Journalist and presenter Geoff Keighley has revealed that he is paying for The Game Awards 2014 out of his own pocket. The awards were previously called the VGA’s and weren’t particularly taken to by gamers. Let’s hope this year’s event will be an improvement.
“The investment is my own. I’m bankrolling it and we’re trying to sell some sponsorships. But there are no submission fees.”
“There is a fair amount of risk involved, though he declined to say how much of his own money he had to put up for the show. “I thought about doing a Kickstarter, but I would feel awkward doing that. I think I need to take this on myself to prove I can do it. I need to prove to everyone this is going to be great. If I were to Kickstart it there would have been a fair amount of skepticism.”
Firsties! Suckers!!!!
As much as I dislike the VGAs, I hope this works out for him. He seems to be really passionate about this if he would go as far as paying for it himself. Props to Geoff.
I totally agree. I have to say he has gained a new level of respect from me on this one. I am sure he has read all the complaints and wants to address them if he is willing to take this on.
Here is what I’d like to see. Take the Bonus Round format and wrap the awards around that. Forget the jackass sidekick from last year…pull in a few guys like Pachter, Marcus Beer and a developer. Present each category and then have the panel discuss the nominees and award the winner. I’d watch that in a heartbeat.
You know this asshole is anti gamergate? And that he gives a fuck for gamers as long as he gets the dollar. This is just to let him look good. Don’t trust this bastard, he will fuck you all up, you’ll see.
Wow, what a guy, I totally admire his dedication to the Awards. After last year’s terrible show I hope he’s taken cues from the videogame community.
It’s all gonna be in vain because last year sucked ass. No one is gonna watch this shit again after that.
“No one is gonna watch (it) AGAIN after that.” How can people watch it “AGAIN?” It’s a completely different show. New name, new awards, new judges. It’s not the VGA’s. The VGA’s doesn’t exist.
This is a brand new award show, the Game Awards.
“The Game Awards” Just remove Video from the name and call it new? How hysterical and sad. lol Still not watching that shit and I know its the same thing because its funded from the same dude who worked with last year’s colossal fucked up VGA. Not buying that BS that its new.
That’s usually how rebrandings work. They do that for a clean slate. I feel like last year was obviously bad, so the rebranding makes too much sense.
And not even a moron would be fooled by it. Its the same conference that flopped hard last year.
It’s not a re-branding. It is a completely brand new award show. Restructured completely and put together by a completely new set of people. The ONLY thing that is the same is that Geoff Keighley’s funding the show… that’s it.
It’s not going to have that “dude-bro” vibe that last years show had. Geoff is making a new award show, because he heard the complaints and realized that the VGA’s sucked majorly.
He’s not just changing the name… -_- Only an ignorant drone would think that.
“Restructured” is also “rebranding” upon the old version fool. lol Similar definition.
So Doritos and Mountain Dew all around?
http://www.quickmeme.com/img/eb/eb130d7796dc5b7868475477fbf09f3acebd1a00868fb29c61b161c9ed37497a.jpg
That picture says it all right there. It’s not about good games. It never has been. It’s about mountain dew, doritos and any other major company trying to advertise thier product. Big corporation has taken over mainstream gaming. Sad but true.
I will give this new show a chance, but my hopes are not very high.
For fat, lazy ass jocks playing COD on Xbox all day. lol
Like a narutard known as obinna, right?
Exactly. lol
i actually play other kinds of games on my 360 and wii u lmao. like gta v , tomb raider or ghost recon F.S . the jokes on you XD.
We are talking about fat morons like you who eat doritos and mountain dew. so the jokes on you bastard!
i like hot fries chips, not doritios. and am not even a fan of mountain dew because sprite is Superior in my opinion. U MAD XD
anyway those food is bad for you.
“i like hot fries chips” and “THE GYM DOES NOT WORK” LAWL
EXPOSED AND BURNED!
He gets burned by anything but cannot burn the fat…
obinna burned!
Gosh, you are such a tool.
??? He has a Wii U??? *dies of shock*
Were have you been? We’ve all known that he has a Wii U since he first started posting here, that’s all he complained about.
After reading this article I will go out of my way to not watch this award show. Hope it’s an epic fail.
Wise decision. I don’t even know nor wanna care about VGA anyway. I only watch Tokyo Game Show, PAX and E3.
IT’S NOT THE VGA’S!
Jesus Christ, you people are thick…
What you people are saying is synonymous with “I’m not going to watch The Voice, because American Idol bombed last year….” They are TWO DIFFERENT SHOWS.
What happened at the VGA’s last year has NOTHING to do with Geoff Keighley’s Game Award show this year.
I’ll watch it if I can, so I’ll believe it when I see it.
I can see why. The show in general suck balls and last year’s embarrassing display has proved that. I’m not wasting a few hours of my short life watching this crap so they can talk about the games that sucked ass at delivering their sweet, falsified promises and there’s no doubt in my mind that they’re gonna continue ignoring Nintendo and not talk about how awesome Bayonetta 2, Hyrule Warriors, MK8 and Smash Bros. 4 is.
