The game awards begins roughly ~11 hours from now. what announcements are you hoping for?

    • Thatuserguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      20 days ago

      I’ve been expecting it the last couple of games showcases where there were rumors too. I will say the new hardware launch makes the rumors more compelling, but I will literally not believe it until I see it. I’m fully expecting the event to end on a dumb note and to say “that’s it!?” like the last couple of times I got my hopes up

  • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    20 days ago

    I’m not really excited about anything because I don’t care much for AAA but it‘s funny to me that a show like the Game Awards was never about the awards but just an excuse to show some world premier trailers.

    They keep telling us how this is a celebration of this year while trailers for games in the coming years take center stage. It feels more like the most cynical funeral of old games while the new ones get coronated with their announcements.

    And I know this is comment isn‘t deep or profound to anybody who ever watched the Game Awards but I just find it comical every year.

    • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      20 days ago

      On the other hand, winning an award from this show has a tangible effect on game sales, so it’s nice when a game like Baldur’s Gate 3 can beat the mainstays like The Legend of Zelda and earn that bump for themselves.

      • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        20 days ago

        It‘s definitely clever to wrap the Award show into a Superbowl type of event for the gaming industry. It ensures there will be a lot of eyes on award winners. But they still have to share the attention with the new shiny things that are being advertised so it‘s always a little awkward. It‘s bizarre but part of the experience and let‘s be honest, most of don‘t care about popularity contests. We tune in for the trailers.

            • TheTux@lemmy.mlEnglish
              1·
              20 days ago

              Ya, whole show was kind of a let down, TankRat, from the Beginning no less, was the only one that really cought my eye. Oh well, at least Expedition 33 got its due & EVERYTHING ELSE SOMEHOW.

              I really should play it already, if even the notoriously AAA subordinate Jeffy K. had to acknowledge those French people’s game so hard.

              Just a shame my rig isn’t up to the task. :(

  • simple@piefed.socialOPEnglish
    8·
    21 days ago

    Personally I’m hoping for

    • Larian’s next game announcement
    • info on Light no Fire
    • anything by fromsoftware
    • a new final fantasy game that isn’t based on ff7
    • the new bioshock game that was rumored for years now
    • Goretantath@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      21 days ago

      Same for FF but also no tactical shite either, turn based is fine but the damn chessboard shit was enough during the 3DS era, so many great stories ruined by the gameplay.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      I suspect Larian will take their sweet time.

      Bioshock sounds like it’s in development hell; I’d be suspicious of that.

      • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        20 days ago

        Larian’s next game is the teased statue that Keighley tweeted, so they’ll have something to announce tonight. The only thing they said it isn’t is Divinity: Original Sin 3, but it could be a different Divinity RPG, or a looter like the old-school Divinities, or a new Dragon Commander, or a new spin-off entirely. They’re also a multi-project studio now.

    • IronBird@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      yup, firaxis went all-in on the licensed slop sadly. don’t think we’re getting that teased sequel to from the deep anytime soon

  • MoreZombies@quokk.auEnglish
    6·
    20 days ago

    I’ve never cared for it - the entire show’s awards and announcements could be YouTube Shorts that I can pick and choose to watch, and I’d get exactly the same thing out of it.

    I wait a day and then check for a megathread with bullet points, then see if there is anything of interest to me.

  • Redacted@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    21 days ago

    Steam box price and release date, more Slay the Spire 2 info, next Zelda teaser. All very unlikely.