Sat, Dec 12, 2009 | 21:28 GMT

Spike’s Video Game Awards is tonight, in case you forgot [UPDATE]

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Update: Guess what kiddos? We’ve decided to liveblog the event as it happens. Should you decide that you wish to stay up till around 1:00am (UK’ers) to check in with us, we will update you as the shit goes down! So, if Jack Black shows up in his undies shooting sparks from his groin again, or should Cliffy B decide to show and announce that Gears is being ported to Wii – we will let you know the second it happens. Not that it will, just sayin’.

Original: Spike TV will broadcast the 2009 Video Game Awards tonight at 8:00pm EST.

To get you pumped for it, you can watch a live stream of the rehearsals going on at the moment, which promised to give you a taste of some of the world premieres expected tonight.

Earlier, Geoff Keighley tweeted that during the “first five minutes” of the show, one of the “biggest surprise premieres in VGA history” will take place.

Oh, Geoff. You big tease. Stop it already. You’re making us blush.

Guess we’ll have to watch it now.

28 comments

onlineatron
12/12/09, 8:47 pm

Green Day Rock Band was announced in the preview show.

I’m still holding out for Radiohead Rock Band… with Thom Yorke eye patch and melancholy included!

Johnny Cullen
12/12/09, 8:55 pm

“I’m still holding out for Radiohead Rock Band… with Thom Yorke eye patch and melancholy included!”

Believe. Believe.

JimFear666
12/12/09, 9:22 pm

BOOOHH green day, im still waiting for Pink Floyd rock band

JimFear666
12/12/09, 9:28 pm

btw go on spike.com they didnt talk about green day rock band, they only said green day will do a live performance.

onlineatron
12/12/09, 9:38 pm

@Jim

http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/464452/green-day-perform-american-idiot-on-rock-band.jhtml#id=1615459

It looks like it may be DLC

Stephany Nunneley
12/12/09, 9:40 pm

They just announced DLC yesterday, which is the same DLC that was announced already here. http://www.vg247.com/2009/12/04/rock-band-slipknot-green-day-simon-and-garfunkel/

onlineatron
12/12/09, 9:42 pm

It is DLC… It says to the right of the video I posted.

onlineatron
12/12/09, 9:43 pm

@Steph

Ah ok, my bad.

I usually glaze over the Rock Band/Guitar Hero posts.

Lucky
12/12/09, 9:45 pm

someone can tell me what time it will be Italian? thanks

#10

ShiroGamer
12/12/09, 9:56 pm

UK time is Basically GMT in the winter
so there you go

#11

Gekidami
12/12/09, 10:01 pm

Italy is GMT+1 i think so it’ll be at 2am for most of central Europe.

#12

The Hindle
12/12/09, 10:06 pm

Im thinking Gears 3 for the big first 5 min reveal.

#13

CroKiller
12/12/09, 10:09 pm

Yes, I’m from Croatia and Italy and Croatia are in the same time zone. Uk time + 1 hour. Where can we watch live streaming not just rehearsals?

#14

Mike
12/12/09, 10:09 pm

Good shout on Gears 3.

#15

onlineatron
12/12/09, 10:10 pm

I think the show is at 2am UK time.

At least that’s what I make from the countdown on GT

#16

Mike
12/12/09, 10:12 pm

No. It’s 1am UK, 2am eUROPE

#17

CroKiller
12/12/09, 10:14 pm

I found this…maybe it will work. Live streaming link http://livetvseries.com/watch-video-game-awards-2009-live-stream/

#18

Stephany Nunneley
12/12/09, 10:24 pm

I have to watch it on a very small TV as the big HDTV in the living area is being used for MW2 and the medium one for RE5 co-op.

#19

Psychotext
12/12/09, 10:28 pm

I hope I can find a better stream than last year. The one I ended up watching then was AWFUL.

#20

Johnny Cullen
12/12/09, 10:32 pm

Any feed is better as long as it isn’t on the Spike website.

#21

El_MUERkO
12/12/09, 10:50 pm

http://www.spike.com/event/vga2009/page/live-camera

#22

JimFear666
12/12/09, 11:51 pm

@onlineatron : My bad! it looklike that we will really have a rock band green day. You were right
It looklike that it will probably be more than a dlc since you will have Green Days member in the game.