
Colin McRae: DiRT
Forza Motorsport 2
Need for Speed ProStreet
Project Gotham Racing 4

Best Military Game
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
World in Conflict

Studio of the Year
Harmonix
Bungie Studios
Irrational Games
Valve

Best Graphics
Crysis
BioShock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Mass Effect

Breakthrough Technology
Portal
Crysis
Halo 3
Rock Band

Best PS3 Game
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Heavenly Sword
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Warhawk

Best Wii Game
Super Mario Galaxy
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Super Paper Mario

Best Xbox 360 Game
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box

Best PC Game
The Orange Box
BioShock
Crysis
World in Conflict

Best Individual Sports Game
Skate
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground
Virtua Tennis 3

Best Team Sports Game
Madden NFL 08
NBA 2K8
NHL 08
Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007

Best Handheld Game
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show
The Simpsons Game
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
Stranglehold

Best Soundtrack
Rock Band
BioShock
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground

Best Original Score
BioShock
God of War 2
Halo 3
Mass Effect

Best Multiplayer Game
Halo 3
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Rock Band
The Orange Box

Most Addictive Game Fueled by Dew
Halo 3
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Team Fortress 2
Wii Sports

Foo Fighters Performing At Spike’s VGAs

Mike Fahey — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:20:45 +0000

If you were planning on attending the Spike TV Video Game Awards in Las Vegas this Friday and are Foo or Foo-related, then you’d better come armed. The channel has announced that multi-platinum recording artists Foo Fighters will be performing live at the event as a sort of promotional Rock Band tie-in sort of deal. With that in mind, I’d expect they’d be performing “Learn To Fly” from the game, perhaps one of my favourite songs from the band. I might have to make my way over to the house of someone with one of them new-fangled cable-TV boxes to check it out when the show airs on Sunday night – if not for the Foo Fighters, then for the MTV Games’ Rock Band platform set up on the red carpet, which will encourage celebrities to embarrass themselves publicly. This brings me joy.

FOUR-TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ROCK BAND, FOO FIGHTERS, TO PERFORM AT SPIKE TV’S 2007 “VIDEO GAME AWARDS”

IN SPECIAL PERFORMANCE FOR ALL-NEW “ROCK BAND” VIDEO GAME

Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson; Premieres Sunday, December 9 At 9:00 PM

New York, NY, December 5, 2007 – Spike TV announced today that multi-platinum recording artists, Foo Fighters, will take the stage at Spike TV’s 2007 “Video Game Awards.” Fresh off the release of their highly anticipated new album, “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace,” the Foo Fighters are set to rock out in front of some of Hollywood’s hottest talent and the video game world’s top creators and designers. Hailed by The Independent (UK) as “the last great American rock band,” Foo Fighters are featured in Rock Band; which will be one of the biggest games of the year. This performance will be a monster. Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, the “Video Game Awards” tapes at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Friday, December 7 and premieres on Spike TV Sunday, December 9 (9:00-11:00PM, ET/PT).

To kick off the party, celebrities will have their music abilities tested, as Spike TV will feature the all-new platform designed for music fans and gamers, MTV Games’ Rock Band on the red carpet. The red carpet will never be the same as celebrities will show off their video game prowess in front of their loyal fans. While, inside the walls of the Mandalay Bay Events Center, a who’s who of the video game industry will gather to witness mind-blowing, never-before-seen world premieres of some of the most anticipated releases to date. Borderlands (2K), Gran Turismo™ 5 Prologue (Sony Computer Entertainment America), Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Ubisoft) and TNA iMPACT! (Midway) will all be unveiled. Also, viewers will have a first look at the new DLC Halo 3 Maps from Microsoft Game Studios.

Talent includes some of the industry’s hottest celebrities, sports stars, comedians and the hottest women in gaming. The night will feature award presentations and appearances by actress Rachel Bilson, actor Hayden Christensen, “Heroes” Kristen Bell, legendary boxing promoter Don King, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, rock star Kid Rock, “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening, magician Criss Angel, “TNA” wrestling stars Kurt and Karen Angle, actress Tia Carrere, artist Chingy, “Rob & Big’s” Rob Dyrdek and Big Boykin, “Chuck” stars Joshua Gomez and Zachary Levi, former NFL star Rocket Ismail, UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and “Ultimate Fighter 1″ champ Forrest Griffin, “Mad TV” star Bobby Lee, MTV reality couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, NFL quarterback and Heisman trophy winner Matt Leinart, rock star Dave Navarro, “Jackass” Steve-O, comedian Patton Oswalt, comedian and Comedy Central star Brian Posehn, MTV’s Tila Tequila and professional skateboarder Danny Way and many more to be announced shortly. In addition, the world’s leading video game concert series, Video Games Live, will make their national television debut. Comedian Ralphie May was just added to perform.

