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Spike TV’s fifth annual Video Game Awards this Sunday (December 9, 2007) promises to be an all-star event from 9 to 11 p.m. (eastern and pacific time). It has been prerecorded from Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Jackson, who is well known for his role as Mace Windu in the Star Wars series, the voice of Afro Samurai and Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction, has been tapped by Spike TV to host the event. Other stars to make an appearance include Criss Angel, Kurt Angle, Tia Carrere, Tony Hawk, Heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson, Matt Leinart, Zachery Levi, Dave Navarro, Steve-O from “Jackass” and many others who will be named this week.

This event marks Jackson’s third year hosting the awards and will be taping the awards Friday (December 7, 2007) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

The Video Games Live concert tour will also be making its national television debut during this event as part of their concert series. This year will also treat viewers to never-before-seen world premieres of the most anticipated games to be released - Borderlands by 2K, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue by SCEA, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 by Ubisoft and TNA iMPACT! by Midway as well as a first look at the new DLC Halo 3 Maps from Microsoft Game Studios.

Spike TV launches a VGA mobile channel cross carrier beginning Monday (December 3, 2007) and will announce the mobile VGA winners during the awards ceremony. The show will air on Spike Mobile December 10, 2007 and run the entire week. The official sponsors announced for the event include Burger King, GameStop, Mountain Dew, Stride Gum, TAG, the U.S. Air Force and Verizon Wireless.

All nominees for the event were selected by the VGA Advisory Council, which is made up of well-respected experts in the industry and all nominations are games released between November 16, 2006 to December 1, 2007. The only category selected by fans fell under the Most Addictive Game category. There’s still time to vote by visiting Spike TV’s voting site by December 8, 2007.

The biggest event in video games.

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