There’s a good chance you caught some of the Spike TV video game awards on Saturday night. However, there’s also a good chance you missed a lot of the awards that were given out because… well… they didn’t actually give them out… So, here’s the full list, in case you missed it: GAME OF THE YEAR The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim STUDIO OF THE YEAR Bethesda Game Studios CHARACTER OF THE YEAR The Joker – Batman:
0 There’s a good chance you caught some of the Spike TV video game awards on Saturday night. However, there’s also a good chance you missed a lot of the awards that were given out because… well… they didn’t actually give them out… So, here’s the full list, in case you missed it: GAME OF THE YEAR The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim STUDIO OF THE YEAR Bethesda Game Studios CHARACTER OF THE YEAR The Joker – Batman:
If there’s a marketing opportunity to be exploited, you can bet that Spike and the producers of the network’s annual Video Game Awards will be there to take advantage of it — no matter how absurd it may seem. I can just imagine the conversation that took place between them and EA Sports’ marketing department a few weeks ago: EA Sports: As you know, we just announced that we’re making a new NFL Blitz game . It’ll be available for $15 on January 4– Spike: Yeah, yeah, I heard ya. Football game. Whaddya got for me? EA Sports: Um, we’d like to work with you to promote it on the VGAs. Spike: Yuh-huh, you and every schmuck with something due out in oh-twelve. EA Sports: … Spike: Twenty- twelve. Next year. Uh-doyyy. EA Sports: Right. Well, we have three candidates for the game’s cover — Ray Rice, Patrick Willis, and Roddy White — and we were thinking of getting your viewers to vote during the show to pick one. Spike: … and? EA Sports: I should note that it’s a virtual cover, so to speak, since the game’s coming out on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Spike: [ blank stare ] EA Sports: Oh, and we can get Hall of Famer Jerry Rice to announce the winner, live on the air. Spike: Great! We’ll just move another award or two into the montage. Where do I sign?
Rayman: Origins is an odd little number. It’s a serious – damn serious – throwback to what games used to be. It’s an “old school” platformer if there ever was one
Pay what you want (PWYW) strikes again in the form of Get Games ‘ Little Big Bunch, described as a GamesAid charity initiative. Four indie titles and an “odd” man out are bunched together for a PWYW sale lasting from December 14 to January 2. Eurogamer touts Frozen Synapse as the “star” of the Little Big Bunch, making its return appearance to the bundle scene after it headlined a Humble Bundle in late September. The indie supporting cast of the Little Big Bunch is Curve Studios’ Explodemon (makers of the popular Stealth Bastard ), Mommy’s Best Games’ Serious Sam: Double D , and New Star Games’ New Star Soccer 5 (bundles have been lacking in sports games). The not-so-indie title completing the lineup is Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee. The Little Big Bunch domain has been registered, but is not live as of this writing.
For basketball, there’s NBA Jam. For football, there’s NFL Blitz. And for soccer, there was Fifa Street, EA’s over-the-top arcade-inspired soccer game