In two weeks’ time, the E3 press conferences will be over. You’ll have seen the biggest newest from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, EA and Ubisoft. You’ll know all about the Wii U, the next big things for Xbox 360 and the future of PlayStation.
Today, the nominees for the annual Spike TV VGA Awards were announced. It is a God-given right for people to bitch endlessly about awards shows, and so the moment the nominees were announced, a huge number of people jumped on twitter to joke, complain, and generally carry on about them.
Irrational Games has been slowly drip-feeding us portions of its behind closed doors, 14-minute-long E3 2011 demonstration of BioShock Infinite, a preview that helped the game secure the Game Critics’ “Best of Show” and “Best Action/Adventure Game” awards. Soon, you’ll be able to see it in its entirety.
Someday, we may get The Daily Show: The Video Game or Spike TV Video Game Awards: The Game, thanks to the formation of 345 Games, the new video game arm of Comedy Central and Spike TV. The first two games to come from that studio will be Deadliest Warrior: Legends and Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon, MTV announced today.
Tonight’s Spike TV VGAs offered new video reveals that were part expected, part surprise. From the expected camp was EA’s revitalised Medal of Honor, a modern day Middle Eastern shoot ‘em up, seen in trailer form for the first time.
When Spike TV’s telegenic hosts hand out awards at this year’s Video Game Awards show next week, this, the Vector Monkey as designed by LittleBigPlanet developers Media Molecule, will walk away with. Yes, Megan Fox, this monkey could be yours!
GameTrailers TV host and extreme Twitter enthusiast Geoff Keighley has announced that the world premier for Halo: Reach will be aired during the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards.
This week’s episode of GameTrailers TV, now airing one day earlier, will be packed with the game footage exclusives you’ve come to expect… no, demand from Geoff Keighley and crew.
