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    Jack Black is an actor and the lead singer of the rock group Tenacious D. He has been featured in video games and has had his work from Tenacious D showcased in Guitar Hero 3, 'The Metal', and more recently in Rock Band 2 with 'Master Exploder.'

    God of War III, Brütal Legend, and More at Spike TV's Video Game Awards

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    Edited By jeff
    Yeah, this guy.
    Yeah, this guy.
    Spike TV put out a press release with a bit of info about what we can expect to see on the network's Video Game Awards show, which airs on Sunday, December 14. The show will be hosted by Jack Black.

    With Tenacious D's more recognizable half running thangs, maybe it shouldn't be a huge surprise that Double Fine's Brütal Legend--which has Black in the starring role--will be on display during the show. It'll be one of ten "world premieres." Do you think they've finally figured out who is going to publish that game? Do you think they'll actually announce that as part of the show?

    Here's the announced list of stuff that'll be shown:


    There will also be some new Gears of War 2 information on the show, which I'm guessing would have to be related to downloadable content. It's not like they could get Cliff Bleszinski up there and just have him shout "THIS JUST IN: CHAINSAWS ARE STILL BAD ASS" and have that be it.

    Actually, I'd be into that.

    So, if you count whatever the Gears 2 stuff is as one of the ten, that's eight. That leaves two slots open for other games. I am currently in the weird position of having heard what one of them might be while Spike was out here to interview me for an upcoming installment of GameTrailers TV, so I'll refrain from speculating and instead say that I hope the game I heard about makes it onto the show, because I'm very curious to see it.
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    #1  Edited By jeff
    Yeah, this guy.
    Yeah, this guy.
    Spike TV put out a press release with a bit of info about what we can expect to see on the network's Video Game Awards show, which airs on Sunday, December 14. The show will be hosted by Jack Black.

    With Tenacious D's more recognizable half running thangs, maybe it shouldn't be a huge surprise that Double Fine's Brütal Legend--which has Black in the starring role--will be on display during the show. It'll be one of ten "world premieres." Do you think they've finally figured out who is going to publish that game? Do you think they'll actually announce that as part of the show?

    Here's the announced list of stuff that'll be shown:


    There will also be some new Gears of War 2 information on the show, which I'm guessing would have to be related to downloadable content. It's not like they could get Cliff Bleszinski up there and just have him shout "THIS JUST IN: CHAINSAWS ARE STILL BAD ASS" and have that be it.

    Actually, I'd be into that.

    So, if you count whatever the Gears 2 stuff is as one of the ten, that's eight. That leaves two slots open for other games. I am currently in the weird position of having heard what one of them might be while Spike was out here to interview me for an upcoming installment of GameTrailers TV, so I'll refrain from speculating and instead say that I hope the game I heard about makes it onto the show, because I'm very curious to see it.
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    #2  Edited By Lilarcor

    I can't imagine they would show the game publicly if there weren't some plan to put it out, so I'm guessing this is news that Brutal Legend finally found a publisher. Hopefully it's someone who can give it the marketing it deserves to be a success, I think it's definitely more likely to hit than Psychonauts just because it has more appeal to the typical 'gamer' demographic.

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    #3  Edited By PLWolf

    I'll wait for the vids to show up on the interwebs. I'm not watching that show for anything.

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    #4  Edited By Death_Burnout

    I love Jack Black.

    Well i can't actually watch it at all, due to not being in America and all.

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    #5  Edited By SpencerBoltz

    Excited to see God of War III

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    #6  Edited By Media_Master

    good host

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    #7  Edited By Charleslegrand

    What has Jack been up to since Tropic Thunder?

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    #8  Edited By Hef

    God of war 3!!!!!

    Edit: I pretty much saw GoW3 and had to express my fanboy love of that series, but Marfia 2 -- Finally! I have the first one on PC and it definitely didn't get as much love as it deserved.

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    #9  Edited By daniel_beck_90
    Hef said:
    "God of war 3!!!!!"
    yeah God of war 3 , can not wait for that superb game
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    #10  Edited By RodneythePom

    I just don't find Tenacious D funny anymore, but forunately Jack Black was great in Tropic Thunder even though he was upstaged by Robert Downey Jr. Should be a good event, at least it's not Samuel L Jackson screaming at us for 2 hours.

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    #11  Edited By Chummy8

    For the first time in a very long time.. I have absolutely no interest in any upcoming games.  No games "grabbed" me like they have this year.  I don't even know of any good 2009 games.   It seemed to me that Fallout 3 released, there isn't anything on the horizon for me.

    I kinda have an inkling for Left 4 Dead and Endwar, but those games are already out.

