Tag: The Game Awards 2017
Round Up What Was Announced at The Game Awards 2017?
Quite a lot, actually
The Game Awards 2017 proved a surprise treat this week, with Geoff Keighley laying on a well-paced celebration of the industry, peppered with meaningful reveals and impressive tributes. Just in case you happened to miss the show, though, we’ve compiled all of the major reveals and headlines from the event below. The Game...
Poll Did You Enjoy The Game Awards 2017?
Geoff's best yet?
The Game Awards have been the butt of many jokes over the years (often rightly so) but organiser Geoff Keighley has done his best to refine the formula with each new instalment. For what it's worth, we personally think last night's show was the best one yet, and we're happy to see Keighley's project seemingly resonate with more...
News The Last of Us: Part II Wins Most Anticipated at The Game Awards 2017
And all the other winners from last night's show
No pressure, Naughty Dog: The Last of Us: Part II won the award for the Most Anticipated release at The Game Awards 2017. Despite a huge number of nominations, it was actually the only Sony published title to win an award, in an evening where The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild utterly dominated...
News THQ Nordic's Next Title Leaks Ahead of The Game Awards 2017
Will launch on PS4 once Early Access is over
Update (8th December): Fade to Silence will launch on the PS4 next year, once its Early Access period is over. Update (7th December): The first reveal of The Game Awards is out of the bag, and it's Early Access Steam survival game Fade to Silence. The reveal was leaked prematurely via Valve's...
News World War Z Swarms PS4 in the Near Future
Will you Pitt it up?
Days Gone has always looked like an unofficial World War Z game, but now there’s an official one in the works, too. This appears to be very different to Sony Bend’s take on the zombie apocalypse, however, adopting a four-player co-op format. The huge swarms of the undead are still present, though. There’s no word on a...
News Nightmare Adventure Comedy ACCOUNTING+ Balances the Books on PSVR This Month
Trailer debuted at The Game Awards 2017
We haven’t got a clue what ACCOUNTING+ is, but we do know that it’s launching for PlayStation VR on 19th December. The game, developed by Crows Crows Crows in collaboration with Rick and Morty maker Justin Roiland’s Squanch Games, promises a “nightmare adventure comedy” in virtual reality. So, er,...
News A Way Out's Josef Fares Was the Real Winner at The Game Awards 2017
Swede goes insane on stage
Credit where credit’s due: The Game Awards 2017 was genuinely good. There have been things to like about the show ever since Geoff Keighley went independent with it, but it finally felt like the event reached its full potential last night, with a good balance of entertainment, major reveals, and some lovely segments...
News Dreams Is Reborn with Surreal Re-Reveal Trailer
Media Molecule madness in 2018
Media Molecule's wildly ambitious imagination simulation Dreams put in a surprise appearance at The Game Awards 2017, featuring a narrator in a coffin and a bear armed with a hammer. The clip goes on to show the various things you'll be able to create in the game, ranging from first-person experiences through to clay...
News In the Valley of Gods Is the New Game from Campo Santo
Temple run
From the developers of Firewatch comes In the Valley of Gods, a new narrative adventure title. Though no dialogue was heard in the above trailer, we see that you play as one of two female explorers travelling through an ancient Egyptian temple. In addition to some great music playing over the footage, the game looks stunning,...
News The Next Game from Vanishing of Ethan Carter Devs Is... A First Person Shooter?
Witchfire announced at The Game Awards
With some apparent help from People Can Fly, developers of Bulletstorm and Painkiller, indie studio The Astronauts has gone from a walking sim to a dark fantasy first person shooter. Entitled Witchfire, the game appears to be a briskly-paced (and rather good-looking) FPS, featuring dimension shifting and plenty...
News Death Stranding Delivers the Best Trailer You'll See All Year
WTF?!
The critics will be quick to point out that we still don't actually know what Death Stranding is, but don't let small details get in the way of genius. As expected, Hideo Kojima delivered an eight minute long cinematic masterpiece during The Game Awards 2017, and it's... Well, just watch it for yourself. It's absolutely mind-bogglingly...
News Vacation Simulator Takes a Trip to PSVR Next Year
Maybe? Probably
Owlchemy Labs has debuted its latest game, Vacation Simulator, during The Game Awards' pre-show. A follow-up to its previous PlayStation VR title Job Simulator, this new game adopts the same comedic chaos in sunnier settings. In the trailer embedded above, for example, we see the player enjoying a warm day at the beach, eating hot...
Live Watch The Game Awards 2017 Livestream Right Here
Live blog and chat from Los Angeles
For one night only, the industry comes together to celebrate its achievements with The Game Awards 2017. And we’ve got live coverage from Los Angeles, complete with live blog and live chat. Multiple major releases will be duking it out for Game of the Year this evening, while host Geoff Keighley has...
News The Game Awards Nominees Going Cheap in New US Store Sale
Award-winning savings
As part of Geoff Keighley's flashy awards show, some of this year's esteemed nominees are currently discounted on the US PlayStation Store. There are some pretty generous savings to be had, too: Wolfenstein 2 is half price at $29.99, as is Resident Evil 7, while Final Fantasy XV is just $19.99. There are even deals on...
Guide What Time Do The Game Awards 2017 Start?
When and where to watch annual industry ceremony
When are The Game Awards 2017? It’s a question many will be asking as anticipation builds for Geoff Keighley’s annual shindig – an event that’s always put under a microscope by gamers but is usually created with the very best intentions in mind. In addition to a packed schedule of big awards...
News Death Stranding Expectations Increase as Kojima, Del Toro Storm The Game Awards
Confirmed guest presenters
We’re a little bit torn on Death Stranding right now. It’s been a year since we last got an update on Hideo Kojima’s madcap PlayStation 4 exclusive, and part of us is gagging to see more. But we can’t help but feel it would be really cool if Sony and Kojima Productions resisted the urge to reveal more, and just...
News Doritos Wanted Geoff Keighley to Host The Game Awards as the Doritos Pope
Seriously
In the lighter days prior to the GamerGate scandal, there was an image of Geoff Keighley that went viral. It showed the journalist-turned-presenter sitting uncomfortably, surrounded by Doritos, Mtn Dew, and various bits of Halo paraphernalia. Fans, as they’re wont to do, had a little fun with the picture, and thus the Doritos Pope was...
