spike video game awards

What Do Game Awards Mean, Really?

8:00AM Owen Good | No TUD for a while, so I’ll reopen the raging debates. And we had one going around the tower lately about the meaning, and utility, of video game awards. I’d like your opinions on this. More »

Here Are Your Spike Video Game Awards Winners

9:00PM Luke Plunkett | The night is over, you’ve digested the trailers, now settle in and remember what the whole point of the night was: the awards. Click through for the full list of winners. GAME OF THE YEAR More »

The Ken Levine Acceptance Speech You Didn’t Hear

11:00AM Flynn De Marco | The folks at 1Up were able to pin down Ken Levine to speak with him a bit about the aftermath of BioShock, his upcoming projects and he thwarted GOTY acceptance speech at the Spike VGAs. When asked what he was gong to say on that momentous occasion, Levine had this to say: I had a tireless, amazing team who was on a mission to make BioShock great. We didn’t have 300 people or five years. We had an insane amount of passion. I’d like to thank the people who made it with me, the families that patiently waited while we did our thing, the publisher with the guts not to make us change it, and the fans who showed that gamers have a much broader range of interest and intellect than anybody in certain parts of the media or the political space is comfortable giving them credit for. It’s a relatively short article, but there is some great stuff in there regarding his thoughts on BioShock’s weaknesses as well as his pick for 2007 GOTY. A nice bit of weekend reading for your early morning coffee or late night holiday booze binge. Ken Levine Talks BioShock [1Up] More »