The Game Awards released the full list of nominees for each category, with The Last of Us Part II and Hades receiving the most nominations
The Game Awards will stream on multiple platforms on Dec. 10
Wrestling stars The New Day, which includes Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods, are coming to Gears 5 multiplayer in a newly released DLC pack
The latest Marvel’s Avengers Wartable video showcased a deep dive of the first new hero for the game, Kate Bishop as well new content updates
The new character arrives on Dec. 8
The video showcase also teased the upcoming Hawkeye content update planned for 2021
Grand Theft Auto Online is getting a new the game’s first brand new location location, in the form of The Cayo Perico Heist
The new update arrives on Dec. 15
CD Project Red streamed/released the latest episode of Night City Wire, the developer’s diary on the development of Cyberpunk 2077
The latest episode shows off more gameplay, as well as some behind the scenes footage of actor Keanu Reeves’ work in bringing character Johnny Silverhand to life
Super Smash Bros. tournament The Big House received a cease and desist order from Nintendo of America to cancel its upcoming online event due to permissions issues
The online event was planned to make use of Slippi, a mod allowing online play in Super Smash Bros. Melee
A secret door discovered in the recently released Demon’s Souls remake was finally unlocked by a player, unlocking a new set of armor not seen in the original release (via Polygon)
In a recent video interview with Archipel, Yakuza producer Toshihiro Nahoshi revealed how Yakuza: Like a Dragon evolved into a turn-based RPG in the last year of development after positive response to an April Fools teaser video
Hitman series developer/publisher IO Interactive released a teaser for their next project, a James Bond licensed game currently dubbed Project 007
In movie/games news, the first season of The Last of Us series has been given the greenlight at HBO (via The Hollywood Reporter)
Deadpool 3 has reportedly been confirmed to be in development at Marvel Studios, with the film pushing for another R-rating (via Deadline)