The official sponsors of Spike TV’s 2007 “Video Game Awards” are Burger King®, GameStop™, Mountain Dew, Stride® Gum, Tag™, U.S. Air Force and Verizon Wireless.

Spike TV will launch a “Video Game Awards” mobile channel cross carrier on December 3rd. The mobile “VGA” winners will be announced on the red carpet at the event and will air on Spike mobile beginning December 10th and run all week.

Nominees for Spike TV’s 2007 “Video Game Awards” were determined by the VGA Advisory Council, made up of a group of the most well-respected experts in the industry who, for the first time in history, will also determine the show’s winners. Games released between November 16, 2006 and December 1, 2007 were eligible for nomination. Fan voting, however, will not be left out as the winner in the Most Addictive Game category will be solely determined by the fans. To vote for this award, go to www.vga.spiketv.com- through Saturday, December 8.

Spike TV’s 2007 “Video Game Awards” pays tribute to the outstanding achievements of games, designers, animation, breakthrough technology, music and performances of the past year in the industry. The awards also provide a glimpse at the future of gaming, including exclusive sneak peeks and world premiere footage of some of the most anticipated games of 2007 and beyond.

Albie Hecht, Oscar®-nominated producer and co-creator of the “Kids’ Choice” and “Video Game Awards,” and Casey Patterson, senior vice president, event production & talent development for Spike TV will serve as executive producers of Spike TV’s 2007 “Video Game Awards.” Greg Sills is supervising producer, Alicia Portugal is producer and Scott Fishman is executive in charge of production.

Spike TV is available in 96.1 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.

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Sam Jackson Hosting Spike Game Awards (Surprise!)

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:00:02 +0000

Everyone’s favourite thespian and all around bad muthafucka Samuel L. Jackson will once again host Spike TV’s 2007 Video Game Awards in Vega$. This is the third year in a row for Mr. Jackson to host the event — so either he likes it or it likes him! Other celebrities in attendance include Tia Carrera, Dave Navarro and Flynn De Marco. The show airs Sunday, December 9th. So if you have a TV, flip it on. If not, read a book or stare at the wall.

Jackson Back Hosting [Gay Gamer]

Video Games Live Performs For Spike Awards

Mike Fahey — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:00:56 +0000

If you’ve never had a chance to catch the Video Games Live concert before, we can pretty much assume you’ve never been to a major gaming event, because it seems like every time I turn around, there they are with their little Space Invaders t-shirts, carrying around duct tape. They’ll be taping things together next Friday, December 7th, at the taping of Spike TV’s 2007 Video Game Awards, to be aired on Sunday the 9th at 9PM. It’ll be an excellent chance to get a peek at what you’re missing as the concert makes its first-ever television appearance. Besides, we’ll all be making fun of the Spike TV VGAs the following Monday, and you want to be included in that, don’t you? It’ll be no fun without you. When you aren’t here we sit around and just mope.

Video Games Live to perform at Spike TV’s 2007 Video Game Awards [Music 4 Games]

Borderlands, New Halo 3 Maps, Vegas 2 to Premiere During Spike TV VGAs

Brian Crecente — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:01:47 +0000

Word has it that this year’s Spike TV Video Game Awards, set to air on Dec. 9 at 9 p.m., will feature a cornucopia of new trailers and other goodies.

Among the list is the first footage from the new downloadable content Halo 3 Maps hitting next month, the world premiere of the first trailers for Borderlands and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2. There will also be new trailers for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, TNA iMPACT! and a few other surprises that haven’t leaked out yet.

The Bungie Studios

Brian Crecente — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:00:03 +0000

We weren’t allowed inside the warehouse-looking space meant for developers, but we were able to check out the Bungie studios, home of a wall-length display case filled with some pretty choice awards. I particularly like the golden monkey given to winners of the Spike TV Video Game awards… wait a second, we want of those. Where’s our monkey!!!