I think I’m just about back to normal after staying up far too late for The Game Awards and then not being able to catch up on sleep the day after. How was that for you, though? Did any big game announcements catch your eye?
We’ll be kicking off our own Game of the Year awards in the coming week (and we promise not to force you to sit through advertorials, music numbers and have 100% less Geoff presenting things).
In the News This Week
Obviously The Game Awards and the flurry of announcements lead a bumper crop of news this week, especially when sprinkling some Day of the Devs on top!
- Divinity revealed by Larian Studios, who probably watched The Wicker Man recently
- Total War: Warhammer 40,000 announced for PC, PS5 & Xbox
- Bradley The Badger is the new game from the creator of Mario Rabbids
- Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic revealed, but it won’t be out for ages
- 4:Loop is the new co-op game by Mike Booth, Sony & Bad Robot
- Leon confirmed as playable in Resident Evil Requiem!
- Control Resonant revealed with a new hero character
- Gang of Dragon looks like it’s coming for Like a Dragon’s lunch money
- Tomb Raider Catalyst and Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis revealed
- Pragmata release date confirmed, and it’s coming to Switch 2, and there’s a demo!
- Star Wars: Galactic Racer speeds us back to a galaxy far, far away
- Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is a brand new entry in the series with a brand new trailer
- Free-to-play PvP shooter Highguard launches this January
- Deus Ex Remastered has been delayed and no longer has a release date
- Feed the Swamp King in the slapstick co-op game Frog Sqwad
- Activision won’t do back-to-back Modern Warfare and Black Ops anymore
- CorgiSpace is a big bundle of short-legged games from the maker of Canabalt
Games in Review & Featured Articles
We still had a bunch of reviews to work through this week:
- Skate Story – PS5, NSW2, PC – 9/10
- Routine – XSX|S, PC – 8/10
- Terminator 2D: No Fate – PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, NSW, PC – 8/10
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide – PS5, XSX|S, NSW2, PC – 7/10
- Unbeatable – PS5, XSX|S, PC – 7/10
- Death Howl – PS5, XSX|S, NSW, PC – 6/10
- Skyrim Anniversary Edition – NSW2 – 5/10
Beyond the scored reviews, we also delved into the Early Access releases of the creature collection roguelike Aethermancer, and the physics-based adventuring of Cloudheim.
And following its show-closing announcement for The Game Awards, Jim pondered why the reaction to Highguard has been so down.
Rounding out the week, What We Played featured Skate Story, Megabonk and watching The Game Awards.
Trailer Park
Watch the new trailer for the Street Fighter movie and then question your life
Exodus new trailer looks Mass Effect-y in a lot of the right ways
Stretchmancer is a squishy, squashy, stretchy puzzle game
Saros has a new story trailer for Housemarque’s Returnal successor
That’s the round up for this week’s round up. Enjoy the weekend, and we’ll catch you for more gaming shenanigans next week!
It sounds like you had an exciting time at The Game Awards! It’s always fun to stay up for big events like that, even if it throws off your schedule a bit. Hope you’re able to catch up on some rest this weekend!