G4 Rewind

RonMaverick804 from our forums has dug up some exciting news on Scot Rubin's All Games coming to TV.

Ron writes:

I was checking my facebook and i got this in my inbox!

Proof:

AGI facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&id=744215401#/group.php?gid=19049540312

Let the speculation begin! We first heard of All Games perhaps hooking up with DirecTV last month, so my first guess would be on there.

In case you've been living under a rock (or have a life), All Games is/was the pre-cursor to G4TV, which was revived after by Scot Rubin after he departed G4. Rubin ran a daily live show for several years before quitting to work for the now-defunct Championship Gaming League.

As always, we'll keep our eyes/ears on the ground for more details. Thanks to RonMav for finding the story!

-KnuxSonic

It's not that we didn't see it coming or anything. As of January 20th, GamePlayHD has closed up shop. After being dropped by Dish Network last year, it was only broadcasted on a handful of Cablevision networks in the northeast.

The channel's website now redirects to one of the few remaining VOOM HD channels that survived, "Rush HD" a channel dedicated to action sports. Did anyone actually get to watch GamePlayHD before it's demise?

-KnuxSonic

This is a week late, but I thought I ought to mention that GTTV is back from their break with a new season with Geoff Keighly at the helm. This is technically season 2 of GTTV, but will be the sixth season if you count GameHead which GameTrailers TV's precursor.

Here's a preview of Friday, Feb. 6th's show (which is actually the 2nd ep. of the season):
Peace and Prosperity Be Damned! On Friday, February 6th, GAMETRAILERS TV
WITH GEOFF KEIGHLEY presents the world exclusive first look at a
groundbreaking new piece of video game content: THE LOST AND DAMNED, the
first downloadable episode ("dle") for GRAND THEFT AUTO IV. Arriving
exclusively for Xbox 360 on Tuesday, February 17th, THE LOST AND DAMNED sets
a new standard by delivering a robust single player storyline that
intersects with the plot of GRAND THEFT AUTO IV.

Same time (1AM EST) same place (SpikeTV).

-KnuxSonic

More All Games rumors have popped up, this time from All Games' Dead Pixel Live podcast from 12/31 (yes, we're late on this) in which Scot Rubin was interviewed.

If you aren't following the continuing saga you can read up on the backstory here, here and here.

During the interview Rubin (formerly co-founder/on-air host at G4) explains that he isn't interested in doing All Games Interactive again unless it's bigger and better. Scot went on to say he'd like to do a more organized & polished show and then speculated that if he were to ever return to TV that he would rather do much shorter clips and segments instead of simply adapting the radio show for TV.

Many hints were dropped that Rubin's former employer DirecTV may be interested and that space on DirecTV's channel 101 is prime for video game content now that the Championship Gaming League has disbanded.

Mr. Rubin then finished up the interview by exclaiming that everything he had just said was a lie. While it was a New Years Eve show and Mr. Rubin did conduct the interview while driving, we cannot be certain he was not completely trashed, so we'll file this rumor under "Taken with a grain of salt" and hope for the best.

You can listen to the podcast in it's entirety at Allgames.com.

-KnuxSonic

A few weeks ago we reported that Scot Rubin was leaving his daily gaming talk show, All Games Interactive, for greener, yet mysterious pastures.

Early this morning Scot revealed that he was REJOINING G4 the new VP of Marketing for the Championship Gaming Series!

It's true I am now the VP of Marketing over at The CGS. I didn't take it just to be some suit at a pro gaming league. The CGS is owned by DirecTV, BSkyB, Star Asia and has just hired my former favorite G4 colleague Dale Hopkins as CEO. Dale and I were the first 2 people to develop G4 and she is one of the smartest, most energetic, hard working people i've ever met. If only the CEO at G4 let us run the place... But I digress. We are currently working hard to answer questions about the league, the teams, the games, the image, and the future of what pro/competitive gaming should be.

As we all saw in July, the CGS is a great production and has already made great leaps for competitive and team gaming, it can only get better with Mr Soul Patch onboard.

-KnuxSonic

SpikeTV, the network that formerly advertised itself as TV for Men, seems to be taking aim at the network that formerly advertised itself as TV 4 Gamers.

