The Game Awards
We ’ve arrive to the destruction of 2023 , and after a twelvemonth of mammoth , highly anticipated releases and delightful surprises in the picture game reality , we ’ve come to the expected close . Some of the biggest game of the last few yr , likeBaldur ’s Gate 3andAlan Wake 2,battled it out for the top prizeamid a varied string of announcements Thursday night , withBaldur ’s Gate 3eventually emerging with six wins , include Game of the Year and Best Performance for Neil Newbon . Alan Wake 2 , which had the same bit of nomination asBaldur ’s Gate 3 , receive three awards and stole the show with theHerald of Darknesslive carrying out . Elsewhere , CocoonandSea of Starsscored in the indie categories , whileForza Motorsportsnuck in with two win .
However , the main nidus of The Game Awards is the announcements , which set up the stage for the next class of releases . Not only did we get details on Hideo Kojima ’s Xbox game , but we also got reveals forMonster Hunter Wild , God of WarDLC , Arkane Lyon ’s new game , and so much more . correspond out all the biggest announcements below .
The Game Awards
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons gets a remake
Brothers : A Tale of Two Sonsis a darling indie from 2013 and , in the first proclamation of the nighttime , we learned itgetting a remake , set to issue forth out on February 28 , 2024 . This was the first game directed by Josef Faras at Hazelight Studios . he previously won Game of the Year forIt learn Two .
A newPony Islandis coming from the Inscryption dev
Daniel Mullins Games , which make the award - winning surprise hitInscryption , made another surprisal announcement during The Game Awards preshow withPony Island 2 : Panda Circus . We do n’t hump much about it from the house trailer , but it looks to have some retro - gaming goodness and even SungWon Cho ( aka ProZD ) made an visual aspect .
Dead Cells devs reveal their new game (in 3D!)
Motion Twin stunned the gaming world withDead Cells , a 2D roguelike that ’s been released on every platform since its launching in 2018 . At The Game Awards , the crowd unveiled its new game , calledWindblown , which is coming to personal computer early access on Steam in other 2024 . Here , you play as a Leaper who will fight for their home while exploring new and life-threatening open Earth . And do n’t worry , it ’s still a roguelike !
God of War Ragnarok is now a roguelike in upcoming free DLC
Kratos representative actor Chris Judge may have made an appearance to present Performer of the Year , but he ’s also back in God of War Ragnarok : Valhalla , free DLC for last year ’s accolade - winning megahit . It will bring roguelike gameplay to the franchise , but still looks like a God of War game . Oh , and it ’s also release next week on December 12 , 2023 , on PS4 and PS5 .
Ninja Theory shows off newHellblade 2footage
After a haunting musical public presentation , The Game Awards showed off newSenua ’s Saga : Hellblade 2footage , which sport the world , gameplay , and plenty of atm . The game was first announce alongside the Xbox Series X|S in 2019 , so it ’s been a long clip total . It ’s specify for 2024 and will be available on day one on Xbox Game Pass .
Sega announces five games at once
Points for brevity , here;Sega decided to announce five gamesat once . All we know is that we ’re getting new Shinobi , Crazy Taxi , Streets of Rage , Golden Axe , and Jet Set Radio games . It ’s unreadable if these are new games in their respective series or remaking . They ’re slated for launch over the next several years , according to Keighley .
A single-playerDead by Daylightgame is coming in 2024
Supermassive Games , the maker ofUntil DawnandThe Quarry , have made a name for themselves as Almighty of choice - driven narration repulsion title . It ’s now partnering up with Behaviour Interactive ofDead by Daylightfame forThe molding of Frank Stone , a single - musician risky venture go down in theDead by Daylightuniverse . Not much is known about it yet , but it ’s set for sometime in 2024 .
Hideo Kojima not only revealsOD, but that Jordan Peele is collaborating
Hideo Kojima made news when he was set to collaborate with Guillermo del Toro and Junji Ito onSilent Hills , and he ’s continuing that repulsion icon streak by collaborating with Oscar - win managing director Jordan Peele and others . OD , his a la mode game , leak late last year , but we ’ve nowgotten our firstofficiallookin an eerie house trailer revealing some of the roll , which includes Hunter Schafer ( Euphoria ) and Udo Kier ( Blade ) . It ’s ill-defined what the game is about ( classic Kojima ) , but inan onstage interview , Kojima sound out it ’s set to produce a whole new medium by combining telecasting games and movie .
Arkane Lyon is making a Blade game
The studio behind the Dishonored series andDeathloopannouncedMarvel ’s Blade . It asterisk the nominal daywalker and takes piazza in Paris . Director Dinga Bakaba was on hand to talk with Keighley and said that it ’s very much still an Arkane game , but revealed few other detail . This is the latest Marvel project in the work , along with Insomniac’sWolverinegame andBlack Pantherfrom Cliffhanger Games .
No Man’s Sky team returns to Earth withLight No Fire
Sean Murray , deal manager at Hello Games , appeared at The Game Awards to not only celebrate a decade ofNo Man ’s Sky , but toannounce the party ’s novel biz . Light No Firelooks to be similar toNo Man ’s Sky , but it features a procedurally generate Earth alternatively of an grand barren macrocosm . Murray says the Earth in the secret plan is “ a planet that ’s as eat up as a world ” and “ the first real open world . ” There ’s no word on a freeing window , but he added that he desire to be updating it 10 years from now .
Square Enix shadow drops Final Fantasy 16 DLC
last Fantasy 16picked up an award tonight , and it experience more sentence in the spotlight with two DLC announcements . The first , Echoes of the Fallen , is now available on PS5 . The second one , The Rising Tide , will be available in natural spring 2024 .
Destructible arena shooterThe Finalsis out tonight
Surprise!The Finals , the free - to - looseness , combat arena struggle shooter from Embark Studios , is now out of beta andofficially availableacross platforms — so Steam , Xbox Series X|S , and PS5 . The game is the first title from the studio apartment , which is made up of former Battlefield alumni , and promises to offer a unequaled experience with fully destructible environments .
Monster Hunter Wilds stampedes onto platforms in 2025
For the final “ World Premiere ” of the night , Capcom revealedMonster Hunter Wilds , the latest in the internationally pop adventure series . We pay back the first trailer , which showed a desert transforming into a plush landscape . It ’s position for 2025 , but we can expect more information this summer .
