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While it doesn’t necessarily guarantee any news regarding any of their projects, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 directors the Russo brothers will be in attendance at The Game Awards next week. They’ll be there as presenters, according to a tweet from the show’s creator, Geoff Keighley.

“We are excited to welcome Joe and Anthony Russo, directors of Avengers, to the #TheGameAwards next week,” Keighley wrote. “Don’t miss the stream live everywhere around the world on Thursday night. #WorldsWillChange” The latter hashtag is in reference to a tagline used in relation to this year’s awards show, so it doesn’t necessarily pertain directly to the Russos. Perhaps to temper expectations regarding any news, Keighley also shared that another big star–one of the Muppets, Pepé the King Prawn–will also be a presenter.

Even as just presenters, the Russos’ presence will stir speculation about some kind of announcement. An Avengers game known currently as The Avengers Project is in the works, though the Russos are not known to have any involvement with it. Their inclusion could simply be a matter of attracting more mainstream attention to the show.

The Square Enix-published game is in development at Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics, with Deus Ex developer Eidos Montreal also working on it. The game was first announced back in early 2017, though we’ve heard little about it since. Crystal Dynamics did announce the opening of a new studio in Washington earlier this year that will be contributing to the game, among other things.

The Russos participated in a public Q&A this week, during which fans had been hoping for the long-awaited first Avengers 4 trailer. That trailer ultimately didn’t surface, though we have previously been told to expect a trailer before the end of the year.

The Game Awards are set to take place on Thursday, December 6, at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET (2 AM GMT / 12 PM AET on Friday). The award nominees have already been announced, and Keighley has teased that 10 games will be announced during the show.

The Elder Scrolls Blades has been delayed. The first mobile installment in Bethesda’s long-running RPG series was originally slated to hit iOS and Android devices sometime this fall, but according to the series’ official Twitter account, it will now arrive in early 2019.

Bethesda hasn’t shared any further details on the game’s new release window, nor did it provide a reason for the delay. However, the company says that players are still able to pre-register for The Elder Scrolls Blades on its website. Doing this will grant you early access to the game ahead of its launch, although we likewise don’t yet know when this early access period will begin.

First announced during Bethesda’s E3 2018 presentation, The Elder Scrolls Blades is billed as a “pure Elder Scrolls game” with “console-quality graphics.” Unlike recent console installments such as Skyrim, Blades doesn’t feature an open world–although Bethesda says one could be added down the line. The game contains PvP and town-building elements, as well as the same kind of combat as previous Elder Scrolls games.

Blades was also one of the games showcased during Apple’s 2018 keynote address back in September. During the presentation, Bethesda’s Todd Howard took the stage to demonstrate how the game will run on the new iPhone XS. Howard also noted the advantages the XS’s OLED screen and other hardware improvements offer.

Blades will be free to download and play when it launches for iOS and Android. It also isn’t the only Elder Scrolls project Bethesda is currently working on; the company also announced the next proper installment in the series, The Elder Scrolls VI, is in development, although that might not launch until the next generation of consoles.

You may soon have the chance to try out the new Destiny-esque action game from BioWare, Anthem. EA has announced an upcoming closed alpha test, and sign-ups for it are now live.

As outlined on EA’s website, the test will be quite brief–it’ll run from December 8-9, though it’ll be available on all three of the game’s platforms: PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The test will not be available for the entirety of the two days, as there will instead by “multiple sessions” spread across the weekend.

In terms of the alpha’s purpose, EA explains, “It’s an opportunity for you to check out Anthem but we’ll also be adjusting things like matchmaking and server load on the fly. These Community Playtests are more limited than what we want to share in the pre-launch demos. All of these factors combined mean that we’re making access to our Playtests limited, which is where the ‘closed’ part of the name comes from.”

Sign-ups are now live, and you can register your interest here. You aren’t guaranteed access just by signing up, and you’ll need a PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold membership on PS4 and Xbox One, respectively. When registering your interest, you’ll need to pick the specific platforms and time windows you’re hoping to participate in.

Participants will be bound by a non-disclosure agreement. That means, barring any leaks, you shouldn’t expect to see players sharing any thoughts, screenshots, or videos from the alpha test.

If you don’t get in, this won’t mark your only chance to try the game before launch. EA and BioWare have plans to offer an Anthem demo next year, and EA/Origin Access members will presumably get their usual limited early access to the game as well. Its full release is set for February 22.

Outside of Anthem, BioWare is at work on the future of Mass Effect. It also just recently teased that Dragon Age news is coming very soon.