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Get ready to celebrate 2023's greatest games, as this year's The Game Awards is set to go live tonight. The event plans to highlight the best games of the year, by giving accolades in various categories, including the coveted Game of the Year award. Usually, The Game Awards runs for an average of three hours, so make sure you're settled in for the long haul. If not, GBAtemp will be rounding up every announcement and award, live. Tune in on YouTube or Twitch to see the show, when it kicks off at 4:30pm PT/12:30am GMT.

The Game Awards kicks off with a remake of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Feb. 28.

Best family game award goes to: Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Doug Bowser accepted the award on behalf of Nintendo.

Three announcements in a row.

This is the next game from the creator of Inscryption. It seems to be very similar to the first game, just in a different genre. Pony Island 2.

Netflix brings us a new game, now. The Rise of the Golden Idol.

Finji games has a 3D action game. Usual June, 2025.

Endfield is an upcoming anime game with action elements similar to Genshin Impact.

Ubisoft is working on Assassin's Creed in VR. AC: Nexus.

Innovation in Accessibility goes to Forza Motorsport.

Harmonium is a Netflix-made game about being deaf.

Best eSports Athlete goes to Faker.
Best eSports coach goes to Potter.
Best eSports Event goes to LoL World Championship.
Best eSports Game gpes to: Valorant
Best eSports Team goes to: JD Gaming.

Dead Cells creators are working on a new game. This one is an isometric action game. Windblown, PC early access, set for 2024.

From the devs of Thumper comes another music game. Thrasher, 2024.

Dave the Diver is getting new content later this month.

Content Creator of the Year goes to: IronMouse

World of Goo is getting a new game after 15 years. 2024.

Studio Zero, with talent from the Persona series, Metaphor: ReFantazio, It'll be out Fall 2024.

Now for the real show. Christopher Judge is on stage to get the crowd excited.

Best performance goes to: Neil Newbon for Baldur's Gate 3.

Matthew McConaughey is up next. He's going to be a voice actor in a new game. Days for you last decades for your family, and your choices will have consequences for future generations. It's called Exodus. Takes place in space.

Kratos is here. God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla is free DLC for the game, coming December 12th of this year.

Untitled Goose Game devs are back. Their new project is called Big Walk, coming 2025.

Senua's Saga 2 gets a musical performance. We also get a new trailer. 2024.

Best narrative: Alan Wake 2.

Ikumi Nakamura (Ghostwire Tokyo) is here. Her new game Kemuri has no publisher yet but might hopefully get one after tonight.

Ori devs have a new game. This time it's an isometric action game with RPG elements. You're playing as a soldier. No Rest for the Wicked. More info coming March 1st.

Best debut indie: Cocoon

SEGA is releasing new games in all sorts of beloved series.

New Jet Set Radio
New Shinobi
New Crazy Taxi
New Golden Axe
New Streets of Rage
"and more"

A new trailer for Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4, it is officially called DBZ: Sparking Zero.

Square Enix announces a new Mana game. Visions of Mana. 2024.

Koei Tecmo and PlayStation present a new samurai game Rise of the Ronin, March 22, 2024.

Best Action Game: Armored Core VI
Best Art Direction: Alan Wake 2
Best VR/AR: RE: Village VR Mode
Best Mobile Game: Honkai Star Rail

Hideo Kojima has a new game. It's called OD. Kojima and Xbox Game Studios have partnered up for this project. He wants it to be something no one has ever seen before. It's a new form of media. Jordan Peele is also part of the project. "It is unlike any other game".

Next is Jurassic Park Survival.

Best Audio Design: Hi-Fi Rush.

Fortnite with cars is a thing, and they drive the Rocket League vehicles. Rocket Racing is out later this month.

This game is inspired by Journey to the West. Soulslike. Black Myth Wukong. August 20, 2024.

Rocksteady's new game gets a trailer. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is out Feb 2.

Games for Impact goes to: TCHIA

A 2D metroidvania game Tales of Kenzera: Zau, April 23.

Dontnod is working on a game called Lost Records, late 2024, where something happens to some kids in the 90s, and they grow up and try to uncover what happened back then.

Cartoon graphics meets 3D graphics, according to Keighley, in this next game. Appears to be a combat heavy game with Souls like combat. The First Berserker Khazhan.

Skull and Bones actually does release this February, after years of delays.

Arkane has center stage for their game. Marvel's Blade.

Twisted Metal is getting a season 2.

Best ongoing game goes to: Cyberpunk 2077.

Lightspeed Studios has a new game. It's about robots, with a cinematic trailer.

Another robot game follows, There's guns, giant monsters, and grappling hooks. Summer 2024. The First Descendant. Nexon.

Zenless Zone Zero, a Hoyoverse developed ARPG. Anime girls in an action game, with guns.

An Armored Core like game is called Mecha Break.

Helldivers 2 out Feb 8.

The Payday devs have a new heist game. The Den of Wolves.

Exoborne is a tactical extraction shooter. Made by some of The Division staff.

Asgard's Wrath 2 has a new trailer.

