Wow. The Spike Video Game Awards are the place to be this year. If the newly announced host Sammy J. wasn't enough to excite you, then maybe the addition of a full-blown videogame orchestral concert would be.
Touring game music concert Video Games Live will perform at Spike TV's 2007 Video Game Awards. This awards show, airing December 9 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT), will be VGL's television debut. They are slated to perform some selected popular pieces from their concert line up and will also be adding some new, unseen material.
“It was quite an honor for us to be contacted about performing in the show,” said game composer and VGL co-creator Tommy Tallarico. “Spike TV’s goal of celebrating video games and bringing them to the masses is exactly the reason we created Video Games Live in the first place.”
Video game composer and co-creator/conductor Jack Wall added, “We’re really excited about this opportunity which gives us a platform to reach millions of people. We have a few new surprises in store for the audience that we’re really looking forward to performing live.”
As you may already know, Destructoid's staff are all huge fans of Video Games Live, and several of us have attended multiple performances. We're happy that VGL is blowing up. I'm sure they'll pull out all the stops for the Spike Video Game Awards next month. Good luck, guys!
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
Japanator. Likes Corgis, Sega Saturn, PSP, iPhone, Photographic tools.
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9:06 AM on 11.30.2007
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the 'fans' do NOT get to vote. I love that
Hear, hear.
I could be wrong. the fact they have VGL could mean some better thought into what they're doing. Cause I know I stayed laughing and "WTFs" when I heard about the last few years.
And as always... special thanks to the Destructoid folks for the continued GREAT support!
Tommy Tallarico
Maybe it will be worthwhile to actually pay attention to the awards show this year.
More on topic, VGL was awesome, so it seems the SpikeTV VGAs are doing more than one thing right this time around.
I swear... if Halo wins over Bioshock... I'm gonna..... grrrrrrr :P
I swear... if Halo wins over Bioshock... I'm gonna..... grrrrrrr :P
I swear... if Halo wins over Bioshock... I'm gonna..... grrrrrrr :P
I swear... if Halo wins over Bioshock... I'm gonna..... grrrrrrr :P
Also, I'll be watching for the sole reason of seeing VGL.
Looking forward to the show. VGL rules!