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[Wil348]

http://youtu.be/_8MMU7MaKkk

Can't wait!

 

[CaviarMeths]

Last year was a little rough around the edges, but a great improvement over major network-run events. Hopefully the pope has taken constructive criticism seriously and pulls off an even better night this year.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

You people asking for trailers, this is what we need more of this year:

easily the highly of 2014's for me

 

[AzaK]

I can't wait for the ending where they reveal some gameplay of Nintendo's upcoming major hit.

Spoiler

Metroid Prime: Federation Force

You just ripped my heart out and took a dump on it.

 

[maquiladora]

You people asking for trailers, this is what we need more of this year:

easily the highly of 2014's for me

And there will be more of this.

 

[FATALITY]

Hope they keep the award design!

that shit has nothing to do with videogames. i hope they change and give pixels to everyone

 

[T.O.P]

You people asking for trailers, this is what we need more of this year:

easily the highly of 2014's for me

Probably the highlight of ANY videogame related conference or similar, absolutely lovely moment

Can't wait, love Geoff

 

[j0hnny_385]

The event is a tribute to the tenacity of Mr. Keighley, who risked more than $1 million of his savings to finance the first show last year.

more than $1 million of his savings

his savings

O_O

daaaaamn Geoff! *bow*

 

[2thepoint]

Geoff did an incredible job last year, so I am very excited for this year.

Just a few nicks here and there to fix, but leagues ahead of what came before it.

 

[Permanently A]

O_O

daaaaamn Geoff! *bow*

the dew pays well

 

[Neifirst]

O_O

daaaaamn Geoff! *bow*

This should be the lede (or lead) of the story. Geoff must have ignored Pachter's advice to sell Netflix stock back at $60. Good on him that he can put a cool $1 million on the line to finance a video game awards show.

 

[Hatchtag]

Watching /v/ react to Geoff's circus is always a treat, I look forward to the shit flinging that will come this year.

 

[Nzyme32]

The show — called, simply, the Game Awards — is now the closest thing the games business has to its own Oscars.

No it isn't the only thing. The BAFTA game awards are probably the closest to that, especially since it is purely about the awards and the people involved. The Game Awards still retains much of the old VGA stuff - heavy on advertising, game reveals / trailers etc over the actual award winners at times.

Regardless, I'm still looking forward to it for what it is. Hopefully they can actually engage a bit more with the award winners than having several people awkwardly given an award off stage and pushed aside quickly.

 

[takriel]

Didn't know that Geoff was a millionaire! Damn.

 

[kurahador]

Hope to see a tribute to LucasArts this year.

Also...new ME Andromeda trailer would be nice too.

 

[Visceir]

You people asking for trailers, this is what we need more of this year:

easily the highly of 2014's for me

It'll be Kojima this year.

 

[lazybones18]

less YT/Twitch personalities and less shitty jokes pls

 

[DR2K]

GOTY will be a single playing open world game.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Hoping for a Zoe Quinn/Anita Sarkeesian joint appearance on stage.

For the reactions alone.

Is that terrible of me?

 

[Clefargle]

Dats my birfdey! Maybe we will get a new Zelda U trailer! Hype

 

[Acquiescence]

I'm not a Geoff naysayer - I like the guy - but last year's show bored me to absolute tears, to the point where I had to bail once the announcer stated that they were only halfway through the show. Didn't help that it was 3 o'clock in the morning, but hey, I can watch E3 at ungodly hours of the day, so the fault didn't lie with me.

I hope he does better this time, although I'm not sure I'll bother watching it. At least maybe dial down a bit on the trailers of indie games that have blatantly only begun development a few days prior!

 

[T.O.P]

What time did this air for the EU folks last year? can't really remember

Not much of a problem anyway, since i have the day after off

 

[Zalman]

Last year's show was awesome. Excited for this year too.

 

[Klossen]

I'm not watching if Joel McHale doesn't co-host.

They had incredible chemistry.

Edit: crap, they changed the format the last year. I didn't even realize. What a bummer.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

You people asking for trailers, this is what we need more of this year:

easily the highly of 2014's for me

Agreed. Whilst I get the show being used for advertising, using the fact that people are watching for ads, to then explore actual gaming history - and parts of it that may be relatively obscure, as the history of Sierra was to me until last year - should definitely be a centrepiece. Its a nice way of encouraging some proper appreciation for people's hard work.

 

[Lucreto]

The weekend of game announcements

The Game Awards on the Friday and PlayStation Experience Saturday and Sunday.

 

[T.O.P]

Thank god Geoff decided to not bring thig guy or anything similarly awful back, ugh

 

[SgtCobra]

How many layers will he wear this time?