Best Adaptation: The Last of Us

Hello Games (No Man's Sky) wants to make a game that wants to be a "real" open world, without boundaries. Where there's real scale to the world, like a recreation of Earth. Multiplayer, procedural, fantasy Earth. All footage shown was in-game. You can fly dragons over gigantic mountains. Light No Fire.

Stormgate is from Starcraft devs. New gameplay trailer.

Best Action/Adventure: Tears of the Kingdom
Best RPG: Baldur's Gate 3
Best Sim: Pikmin 4
Best Sports: Forza Motorsport
Best multiplayer: Baldur's Gate 3
Player's Voice: Baldur's Gate 3

Echoes of the Fallen is DLC for Final Fantasy XVI. The Rising Tide is another DLC.

Best game direction: Alan Wake 2

Monster Hunter: Wilds announced.

GOTY goes to Baldur's Gate 3

 

[yoyoyo69]

I bet GTA 6 is gonna get GOTY

Nah Uno GOTY edition (f***ing Ubisoft, talentless scammers)

 

[Scarlet]

New Monster Hunter?? And it’s actually LAUNCHING on PC????? Blessed day is today.

 

[Catastrophic]

Good list of announcements, though no Silksong.

 

[RichardTheKing]

Metaphor: ReFantazio

Checked out the official site - there's a typo on it. "Annoucement trailer".
Damn it, Atlus...

Best narrative: Alan Wake 2.

Pfft. Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed has a more enjoyable narrative.
I'd say Alan Wake 2 was a good game - IF it focused more on Alan frickin' Wake himself, instead of wasting most of its runtime on a female SWAT member. Like, c'mon.

Best Art Direction: Alan Wake 2

Also bull. Pikmin 4 looks way more beautiful, and it's a Switch game. Or, for multiplatform games, Hogwarts: Legacy, or Star Wars (performance issues don't inherently damage art direction, unless it's unplayable without reducing visual quality).

Best Action/Adventure: Tears of the Kingdom

*Rolls eyes*
That tedious piece of garbage, that didn't fix ANY of the massive issues present in BotW, or even try to be more like a proper Legend of Zelda game? That's hogwash. Best Action/Adventure this year is Pikmin 4, or Hogwarts Legacy, or Star Wars. One of those, at least.
...At least this frustrating betrayal didn't win GotY, like BotW did before. That's something I'm happy about.


GotY being Baldur's Gate 3 is fine. I've heard that's an excellent game, and it doesn't annoy me like TotK or Alan Wake 2, so it's fine. Congrats, BG3!

 

[regnad]

Cocoon absolutely deserved best indie. What a little masterpiece that game is.

 

[YuseiFD]

We're here for the budokai tenkaichi

 

[LightBeam]

Sega had one of the best (possibly the best) announcement, honestly with all these cuts I thought it was just remakes but nope. New Crazy Taxi, Streets of Rage, even Golden Axe ?? And damn Jet Set Radio looks so fucking SICK

Surprised to see no mention of Virtua Fighter, at first I thought it would be about that but no

 

[supergamer368]

Not gonna lie this show was an embarassment. They're not even trying to hide that this is an advertising billboard first and an awards show second. They gave award winners such little time to give a speech (even if they needed a translator), but give all the time in the world to random celebs who don't play games and embarassing musical numbers. The only ACTUAL gamedev that was treated well here was Kojima and that's because Keighly stays on his meat year after year, year-round.

 

[slaphappygamer]

Rumor has it that Bill Clinton is going to announce GTA VI.

I think you mean George Clinton.

 

[PacBunnyXV07]

I think its time to give up on Metroid Prime 4.

 

[Scarlet]

Not gonna lie this show was an embarassment. They're not even trying to hide that this is an advertising billboard first and an awards show second. They gave award winners such little time to give a speech (even if they needed a translator), but give all the time in the world to random celebs who don't play games and embarassing musical numbers. The only ACTUAL gamedev that was treated well here was Kojima and that's because Keighly stays on his meat year after year, year-round.

This is pretty much how I feel about the awards themselves. How can they expect an audience to care at all about the awards when the show itself clearly doesn't? I'd love for the winners to get a decent slot to talk about the game, the development, stories about specific parts. Just giving a bit of a spotlight to the industry and the people behind the scenes.

As it is now it's just a platform for announcements with a few rushed winners thrown between trailers. I really think the award show can work, but what it is now is just sad.

 

[RedColoredStars]

Free God of War Ragnarok DLC and Alan Wake 2 New Game+ & FInal Draft update both arriving next week were the biggest two announcents for me. I'll be picking up World of Goo, Hellblade II, and Black Myth Wukong for sure. Undecided yet on a few others.

@Chary Maybe change the OP to read Senua's Saga: Hellblade II rather than Senua's Saga 2? Also, perhaps add the Alan Wake New Game+ / Final Draft update coming Dec. 11th. It's significant imo as it actually adds new story content. If you want to add it, it was announced after it won Best Game Direction right towards the end. If not, oh well. lol

 

[HextarVigar]

boring. bring E3 back!

Yeah! Bring back the old circlejerk instead of continuing with the new one!

 

[Metoroid0]

Yeah! Bring back the old circlejerk instead of continuing with the new one!

As i said. boring.