This year saw the fifth year of The Game Awards (aka the Keighleys) hosted on various streaming platforms. As always, there were a host of celebrities from gaming, film, and music (and a Muppet) along with awards and announcements. Here are some of the highlight announcements from the award show
Mortal Kombat 11 Announcement Trailer
MK fans were finally given what they wanted, a new Mortal Kombat drops next April
BioWare Drops a Dragon Age 4 Teaser
Joker, Persona 5‘s Protagonist Coming to Super Smash Bros Ultimate as First DLC Pack
An announcement that had been leaked earlier in the day, we see Far Cry take on a post-apocalyptic flavor this time around
Supergiant Games Launches New Game Hades
A new dungeon crawler/rogue-like from the devs behind Bastion and Transistor. Now available in early-access, exclusively on the freshly launched Epic Games store
Crash Team Racing Gets a Remaster
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is coming summer 2019
Obsidian’s New Game Announced, The Outer Worlds
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
A console port of The Stanley Parable coming next year, with an update coming to the PC version as well
Stranger Things 3: The Game
A retro-styled tie-in game to the third season of the popular Netflix series
And the 2018 winners are…
Game of the Year: God of War
Best Ongoing Game:Fortnite
Best Game Direction:God of War
Best Narrative:Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Art Direction: Return of the Obra Dinn
Best Score: Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Audio Design: Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Performance: Roger Clark as Arthur Clark (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Games for Impact: Celeste
Best Independent Game:Celeste
Best Mobile Game:Florence
Best VR/AR Game:Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
Best Action Game:Dead Cells
Best Action/Adventure Game: God of War
Best Role-Playing Game:Monster Hunter World
Best Fighting Game:Dragon Ball FighterZ
Best Family Game:Overcooked 2
Best Strategy Game:Into the Breach
Best Sports/Racing Game: Forza Horizon 4
Best Multiplayer Game: Fortnite
Best Student Game:Combat 2018
Best Debut Indie Game:The Messenger
Content Creator of the Year: Ninja
Best Esports Game: Overwatch
Best Esports Player: SonicFox
Best Esports Team: Cloud 9
Best Esports Event: The LOL World Championship
Best Esports Host: Skojz
Best Esports Coach: Reapered
Best Esports Moment: Cloud 9 comeback in triple OT
Geoff is back to discuss some very important thing that happened over Thanksgiving break! Better listen to see what interesting subjects the bald man brings to the table!