GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley
A video game show hosted by Geoff Keighley on Spike TV.
GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley, often shortened to GT.TV, was a video game television series hosted by journalist Geoff Keighley. It first aired under the name Game Head before being relaunched on January 25, 2008, with a new format and the addition of GameTrailers hosts Amanda MacKay and Daniel Kayser. The show ran from 2008 until 2013, and the GameTrailers website closed in 2016.
Quick Facts
- Runtime
- 30 minutes
- Starring
- Geoff Keighley
- Amanda MacKay
- Daniel Kayser
- iJustine
- Composer
- Kurt Bumbulis, Bruce Edwards
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Seasons
- 11
- Executive producers
- Geoff Keighley
- Kevin Kay
- Neil Schuurmans
- Jon Slusser
- Producer
- Jeremy Hoffmann, Joel Goodling
Facts from the source article.
Series overview
The program featured host Geoff Keighley and his correspondents visiting video game companies and interviewing special guests while sharing exclusive information about upcoming games. Episodes included previews, reviews, new gadgets, and trivia about video games. Some episodes covered the "Best of E3" with editors from GameSpot, the D.I.C.E. Summit, the Independent Games Festival, PAX East, and the Spike TV Video Game Awards. Spike TV stated that GT.TV was the highest rated video game show on television, with ratings consistently above those of G4 or MTV2.
Hosts
Geoff Keighley served as host from 2005 to 2013, having previously been a correspondent for G4TV's The Electric Playground. Amanda MacKay worked as an on-location host, actress, and producer from 2007 to 2013. Daniel Kayser was an on-location correspondent and interviewer from 2007 to 2013. iJustine joined as an on-location gadget correspondent and actress from 2010 to 2013. Celebrity guests included Clint Eastwood, Kiefer Sutherland, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
Game Head: Episode Guide
The episode guide for Game Head lists 323 episodes across three seasons. Season 1 included episodes such as a Frag Dolls profile, the Nintendo Fusion Tour with Fall Out Boy, a Star Wars: Battlefront II show shot at LucasArts/LucasFilm's new office in San Francisco, a Spike TV Video Game Awards Nomination Special, an Xbox 360 Launch Special, Fight Night Round 3, a Spike TV Video Game Awards Post-Show, a University of Southern California Videogame Program show, and a 1UP/Ziff Davis 2006 Preview Show. Season 2 featured episodes on Blur Studios, The Collective developer of The Da Vinci Code and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith games, Uwe Boll, game designer Alex Ward of Burnout and BLACK, Marc Ecko discussing his game Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, a profile of Reggie Fils-Aimé, the D.I.C.E. Summit, EA Los Angeles with an exclusive preview of Medal of Honor: Airborne, a training day with Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, The Godfather: The Game shot at Paramount Pictures backlot, NBA Ballers Phenom, Kingdom Hearts II, the Sundance of Gaming at the Game Developers Conference featuring Cliff Bleszinski, and others. Season 3 included episodes on the I Am 8 Bit Art Exhibit at Gallery 1988, Ubisoft Montreal shot in Montreal, an E3 2006 Special, X-Men: The Official Game, an E3 Game Critics Awards Show, Mega64, Pandemic Studios, a Video Games Live Music Concert in Philadelphia, Sex and Videogames, God of War II, the Madden NFL 07 Kickoff Party at ESPN SportsZone in New York City, Resident Evil: Extinction on set in Mexico City, San Diego Comic-Con 2006, Red vs. Blue from Buda, Texas with a world exclusive look at Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars gameplay, QuakeCon 2006, Game On: The History of Videogames, the Warped Tour with bands like Thirty Seconds to Mars and Less Than Jake, the cast of Family Guy discussing their game, Resistance: Fall of Man from Insomniac Games, Scarface: The World is Yours in Miami with Steven Bauer, The Sopranos: Road to Respect with David Chase and Vincent Pastore, Warner Brothers Interactive and Superman Returns: The Game, and Uwe Boll on the set of Postal.
GameTrailers TV (GT.TV) Episode Guide
In January 2008, the fifth season of Game Head was relaunched as GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley, aligning with MTV's GameTrailers site. The format remained largely the same, but game reviews now matched scores from GameTrailers.com. The show was also relaunched in high-definition on SpikeHD and made available in HD on GameTrailers.com and Xbox Live Marketplace. The episode guide for GT.TV lists 222 episodes across two seasons. Season 1 included the world premiere of Tiberium with EA Los Angeles, Turok creators Propaganda Games, the Most Anticipated Games of 2008, Madden Bowl 2008 with Peter Moore, D.I.C.E. Summit 2008, the 2008 Game Developers Conference, Iron Man creators Secret Level, Inc., a Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Special from LucasArts, The Bourne Conspiracy creators High Moon Studios, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway creators Gearbox Software, Ghostbusters: The Video Game creators Terminal Reality, Dead Space creators EA Redwood Shores, FaceBreaker creators EA Canada, Resistance 2 with Insomniac Games, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest with Pandemic Studios, Prototype with Radical Entertainment, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe with Midway Games, Gears of War 2 with Epic Games, an E3 2008 Special, Comic-Con 2008, The Godfather II with Electronic Arts, TNA Impact! with TNA wrestlers and Midway Games, the 2008 Penny Arcade Expo, Halo Wars with Ensemble Studios, Fallout 3 with Bethesda Game Studios, Call of Duty: World at War with Treyarch, Skate 2 with EA Canada, Wanted: Weapons of Fate with GRIN and F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin with Monolith Productions, and a 2008 Spike Video Game Awards preview special. Season 2 included the Most Anticipated Games of 2009, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned with Rockstar Games, inFamous with Sucker Punch Productions, D.I.C.E. Summit 2009, Alpha Protocol with Obsidian Entertainment, Wolfenstein with Raven Software, a BioWare special, the 2009 Game Developers Conference, Fight Night Round 4 with Electronic Arts, Mafia II with 2K Games, Army of Two: The 40th Day with EA Montreal, Tony Hawk: Ride with Robomodo, Heavy Rain with Quantic Dream, an E3 2009 Preview, E3 2009, Dante's Inferno with Visceral Games, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves with Naughty Dog, Brütal Legend with Double Fine Productions, Comic-Con 2009, a Valve special, Halo 3: ODST with Bungie, and a LucasArts special.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley first air?
GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley first aired on 14 January 2005.
When did GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley end?
GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley last aired on 18 January 2008.
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