Big Names in Games Come Out for Spike TV's 'Video Game Awards 2009'
December 07 2009 - 1:36PM
PR Newswire (US)
Academy Award(TM)-Nominated Actor Jake Gyllenhaal, Green Day, Snoop
Dogg, Olivia Wilde And Zachary Quinto Kick-Off All-Star Line Up
Spike TV's 7th Annual "Video Game Awards 2009" Premiere LIVE On
Saturday, December 12 At 8:00 PM ET NEW YORK, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/
-- Megastars from the worlds of video games, Hollywood, music,
sports and more will gather to pay tribute to the outstanding
achievements within the video game industry during the past year at
Spike TV's 7th Annual "Video Game Awards 2009." Broadcasting in
over 180 territories and countries, the VGAs will be a global
celebration of all things gaming as it premieres LIVE on Spike TV
Saturday, December 12 at 8:00 PM, ET (tape delay west coast).
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Academy Award(TM) nominated Actor Jake Gyllenhaal will be on hand
to dole out the night's most prestigious honor, Game of the Year,
as well as to present a special look at his upcoming Walt Disney
Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, future blockbuster "Prince of
Persia: The Sands of Time." Grammy Nominated rapper and gamer Snoop
Dogg will be performing at this year's live event. Also scheduled
to appear at the "VGAs" are Kristen Bell, Felicia Day, Green Day,
Tony Hawk, Tricia Helfer, Forrest Griffin, Alyssa Milano, Zachary
Quinto, Mike Tyson, Olivia Wilde and the stars of Spike TV's
forthcoming original comedy series "Blue Mountain State" - Alan
Ritchson, Darin Brooks and Chris Romano. Additional guest
appearances will be announced shortly. The official sponsors of
Spike TV's "Video Game Awards 2009" are Burger King, Mountain Dew,
Verizon Wireless, GameStop, Energizer and U.S. Army. Albie Hecht,
OscarĀ®-nominated producer and Casey Patterson, senior vice
president, event production & talent development for Spike TV
will serve as executive producers of Spike TV's "Video Game Awards
2009." Beth McCarthy will direct. Greg Sills is supervising
producer. Spike TV is available in 98.6 million homes and is a
division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE:VIANYSE:VIA.B),
MTV Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming
and content across all media platforms. Spike TV's Internet address
is http://www.spike.com/ and for up-to-the-minute and archival
press information and photographs, visit Spike TV's press site at
http://www.spike.com/press.
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