Did you stay up till 4am last night watching The Game Awards 2021? Of course not, but we did and there was an awful lot shown, so much in fact that it is already streaming off the front page of TheSixthAxis, so here’s a handy catch up post.
There were plenty of surprises, new games for Star Trek, The Expanse, Star Wars, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dune, Wonder Woman and Alan Wake, but was also noticeable was the absence of games from Sony and Nintendo. Apart from very short trailer for Horizon Zero Dawn Sony did not have anything at all, clearly they and Nintendo are saving their reveals for their own shows.
Here is all the news, in which why try and find creative ways of saying “Here’s a new trailer” nearly forty times in three hours.
- Epic announce Rumbleverse, a free-to-play brawler royale and you can play it today
- See the new trailer for Lord of the Rings Gollum: The Untold Story
- Elden Ring has a new story trailer, watch it here!
- Forspoken release date confirmed for May 2022
- Cuphead The Delicious Last Course release now set for June 2022
- Xbox exclusive shooter CrossfireX gets a release date
- Shared world survival crafting game Nightingale announced for PC
- PUBG Battlegrounds is going free to play in January
- Lost Ark sails West in February, Amazon Games announces
- The Matrix Awakens experience is out now for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S – here’s the download links you need
- There’s a new trailer for SYNCED: Off-Planet, introducing you to the different characters
- A Plague Tale: Requiem gets a gorgeous new trailer
- Watch the new Halo TV show trailer here
- Bloodhunt gets a gory new trailer, watch it here
- ARC Raiders revealed with gameplay at The Game Awards
- Dying Light 2 has a new story trailer
- Among Us is getting a VR adaptation
- Sonic Frontiers has been revealed for release in late 2022
- Steelrising has a brand new trailer from The Game Awards
- Dune: Spice Wars announced, out next year on for PC
- Gorgeous side-scrolling adventure Planet of Lana has a new trailer
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is the sequel you never expected
- Saints Row has a new trailer, check it out
- See the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League gameplay trailer here
- Warner Bros announce a Wonder Woman game
- Tropical open world Tchia gets a new gameplay trailer
- See the first gameplay trailer for Homeworld 3 – coming out Q4 2022
- Bungie preview Destiny 2: The Witch Queen’s first mission in this new trailer
- Slitterhead is the next game from the creator of Silent Hill
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is being made in to a video game, watch the trailer here
- Horizon Forbidden West gets a short gameplay video at The Game Awards
- Alan Wake 2 announced and it’s coming out in 2023
- Check out the new trailer for the Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie
- Star Wars Eclipse is the next game from Quantic Dream
- Watch the first gameplay for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (and yes, it is gameplay)
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is coming to PS4, Switch & PC in March
- Telltale announce a new game based on The Expanse!
- Evil West gets a gameplay reveal filled with Western vampire hunting
Sandwiched in-between all that lot were some actual awards, here’s who won what at The Game Awards 2021.
- Game of the Year — It Takes Two
- Best Game Direction — Deathloop
- Best Narrative — Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Best Art Direction — Deathloop
- Best Score and Music — NieR Replicant
- Best Audio Design — Forza Horizon 5
- Best Performance — Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu, Resident Evil Village
- Games for Impact — Life Is Strange: True Colors
- Best Ongoing Game — Final Fantasy XIV Online
- Best Indie Game — Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Best Mobile Game — Genshin Impact
- Best Community Support — Final Fantasy XIV Online
- Innovation in Accessibility — Forza Horizon 5
- Best VR/AR Game — Resident Evil 4 VR
- Best Action Game — Returnal
- Best Action/Adventure Game — Metroid Dread
- Best RPG — Tales of Arise
- Best Fighting Game — Guilty Gear Strive
- Best Family Game — It Takes Two
- Best Simulation/Strategy Game — Age of Empires 4
- Best Sports/Racing Game — Forza Horizon 5
- Best Multiplayer Game — It Takes Two
- Content Creator of the Year — Dream
- Best Indie Debut — Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Most Anticipated Game — Elden Ring
- Best Esports Game — League of Legends
- Best Esports Athlete — S1mple
- Best Esports Team — Natus Vincere
- Best Esports Coach — Kkoma
- Best Esports Event — 2021 League of Legends World Championship
MrYd
I can’t work out if it’s disappointing that there’s that many announcements and only a few that interested me or not. Is that worse than just having half a dozen and maybe 1 that grabbed my attention?
That Star Wars game should be fun. Certainly looks nice, as you’d expect from them. The Star Trek game looks like it could go either way.
And while it’s Telltale, so should be good, why would you make a game based on The Expanse and not just have it be Chrisjen Avasarala running around changing into fancier costumes every 5 minutes and randomly swearing at people? She’s the best thing in it, and her swearing has only recently been equaled by Brian Cox and his glorious way of saying “Fuck off!” in Succession.
Forspoken looks very nice too.
Stefan L
I’m personally struggling to figure out which 4-5 are meant to be equivalent to E3’s Elden Ring trailer as bombshell drops. I’d guess Keighley meant Hellblade II, Star Wars Eclipse, Alan Wake 2 and ARC Raiders? But none of those are kind of “this is out next year”, get hyped announcements.
Andrewww
I will have to look into some of these games that got awards, I missed quite a few things recently, I guess. And I don’t want to sound too gleeful, but I was pleased Cyberprank didn’t make any award, CDPR really shouldn’t be rewarded in any way for what they did with that game.
Are there not some games missing? There was this cartoony side-scroller with this kid bring chased by different robot types, I can’t remember it’s name but cannot find it on here.