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Convergence: A League of Legends Story Revealed

Riot Games announced a new title at The Game Awards on Thursday night called Convergence: A League of Legends Story.

The game is being made under Riot Forge, the new collaboration initiative where Riot works with third-party developers on projects. It is a single-player action platformer where you play as Ekko, a young inventor who creates a time-manipulating device. Players will learn consequences received from messing with time.

The game is made with Double Stallion Games, and does not have a release date as of yet.

Another game was announced for League of Legends at The Game Awards, called Ruined King – Riot’s first single-player game.

Fast and Furious Crossroads Game Announced

A Fast and the Furious video game has been announced called Fast & Furious Crossroads, coming May 2020.

It was announced during The Game Awards by actors Michelle Rodriguez and Vin Diesel, who will also be playing their characters from the film in the game itself.

Not many details were revealed about Fast & Furious Crossroads, but it does appear to be a story-driven action/driving game (as you might imagine) set in the cinematic universe. There are plenty of cars, many of which are outfitted with some pretty heavy weaponry as well.

Rodriquez and Diesel went on to announce the winner of Game of the Year at The Game Awards, and you can find all the winners here.

Elder Scrolls Online Teases a New Expansion Set in Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls Online concludes its yearlong Season of the Dragon content and teases the next chapter in ZeniMax Online’s MMORPG adventure. And it’s going to be set in Skyrim.

During The Game Awards, Bethesda premiered a new cinematic trailer that concludes the Season of the Dragon content saga, a yearlong roadmap for Elder Scrolls Online that was tied to the release of the Elsweyr expansion. But we’re almost in a new year and that means there’s a new expansion coming.

The Game Awards teaser ends with the line, “Explore the Dark Heart of Skyrim,” and invites fans to a reveal event on January 16, 2020.

Skyrim is the location players explore in the Elder Scrolls 5, and that’s one of the most-beloved Elder Scrolls games in the series. Skyrim is already an explorable location in Elder Scrolls Online, but the teaser suggests that the new expansion will dive deeper into the region. We’ll find out in January what exactly the “dark heart” of Skyrim means.

The Wolf Among Us 2 Re-Confirmed

The new Telltale Games has announced that The Wolf Among Us 2 is back in production, with a planned release on PC and consoles.

Revealed during The Game Awards 2019, LCG Entertainment as Telltale revealed that The Wolf Among Us 2 is back in development, in partnership with AdHoc Studio, a developer featuring several former Telltale employees. The Wolf Among Us 2 will come to PC as an Epic Game Store exclusive and to consoles, though no release date has been announced.

AdHoc’s Nick Herman and Dennis Lenart will serve as directors, while Pierre Shorette will be a writer on the project. Adam Harrington will return to voice Bigby Wolf, while Erin Yvette is reprising her role as Snow White. Jared Emerson-Johnson is back as composer.

Amazon’s First MMO, New World, Gets a May 2020 Release Date

Amazon Games’ New World MMO finally has a release date. The open-world game was officially revealed earlier this year, but during tonight’s Game Awards Amazon announced that New World will officially be released in May 2020.

According to Amazon, New World is an open-world MMO set during the 17th century’s “Age of Exploration.” Players venture to a newly discovered island called Aeternum. There, players must “conquer” the land and overcome rival players and a legion of undead creatures that are trying to purge the colonists from the land.

Players can explore the open world, discover treasures, and build an empire. New World will also feature massive battles and fortress sieges with up to 100-player battles. Join forces with other players online to form Companies, or play solo and build your life in the New World.

Nine to Five Is a New Tactical FPS From Ex-Remedy and Wargaming Devs

Game-development veterans from studios like Wargaming (makers of World of Warships and more) and Remedy (whose most recent game, Control, just won IGN’s 2019 Game of the Year award) have formed a new studio called Redhill Games. At The Game Awards, Red Hill announced its debut title Nine to Five, a new team-based tactical FPS.

“A lot of modern shooters are often too chaotic and random to really let you enjoy them,” said Redhill CEO Matia Myllyrinne. “With Nine to Five, we’re challenging players with creative new mechanics to bring back that classic feeling of playing with friends, finding your role, and working together to outplay the competition.”

Gears Tactics Release Date Revealed

Gears Tactics, the Gears of War strategy spinoff, will be released on April 28, 2020, Microsoft announced during The Game Awards.

The release date was revealed as part of the Gears strategy game’s first public appearance since it was announced at E3 2018. Alongside the release date, the trailer featured new Gears Tactics gameplay and revealed it will feature a “40+” hour campaign. Check it out:

The strategy game is set 12 years before the events of the first Gears of War and comes complete with its own story, customizable squad, and boss battles.

Gears Tactics was originally announced as a PC-only release. However, The Coalition’s Rod Fergusson has since revealed it will also be released on Xbox. The most recent release in the franchise, Gears 5, earned a glowing review from IGN on the back of its impressive campaign, compelling story, and jam-packed multiplayer suite.

Joker Joins Mortal Kombat 11 Roster in January

Mortal Kombat 11’s Kombat Pack’s next fighter to join the roster is Joker who will be joining the lineup on January 28, 2020, as announced in a trailer during The Game Awards as well as on NetherRealm’s Twitter account.

The Kombat Pack was announced back in August, where developer NetherRealm Studios revealed that six fighters will be joining the roster through March 2020.

When the Bat’s away, Joker’s goin’ to play. See you soon kiddos!

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Ghost of Tsushima Gets a Release Window for PS4

Developer Sucker Punch showed off a full-length trailer of its highly-anticipated PS4 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima at The Game Awards tonight, including a Summer 2020 release window on PlayStation 4.

The trailer was full of cinematic new gameplay and a whole lot of story, including stealth kill mechanics and hint of the narrative driving The Ghost’s journey. Accompanying much of the gameplay was a live orchestra playing music from the game. See that trailer below:

A blog post released after the trailer revealed further details. “While Jin starts our game as a samurai, he’ll learn skills and adopt tactics that are decidedly not samurai-like,” the post reads. It also describes Ghost of Tsushima as “the biggest game Sucker Punch has ever made by a wide margin.”

Path of the Warrior Is a Classic Beat ‘Em Up, Except in VR

Splosion Man developer Twisted Pixel, in partnership with Oculus Studios, just announced a new VR beat-em-up at The Game Awards. Furthermore, Path of the Warrior is available right now on Oculus Quest and Rift.

Path of the Warrior aims to bring the classic, over-the-top brawler experience to VR. Players can punch combo their way through waves of enemies, and use interactive objects like pool cues, trash cans, and anything else they can get their hands on to knock out the baddies.

“Some of my earliest memories in gaming were beat ‘em ups like Double Dragon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game, and later on Streets of Rage and Final Fight,” said Oculus Studios executive producer Mike Doran. “When we had an opportunity to sign Twisted Pixel to create a Quest title with a blank slate when it came to genre, an arcade beat ‘em up was at the top of their list too.”