Spoiler

<3

 

[Inuhanyou]

I guess Bioshock Collection will be announced there...what else? PSX and Game Awards aren't far way from each other

 

[silva1991]

The show where only mainstream games win? I'll skip the GOTY part

I'll watch it for possible games related announcements.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

I really enjoyed last year's show. I'm looking forward to this.

Hopefully Reggie is back with a few Nintendo announcements.

 

[Corpsepyre]

How likely is it that Sony will save some of their PSX announcements for this show instead? Maybe God of War?

 

[Rosur]

24 days cant wait. Then PSX 2 days after, hope we see some new South Park Gameplay at The Game Awards.

 

[DKHF]

How likely is it that Sony will save some of their PSX announcements for this show instead? Maybe God of War?

Very unlikely, first party game announcements like God of War will be saved for their conference IMO. They might show some new footage of an exclusive like they did with Bloodborne at last year's Game Awards though.

 

[Servbot24]

They can be a bit silly, but hey, it's couple hours of games-related entertainment on a weeknight. Potentially with some cool announcements.

I just hope Bloodborne gets its due!

 

[kogasu]

You people asking for trailers, this is what we need more of this year:

easily the highly of 2014's for me

I liked last years and this was a very great moment indeed.

It was certainly a step in the right direction to do it in this format. I'll be sure to check it out this year.

 

[Par Score]

No it isn't the only thing. The BAFTA game awards are probably the closest to that, especially since it is purely about the awards and the people involved. The Game Awards still retains much of the old VGA stuff - heavy on advertising, game reveals / trailers etc over the actual award winners at times.

The BAFTA Games Awards are great, but surely they're are the closest thing the games business has to the BAFTAs rather than the Oscars.

 

[LincolnSixVacano]

The only way you can get me to watch this is to remove Geoff Keighley.

 

[takriel]

The only way you can get me to watch this is to remove Geoff Keighley.

It's his baby. He invested heavily in it last year.

 

[Tregard]

I'm certain there will be a very moving Iwata tribute

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Thanks Pope!

 

[Nzyme32]

You people asking for trailers, this is what we need more of this year:

easily the highly of 2014's for me

Absolutely. This was far more interesting and important than the trailers and advertising fanfare

The BAFTA Games Awards are great, but surely they're are the closest thing the games business has to the BAFTAs rather than the Oscars.

Kind of pedantic really. Might as well say the Oscars is closest to the Oscars. My point is simply that The Game Awards for games is not even close to what the Oscars is for film industry (as the OP quote suggests), while the BAFTA game awards are probably a lot closer to that

 

[Super_Cobra]

I'll be watching. He's very passionate about these awards. Best of luck Geoff.

 

[Lunafreya]

Nice to know when it will occur, thank you!

Here's hoping for some nice world premieres.

 

[ArjanN]

Did they have major announcements last year? I don't remember.

From wikipedia:

World premieres include Nintendo's Mario Maker, Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. and The Legend of Zelda; Konami's Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain; Electronic Arts' Battlefield Hardline; Sony Computer Entertainment's Bloodborne, Until Dawn and The Order: 1886; Square Enix's Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris; Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt; Sierra Entertainment's King's Quest, 505 Games' ADR1FT and Bandai Namco Games' Godzilla: The Game. Other premieres include Before, The Banner Saga 2, Tacoma, Human Element and No Man's Sky.[3]

Although a bunch of these were just new trailers and such, and not full game announcements.

 

[KooopaKid]

Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda

Spoiler

Did I mention Zelda?

 

[LincolnSixVacano]

It's his baby. He invested heavily in it last year.

Yes, but I have absolutely no idea how he got to be so big as a game "journalist". He's nothing more than a PR-rep for the big publishers. the show has become nothing but a hype-machine.

As soon as it becomes completely independent and unbiased, i'll tune in.

 

[Oersted]

I'm not watching if Joel McHale doesn't co-host.

They had incredible chemistry.

Edit: crap, they changed the format the last year. I didn't even realize. What a bummer.

McHale is literally the only thing I remember about the show.

 

[Sebastiano]

Can't wait to see Neil Druckmann taking pictures again.

 

[False Witness]

The Industry Icon or whatever award is about the only award that could be considered worthwhile. Award ceremonies are completely pointless most of the time. I don't think anyone besides people with large egos actually give a damn about any awards they receive.

Won't lie, I only watch for trailers. The Ken and Roberta Williams thing was absolutely awesome though.

Yes, but I have absolutely no idea how he got to be so big as a game "journalist". He's nothing more than a PR-rep for the big publishers. the show has become nothing but a hype-machine.

As soon as it becomes completely independent and unbiased, i'll tune in.

Never read any of the Final Hours, I see...