Piss off iSheep.
Whatever you say. Least I can afford one and enjoy it. Have fun with your peasant Malware-magnet Android phones.
XD you own an iPhone? You lost any credibility that you had, Gtfoh!
So? I want a smartphone. Is there a problem, Androidork?
No one watches = Less support for Xbots, Sonyans, Electrons and Ubisians…
F = ma and Fa-b = -Fb-a
Just end it. Fuck the vga its a stage show for hd fags
Already ended. The VGA’s doesn’t exist anymore… -_- This is a different award show.
I hate to be that guy, sort of, but shit by any other name is still shit.
too bad he is stil a dick… Reggie Fils-ame should finally punch him in the face this year…
Reggie should go down there and unveil Cranky Kong in DKC: Tropical Freeze again. That’s what this show deserves.
Someone needs to punch this guy in the taint already. The anti-Nintendo prejudice in the industry is appalling, and this is just one more propaganda tool for that hate.
The thing is, no one cares.
what is his motive behind all this? I understand if you really love something you’re willing to do just about anything for your dreams. but what could he possibly gain from this?
This human wants to boost his pathetic ego…
Profit, like with anything and everything everyone does. If its successful then he’ll make money off of it
OUR DUDEBRO POPE HAS SPOKEN!
Wtf is the VGAs lol theres an award show for games? like BEST SHOOTER award or sumthin? Lol Gtfo
Yes, there are MANY videogame award shows. The VGA’s “was” one such award show and yes “Best Shooter” is a category along with others like Best Platformer, Best Racer, Best Handheld, Best Mobile, Best Simulator, Best Sound Effects, Best Visual Effects, Best Game Overall, ect, etc.
TheVGA’s doesn’t exist anymore. It has been terminated, but the Game Awards is a new video game award show that will air in 2014.
Is it so hard to believe that videogames have award shows? Movies get award shows, music gets award shows, why not video games? They are essentially a combination of every art medium from visual to auditory to technical, etc.
I can literally cut though his sadness with a plastic butter knife.
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Well I’m sure he’ll get it all back after showering Sony and Microsoft with glowing reviews and awards! :P
I will just say this i don’t think it a good idea to invest a “new” award show yet, you work on one that had a bad reputation. However, I do hope for that man the very best because he risking something personal for something that he is probably that devoted for.
Nintendo announced Kranky Kong last year. And you dweebs think that the VGAs itself is the problem.
High Command has absolutely nothing to do with the quality, quantity and content shown within the borders of complete garbage…
Crank Kong was revealed there because the VGAs apparently pissed Reggie off so he decided they weren’t good enough to get a better announcement. xD
cranky kong for smash and mk8 dlc. LMAFO
I have to admit, Geoff Keighley is a pretty cool guy. I hope this works out for him.
I’m usually a pretty easy-going guy when it comes to video games. Different people enjoy different things. But if you’re a Nintendo fan, then you should not even remotely give this guy the benefit of the doubt. Props to Reggie for being on the board of this show even though Geoff’s been terribly rude to him in multiple interviews.
Let’s see him do a better job when is his money on the line!
From what I’ve read of the comments, some think he’s an ass, others think he’s a cool guy. Please tell me what he has done for people to call him an ass and what he has done to be called a cool guy. I don’t understand the hate/love this guy gets. If somebody can tell me, then I can decide for myself, what I think of the guy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-nt2zLyUzY
Real Vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvqwMnyhhn4
Part 2. Frustrating to watch.
There is nothing wrong with Geoff’s interviews with Reggie. I guess you people would rather watch an interviewer put Reggie’s penis in their mouth than actually ask tough questions.
No, it’s fine to ask tough questions in an interview. It’s expected. But the entire interview had a negative vibe to it. He really wanted Reggie to trip up on his words. He was obviously slamming Nintendo. He did not say anything positive about any Wii U game, or the system itself. It was a bias interview. Sure ask tough questions, but also have the decency to praise the good, which Nintendo had many good things at that time. Be fair and balanced, which geoff clearly was not.
Is geoff Kneighly even a gamer? Does he play video games?
The irony is that Nintendo blew away the competition at E3 2014. Where’s Geoff at with that report? lol
And the fact that Lord Reggienator’s trolling Cranky Kong announcement was the most twittered thing of that pathetic show…
If this is the same thing as the Spike TV video game awards, I have no interest. Nothing but SONY this and Microsoft that. Like everything else. Ugh!
Since he put his own money into this, I hope it works out for him. But when & if I watch it, one moment of negativity towards Nintendo from this guy or anyone else important at this event, I will shut it off instantly! Then I’ll hope the entire thing goes to shit right after. If any award show isn’t going to be fair & balanced, it deserves to fail & the guy that forked up the money for it should suffer in a deep hole where their money should have been.