Topic: Spike TV to give away indie games

[idolminds]

Weee!

SpikeTV is going to give away some free indie games that have been nominated for their game awards. The nominees are: World of Goo, PixelJunk Eden, AudioSurf, and Braid. You may notice they are all downloadable titles, and the article I linked doesn't specifically limit the free versions to PC only (except AudioSurf, obviously). I'm hoping I can get a free copy of World of Goo on PC, but we'll see.

Details on how to get the free games will be made available at the end of The Next Great Game Gods, a Spike TV special that will air on Friday at 12:30 am ET. The program will feature Gametrailers.TV host Geoff Keighley interviewing a number of the nominees for the award including Dylan Fitterer, the creator of Audiosurf, and 2D Boy's Ron Carmel and Kyle Gabler, the creators of World of Goo. The special will also feature an interview with Spore creator Will Wright.

I hope the details hit the net soon after it airs.

[idolminds]

Details

Its a contest. Sign up and pick one of the following:

World of Goo (Wii)
Pixeljunk Eden (PS3)
Braid (360)
Audiosurf (Steam)

After a certain date the contest ends and 7,000 people get the game they requested.

[iPPi]

Only one I've played was Braid, and Braid was awesome, although shortlived.

[MysterD]

Spike TV 2008 Video Game Awards currently going on LIVE.

Spike TV 2008 Video Game Award Winners (so far).
Game Of The Year - GTA4
Best Action-Adventure Game - GTA4
Best Performance by a Male - Jason Zumwalt As "Roman Bellic" for GTA4
Best Performance by a Female - Debi Mae West As "Meryl Silverburgh" for Metal Gear Solid 4
Best Graphics - Metal Gear Solid 4
Best RPG - Fallout 3
Big Name In The Game, Male - Keifer Sutherland for Call of Duty: World At War
Big Name In The Game, Female - Jenny McCarthy for Red Alert 3
Gamer God (Award) - Will Wright
Best Independent Game - World of Goo
Best Music Game - Rock Band 2
Best Soundtrack - Rock Band 2
Studio Of The Year - Media Molecule for Little Big Planet
Best PS3 Game - Little Big Planet
Best Wii Game - Boom Blox
Best Shooter - Gears of War 2
Best X-Box 360 Game - Gears of War 2
Best PC Game - Left 4 Dead
Best MP Game - Left 4 Dead
Best Driving Game - Burnout: Paradise
Best Fighting Game - Soul Calibur 4
Best Individual Sports Game - Shaun White Snowboarding
Best Handheld Game - Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)
Best Game Based On A Movie Or TV Show - Lego: Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures


Games Announced/Trailers Shown Off At VGA 2008
Dante's Inferno, which EA will publish
Uncharted 2
Terminator: Salvation
Mafia 2
The Watchmen: The End is Nigh
Brutal Legend (by Tim Schafer and Double Fine - consoles only currently)

DLC Announced/Trailers Shown Off At VGA 2008
GTA IV: The Lost and The Damned
Gears of Wars 2: Combustible (Multiplayer Map Pack) - will hit at X-Box Live TONIGHT at Midnight

[Quemaqua]

Will Wright's genius is being completely and utterly squandered.  That's the only thing that comes to mind.  Not that I think these awards are even remotely relevant to anything other than some people with marketing dollars they want spent.

[MysterD]

I really liked Will Wright's acceptance speech -- he had the best speech of the night, so far.

About Wright -- he just needs to get away from EA. Fast.

[PyroMenace]

I would enter it, but Im a little hesitant to give them my email address.

[Ghandi]

I was hesitant at first as well, but I haven't gotten anything from them yet.