Spike Video Game Awards

Spike Video Game Awards
Spike Video Game Awards
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the video game industry
Location	Santa Monica, California / Las Vegas, Nevada
Country	United States
First awarded	December 3, 2003
Website	http://www.spike.com/event/vga

The Spike Video Game Awards (in short VGAs, known as the VGX for the final show) was an annual award show hosted by American television network Spike from 2002 that recognized the best computer and video games of the year. Produced by GameTrailers TV's Geoff Keighley, the show featured preview trailers for upcoming games, live music performances and appearances by popular performers in music, movies, and television.

The VGAs was held at various locations in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, California as well as Las Vegas, Nevada. Spike's only Video Game Hall of Fame award, given to The Legend of Zelda, was awarded at the 2011 awards show.^[1]

On November 15, 2013, Spike announced a new format under the name VGX, calling it "The next generation of the VGAs". The last award show, carrying this name, aired on December 7.^[2] Changes from the previous format included "in-depth extended demos of the next generation of games and interactive one-on-one interviews and panels in an intimate studio setting."^[3]

On November 10, 2014, it was announced that Spike would drop their award show, ending their decade-long run.^[4] Geoff Keighley went on to create his own video game award show in the form of The Game Awards starting in that year, dropping the support from Spike.^[4]

^ Cite error: The named reference 2011vga was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Samit Sarkar (November 15, 2013). "Spike Video Game Awards renamed VGX, set for Dec. 7". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
^ "VGX About". Spike TV. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Takahashi, Dean (November 10, 2014). "Geoff Keighley unveils The Game Awards 2014 to replace the VGAs". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.

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[2013VGX-2] Samit Sarkar (November 15, 2013). "Spike Video Game Awards renamed VGX, set for Dec. 7". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2013.

[3] "VGX About". Spike TV. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

[tga_2014-4] Takahashi, Dean (November 10, 2014). "Geoff Keighley unveils The Game Awards 2014 to replace the VGAs". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.

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