Category Archives: Video Game Awards 2008

After the break. There’s a reminder at the end that this is a downloadable affair to release alongside the movie next March.

Looks bloody. Take a look.

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After the break. The Illusion Softworks open-worlder is showing exceptional presentation at this stage, if nothing else. There’s no gameplay in the footage, but oodles of atmosphere. And we’re all about the atmosphere.

2K, next year, PC, PS3, 360.

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EA’s put out a new trailer of Double Fine’s Brutal Legend. The footage was aired last night as part of Spike’s Video Game Awards.

After the break. Chances of this being shit: zero. Next autumn for 360 and PS3.

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After the break. This was shown last night at the VGAs alongside the game’s announcement. More here.

It’s out next year.

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Will Wright’s confirmed to Joystiq that he’s already working on a brand new game.

“I’m working on a big new project that I’m very excited about, but I don’t want to talk about it yet because if it takes three years to come out I don’t want people saying ‘Wow, he’s been talking about that for a loooong time,’” he said, talking at last night’s Spike Video Game Awards.

Spore’s only really just got going, with the game releasing in September and the first content packs making it out in the last month.

Spike’s Videogame Awards just took place in the US, the winners now taking their place in gaming history.

And here they are. Thanks, Evil Avatar.

• Best Independent Game: World of Goo (2D Boy)
• Studio of the Year: Media Molecule (LittleBigPlanet)
• Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
• Best Team Sports Game: NHL 09 (EA Canada)
• Big Name in the Game Female: Jenny McCarthy (C&C: Red Alert 3)
• Big Name in the Game Male: Kiefer Sutherland (CoD: World at War)
• Best Performance by a Human Female: Debbie Mae West (MGS4)
• Best Performance by a Human Male: Michael Hollick (GTA IV)
• Best Multi-Player Game: Left 4 Dead (Valve)
• Best Original Score: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
• Best PC Game: Left 4 Dead (Valve)
• Best PS3 Game: LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule)
• Best Wii Game: Boom Blox (EA Casual Studios)
• Best Xbox 360 Game: Gears of War 2 (Epic Games)
• Best Soundtrack: Rock Band 2 (Harmonix)
• Best Action Adventure Game: Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
• Best Driving Game: Burnout Paradise (Criterion)
• Best Music Game: Rock Band 2 (Harmonix)
• Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show: LEGO Indiana Jones (Traveller’s Tales)
• Best Graphics: Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
• Best Handheld Game: Professor Layton and the Curios Village (Level 5)
• Best Individual Sports Game: Shaun White Snowboarding (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Best Fighting Game: Soul Calibur IV (Project Soul)
• Best RPG: Fallout 3 (Bethesda Game Studios)
• Best Shooter: Gears of War 2 (Epic Games)

EA just press released Dante’s Inferno. The game was announced tonight that the VGAs.

There’s little detail on the game aside from the fact it’s being developed internally at Redwood Shores and is, obviously, based on the Divine Comedy.

“The time is right for the world of interactive entertainment to adapt this literary masterpiece, and to re-introduce Dante to an audience who, until now, may have been unfamiliar with the remarkable details of this great work of art,” said Jonathan Knight, executive producer for the game.

“It’s the perfect opportunity to fuse great gameplay with great story.”

It’s out next year. Press release after the break.

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The first Fight Night Round 4 trailer’s just been released following Spike’s VGAs, as you can see after the break.

The footage shows CG of Ali versus Tyson, a “dream become reality,” according to the MC.

See for yourself.

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Or rather, things look bleak for hero Nathan Drake. Watch the wise-cracking Croft-killer bleed everywhere and ride a vertical train the only way anyone knows how. It’s cringe-inducing stuff.

Game looks amazing, though. Full trailer’s after the break.

By Nathan Grayson

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Oh man, go check out this trailer. We’d say more, but GTA: LAD’s subtle combination of motorcycles, heavy-metal, and gruff, gun-toting Manly Men has us feeling the need to chomp on nails and bend things. A need which absolutely cannot go unsatisfied.

Check it out after the break.

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Kratos is back, and he’s pissed. Why? We’re not really sure. Probably the economy. But Kratos’ loss is our gain, because when mythological Greece’s Godzilla blows his top, he slashes up horse-people and punches them with wolves.

Check out the full trailer after the break.

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Update: It’s out now.

*Well, if you’re over in the Pacific.

Otherwise, according to Spike TV’s Videogame Awards, it’ll be waiting for you when you pop out of bed tomorrow. Or when you get done working. Or whatever it is you do.

The map pack is hitting Xbox Live at 12 AM Pacific/3 AM East. We imagine it’ll emerge elsewhere, too — though no specifics were provided.

Apparently, it’ll add three new locales to Gears 2′s multiplayer mode: “Flood,” “Gold Rush,” and “Fuel Station” — the last of which is a new Horde map.

By Nathan Grayson

Destructoid’s published a list of “names” lined up to make the Spike VGAs glitter, and the likes of Peter Moore and Herr Hawk are ready for action.

50 Cent! It couldn’t possibly be better. Full thing after the break. The event – which is playing host to the first proper God of War III video, among other things – takes place on December 14 at 9:00 pm EST.

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Following confirmation that God of War III will be shown for the first time at the VGAs on December 14, a press release has confirmed that Jack Black’s going to host the show, and the Brütal Legend gameplay will also premiere at the event.

Fight Night Round 4, Mafia II, Terminator Salvation, Uncharted 2, Watchmen: The End is Nigh and “a special Gears Of War 2 announcement” are all queued up for the show, so you have to be watching at 9.00pm PST.

Full thing after the break.

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