SikeTV "VGAs" Celebrate Videogames

LOS ANGELES--The stars came out Friday night to celebrate the videogame industry. Local game companies Epic Games and Red Storm Entertainment were a big part of the show. Epic won four VGAs (Video Game Awards), including Studio of the Year for its best-selling "Gears of War" game. The new franchise, which has already topped sales of over 1 million units, also took home Best Shooter, Best Multiplayer and Best Graphics awards.

Red Storm Entertainment debuted the first trailer for the upcoming next generation title, "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2." That game, due out in 2007, is currently in development in Raleigh. The original is one of the best-selling Xbox 360 games of the year.

Hollywood stars, ranging from show host Samuel L. Jackson to Brandon Routh to Eva Mendes were all on hand to honor the people who make their favorite videogames. Jack Black performed with Tenacious D and AFI also sang. Sarah Silverman did a videogame comedy stand-up act and a host of athletes, actors and musicians were on hand to present awards to the people who make the games.

You can watch all the action starting Wednesday at 10 p.m. on SpikeTV. The show will be re-run throughout the week, and there's also a lot of content online at GameTrailers.com and SpikeTV.com.