GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley (or GT.TV) is a television show about video games hosted by video game journalist Geoff Keighley. Originally titled Game Head, on January 25, 2008, the show relaunched under its current name with a slightly different format and further incorporation of GameTrailers hosts, Amanda MacKay and Daniel Kayser. The series ran from 2008–2013, with the GameTrailers site being shut down in 2016.
Series overview In the program, host Geoff Keighley, along with his correspondents, are seen on location at video game companies or interviewing with special guests while divulging exclusive information on upcoming video games. During the program, video game previews, reviews, new gadgets, and trivia facts about the video games are featured.
Notable episodes Past episodes have included interviews with film director Uwe Boll, former Nintendo of America President and Chief Operating Officer Reggie Fils-Aimé, professional video gamer Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, and fashion designer Marc Ecko.
Episodes have also focused on the "Best of E3" in their E3 2006 and E3 2007 episode, featuring editors from internet gaming site GameSpot. Other episodes have featured the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences's D.I.C.E. Summit, including an interview with the former head of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division Peter Moore, the 8th Annual Independent Games Festival, PAX East, and Spike TV Video Game Awards (VGAs).
Ratings According to Spike TV, GT.TV is the highest rated video game show on television, and consistently has higher ratings than anything on G4 or MTV2.
Hosts Geoff Keighley (2005–2013) - Video game journalist for online, print and television, freelance writer, and executive producer. Former correspondent for G4TV's The Electric Playground. Amanda MacKay (2007–2013) - On-location host, actress, and producer. Daniel Kayser (2007–2013) - On-location correspondent and interviewer. iJustine (2010–2013) - On-location gadget correspondent, and actress.
Celebrity guests A number of celebrities have also appeared as guests, including Clint Eastwood, Kiefer Sutherland, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and even Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
Game Head: Episode Guide
Season 1 (2005) 101 – Frag Dolls profile show 102 – The Nintendo Fusion Tour with Fall Out Boy 103 – Star Wars: Battlefront II Show, shot at LucasArts/LucasFilm's new office in San Francisco, CA 104 – Spike TV Video Game Awards Nomination Special 105 – Xbox 360 Launch Special 106 – Fight Night Round 3 107 – Spike TV Video Game Awards Post-Show 108 – University of Southern California Videogame Program Show 109 – 1UP/Ziff Davis 2006 Preview Show
Season 2 (2006) 201 – Blur Studios, a 3D animation company 202 – The Collective, developer of The Da Vinci Code and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith video games 203 – Uwe Boll, infamous videogame filmmaker 204 – Alex Ward, game designer of Burnout and BLACK 205 – Marc Ecko about his game, Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure 206 – Reggie Fils-Aimé, A profile of Nintendo's top North American executive 207 – Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences's D.I.C.E. Summit 208 – EA Los Angeles. This show featured an exclusive preview for Medal of Honor: Airborne 209 – Training Day with Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. 210 – The Godfather: The Game Shot at Paramount Pictures backlot in Hollywood, CA 211 – NBA Ballers Phenom 212 – Kingdom Hearts II 213 – The Sundance of Gaming. Shot at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, CA Features Cliff Bleszinski from Epic Games