Spike announced the promotion of ex-G4TV.com host and gaming journalist guru Geoff Keighley to an executive position at Spike which would allow Spike to grow their gaming content on their channel, including more game-specific launch specials, weekly wrap up style shows and the expansion of the VGA's, which are becoming "more gamer oriented and less Hollywood."

"This executive promotion allows me to be more strategic in what I do," added Keighley. "What we want to do here is that we have this cohesive unit and a 365 day coverage and now I have all the resources of MTV to promote these games in the biggest way possible. That's what excites me, and I give a lot of credit to Spike and their commitment on video games."

Keighley will continue to host the weekly GameTrailers TV which airs late Friday nights in addition to his new job.

"I say this to gamers reading this: please support this content and let us know what you want to see! We want to be the network for game related content and we can't do it without you guys!"

A very interesting move indeed, could this signal a shift by Spike to become a gaming-oriented network? What could be more interesting is G4's reaction to a much bigger network moving in on their territory.

Either way, congrats to Geoff who is quickly becoming "kind of a big deal!"

Thanks to forum member Tiki for finding this story! Click here to read the full story at GameDaily, then click here to discuss this story in our forums.

-KnuxSonic

For 13 years, Scot Rubin has hosted some type of daily gaming show in some form or another but last Friday was his last, at least for now.

Rubin, host of the daily "All Games Interactive" show and former host of G4tv.com announced last Wednesday that he was leaving the show for a new unnamed job. While Rubin did say the job was connected to the games industry and an amazing opportunity, he was not able to reveal any details.

Rubin assured that the All Games site, 24/7 web stream and AGI itself would continue and that he will remain at All Games, just not behind the mic. He did speculate on some type of weekly show later on.

So what is this new mystery job? G4 Rewind is crossing it's fingers for a G4 2.0!

-KnuxSonic

Last June, we mentioned that Electric Playground's Victor Lucas said there was a big announcement concerning the next season of EP coming. Today Lucas spilled the beans, announcing "EP Daily," a new show that will air weekdays in news magazine format. EP Daily, like the newer incarnation of X-Play, will expand to cover daily news, previews, interviews, on-location segments and broaden to cover tech, internet, movies, comics, music, sports, and animation in addition to it's gaming coverage.

Lucas also said the regular Electronic Playground will continue on as a once-a-week wrap up style show and "EP Canada" will begin in the fall, which will highlight Canadian game makers.

By this point, you're probably expecting me to say "All of this is exclusive to G4TechTV Canada viewers at this time." And you would be right... well... partly.

G4 USA has posted that they will air "highlights" of everything EP does on G4tv.com and through G4's on-demand portal (in HD, even). However at this time, it appears none of this will make it's way to G4's on-air channel. If you WOULD like to see EP on G4 USA, head over to the EP boards on G4's site and let them know.

Click here to read Victor Lucas' entire post.

Thanks to forum member Tiki for finding the announcement.

-KnuxSonic

Once again, we're "Late to the Game" on this one. Sorry.

Gaming television suffered another punch to the gut a few weeks back as Dish Networks dropped GamePlayHD and the rest of VOOM's HD channels from it's lineup. Dish added several mainstream HD channels and reportedly dropped less popular channels to make bandwidth space.

If you'd never seen GamePlayHD before, it was a small operation with several shows that were similar to G4's originals, including Trailer Park, a show featuring gaming videos and trailers (Cinematech!), several gaming competition shows (Arena!), and documentaries on game development (Icons!). You may also remember our post on GameCaster, a show endorsed by Tommy Tallarico and Victor Lucas with hosting stints by Tina Wood.

Speaking of GameCaster, it still seems to be alive and just got a patent on their camera technology approved and is now fresh for the taking! Did you hear that G4? Arena 2.0? Am I jinxing this yet?

While GamePlayHD is not technically dead yet, as it still airs on a small number of Cablevision cable packages, that contract expires June 30th and you can probably guess the odds of it getting renewed.

I believe this is where I make a joke about quitting G4 Rewind for GamePlayHD Rewind.

You can read more on the story in this post at the Allgames message board.

-KnuxSonic