GameTrailers is a media website that specializes in video game related content. It provides free access to original programming (such as reviews and previews), game trailers and recorded game play. Along with standard definition (640x360), many of the video clips are offered in a higher resolution (960x540).

Users can upload videos, create blogs, and participate in forums. Users can also create factions for games or other interests. Factions have access to private forums. GameTrailers has before had a currency called GameTrailers Dollars (GTD), which can be earned by interacting with the website and used to purchase virtual items and real merchandise but now replaced and discontinued for a new currency called GameTrailers Points (GTP).

Content history

GameTrailers' first version of its magazine style show was GT Weekly and premiered in August 2005, hosted by Amanda Mackay

Amanda Mackay

Amanda MacKay is a female model, television host, and journalist. She has been a host for MTV Canada, G4techTV, and GameTrailers TV on Spike TV....

 and Daniel Kayser. After 44 episodes, in March 2007, the show was rebranded as GameOne and given a live chat where viewers could talk about the show.

On January 25, 2008, GameOne was replaced by GameTrailers TV, the rebranded version of Spike TV

Spike TV

Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...

's Game Head

Game Head

GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley is a television show about video games hosted by video game journalist Geoff Keighley. Originally titled Game Head, on January 25, 2008, the show relaunched under its current name with a slightly different format and further incorporation of GameTrailers hosts,...

, still hosted by Geoff Keighley

Geoff Keighley

Geoff Keighley is a Canadian video game journalist. His work spans online, print, and TV outlets, and he has been writing about games since 1992....

, but produced by GameTrailers and co-hosted by Amanda Mackay

Amanda Mackay

Amanda MacKay is a female model, television host, and journalist. She has been a host for MTV Canada, G4techTV, and GameTrailers TV on Spike TV....

 and Daniel Kayser. The show appears at 12:30 am on Spike TV

Spike TV

Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...

 every Thursday night.

In February 2007, ScrewAttack

ScrewAttack

ScrewAttack . is a video game-related website that showcases original entertainment for an audience of video game enthusiasts. Its content is also shown on GameTrailers and IGN...

 started providing content including Top Tens, Video Game Vault entries and episodes of The Angry Video Game Nerd

The Angry Video Game Nerd

The Angry Video Game Nerd , is the main character and title of a series of farcical retrogaming video reviews created by and starring James Rolfe...

for GameTrailers. Shortly after, SpikeTV's GameHead also started to cooperate with GameTrailers.

List of video segments hosted by GameTrailers

• Invisible Walls - A video blog hosted by the staff of GameTrailers, with editor in chief
  Editor in chief
  An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...
  
   Shane Satterfield as the main host. The show underwent a major overhaul for its 100th episode, including a new intro, new show graphics (including new avatars for the cast and a new logo), and ending its censoring of swears.
• GT Countdown - A top ten list of video games and video game-related subjects.
• GT Wish-List - A compilation of all things the GameTrailers team wishes will be in an upcoming game. Usually the game has divulged very little information about itself at the point of the release of the wish-list, thus there is a lot of speculation as to what the game could be.
• Bonus Round - An interview show hosted by Geoff Keighley.
• GT TV - An informative show on the gaming industry, and on upcoming games hosted by Geoff Keighley.
• GT Previews - Previews of upcoming games.
• Level - A show where the GameTrailers team talks about their favorite levels from their favorite games.
• GT Reviews - Reviews of various video games that are scored on a 1.0 through 10.0 scale.
  • GT Review Pods - Shorter video reviews for independent, downloadable and/or lesser-known video games or game content (such as expansions).
• Retrospectives - A history of the stories of video game franchises usually in multiple parts.
• GT Pop-Block - A closer look on game trailers showing the findings of GameTrailers staff in that specific trailer.
• Anthology - A collection of the essential entries in the virtual library of video game greatness.
• Pach-Attack! - A show hosted by financial analyst Michael Pachter where he answers questions submitted by GameTrailers users regarding the video game industry from a financial perspective.
• Pop-Fiction - Short 5-10 minute episodes that center around myths and urban legends in video games.
• Top 100 Trailers of All Time - A top 100 countdown list of the best video game trailers ever made as determined by the GameTrailers staff, which ran throughout September 1 to October 8, 2011. The first four episodes focused on a score
  20 (number)
  20 is the natural number following 19 and preceding 21. A group of twenty units may also be referred to as a score.-In mathematics:*20 is the basis for vigesimal number systems....
  
   of various game trailers and the top 20 trailers each received their own individual episode, all with commentary on each selection. Honorable mentions were also displayed during the episodes and the final episode focused on the ten video game trailers voted the best by GameTrailers viewers.

Also available as a podcast.

Business history

Gametrailers.com was founded by Geoff Grotz and Brandon Jones in 2002. Jon Slusser and his company Hornet Animation invested in the startup, and Jon took over as CEO. The company was then acquired by MTV Networks in November 2005 for an undisclosed sum.

In 2007, MTV Networks restructured its entertainment division, merging Ifilm.com and SpikeTV.com into Spike.com, and grouping this new property, GameTrailers, and Xfire

Xfire

Xfire is a proprietary freeware instant messaging service for gamers, that also serves as a game server browser and has various other features. It is currently available for Microsoft Windows. Xfire was originally developed by Ultimate Arena based in Menlo Park, California...

, into Spike Digital Entertainment, with Jon Slusser as the new SVP in charge, Geoff Grotz as VP of Product Development, and Brad Winters as the new GM of Gametrailers.com.

External links

• GameTrailers
• WikiCheats A wiki-based game walkthrough site run by GameTrailers