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    #12  Edited By darkjester74

    All of the games listed are 360 exclusives, confirmed!  (Just kidding)

    I like Jack, he's a funny dude.  Hey, he can even make pandas seem funny, that's something!

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    #13  Edited By Pibo47

    I cannot wait for brutal legend!

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    #14  Edited By Aas

    Mafia II? This post just got interesting...

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    #15  Edited By Googly

    Anymore info on Brutal Legend makes me happy.  I cannot wait to play that game.

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    #16  Edited By SaucySala

    Huzzah for Brutal Legend!

    I've been waiting for Double Fine's next game.

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    #17  Edited By dsplayer1010

    FINALLY, Brutal legend info.

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    #18  Edited By Double0hFor

    ugh i hate jack black :(

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    #20  Edited By Milkman

    Will I endure the VGAs for all those awesome debuts? Oh god...what a decision. 

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    #21  Edited By BawlZINmotion

    I love Youtube...

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    #22  Edited By Manks

    I was planning to watch the VGAs anyway, but God of War III and Uncharted 2 just caught my attention.  

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    #23  Edited By dQuarters

    Judging how closely played everything is from Ubi's chest, I'll guess Jeff is hinting at AC2 (seeing as he's been privy to some inside rumour pandering, via Mikey P).

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    #24  Edited By SmugDarkLoser
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    #25  Edited By The_Icon

    LOL, I beat Giant Bomb to this news again (check my blog), also I beat them in posting about uncharted 2

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    #26  Edited By Red

    Looks good. If I can't find it anywhere maybe I'll be able to get it on Itunes.

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    #27  Edited By Snail

    Jack Black?! Mafia II?! I am SOOOO IN!

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    #28  Edited By Gameboi

    Who cares about  Spike TV's hour long advertisement.... I mean awards show about video games? They had me at Jack Black.

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    #29  Edited By DukeTogo

    Alan Wake and Duke Nukem 4Ever, WORLD PREMIERE!

    Mafia 2 being shown is pretty odd.  While the first one was woefully under-appreciated commercially, it's a pretty obscure game that is a cult favorite.  Showing the sequel at an event like this is like announcing STALKER 2, the audience watching that show doesn't play PC games, and certainly wasn't playing PC games 5 years ago.

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    #30  Edited By ferrarimanf355

    Uncharted 2 was ruined by Game Informer, no?

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    #31  Edited By MetalGearSunny

    Tenacious D FTW.

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    #32  Edited By Thrawn1

    is ryan's mystery game assassin's creed?

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    #33  Edited By MordeaniisChaos

    I'm looking forward to FINALLY seeing something about God of War 3. Its been ages since the teaser. WHy did they just, put that out there and then like, close up about God of War 3? They didn't talk about it, they didn't put out more media, nothing... Which is weird for a PS3 game that is so huge.

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    #34  Edited By Wright

    aha Jack Black's gonna be a great host.

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    #35  Edited By ZeroCast

    God.Of.War.3

    Enough Said.

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    #37  Edited By Dpower94

    Can't wait to see some brutal legend... big fan of jack black.

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    #38  Edited By RHCPfan24

    I didn't know there was a Watchman and Terminator game coming out.  But they will probably suck.  "The End of Nigh"? Yeah, okay that will be GOTY ;)

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    #39  Edited By TomA

    I don't really care about any of these games,except Gears 2.If i had a ps3 i would care about God of War 3,although i don't get the hype the game isn't that good.

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    #40  Edited By The_Icon

    God of War 3, Mafia II, Uncharted 2 is icing on the cake

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    #41  Edited By pikadeth

    I hope that at least one slot is left to announce the new Ponyz sequel from Ubi. Making horses pretty never gets old.

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    One of the mystery games will be Beyond Good & Evil 2

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    #43  Edited By Gameboi
    Outerface said:
    "One of the mystery games will be Beyond Good & Evil 2"
    I sure hope so!
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    #44  Edited By n00bosaurusRex

    Cock pushups?

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    #45  Edited By Rio

    I continue to pray for a preview of the latest ICO team project, but I know this isnt the type of venue for that.  Guess I will continue to wait.

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    #46  Edited By Roger_Klotz

    Awsome to here that brutal legends is still being published. I honestly can't wait for this game. I loved psychonauts and I'm really into the rock lifestyle.

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    #47  Edited By get2sammyb

    There's a lack of God Of War 3 excitement in here. So let's try again...

    GOD OF WAR 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111eleven

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    #48  Edited By Ma7moud
    Outerface said:
    "One of the mystery games will be Beyond Good & Evil 2"
    and Assassins Creed 2.
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    #49  Edited By hatking

    BioShock took home the big prize last year, maybe they'll show something nifty about BioShock 2.  Fingures crossed.

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