Tag Archives: VGA

Darryn Bonthuys

All the winners of the Spike VGAs, right here!

December 10, 2012 at 12:30 pm | 58 Comments

The annual marketing event that was the Spike VGAs concluded this week, as the best of 2012 earned itself a few awards over the weekend. New trailers, new footage and Samuel L Jackson being a badass mother-lover made the show a step up from last year though, with the event making gaming acceptable and cool. Here’s a look at who won what at the glitzy event.


Darryn Bonthuys

Watch the Spike TV VGAs right here! (Maybe)

December 7, 2012 at 8:00 pm | 3 Comments

I’ve got a soft spot in my heart for the annual VGA awards. Sure, you can decry the whole glitz and glamour of the event, that it’s not representative of the entire industry, but you can’t deny that they are fun. From Jack Black rocking up one year in full Brutal Legend garb, to the numerous new trailers and games teased, it’s still all in good fun. And it’s happening, later tonight.


Darryn Bonthuys

All the teasers for the VGA Awards, right here!

December 6, 2012 at 5:00 pm | 25 Comments

Teasers. Teasers for trailers, which are in fact teasers for something bigger. Man, whoever came up with that idea, should be flogged, beaten and shot,  with brief snippets of that torture broadcast at various intervals to any agency who gets a similar idea in the future. The Spike VGAs are on this weekend, and like every year before it, it’s promising a few new debuts. Here’s a round up of all of them so far, because dedicating entire posts to just ten second clip would be lazy, amirite?


Gavin Mannion

The Last of Us, an incredible looking PS3 exclusive

December 12, 2011 at 8:30 am | 23 Comments

If one thing this past weekend’s VGA’s taught us is that the gaming community has not yet had enough of zombies and mutated humans.

And the title that is at the top of the must have pile for zombie killing is the new PS3 exclusive being developed by the incredible team over at Naughty Dog, The Last of Us.


Darryn Bonthuys

Tony Hawk drops hints for a new game at the VGAs

December 8, 2011 at 1:45 pm | 4 Comments

Just when you though that we’d seen the last of the Tony Hawk franchise, after the abysmal sales of 2010s Tony Hawk: Shred, it looks like Activision has scrambled the necromancers to resurrect the once-great franchise for yet another round of boring grinds and ollies.

The actual Tony Hawk took to Twitter this week to tease an announcement for a new game that he’ll be announcing at the Spike Video Game Awards later this week.


Darryn Bonthuys

Alan Wake on XBLA is really ambitious, essentially “Alan Wake 2″

December 6, 2011 at 10:00 am | 2 Comments

So what exactly is the upcoming Alan Wake: Night Springs? It’s due for release on Xbox Live Arcade next year, but developer Remedy Entertainment has been generally cryptic regarding details on the beleaguered writer and the spooky crap-storm that he always finds himself in.

Fans haven’t been exactly thrilled with the news that Alan’s next appearance is exclusive to a digital distribution platform, citing concerns that the move means that players will get a game that doesn’t live up to the success of the original.

Not so, says VGA 2011 Coordinator Geoff Keighley, who has seen footage of the game that will be debuted at the awards show next week, as he compared it to a full-blown sequel.


Geoffrey Tim

Is Bioware making the new Command and Conquer?

November 23, 2011 at 1:30 pm | 7 Comments

We showed you, not too long ago, a shot of Bioware’s new game - something that looks very modern combatty. Similarly, we told you that EA - the publisher that owns Bioware - was bringing Command and Conquer back.

Could they be one and the same game?


Darryn Bonthuys

2011 VGA nominees – The entire list

November 17, 2011 at 9:15 am | 21 Comments

Gaming has grown considerably in recent years, standing proudly side by side with the big brother movie and music industries. And while they have their Oscars and Grammies, the one night where the majority of gamers can sit down and revel in the festivities, is the annual Video Game Awards that is normally held on Spike TV.

It’s a more frivolous and carefree event, embracing the fun that gaming represents, instead of the usual boring and sombre moments of other awards shows. Here’s a look at the nominees for the best of the best that 2011 had to offer.


Gavin Mannion

Cliff teases a Gears surprise at the VGA’s

November 30, 2010 at 11:00 am | 7 Comments

And once again the headline gives it all away. Cliff Bleszinski has put together a mini clip that is being hosted on GameTrailers basically stating that they are going to be showing off something new at the VGA’s on the 11th of December.

Apparently it’s something entirely new and awesome and nothing like what we have been expecting.

Personally since we guessed at a few things and got shot down I am happy to put money on it being something we expect but lets see what happens.

Spike VGA: Game Trailer Blowout

Gavin Mannion

Spike VGA: Game Trailer Blowout

December 14, 2009 at 9:00 am | 1 Comment

Possibly the most important thing about the VGA’s is the shear number of new game trailers that we get to see, I have already posted the Halo Reach one earlier today and here come the rest of the crowd being led by Crackdown 2.

There are quite a few of these so I would suggest hitting play on each one of them, then heading off to do something else for a while until they have all buffered…

Spike VGA: All the Winners

Gavin Mannion

Spike VGA: All the Winners

December 14, 2009 at 8:00 am | 3 Comments

The Spike Video Game Awards were held over the weekend and one of the benefits of not having unlimited bandwidth is that I wasn’t able to watch it all live because according to the rumours the actual ceremony itself wasn’t very good.

But we only really care about who the winners were and what new games were announced so without further delay the winner of the Spike VGA Game of the Year was

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Which also won best graphics and Best PS3 Game.

I think you will have to look far and wide to find someone who isn’t happy with Uncharted 2 taking GOTY.

Best Wii game went to New Super Mario Bros and Best Xbox 360 game went to Left 4 Dead 2… surprisingly beating out Halo: ODST for that prize and best PC game to Dragon Age: Origins.

The full list of winners is after the break.

God of War 3 video not the same footage David Jaffe saw

Gavin Mannion

God of War 3 video not the same footage David Jaffe saw

December 11, 2008 at 10:00 am | 3 Comments

Honestly I don't know what ot make of this. David Jaffe recently posted about how absolutely fantastic God of War 3 is looking and how we are going to be absolutely blown away by it at the Spike VGA show later this year. Well now he has come out and said that the footage that we are going to see at VGA is not actually the truly awesome footage he saw and that we mustn't be overly worried if it doesn't completely blow us away. That's weird, why come out and prepare us for disappointment? Why don't they just rather show us the absolutely awesome footage that we all want to see? It feels like we keep on looking for the killer app for the PS3 but GoW3 may be that app, the game is a classic and it hasn't even been released yet. Source: Tawkn

Gavin Mannion

Spike TV VGA’s Nominations

November 25, 2008 at 9:00 am | 6 Comments

Unless I am mistaken all the major games have now been released (with the exception of Prince of Persia) and as such we can start really looking at who is in the running for Game of the Year on the Xbox 360, Wii and PS3. First up we have the 360 and this year the VGA panel has nominated Gears of War 2, Fallout 3, Fable 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV. If I was part of the voting panel I think I would be leaning towards Fallout 3 or Gears 2. Even though I felt Gears was lacking in many departments.