Season 3 (2006) 301 – I Am 8 Bit Art Exhibit at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, CA 302 – Ubisoft Montreal Show shot in Montreal, QC, Canada 303 – E3 2006 Special 304 – X-Men: The Official Game 305 – E3 Game Critics Awards Show 306 – Mega64 307 – Pandemic Studios 308 – Video Games Live Music Concert, shot in Philadelphia, PA 309 – Sex and Videogames 310 – God of War II 311 – The Madden NFL 07 Kickoff Party at the ESPN SportsZone in New York City, NY 312 – Resident Evil: Extinction. On the set of the new movie in Mexico City, Mexico 313 – San Diego Comic-Con 2006 314 – Red vs. Blue from Buda, TX, and the world exclusive look at Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars gameplay 315 – QuakeCon 2006. 316 – Game On: The History of Videogames 317 – The Warped Tour – Thirty Seconds to Mars, Less Than Jake and other bands discuss lending songs to videogames 318 – The cast of Family Guy discuss their new video game 319 – The PlayStation 3 game Resistance: Fall of Man from Insomniac Games 320 – Scarface: The World is Yours in Miami with Steven Bauer (Manny in the film). 321 – The Sopranos: Road to Respect with show creator David Chase and actor Vincent Pastore (Big Pussy) 322 – Warner Brothers Interactive and Superman Returns: The Game 323 – Uwe Boll on the set of his new film Postal 324 – Call of Duty 3 Challenge 325 – PlayStation 3 launch special 326 – Nintendo Wii launch special with Reggie Fils-Aimé 327 – 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards hour-long special
Season 4 (2007) During the 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards on December 13, 2006, a 30-second commercial revealed that Game Head will return for a fourth season in 2007. Commercials stated that new episodes would premiere on Fridays at 1AM in January. However, the first new episode actually aired on Friday, February 2, 2007. The start of season 4 brought with it a new logo and new graphics throughout the show. Other new additions include a ratings score for game reviews, based on a 10-point scale, and a Game Head Icon segment, highlighting an iconic character in video game history. Also, a feature called Open World lists the top-selling games at a given independent video game retailer.
401 – 2007 videogame preview show from the offices of IGN in San Francisco, CA (February 2, 2007) 402 – Behind the scenes at Sega 403 – Madden Bowl 2007 from Miami, FL 404 – DICE Convention 2007 with Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft 405 – NBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas 406 – Atari founder Nolan Bushnell 407 – God of War II Special with David Jaffe 408 – Fable creator Peter Molyneux plus a feature on Kotaku 409 – Inside Nintendo Power Magazine 410 – Alternative Reality Gaming at 42 Entertainment In keeping with the ARG theme, Game Head had a URL and images of Shigeru Miyamoto – hidden in split-second images flashed on the screen – to a trailer for the next episode: a Super Tribute to Shigeru Miyamoto. The link was "miyamoto.spiketv.com" 411 – Shigeru Miyamoto: A Super Tribute 412 – Inside Valve for Team Fortress 2 413 – Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta Special 414 – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 415 – Big Buck Hunter Pro and Eugene Jarvis 416 – A look at Star Wars games at Star Wars Celebration IV 417 – Video game modder Ben Heckendorn 418 – The Voice of Mario: Charles Martinet 419 – Naughty Dog on Uncharted: Drake's Fortune This episode was re-aired in January 2008 with an updated Head Start news segment 420 – Gears of War creators Epic Games 421 – E3 2007 Special 422 – E3 Hangover Special 423 – Comic-Con 2007 with David Jaffe, Uwe Boll and the casts of Iron Man and Heroes 424 – Madden NFL 08 launch from Times Square 425 – Stranglehold special 426 – EA Chicago 427 – Projekt Revolution Tour 2007 428 – EA Summer Showcase 429 – Halo 3: LAUNCHED! 430 – Hollywood and Games 431 – World Cyber Games 432 – Call of Duty 4 creators Infinity Ward 433 – The writers of The Simpsons 434 – E For All Expo 2007 435 – Mass Effect at BioWare 436 – Harmonix the creators of Rock Band 437 – Videogame Violence with Jack Thompson 438 – Game Head Best of 2007 439 - Game Head: A Mockumentary (Online Short)
GameTrailers TV (GT.TV) Episode Guide
Season 1 (2008) In January 2008 it was announced that the 5th season Game Head would be relaunched as GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley, further aligning the show with MTV's popular gaming site GameTrailers. The format of the show is largely the same as Game Head, although game reviews are now handled by GameTrailers.com so the scores match those on the website. The show was also re-launched in high-definition on SpikeHD and is available in HD on GameTrailers.com and Xbox Live Marketplace.
