Rev3Games
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| launch_date = {{Start date|2012|03|13|df=y}}
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| network = Revision3
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| owner = Discovery Digital Networks
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Rev3Games was a streaming television channel owned by Revision3, a subsidiary of Discovery Digital Networks, with shows about video games. The channel launched on March 13, 2012.{{cite web|last=Husak|first=Michele|title=Revision3 Launches Vertical Channels|url=http://blog.revision3.com/2012/03/13/verticalchannels/|work=Revision3|accessdate=28 February 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305142700/http://blog.revision3.com/2012/03/13/verticalchannels/|archivedate=5 March 2014}} On November 12, 2012, Revision3 announced that it had hired Adam Sessler, a previous staff member of TechTV who had continued through to G4 to host the television series X-Play.{{Cite web |url=http://revision3.com/blog/2012/11/12/adam-sessler-teams-up-rev3games/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-03-01 |archive-date=2013-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021233824/http://revision3.com/blog/2012/11/12/adam-sessler-teams-up-rev3games/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title='X-Play' Vet Adam Sessler Bringing His Whimsy To Revision3′s Rev3Games|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2012/11/12/adam-sessler-revision3-rev3games-x-play/|work=tubefilter|accessdate=26 March 2014|date=2012-11-12}} Sessler was the editor-in-chief and executive producer of Rev3Games,{{cite web|last=North|first=Dale|title=Adam Sessler joins Revision3 as editor-in-chief|url=http://www.destructoid.com/adam-sessler-joins-revision3-as-editor-in-chief-238425.phtml#RghWCHeYqKA6hJD8.99|work=Destructoid|date=12 November 2012|accessdate=28 February 2014}} until leaving Discovery Digital Networks in April 2014.{{Cite web | url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/4/3/5577350/former-x-play-host-adam-sessler-leaves-revision3 |title = Former 'X-Play' host Adam Sessler leaves Revision3|website = Polygon|date = 2014-04-03}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2014/04/02/adam-sessler-leaving-rev3-games-to-pursue-new-avenues-in-video-games/ |title = Adam Sessler Leaving Rev3 Games to Pursue 'New Avenues' in Video Games|website = Forbes}} The channel includes reviews and previews of upcoming games, interviews, and general discussion of video games. The channel's final hosts were Tara Long and Nick Robinson. Past hosts were Max Scoville, Scott Bromley, and Anthony Carboni.{{Cite web | url=http://www.comedybutton.com/blogs/random-nonsense/13886745-scott-bromley-on-career-opportunities-not-starring-jennifer-connelly |title = The Comedy Button · Scott Bromley on Career Opportunities (Not Starring Jennifer Connelly)}} Discovery Digital Networks ended the operations of Rev3Games on November 6, 2014, for reasons that have not been disclosed.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-06 |title=Rev3Games shutting down |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/rev3games-shutting-down |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}
Programming
=''Address the Sess''=
Sessler engages in conversation with fans live on Google+ Hangouts. The show has ceased production since Adam Sessler's departure from Discovery Digital Networks.
=''Casual Friday''=
Rev3Games staff discuss a gaming related topic.
=''Coffee Talk''=
Nick Robinson talks with people from the office about gaming related topics.
=''Max Scoville's Study Hall''=
Max Scoville recommends products within different forms of pop culture, in relation to an upcoming game. This show is no longer produced, as Scoville has since left Rev3Games.{{Cite web | url=http://maxscoville.tumblr.com/post/64397553748/au-revoir-rev3games | title=Tumblr| date=October 2013}}
=''Rev3Games Originals''=
Sessler interviews video game developers. The future of the show is unknown since Adam Sessler's departure from Discovery Digital Networks.
=''Rev3Games Previews''=
Rev3Games' hosts give their impressions on upcoming games.
=''Rev3Games Reviews''=
Rev3Games' host give their opinions on recently released games and give a score on a scale of 1 to 5. Sessler structured the reviews similarly to X-play's reviews because that is what he was familiar with and he dislikes the 10 point scale.{{cite web|last=Sessler|first=Adam|title=How to Score: Adam on Reviews|url=http://revision3.com/sesslerssomething/review-scores-sesslers-something|work=Rev3Games|publisher=Revision3|accessdate=28 February 2014}}
=''Sessler's ...Something''=
Sessler shares his thoughts on games and the gaming industry. The show has ceased production since Adam Sessler's departure from Discovery Digital Networks.
=''Spoiled Games''=
Sessler and 2 guests discuss everything about a specific game. The future of the show is unknown since both Adam Sessler's and Anthony Carboni's departure from Discovery Digital Networks.
Game of the Year
- 2012: Journey{{cite web|title=The Smart Folks At Rev3Games Have Picked The Best Game Of 2012|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2012/12/28/revision3-rev3games-journey-game-of-the-year/|work=tubefilter|accessdate=26 March 2014|date=2012-12-28}}
- 2013: BioShock Infinite & The Last of Us{{cite web|title=Choosing 2013's Game of the Year - CASUAL FRIDAY|url=http://revision3.com/casualfriday/choosing-2013-goty/|work=Rev3Games|publisher=Revision3|accessdate=26 March 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20130618000357/http://revision3.com/games}} (Wayback Machine copy)
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Category:Streaming television in the United States
Category:Internet properties established in 2012
Category:Internet properties disestablished in 2014
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