Since 2014, the Game Awards have symbolized the high point of the video game year, rewarding the best games between January and December and announcing what will follow. In addition to the famous “game of the year”, Geoff Keighley’s meeting once again holds surprises, which feed social networks and rumors of all kinds. The 2020 edition is no exception to the rule, so a quick overview of what has already been announced, and what will most certainly be.
How to follow the Game Awards 2020?
If you want to watch the Game Awards 2020, you’ll have to arm yourself with coffee: the event will be broadcast online Friday, December 11, 2020, from 1 a.m. French time. Pandemic obliges, it is about a 100% digital meeting, without public. You will obviously be able to find all the news of the ceremony during the night, through our News and a dedicated Live Feed. We will also be live to comment on everything.
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In 2019, Sekiro : Shadows Die Twice was crowned best game of the year, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox Series X as well as a first next-gen title, Hellblade II, and the catalog of the PS5 was revealed with Godfall. Sure Twitter, Geoff Keighley, master of ceremonies and Game Awards dad, explains that “It’s going to be hard to beat the reveal of the new Xbox last year, we will obviously be focusing more on games this year”, before continuing: “But I think we have good things in store, to celebrate JV as an art and to give a taste of what will happen soon”. Some cartridges have already been unveiled, others have not. We take stock of the Game Awards 2020.
What will be presented
The Next Dragon Age of Bioware
Announced at the Game Awards 2018, the next chapter of the license Dragon Age signed Bioware (Mass Effect, Anthem) has been very discreet since, in addition to a short video showing the progress of the project at Gamescom 2020. The Geoff Keighley show should correct that, as revealed on Twitter, with a “new preview” of the title. Difficult to say if the presentation will be consistent or not, but the studio is expected to turn after an Anthem that disappointed.
The Fourth Card of Among Us
It is part of the summer phenomena and will be present at the Game Awards 2020: it is obviously Among Us, the “Werewolves” video game which is a hit on Twitch. For the occasion, Innersloth title will unveil its fourth card, announced as the bigger to date by one of the game’s creators. No details at this time. Note that Among Us is also in the running for the best multiplayer and mobile game.
The new season of Fall Guys
After a second season focused on the Middle Ages, the rest of the content of Fall Guys will bundle up in a winter coat, like ad by the Mediatonic studio not long ago. We don’t know much more yet, but the crazy battle royale has confirmed qu’he will show more at the Game Awards 2020. As with the previous addition of content, these should be new events, new costumes or maybe even new game modes.
A surprise from Fortnite
Although Epic Games recently announced the arrival of Kratos in Fortnite, it seems that Tim Sweeney’s teams still have a trick up their sleeve. In fact, on his Twitter account, Geoff Keighley published a video a very mysterious bag, on which appears the name of Agent Jones, a character who is used to recruiting heroes from other games for the battle royale. At the end of the message, a “#TheGameAwards” leaves little room for doubt. Fortnite will have an announcement to make during the event.
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Gameplay for Crismon Desert
His name may not ring a bell, but Crimson Desert, new title of the dads of Black Desert Online, seems to be a rather ambitious MMO. In any case, he will have the opportunity to prove it at the Game Awards 2020, where his presence has already been confirmed. In the program : the first gameplay images of this open-world online game, which will focus on the PvE.
News from Hood: Outlaws and Legends
Unveiled a few months ago, Hood : Outlaws & Legends will be him too present during the Game Awards 2020. No information on the content of this presentation, except that Sumo Digital and Focus Home Interactive claim to have big news to announce. As a reminder, this is a cooperative game in a medieval world, where it will be necessary to seize well-guarded wealth by force or cunning.
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An Xbox / Game Pass ad
At the very bottom of the message announcing the new games coming in December on the Game Pass, Microsoft released a small “See you at the Game Awards friends”. However, nothing is known about the content of this announcement, which will obviously be linked to the subscription service. Recently, big games like Control have joined the catalog. If we dig into the videos published by the official Game Awards account on Twitter, we can see that Hellbalde II and Everwild, two big games from the upcoming Xbox stable, appear in the event trailer. An imminent arrival of these titles on the Game Pass? In any case, on his account Twitter, Microsoft is looking forward to the meeting.
A new Game Festival
Like last year, the Game Awards 2020 will be accompanied by a Game Festival, a series of “Preview demos on upcoming games” as the official account of the event explains, on Twitter. At the time of writing, none of the games in this selection have been revealed, although it will all take place on Steam. Most recently, Geoff Keighley’s meeting was ad that Nvidia and its streaming service Geforce Now will also be in the game. It will therefore be possible to play the demos without having to download them through this service, provided you have a good connection. In 2019, the Game Festival made it possible to approach Spiritfarer or Carrion.
Who will be the game of the year?
We take advantage of this paper to review the games competing for the game of the year, and how the latter will be elected. The votes are distributed among an international jury made up of 95 media (Jeuxvideo.com is one) and influencers whose opinion weighs 90% in the final result. The remaining 10% is in the hands of the public. To vote, you must to register on the official website of the ceremony.
The list of nominees :
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What may be presented
A trailer for the movie Uncharted?
Let us now enter the world of uncertainty, but without leaving in peanuts either. And let’s start with the movie Uncharted, which might be entitled to its first trailer at the Game Awards 2020. Several things that lead us to assume this: the presence of Tom Holland, who will play a young Nathan Drake in the feature film, as the presenter of the show. Just like Nolan North, who lends his voice to the hero as part of his video game adventures, in original version. For now, only a few film images, which has a release date set for July 8, 2021, have been revealed. Geoff Keighley’s date could thus symbolize the perfect opportunity to show more.
Any news from Elden Ring?
Here is a still very mysterious game: presented at E3 2019, Elden Ring, the new title of From Software created in connection with the author of Game of Thrones George RR Martin, has not given any news since. And why not correct that at the Game Awards 2020? Two elements that can lead us to this conclusion: the title is in the running for the category “Most anticipated games” and Sekiro, GOTY 2019, was teased during the 2017 edition of the event. The dads of Dark Souls and Geoff Keighley therefore share some common points. In any case, the other rumors about the 2020 edition seemed far too nebulous to be cited here. But the suspense is coming to an end: answer Friday, December 11.
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