Overwatch Wins Game Of The Year At The 2016 Game Awards

Overwatch just took top honors as Game of the Year at this year’s The Game Awards. It beat Doom, Inside, Titanfall 2, and Uncharted 4. Eligible games had to have been out after November 24 of last year and before November 24 of this year. While accepting the award, Blizzard’s Ray Gresko said, “While we’ve…

During the Game Awards, Telltale showed off The Walking Dead: A New Frontier The trailer stars Javier, a young man who ultimately meets up with a grizzled-as-hell looking Clementine… after killing his zombified dad. A New Frontier kicks off on December 20.

Five Minutes Of Mass Effect: Andromeda In Action

We got to see a lot more of the upcoming Mass Effect game tonight at The Game Awards, and man, the Andromeda galaxy looks great. Here’s the latest trailer, which showcases actual gameplay: As you might already know, Andromeda takes place hundreds of years after the events of the original Mass Effect games. You play…

Prey Looks Like A New System Shock

During the Game Awards, Bethesda showed off gameplay of the new Prey The trailer shows main character Morgan Yu shooting and sci-fi super-powering his way through a space station, taking on shadow monsters and transforming into weapons of mass destruction like a coffee cup. Given how much they’ve promoted it, there had BETTER fucking be…

That Dragon, Cancer Designer Wins Game Award, Gives Heartbreaking Speech About Son Who Died

During the Game Awards, That Dragon, Cancer won the Games For Impact award. The game is about developer Ryan Green’s young son’s struggle with cancer. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it. Green accepted the award in tears. “Often in video games,” he said, his voice shaking, “we get to choose how we’re seen. Our avatars and…

Telltale Announces Guardians of the Galaxy Adventure Game

Tonight at The Game Awards, a short teaser revealed that Telltale’s next big licensed adventure game will be based on Guardians of the Galaxy. Before I play it, I’m gonna need a security band, a quarnex battery, and that guy’s prosthetic leg. The game will be out in 2017. In a press release, Telltale’s Kevin…

Geoff Keighley Gives Emotional Speech For Hideo Kojima, Puts Konami On Blast

A year ago, Hideo Kojima was supposed to receive a trophy at The Game Awards for Metal Gear Solid V. Due to bullshit from Konami, Kojima couldn’t attend the event. Tonight, things have been set right. “Last year, I thought I lost everything,” Kojima said, accepting the award. “But I didn’t.” The whole thing was…

Death Stranding Goes Full Kojima With Mysterious New Trailer

Hideo Kojima revealed a new trailer for his upcoming PS4 game Death Stranding at the Game Awards tonight. It was initially announced at E3 earlier this year. An open-world action game, Death Stranding is the first title from Kojima’s independent studio Kojima Productions, which he formed after leaving Konami last year. Two people featured in…

Valve Still Hasn’t Fixed Steam Curators

As part of the recent Steam front page revamp, Valve gave curators an even more prominent spot and added functionality so that they can list games as “not recommended” or provide Steam users with neutral information. Sounds good on paper. Doesn’t really work in practice. Recently, I decided to search for Steam curators—that is, (often…

The Division‘s Survival Expansion Has A Good Story After All

There are understandable complaints that The Division’s expansions are really just new game modes and not actual storyline extensions. But there’s a story in The Division’s Survival mode. I think it’s about me and a guy named Kirk. Kirk was this Division super-agent, all leveled up from his time in the PC version of the…

That’s Some Impressive Chocobo Riding

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Final Fantasy XV‘s Scripted Prologue Probably Should’ve Been In The Game

Final Fantasy XV, a video game about four men who just love hanging out and wearing black, has a few glaring issues. For example: The plot is a complete mess. The emotional beats are all there—by the end of the journey it’s hard not to care deeply about Noctis and his crew—but the story is…