Everything We Saw At The 2024 Game Awards And More Of The Week's Top Stories
The 2024 Game Awards were held this past Thursday and unsurprisingly, the reveals that occurred atGeoff Keighley’s big show dwarfed most other happenings in the world of games this week. In addition to our exhaustive breakdown of everything revealed at this year’s event, we’ve got closer looks at The Witcher 4, Mafia: The Old Country, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, and more.
Everything We Saw At The 2024 Game Awards
It’s that time of year when the video game industry gathers in Los Angeles to hear Geoff Keighley talk about what a good year it was, whether that’s actually true or not. But as we reflect on the last 12 months, we also get several trailers for games that are coming out in the future. If you weren’t able to catch the show and just want the highlights of what world premieres were there, here’s a rundown of every trailer and announcement made during The Game Awards 2024. - Kenneth Shepard Read More
Marvel Rivals Fans Are Ready To Curbstomp Jeff The Land Shark
Marvel Rivals launched last week, and as fans are flocking to the game in droves, they’re also figuring out who their favorite and least favorite characters are on the hero shooter’s roster. Right now, the game feels like it’s in the pre-patch state of just being a real chaotic shooter that hasn’t yet been sanded down by months of balance patches. Currently, few characters are as chaotic as Jeff the Land Shark, the strategist hero who is, at a glance, just a silly little guy. However, as Marvel Rivals players have learned, this happy dude is actually one of the biggest menaces in the game, and god, I hope NetEase keeps him like this forever. - Kenneth Shepard Read More
Call of Duty Dev Explains Why Black Ops 6 Has So Many Wacky Skins
Black Ops 6, the latest entry in the Call of Duty series, contains some really bizarre and wacky cosmetics. And while some players hate them, it doesn’t seem like the developers behind the game are going to stop making them any time soon. - Zack Zwiezen Read More
Here’s Our First Look At The Witcher 4 Starring Ciri
We finally have our first taste of The Witcher 4 and it looks stunning in a new cinematic trailer that aired at The Game Awards 2024. The cinematic tease showed monster hunter Ciri stepping into mentor Geralt of Rivia’s shoes to take on a gnarly-looking beast in proper witcher fashion. - Ethan Gach Read More
We’re Already Getting More Elden Ring And It’s A Co-op Spin-Off Called Nightreign
FromSoftware isn’t done with Elden Ring yet. The hit open-world RPG that just got a GOTY-nominated expansion is coming back with a completely new spin-off in 2025. It’s called Elden Ring: Nightreign and it’s a co-op action adventure that looks as excellent as the game it’s based on. - Ethan Gach Read More
Here Are All Of The 2024 Game Award Winners (And Losers)
And so, another Game Awards is done. Geoff Keighley’s annual trailer-a-thon once again included some game awards shoved in between all the ads and teasers and more ads. If you want to know who won what (and who lost), we’ve got you covered. - Zack Zwiezen Read More
Mafia 4 Trailer Leaks Ahead Of Game Awards, Coming Out Summer 2025
The fourth entry in 2K’s gangster series isn’t far away. A new leaked ad for Mafia: The Old Country ahead of The Game Awards 2024 reveals a summer 2025 release window and our first real look at the upcoming prequel. - Ethan Gach Read More
Helldivers 2 Just Got Its Third Enemy Faction In A Major Free Surprise Update
Helldivers 2 fans have been waiting patiently (and not so patiently) for the alien horde shooter to add a new enemy faction, and Arrowhead Studios is finally doing just that. The Illuminate are now live in the game following a surprise free update called Omens of Tyranny, and it adds a ton more than just the series’ infamous blue aquatic aliens. - Ethan Gach Read More
Last Of Us Studio Reveals Next Game And It’s A Sci-Fi Bounty Hunter Adventure
The Game Awards ended with a big finale, a new trailer revealing Naughty Dog’s next game. It’s called Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and it looks really, really cool and stylish, mixing lo-fi tech and sci-fi bounty hunters. - Zack Zwiezen Read More
Fortnite’s New GTA-Inspired Lego Mode Is Out Later This Week
Later this week, Epic will release Lego Brick Life, a GTA-inspired roleplaying game that will be playable in Fortnite. Brick Life will let you and up to 20+ other players hang out, earn money, buy a home, and party together. - Zack Zwiezen Read More
