Spike TV Announces 2005 VGA Nominees 50
nb caffeine writes "Spike TV has announced the nominees for this year's VG awards. Oddly enough, there are several nominations for games that are not even out yet." From the article: "The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vin Diesel, The Rock, Missy Elliot, Snoop Dogg, Carmen Electra, Xzibit and Ozzy Osbourne are also set to appear at the third annual awards event. Casey Patterson, Executive Producer of the awards, commented: 'Video games have taken over the world as the most creative, cutting edge platform for major names in entertainment to showcase their talent and reach a massive audience. Sam Jackson is one of the coolest guys on the planet; we're thrilled to have him hosting this year's show which promises more stars, more rock and more games than ever before.'" Sounds like it's just as much about the games as it was last year. Interestingly, Games.slashdot.org was tapped, along with Joystiq and Kotaku, to be nominated for Best Blog. Guess they don't hold grudges.
preemptive strike (Score:5, Interesting)
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie from Ubisoft tops this year's VGA nominations with seven including "Best Action Game," "Best Graphics," "Best Performance by a Human - Male & Female" for actors Jack Black and Naomi Watts and Michel Ancel for "Designer of the Year."
Not only is this game not FINISHED yet, it likely won't be gold when the votes are cast, and definately won't even be released by the time the awards are handed out.
Spike VGA: 11/18
XBOX360 Launch (assuming King Kong makes launch): 11/22
PC launch (according to gamespot): 11/21
Maybe it's cynical of me to assume payola here... Perhaps Spike studied the history of movie to game conversions and concluded this one simply could not fail.