Polygon has a lengthy write-up on how they're changing the VGX this year.
There are some news excerpts in here too.
There are some news excerpts in here too.
Polygon said:"People love to hate on us," Keighley said in a recent interview with Polygon. "'It's always over-commercialized. It's so Hollywood and it's not for us.' So what we said this year was, let's try something completely different. We're giving the show exactly what gamers have told us they want, which is more content, more news, more developers on stage, more awards."
Polygon said:"We used to try and force [TV and Gamer audiences] together. This year we are trying to say we have the show for the core audience, which is the streaming show on Saturday, and then for the more mainstream viewers there is an hour television show you can watch on Spike on Monday which is going to give you the highlights. You may not want to see a ten minute demo from [Double Fine's Tim] Schafer on the livestream, but you might be interested in getting his news and seeing a minute of it on Monday."
Polygon said:Saturday's show kicks-off at 6 p.m. ET and will include extended demos of yet-to-be-released games, interviews, premieres of new trailers, a live performance of the music of Grand Theft Auto 5 and, of course, the awards.
Polygon said:This year the show's winners were told ahead of time they won so the winners could create their own acceptance videos.
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"Game making is such a collaborative effort," Keighley said. "It's not always fair that just one person is up on stage accepting the awards. So we're going to have all of these pieces throughout the day that will come from all of the winners. You'll see those running in the lead up to the show, inside the show and we will be doing game of the year as a live acceptance as well."
Polygon said:Keighely says that Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony will each have a presence at the show and that folks like Rockstar Games are flying the entire Rockstar North development team into LA from Edinburgh, Scotland for the show.
Source: http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/6/51...ing-the-reset-button-on-its-video-game-awardsPolygon said:"People across the industry are really supporting us," he said. "We have all of these publishers signing up and saying, Hey, we believe in this show and what you have built at Viacom and want to continue to support you.'
"This is a drastically different show than we have ever done before. I think people will be pretty surprised when they see the show and how we're supporting it."