Tag: The Game Awards 2018
Live Watch The Game Awards 2019 Livestream Right Here
Live blog and chat from Geoff Keighley's big event
The Game Awards have become an annual highlight in the gaming calendar, and you can enjoy them live right here. As always, there'll be updates on upcoming PlayStation 4 titles, as well as announcements of new ones. And a bunch of Sony published titles, like Death Stranding, are nominated for awards...
News The Game Awards 2018 Attracted Almost as Many Viewers as The Oscars
F*** The Oscars, man
The Game Awards 2018 was another impressive event from creator Geoff Keighley, blending gongs with game reveals and a general celebration of gaming culture. There’s a ceiling for how good this kind of show can possibly be, and the former Bonus Round host is very close to achieving it. It’s only right, then, that he...
Round Up All of the Announcements from The Game Awards 2018
Every major reveal from Geoff Keighley's big night
The Game Awards 2018 delivered another slick stage show, packed to the figurative brim with new software, speeches, and some cleverly disguised commercials. There were some meaningful reveals during the event’s epic 3.5 hour running-time, and we’ve rounded up all of the important bits for you...
Poll What Did You Think of The Game Awards 2018?
Geoff's best?
And just like that, The Game Awards 2018 is over. The fifth annual event was pretty busy, with the show running for over three hours. It had awards, it had jokes, and it had reveals, but did you enjoy it? Has Geoff Keighley hit a home run, or has he stumbled? What was your favourite announcement or reveal? What do you want to see from...
The Game Awards 2018 Watch Sony Santa Monica Collect God of War's Game of the Year Award
Oh, boy
God of War won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2018 overnight, and if you missed Sony Santa Monica’s acceptance speech, you can watch it in full above. The winning announcement was preceded by an incredible musical medley, which featured flavours and motifs from the soundtracks of all the nominees. In her acceptance speech, studio...
The Game Awards 2018 Sony Takes Home Four Gongs on the Night
God of War with the big prize
Sony won four awards at The Game Awards 2018 overnight, with God of War taking home three of Geoff Keighley’s prestigious gongs. As reported overnight, Kratos’ comeback secured statues for Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, and Best Action Adventure Game. The platform holder also bagged the Best VR Game award,...
The Game Awards 2018 Free-to-Play Action RPG Dauntless Coming to PS4 in 2019
New trailer released
Dauntless is currently a PC only, free-to-play action RPG, but that'll change next year when the game hits PS4. The game appears to be very similar to Monster Hunter in terms of gameplay, with you and other players able to team up to defeat various Behemoths and use their parts to build and upgrade armour and weapons. It looks...
The Game Awards 2018 Journey to the Savage Planet Announced with Teaser Trailer
Launches next year
Games big and small were announced at this year's Game Awards, and one title that almost got swept under the carpet is Journey to the Savage Planet, a first person adventure game from a brand new developer. Typhoon Studios was founded by industry veterans, whose combined works include Assassin's Creed III, Far Cry 4, and Batman:...
The Game Awards 2018 Psychonauts 2 Gets Its First Trailer, and It's Looking Good
Coming next year
Double Fine Productions made a surprise appearance at The Game Awards 2018, showing off the debut trailer for Psychonauts 2. The project has been in the works for a while now after launching a successful crowd-funding campaign, and this is our first proper look at the game. It's looking rather good; that trademark humour is present...
The Game Awards 2018 New RAGE 2 Trailer Reveals May 2019 Release Date
Get ready to rage
As promised, we got a new look at RAGE 2 during The Game Awards with the above new trailer. It looks like a pretty typical post-apocalyptic open world shooter, but the meaty shooting and crazy characters look fun enough. We're interested to see how it all plays out, but it seems we're in for a bit of a wait. RAGE 2 will launch on...
The Game Awards 2018 PlayStation Exclusive Journey Coming to PC
A new Journey
Legendary adventure game Journey is coming to the PC via the newly launched Epic Games Store, per publisher Annapurna Interactive. The iconic thatgamecompany experience is owned by PlayStation, but it seems the platform holder has allowed it to be released elsewhere, which is great for people who haven’t played it yet.
