GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley

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

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

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

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

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)

Season 4 (2011)

401 - Fight Night Champion/Twisted Metal (January 29, 2011)

402 - Nintendo 3DS (February 4, 2011)

403 - Duke Nukem Forever/Madden Bowl 2011 (February 11, 2011)

404 - Infamous 2/SOCOM 4 (February 24, 2011)

405 - GDC 2011 Special (March 3, 2011)

406 - Rage (March 8, 2011)

407 - PAX East (March 11, 2011)

408 - L.A. Noire/Twisted Metal (April 15, 2011)

409 - Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim/Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (April 22, 2011)

410 - Sony Surprise: Starhawk/Madden NFL 12 (Top 5 Most Anticipated Games at E3) (May 13, 2011)

411 - Countdown to E3 2011 (May 26, 2011)

412 - E3 First Look (Exclusive E3 2011 Trailers) (June 3, 2011)

Special - GT.TV Presents: E3 2011 All Access Live (June 6, 2011)

413 - BioShock Infinite (15 minute trailer from E3) (July 8, 2011)

414 - Resistance 3 (July 22, 2011)

415 - Comic-Con 2011: Saint's Row: The Third/Mass Effect 3/Batman: Arkham City (July 29, 2011)

416 - Saints Row: The Third (August 12, 2011)

Season 5 (2012)

501 - Battlefield 3 (October 7, 2011)

502 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (October 14, 2011)

503 - Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (October 21, 2011)

504 - Nintendo Exclusives (w/ Reggie Fils-Aimé) (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword) (October 28, 2011)

505 - The Simpsons E3 Parody/Spike Video Game Awards Nominees (November 11, 2011)

506 - GameStop Unwrapped (The biggest games of the season)/World Premiere DLC (November 25, 2011)

507 - VGA Games of the Year (Spike's VGA nominees of the year) (December 9, 2011)

508 - Mass Effect 3/CES 2012 (January 20, 2012)

509 - Spring Preview: Madden Bowl 2012/Starhawk/MLB 12: The Show/Darksiders II/Syndicate (February 10, 2012)

510 - DICE Summit2012/Transformers: Fall of Cybertron/Sleeping Dogs (February 17, 2012)

511 - Xbox 360 Spring Showcase/Halo 4/Forza Horizon (March 9, 2012)

512 - GDC 2012 (San Francisco Game Developer's Conference)/Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD/Bellator: MMA Onslaught (March 16, 2012)

513 - Junction Point Studio Visit: Disney's Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (March 23, 2012)

514 - FreddieW (April 6, 2012)

515 - Medal of Honor: Warfighter (April 13, 2012)

Season 6 (2013)

601 - Need For Speed: Most Wanted and Medal of Honor: Warfighter (October 5, 2012)

602 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (October 12, 2012)

603 - God of War: Ascension (November 9, 2012)

604 - VGA 10 Nomination Special (December 7, 2012)

605 - CES 2013 (January 18, 2013)

606 - Star Trek/Star Wars Pinball (February 22, 2013)

607 - South by Southwest/Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (March 15, 2013)

608 - GDC 2013/Battlefield 4 (April 12, 2013)

609 - Behind the Scenes: Microsoft Xbox One (May 24, 2013)

610 - Pre-E3 2013 Countdown (Dying Light/Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z) (June 7, 2013)

612 - Penny Arcade Expo 2013 (PAX) (September 13, 2013)

Season 7 (2013)

701 - Killzone: Shadow Fall/Batman: Arkham Origins (October 18, 2013)

702 - Xbox & Nintendo Fall Preview (November 7, 2013)

Special - PS4 All Access: Greatness Awaits (Special) (November 14, 2013)

Special - Xbox One: Day One Countdown (Special) (November 21, 2013)

703 - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (November 22, 2013)