The Recreation Awards have change into a form of mini-E3 in December. Ultimately yr’s present, we noticed bulletins for Alan Wake 2, a brand new Surprise Girl recreation, Sonic Frontiers, the upcoming Star Wars recreation from Quantic Dream, and someplace round three dozen gameplay trailers. Some awards have been awarded, too.
Recreation Awards creator and host Geoff Keighley has stated that this yr’s present, which airs on Thursday, goes to be shorter than the final one. The final one was over three hours lengthy, although, so shorter would not precisely imply brief right here. Keighley just lately estimated (opens in new tab) a two-and-a-half hour runtime, which is able to embrace acceptance speeches, musical acts, and one other bushel or two of trailers and bulletins, a few of which have already been teased.
The Recreation Awards will probably be streamed on Twitch (opens in new tab) and YouTube (opens in new tab) this Thursday beginning at 7:30 pm Jap. (Here is when that’s in your time zone (opens in new tab)). Under, we have collected all of the related pre-show teases and rumors. When you miss something, come again right here for a recap after the present.
Confirmed reveals and company
? Writer 505 Video games teased a recreation reveal with a video that includes actor Michael Madsen. A QR code on the finish of the video results in visitrockaycity.com, which at the moment includes a nighttime cityscape, maybe suggesting a GTA-like open world recreation.
? There will be a Baldur’s Gate 3 reveal from Larian.
? Tekken 8 will be there (opens in new tab).
? A brand new trailer for Future 2: Lightfall, the enlargement coming in February, will be shown (opens in new tab).
? A brand new beast from upcoming fantasy looking recreation Wild Hearts will be revealed (opens in new tab).
? The primary Star Wars Jedi: Survivor gameplay will probably be revealed. A March 16, 2023 launch date will most likely be introduced, too, which we all know as a result of it leaked early through the Steam web page.
VIDEO: The Star Wars: Jedi Survivor teaser from June.
❓Remaining Fantasy 16 producer Yoshi-P is giving a “very particular dwell presentation.”
❓The builders of 2020 lockdown hit Amongst Us promise (opens in new tab) “large” information.
? Keighley says (opens in new tab) there is a “good motive” that this yr’s presenters embrace Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller director Rian Johnson and actors Daniel Craig and Jessica Henwick. (The great motive may simply be that they have been concerned in a well-liked film, however we’ll see.)
? Hazelight Studios director and “Fuck the Oscars” man Josef Fares, whose recreation It Takes Two gained the Recreation of the Yr honors in final yr’s present, will current an award. Perhaps he’ll stick it to the Nobel Prizes, which have had it coming for some time now.
? Sierra On-Line founders Roberta and Ken Williams, who final we heard have been remaking Colossal Cave after losing interest in lockdown, will current an award.
? Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey from the upcoming HBO present primarily based on The Final of Us will probably be presenters, as will Final of Us voice actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, who even have roles within the present. There’s not a lot left to announce so far as the present goes: It airs on January 15, and a brand new trailer (opens in new tab) was launched just a few days in the past. Perhaps we’ll see an prolonged clip.
Recreation Awards rumors and predictions
? If Hideo Kojima would not present up with an announcement, he’ll certainly tease one thing cryptically, proper? We all know Loss of life Stranding 2 is within the works, since Norman Reedus leaked it.
? Rumor has it that there will be a Diablo 4 announcement, most likely a launch date. We simply had a hands-on preview of the sport (it is enjoyable!), in order that’d make sense.
? Elden Ring followers are hoping for a DLC announcement. Maybe the timing of this week’s PvP replace was chosen to convey the sport again to thoughts upfront of that announcement?
? After Starfield‘s delay to 2023 again in Might, and after Bethesda let 11/11/22 (Starfield’s authentic launch date) cross by and not using a phrase, followers are fairly thirsty to see one thing new from the long-awaited area RPG. It most likely would not qualify as a rumor as a lot because it does a need, however the present would not be a horrible place to launch a brand new trailer and a concrete launch date. Then once more, we’re speaking about Microsoft and Bethesda, and so they may need to make these kinds of bulletins on their very own time as a substitute of cramming them into the center of a present that includes dozens of different trailers. I am personally not holding my breath, however I have been unsuitable about Starfield earlier than.
? It could be an inexpensive time for BioWare to point out up with Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. The studio put out a cinematic trailer earlier this week, and stated in October (opens in new tab) that an alpha model of the sport is now playable from begin to end. It is proven up with teasers at The Recreation Awards twice earlier than, so that is one thing of a behavior for BioWare. The Dragon Age Netflix present releases on Friday, too, so it is a very Dragon Agey week. One thing concerning the subsequent Mass Impact is feasible, too, however BioWare hasn’t teased any involvement within the present presently, so each video games are longshots.
Award nominees
The award nominees are listed on the official Recreation Awards web site (opens in new tab), the place it’s also possible to solid your personal votes in every class. The general public vote is combined with votes from a jury of influential gaming individuals and shops, together with PC Gamer, to find out the winners. (The one exception is the Gamers’ Voice award, which is completely decided by fan vote, and has come right down to a battle between Sonic Frontiers followers and Genshin Impression followers.)
An important award is after all the Recreation of the Yr award, which Elden Ring is the heavy favourite to win. Listed below are this yr’s Recreation Awards GOTY nominees:
- A Plague Story: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Leisure)
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
- God of Struggle Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Video games/SIE)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Gentle/Nintendo)