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Get ready for the biggest night in gaming this year! The Video Game Awards 2005 will be premiering on Spike TV on Saturday, December 10 at 9:00 PM ET. The awards will take place the the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vin Diesel, The Rock, Missy Elliot, Snoop Dogg, Carmen Electra, Xzibit, and Ozzy Osbourne are all set to appear at the show. It has just been announced that acclaimed actor and producer Samuel L. Jackson will be hosting the show.
Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie from Ubisoft has been nominated in seven categories including “Best Action Game,” “Best Graphics,” “Best Performance by a Human-Male and Female” for Jack Black and Naomi Watts, and “Designer of the Year” for Michel Ancel. 50 Cent: Bulletbroof (Vivendi Universal Games), World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment), James Bond 007: From Russia With Love (Electronic Arts), and Call of Duty 2 (Activision, Inc.) all have six nominations.
“Video games have taken over the world as the most creative, cutting edge platform for major names in entertainment to showcase their talent and reach a massive audience,” Casey Patterson, Executive Producer of the VGAs and Senior Vice President of Event Production and Talent Development for Spike. “Sam Jackson is one of the coolest guys on the planet; we’re thrilled to have him hosting this year’s show which promises more stars, more rock, and more games than every before.”