For all gaming fans, The Game Awards 2020, which occurred last night on December 12, is one of the biggest events of the year, packed with amazing acceptance speeches and big announcements about games soon to arrive. Let’s take a look at some of the biggest highlights as well as a few disappointments you might have missed.
Major award winners
This year’s awards showcased the best of what the gaming industry had to offer. Astro Bot swept several categories, including the coveted Game of the Year award. The other categories it won include Best Game Director, Best Action/Adventure Game, and Best Family Game. It also had nominations for several other categories, including Best Art Direction, and Best Score and Music.
Other games nominated for several awards include Balatro, which won Best Mobile Game, Best Debut Indie Game, and Best Independent Game, while being nominated for several others. Metaphor: ReFantazio also won several categories, including Best Art Direction, Best RPG, and Best Narrative.
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Other Big Winners
- Best Score and Music - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Best Audio Design - Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Best VR/AR Game - Batman: Arkham Shadow
- Best Sim/Strategy Game - Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)
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Big Announcements
As always, The Game Awards delivered more than just accolades. The night also had several thrilling announcements that left fans excited about the coming year.
- The Witcher 4 will be released this year, with Ciri taking the lead in the next story. This will be a nice change while still allowing us to return to one of our favorite games.
- Elden Ring: Nightreign will expand the Elden Ring universe with an intriguing new adventure.
- Ninja Gaiden Revival will bring back the classic arcade action of Ninja Gaiden, causing retro-gaming fans to go crazy with excitement and anticipation.
- A new Indiana Jones game will be arriving this year, bringing us a new adventure.
- Naughty Dog unveiled its bold new IP Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, which is sure to be amazing.
Biggest disappointments
While the broadcast had many highlights, everyone was hoping for the GTA 6 trailer, which never arrived. In fact, Rockstar didn’t participate in the ceremony even after GTA6 won the award for The Most Anticipated Game. With over a year since the release of the first trailer, the disappointment was immediately clear in the chat that we didn’t at least get an update about the game’s development, some screenshots, or anything.
Other games fans were hoping to see include The Elder Scrolls VI, Fable, Metroid Prime 4, and Beyond Good and Evil 2. Hopefully, we‘ll get some news about these games soon.
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