abstract:Spike Video Game Awards (VGA) is an annual award show hosted by Spike TV that recognizes the best computer and video games of the year. The VGAs feature live music performances and appearances by popular performers in music, movies, and television.
They then implemented the feature for otherevents that generally cause a real-time trafficspikein microbloggingandlivevideocontent, suchasthe NBA All-StarGameandthe AcademyAwards.
Videogame music has received comparatively little recognition, although the genre is gaining ground, thanks to categories in such award ceremonies as the SpikeVideoGameAwards.
Numerous events this year have foreshadowed Valve directly entering the PC hardware game, but boss Gabe Newell made it official during a red carpet interview at the 2012 SpikeVideoGameAwards.