The Game Awards, hosted by Geoff Keighley, are known not only for their prizes, but also for the news they generate – there are plenty of trailers and world premiere game reveals promised. During Thursday’s event, Keighley handed out awards for the best games of the year between announcement times, including game updates, release dates and new trailers.
Keighley teased the event ahead of Thursday’s broadcast; going into the event, fans knew to expect certain things, like tekken 8 news, a trailer for Destiny 2it is fall of light expansion, and a performance by the band Hozier, which has a song in God of war Ragnarök. Even with all the previews, there were plenty of exclusive game announcements and, of course, Keighley’s world premieres.
Missed the show or want to jump straight to the trailers? Here are the biggest announcements from The Game Awards 2022.
Mike Mignola is creating a Hell Boy video game with Upstream Arcade, Good Shepard Entertainment and Dark Horse Comics. cel-shaded Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X. No release date yet.
Among us is no longer just a board game of social deduction – it becomes a hide-and-seek mode on December 9.
The sixth entry in the popular Street Fighter franchise will be released on June 2, 2023, and it features a food mini-game!
Basically everyone’s game of the year 2020, underworld gets a sequel starring the Princess of the Underworld. It will be released in Early Access, with timing details coming in 2023.
No, it’s not technically BioShock, but it is a new game announced by its creator, Ken Levine. There is no release date yet.
Quick on care Bayonet 3, PlatinumGames has another Bayonetta game coming. This time it’s an origin story coming to Nintendo Switch on March 17, 2023.
blade of earth is the next game of Celestial creator Extremely OK Games, coming in 2024.
Hideo Kojima’s next game is Death Stranding 2, shown in a dark trailer that, again, features a baby. Kojima was present at The Game Awards to launch the trailer. Norman Reedus and Léa Seydoux will once again be back in Death Stranding 2.
This is the first gameplay trailer for tekken 8, where “fists will meet fate”. Naturally.
The highly anticipated Diablo 4 will be released on June 6, 2023, Blizzard Entertainment announced during The Game Awards. The release date was leaked earlier on Thursday, alongside a report from The Washington Post this suggested that poor management had caused delays in the game and that the team should have scrambled to complete it in time.
New Super Mario Bros. the movie looks so good – lots of toads! The film is released on April 7, 2023.
Crash Bandicoot returns with a new multiplayer action game from developer Toys for Bob. It’s called Crash Team Rumble. Here’s the gist: Players fight each other as they battle for Wumpa Fruit. It is slated for release on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X in 2023.
Idris Elba, playing a character called Solomon Reed, will come Cyberpunk 2077 in its next DLC Phantom Liberty, scheduled for 2023.
Ring of Elden Developer FromSoftware is rebooting its Armored Core series of mechs – the franchise hasn’t had a new game since Armored Core: Verdict Day came out in 2013.
Final Fantasy 16 has a release date, thanks to a new revenge-focused trailer. The game will be released on June 22, 2023 as a PlayStation exclusive.