The Game Awards 2018 Mortal Kombat 11 Finishes Him on 23rd April
Fatality
Mortal Kombat 11 is not only real, but it’s releasing on 23rd April for the PlayStation 4. A community reveal event will be hosted on 17th January, where we’ll presumably see the first footage from the hotly anticipated fighter. If you simply can’t wait to cough up your cash, pre-orders are open now and will guarantee you access to...
The Game Awards 2018 ABZU Dev Giant Squid Returns with The Pathless
Run, forest
The Pathless has just been announced at The Game Awards, and it looks like another mystical adventure from Giant Squid. As you can see from the above trailer, it looks a little more action packed than the studio's previous game, ABZU, with an eagle friend helping you fly and giant creatures to battle. Sadly we don't know a whole lot...
The Game Awards 2018 God of War Wins Game of the Year
Kratos returns to his throne
After winning a slew of awards in a row, it had felt like Red Dead Redemption 2 was going to clean up at The Game Awards 2018 – but God of War swept in to take the top gong from under Rockstar’s nose. Sony Santa Monica’s epic reimagining of one of PlayStation’s most iconic franchises also took home awards for...
The Game Awards 2018 Far Cry: New Dawn Drops the Bomb in February 2019
All the RAGE
Congrats if you guessed that Far Cry: New Dawn would release before RAGE 2 next year, because it will. Ubisoft's next open world adventure is due to launch on the 15th February 2019, and it'll hit with the lower price point of $39.99 rather than full retail. The game got its first trailer at The Game Awards 2018, and it looks... Well,...
The Game Awards 2018 ANTHEM Spews Some Sci-Fi Mumbo Jumbo with Story Trailer
It's your destiny
You've heard it all before. The ANTHEM is our saviour because the Fallen or the Lost or the Stalkers or something are at the Walls and the Walls can't hold out much longer because the ANTHEM is losing its Resonance due to a lack of Forge Crystals. We need to activate the Arc so that we can harness the power of the ANTHEM once more...
The Game Awards 2018 The Last Campfire Is the Next Game From No Man's Sky Dev Hello Games
A different universe
In addition to continuing work on the divisive No Man's Sky, it seems Hello Games has been keeping itself busy with an all new project. The Last Campfire has been announced, and it looks like a cutesy platformer adventure from the Guildford studio. "The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a...
The Game Awards 2018 Rocket League's Next DLC Pack Features McLaren Cars
Taking things up a gear
You know Rocket League is a big deal when it partners with a leading car manufacturer. The next DLC for the hit arcade football game is set to feature McLaren, specifically the McLaren 570S line of cars. You can take a look in the above trailer. The car pack is available now on PS4. Will you be picking up this DLC for Rocket...
The Game Awards 2018 Obsidian's Making a Space RPG Called The Outer Worlds Coming to PS4
Get outer here
Legendary role-playing game developer Obsidian Entertainment is making a space RPG with guns and aliens and player choice, and it got a trailer at The Game Awards 2018. It's called The Outer Worlds, and it's coming to PlayStation 4 at some point, although no release window was given other than 2019. This could be pretty good, right?...
Stanley was pleased
The Stanley Parable is a comedic narrative game that launched on PC about five years ago. It became something of a cult hit thanks to its myriad endings and amusing narration. A surprise announcement at The Game Awards 2018 revealed that the game is finally making its way to PS4 with The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. Coming...
The Game Awards 2018 The Crash Team Racing PS4 Remake Is Real, and It's Nitro-Fueled
Woah!
It's finally happened, folks: Crash Team Racing is back on PlayStation 4 as Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, and damn does it look good. Revealed at The Game Awards 2018, it's a full remake of the PSone classic. It even has a release date! Wow! You can hit the track on the 21st June, 2019.