101 – The world premiere of Tiberium with EA Los Angeles 102 – Turok creators Propaganda Games 103 – The Most Anticipated Games of 2008 104 – Madden Bowl 2008 with Peter Moore 105 – D.I.C.E. Summit 2008 106 – 2008 Game Developers Conference 107 – Iron Man creators Secret Level, Inc. 108 – Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Special from LucasArts 109 – The Bourne Conspiracy creators High Moon Studios 110 – Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway creators Gearbox Software 111 – Ghostbusters: The Video Game creators Terminal Reality 112 – Dead Space creators EA Redwood Shores 113 – FaceBreaker creators EA Canada 114 – Resistance 2 with Insomniac Games 115 – The Lord of the Rings: Conquest with Pandemic Studios 116 – Prototype with Radical Entertainment 117 - Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe with Midway Games 118 – Gears of War 2 with Epic Games 119 - E3 2008 Special 120 - Comic-Con 2008 121 - The Godfather II with Electronic Arts 122 - TNA Impact! with TNA wrestlers and Midway Games 123 - 2008 Penny Arcade Expo 124 - Halo Wars with Ensemble Studios 125 - Fallout 3 with Bethesda Game Studios 126 - Call of Duty: World at War with Treyarch 127 - Skate 2 with EA Canada 128 - Wanted: Weapons of Fate with GRIN and F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin with Monolith Productions 129 - 2008 Spike Video Game Awards preview special
Season 2 (2009) 201 - Most Anticipated Games of 2009 202 - Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned with Rockstar Games 203 - inFamous with Sucker Punch Productions 204 - D.I.C.E. Summit 2009 205 - Alpha Protocol with Obsidian Entertainment 206 - Wolfenstein with Raven Software 207 - BioWare special 208 - 2009 Game Developers Conference 209 - Fight Night Round 4 with Electronic Arts 210 - Mafia II with 2K Games 211 - Army of Two: The 40th Day with EA Montreal 212 - Tony Hawk: Ride with Robomodo 213 - Heavy Rain with Quantic Dream 214 - E3 2009 Preview 215 - E3 2009 216 - Dante's Inferno with Visceral Games 217 - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves with Naughty Dog 218 - Brütal Legend with Double Fine Productions 219 - Comic-Con 2009 220 - Valve special 221 - Halo 3: ODST with Bungie 222 - LucasArts special 223 - Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time with Insomniac Games 224 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with Infinity Ward 225 - Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony with Rockstar North 226 - BioShock 2 with 2K Marin 227 - Nintendo special 228 - Mass Effect 2 with BioWare
Season 3 (2010) 301 - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (January 21, 2010) 302 - Most Anticipated Games 2010 (January 28, 2010) 303 - Splinter Cell Conviction (February 11, 2010) 304 - X10 Convention (February 18, 2010) 305 - God of War III (February 25, 2010) 306 - TBA (March 5, 2010) 307 - TBA (March 12, 2010) 308 - GDC 2010 (March 19, 2010) 309 - Halo: Reach (April 4, 2010) 310 - Red Dead Redemption (May 8, 2010) 311 - TBA (May 15, 2010) 312 - Spiderman: Shattered Dimensions (May 22, 2010) 313 - Bulletstorm (May 29, 2010) 314 - Crysis 2 (June 5, 2010) 315 - TBA (June 12, 2010) 316 - The Big 3 at E3 (June 18, 2010) 317 - Deadliest Warrior (July 3, 2010) 318 - God of War III/Fallout: New Vegas (July 24, 2010) 319 - Comic Con 2010 (July 31, 2010) 320 - TBA (August 14, 2010) 321 - Portal 2 (August 21, 2010) 322 - Halo: Reach/Bungie (August 28, 2010) 323 - Dead Space 2 (September 11, 2010) 324 - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (September 18, 2010) 325 - Epic Mickey (September 25, 2010) 326 - Call of Duty: Black Ops (October 15, 2010) 327 - Rock Band 3 (October 22, 2010) 328 - Mortal Kombat (October 29, 2010) 329 - Fall Games Preview (November 5, 2010) 330 - Back to the Future: The Game (December 3, 2010) 331 - 2010 VGA Preview (December 10, 2010)