MTV Games Launches

Via Kotaku, the news that MTV Games has launched. The site already has a few features up, including a (juvenile) look at the next Tomb Raider title. At the moment, the site appears to be almost entirely a rebranding of Gamespot content, right down to the news feed.

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Re:It was only a matter of time.

[StocDred]

Everybody wants to cash in on video game culture, but nobody wants to do it right. Everything I see on G4 is aimed squarely at the Disaffected Teen Male Who Likes To Explode Things demo. At least, unless G4 is running reruns of old shows where the hosts talk about how awesome Crash Bandicoot 3 will be. You don't see movie review shows running from 3 years ago, so why does G4 insist on filling out the day with 3 year old game review shows? Because they're fresh out of content for a 24 hour network since bagging everything that was good about TechTV.

There was a time when Adam Sessler did a good video game show, during the ZDTV days. It might be the rose colored glasses of memory talking, but I would swear that he actually talked intelligently about video games of all types, and not just the DOOM! HALO! BOOBS! SHOOTING! GOSH I'M QUIRKY! bullshit he is forced to do these days. G4 bought that guy's soul at some point, and I don't even believe in souls.

Why do expect that MTV will just offer up more of the same, except maybe with more piercings.

Re:Nintendo games channel!

[KDR_11k]

If it wasn't for the fact that Rated 18+ games appeal to the 13-16 demographic the most.