Live Watch The Game Awards 2018 Livestream Right Here
Live blog and chat from Geoff Keighley's big night
An annual highlight in the gaming calendar, the industry will unite for The Game Awards 2018 today. We’ll be bringing you live coverage of the event on this page, as well as live blog and live chat. There are a ton of PlayStation games nominated this year, with exclusives God of War and Marvel’s...
Soapbox I'm Tired of the Constant Teasing in the Lead Up to a Video Game Event
Liam wants all the announcements to be saved for the night
It's probably a little bit counterproductive of me, a writer for a video game website, to be getting tired of the hints towards what we should expect at the next videogame extravaganza, but here we are. The Game Awards are taking place tomorrow night, and host Geoff Keighley has been teasing...
News Post-Apocalyptic Far Cry Game to Be Announced at The Game Awards 2018
Wait what
Wow, this came out of nowhere. Ubisoft has revealed that a new Far Cry game will be announced tomorrow at The Game Awards 2018... And it's got a post-apocalyptic setting? No, you read that right -- there's gonna be a new Far Cry game that takes place, going by the teaser trailer, after a nuclear apocalypse. We don't know how much of it...
Rumour Dragon Age 4 May Be Shown at The Game Awards, But It Won't Release for a Long Time
A new age
Ooooh, now things are getting spicy. Following on from BioWare teasing a Dragon Age-related announcement last week, VentureBeat reports that Dragon Age 4 is indeed in development at the studio, and yes, BioWare is going to show something Dragon Age-related at The Game Awards. Put two and two together and you have to assume that we'll see a...
News The Last of Us: Part II Will Not Appear at The Game Awards 2018
Naughty Dog speaks
Expectations are high for The Game Awards 2018, and there’s speculation swirling around virtually every major upcoming release. Sony released a reactions video for The Last of Us: Part II this week, forcing some fans to theorise that the sequel may pop up during Geoff Keighley’s bonanza on Thursday
News Rocksteady Rules Out Appearance at The Game Awards 2018
And no, it's not making Superman
It’s been over three years since Batman: Arkham Knight launched, and many have been pondering what London-based developer Rocksteady has been up to since. Sadly, co-founder and game director Sefton Hill took to Twitter to quash rumours that it may have something to show at The Game Awards next week. “We’re...
News The Game Awards Will Play Host to Your Next Glimpse of ANTHEM
Bring your Doritos
ANTHEM is only a few short months away from release now, and we'll get our next look at Bioware's next big thing next week at The Game Awards. The game's Twitter account is already teasing the trailer, though, and you can catch a grand 20 seconds of it below. The announcement will belong in the category of updates to games we...
News Russo Brothers to Present at The Game Awards, Fuelling Speculation of an Avengers Appearance
Infinity war at the Keighley's
The Russo Brothers have been announced as presenters for The Game Awards 2018, meaning they'll be making an on-stage appearance, most likely to hand out an award. That's all well and good, but once the presenting is over and done with, their presence could have further implications. Square Enix's Avengers project has...
News Sony Secures a Sensational 20 Nominations at The Game Awards 2018
Rockstar the closest with nine
Sony has landed a whopping 20 award nominations at The Game Awards 2018, more than doubling second placed publisher Rockstar, who managed nine. It’s a testament to just how impressive the PlayStation 4 has been this year, and while it’s both God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man sweeping the nominations, there’s...
News God of War, Spider-Man Up for Game of the Year as PlayStation Dominates The Game Awards 2018
Detroit: Become Human! Astro Bot Rescue Mission! More!
Sony has absolutely dominated the nominations for The Game Awards 2018, as its exclusives are present in darn near every appropriate category. God of War and Marvel’s Spider-Man are both up for Game of the Year, where they’ll have to compete against Celeste, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and...
News Hideo Kojima Is Always at The Game Awards in Some Form, Hints Keighley
"We haven't said anything about world premieres"
The Game Awards 2018 will have the largest selection of reveals in the show’s short history, but will Death Stranding be part of that? Hideo Kojima’s upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive has been the highlight of the event several times now, and with Sony pulling the plug on PlayStation Experience,...
