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Geoff Keighley spent the last decade building up the Spike TV VGX Awards (formerly the Video Game Awards) from a show that was completely embarrassing to a show that’s now mostly tolerable. But the famed game presenter has decided to jump ship and start his own end-of-year awards show, The Game Awards. Keighley has sought out the help of Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, and Valve to produce his show, which will also include a collection of clips from some of 2015’s most-anticipated games.
Personally, I hope Spike TV chooses to continue the VGX Awards so we can have two chances to watch awkward game executives and bored Hollywood types hand out awards to developers who aren’t sure how they’re supposed to react. Plus, it might lead to more drunken development deals.
Are you looking for more news from this past week? Then I suggest you look for it after the break where we delve into a bunch of new game announcements (Yay!) and a few delays (Oh no!).
New Game Announcements
- Twin-stick shooter We Are Doomed will be released in 2015 for the PS4 and Vita.
- Avalanche officially announced Just Cause 3 for a 2015 release… finally.
- Blizzard confirmed that StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void is no mere expansion and will instead be released as a standalone game.
- Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that Pikmin 4 is in development during a shareholder’s meeting.
More News
- Microsoft’s ScreamRide will be released on March 3.
- NBA 2K15 outsold every other game in October 2014.
- Telltale’s Tales From the Borderlands will make its downloadable debut “soon.”
- Telltale revealed that their Game of Thrones series will span six episodes.
- Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea will be released for the PS3 on March 10.
- Sony delayed Bloodborne‘s release to March 24.
Rumor Has It
- Microsoft recently filed a trademark application for “Battletoads.”
New Videos
- Tekken 7 – “Gameplay Trailer”
Gaming Etc.
- A new Mercedes-Benz GLA commercial stars creepy live-action versions of Mario, Luigi, and Peach.
New Release Round-Up
- Retail Releases: Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Assassin’s Creed: Rogue, Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, more.
- Nintendo Download: Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Sonic Boom, more.
- PlayStation Store: Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Assassin’s Creed: Rogue, Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, more.
- Xbox Games Store (Wednesday): Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Assassin’s Creed: Rogue, Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, more.
- Xbox Games Store (Friday): Terraria, Toybox Turbos, Pure Pool
- Next Week’s Retail Releases: Super Smash Bros. For Wii U, Far Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto V for PS4/Xbox One, more.