Video Game Awards Show on TV
by Christopher Lohman · in General Discussion · 01/03/2003 (5:50 pm) · 4 replies
http://www.gamemarketwatch.com/news/item.asp?nid=2619
1.3.2003 8:17:16 AM
Video Game Industry to Get a TV Awards Show
by Joseph Moran
The National Network (TNN), a unit of the MTV Networks division of Viacom Inc., will develop, produce, and air a video game industry awards show sometime toward the end of 2003.
Award categories during the two-hour show will include "Hottest Hero and Heroine", "Most Addictive", "Coolest Villian", "Best Game Based on a Movie", "Best Celebrity Actor and Actress in a Game", and of course, "Game of the Year".
Considering how many parallels the video game industry shares with the movie industrycharacteristics like high development costs, high-profile talent, and frequent releases of both hits and dudsand awards show seems appropriate.
TNN said that it decided to do the show because the network's target audience of people ages 25 to 34 is similar to the core audience of video games.
A venue for the production has not been selected yet, and there's no word on what the awards will be called.
1.3.2003 8:17:16 AM
Video Game Industry to Get a TV Awards Show
by Joseph Moran
The National Network (TNN), a unit of the MTV Networks division of Viacom Inc., will develop, produce, and air a video game industry awards show sometime toward the end of 2003.
Award categories during the two-hour show will include "Hottest Hero and Heroine", "Most Addictive", "Coolest Villian", "Best Game Based on a Movie", "Best Celebrity Actor and Actress in a Game", and of course, "Game of the Year".
Considering how many parallels the video game industry shares with the movie industrycharacteristics like high development costs, high-profile talent, and frequent releases of both hits and dudsand awards show seems appropriate.
TNN said that it decided to do the show because the network's target audience of people ages 25 to 34 is similar to the core audience of video games.
A venue for the production has not been selected yet, and there's no word on what the awards will be called.
#2
I think it's nice that video games get an awards show. I mean, no crap. It took 'em long enough. But the thought doesn't necessarily fill me with boundless optimism. :)
01/04/2003 (7:39 pm)
Do MTV or VH1 tend to show the best of the best music-wise? Are the decisions as to what is highlighted made solely on the basis of artistic merit?I think it's nice that video games get an awards show. I mean, no crap. It took 'em long enough. But the thought doesn't necessarily fill me with boundless optimism. :)
#3
TNN wants to prove it's got game in the awards show business, rolling out the first televised kudofest for the fast-growing video game industry with such over-the-top categories as best all-around badass and best free-for-all carnage.
tv.yahoo.com/news/va/20021219/104029910300.html
I'm not sure how these awards relate to Independents, but I think the logistics are going to make it very difficult to work out as this article goes on to say:
"The show's timing may cause some conflicts with the industry, however. Video game companies typically generate as much as half their revenues in that quarter, and accordingly debut their biggest titles in and around the holiday season. If the show is held then, it may be hard to spotlight top unreleased titles about to debut, leaving the show to focus on games released many months before."
"The game industry is not interested in supporting a show that honors games they don't even have on the shelf anymore," said Paul Provenzano, president of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, which runs the 6-year-old Interactive Achievement Awards.
I don't think they'll be able to scoop the publicity that the IGC Player's Choice Awards will have next summer.
01/05/2003 (12:49 am)
I notice this news item when it came out and thought oh boy, Games go further Hollywood... there are some additional categories not mentioned in this news item.TNN wants to prove it's got game in the awards show business, rolling out the first televised kudofest for the fast-growing video game industry with such over-the-top categories as best all-around badass and best free-for-all carnage.
tv.yahoo.com/news/va/20021219/104029910300.html
I'm not sure how these awards relate to Independents, but I think the logistics are going to make it very difficult to work out as this article goes on to say:
"The show's timing may cause some conflicts with the industry, however. Video game companies typically generate as much as half their revenues in that quarter, and accordingly debut their biggest titles in and around the holiday season. If the show is held then, it may be hard to spotlight top unreleased titles about to debut, leaving the show to focus on games released many months before."
"The game industry is not interested in supporting a show that honors games they don't even have on the shelf anymore," said Paul Provenzano, president of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, which runs the 6-year-old Interactive Achievement Awards.
I don't think they'll be able to scoop the publicity that the IGC Player's Choice Awards will have next summer.
#4
Which would basically mean you'd better like sequels, because that's the only reason game studios would support this.
01/05/2003 (9:29 pm)
Unless . . . . unless they're planning to build a franchise, a la Perfect Dark, Mario, Duke Nukem, HALO etc.Which would basically mean you'd better like sequels, because that's the only reason game studios would support this.
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