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Every New Game Announcement at The Game Awards 2019
The Game Awards 2019 celebrated the last year in gaming with plenty of major awards handed out, while also giving us a glimpse at the future of games to come.
The awards show included more than a dozen new looks, game reveals, and more. So, without further belaboring the point, let’s dive into everything showcased during The Game Awards.
Xbox Series X and Hellblade 2
OK, yes, it’s not a game announcement, but after a Phil Spencer tease earlier this week, Microsoft unveiled the official name of Project Scarlett — Xbox Series X.
The Mandalorian: Episode 6 Review
This review contains spoilers for The Mandalorian episode 6, ‘The Prisoner’. To refresh your memory of where we left off, check out our Mandalorian episode 5 review, find out when The Mandalorian episode 7 comes out with our release schedule, and if you’re confused about The Mandalorian’s timeline, here’s when it takes place in the Star Wars canon.
The Game Awards 2019: All the Winners
From Control to Death Standing to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, here are all the winners of each and every category of The Game Awards 2019!
Game of the Year
- Control (Remedy/505 Games)
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions/SIE)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai-Namco/Sora/Nintendo)
- Resident Evil 2 (Capcom/Capcom)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software/Activision) – WINNER
- The Outer Worlds (Obsidian/Private Division)
Best Game Direction
- Control (Remedy/505 Games)
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.”