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“Ten world premieres” confirmed for the Game Awards

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Some people hate the Game Awards. Others loathe it while a few people don’t care at all for the event. Me? I kinda dig them. Amidst all the pomp, ceremony and the fact that the awards don’t actually matter at all, lies a very savvy marketing machine that knows that this is the time of year to get people frothing at the mouth for what’s to come.

Last year’s Game Awards debuted a ton of new games: The Order 1886, Until Dawn, Lara Croft & the Temple of Osiris, Tacoma, Adrift, King’s Quest and Human Element all saw premieres at the Game Awards. This year, not much has changed, as host Geoff Keighley confirmed on Twitter that the event would have “ten world premieres”:

See? He typed just that. The Game Awards have had a good run so far, replacing the Video Game Awards that Spike TV ran for several years. This year, it’ll be held in the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 3, a venue that I’m pretty sure that I’ve been banned from at least once. Which means that I’ll have to catch one of the YouTube or Twitch streams to see it.

My money is on The Witcher 3 making a clean sweep this year, with the CD Projekt Red game having a whopping six nominations. That’s six nominations which should have rightfully gone to Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance AND NO ZOE I WILL NOT LET THIS GO. METAL GEAAAAAAAAAAAR FOR LIFE!

Last Updated: November 25, 2015

134 Comments

  1. James Anderton

    November 25, 2015 at 14:43

    Here we go again.

    Time for the yearly circle jerk with your host, Geoff Keighley!

    Reply

  2. oVg

    November 25, 2015 at 14:53

    LIFE IS STRANGE is going to be the major talking point this year.

    Reply

    • K1FF J1MB0B (sizzle edition)

      November 25, 2015 at 15:04

      Witcher and Fallout can go jump in the sea.. Bloodborne is hands down game of the year.

      Reply

      • oVg

        November 25, 2015 at 15:06

        I would have thought the same if I never played a souls game before. But its just Dark Souls in a new skin. Nothing that special. I got to level 125 back in March or April and never felt like going back to it.

        Reply

        • K1FF J1MB0B (sizzle edition)

          November 25, 2015 at 15:08

          After playing Bloodborne I went back and played Dark Souls 1 for the first time.. loved both games but Bloodborne was better in every way IMO.

          Reply

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 15:10

            You are right. I suppose Fallout 4 is just F3 in a new skin lol. Its going to be a controversial GOTY month that is for sure.

          • K1FF J1MB0B (sizzle edition)

            November 25, 2015 at 15:11

            Ya look all great games.. did also play Witcher and busy with Fallout now. Just enjoyed Bloodborne more. I’d say Witcher above Fallout though, but not by much.

          • RinceThis

            November 25, 2015 at 15:37

            Maybe, but Witcher III is not a skin of Witcher II. It will clean up. MSGV can GITFS.

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 15:41

            You going to extract him ?

          • RinceThis

            November 25, 2015 at 15:42

            Maybe, and I’ll do it Quiet like…

      • Hammersteyn

        November 25, 2015 at 15:07

        Much more contenders this year than last year

        Reply

        • oVg

          November 25, 2015 at 15:08

          Last year it was Shadow of Mordor that was getting all of the attention lol 2015 has been FCKING AMAZING.

          It is without a doubt the best year in video game history.

          Reply

          • RinceThis

            November 25, 2015 at 15:38

            I thought you said the new consoles can get in the sea last year? TEHEHEHE

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 15:40

            2013 I was playing TLOU last August while you were just finding out about Skyrim.

            RUNS

          • RinceThis

            November 25, 2015 at 15:42

            Yeah, I was finding out about Skyrim when you were asking for offers on your PS4 *RUNS

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 15:42

            The Skyrim thing is a pretty big deal though 😉

          • RinceThis

            November 25, 2015 at 15:43

            Fuck you talking about, there are people out there STILL playing the game!

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 15:45

            A friend of mine sent me a screenshot two days ago. He’d gotten 100% completion on Steam’s achievements for Skyrim.
            And yes, it’s true. My wife still plays it from time to time.

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 15:45

            You mean walking around in the game.

          • RinceThis

            November 25, 2015 at 15:59

            lol

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 15:45

            BWAHAHAHA TRUE

            2014 can get in the sea.

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 15:45

            2014 was awesome you console peasants! ;P
            The PC had so many brilliant games. They just weren’t “AAA”.

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 15:46

            They were AAA4K

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 15:47

            Hehe.
            “AAA” is something the rich companies call their games to make it okay for them to charge more money.

      • Captain JJ never changes

        November 25, 2015 at 15:28

        Bloodborne wasn’t on all platforms. It can’t compete.

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          November 25, 2015 at 15:29

          You can’t compete!

          Reply

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 15:30

            With these brows I overshadow EVERYONE!

          • Hammersteyn

            November 25, 2015 at 15:30

            O_o

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 15:31

            Literally though. I still tend to lose at 99% of MP games.

      • RinceThis

        November 25, 2015 at 15:37

        lol

        Reply

    • Mossel

      November 25, 2015 at 15:19

      Was actually just listening to the theme song from Life is Strange: Syd Matters – Obstacles…what a song.

      Reply

      • oVg

        November 25, 2015 at 15:21

        I thought it was Coldplay at first. Its like the videogame equivalent of the movie American Beauty. Its going to rake in 100s of awards.

        Very gothic and resonates well with gamers.

        Reply

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      November 25, 2015 at 15:27

      I hope not, Life is Strange is an ok-ish teen-lesbian-angst simulator, but hardly as ground-breaking as the first season of Walking Dead.

      Reply

      • oVg

        November 25, 2015 at 15:29

        It is hard to describe. The undertone fits very well with today and has a universal message. Hell, Im 40 and can totally relate to the teen characters.

        Reply

        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          November 25, 2015 at 15:32

          I couldn’t… 🙁 I felt so old while playing the game, and I’m only a touch of ancient (36). I really didn’t like the final chapter, it was too predictable.

          PS: I enjoyed the first three episodes, but then they went a little fullmcintosh – with the last one really struggling with the time mechanic and the question of consequences. I get that they were trying to use chaos theory in an interesting way, but it just fell a little flat on its face for me.

          Reply

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 15:38

            I think its because I feel sorry for todays teens. It was rough when I was at school but with the advent of the social age, it makes my schooling seem tame to what they have to deal with today. Nobody taught anybody how to moderate social media.

            It was nice to see a game made about todays teen realizing just how fcuked up everything is. Ad that with supernatural and you have a perfect mix for a teen goth vibe.

            They understood their demographic. It will win shit loads.

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 15:39

            I don’t think social media would have been good for me when I was young.
            I’m glad it wasn’t around back then.

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            November 25, 2015 at 15:48

            Nah, I think our teens need to be conscripted for war or a bloody reality TV show. It’s time to cull their numbers. We can’t have another “generation Stupid”. Just look at the current crop of mental midgets crying about safe spaces and microaggressions (at US universities). Those idiots are going to be us in 20 years, and we’ll be too old to stop them from putting us all in gulags.

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 15:57

            eish… 😛

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            November 25, 2015 at 15:59

      • RinceThis

        November 25, 2015 at 15:38

        Well, that sums up why OvG likes it so much!

        Reply

        • oVg

          November 25, 2015 at 15:58

          Buy it. Its R75 for chapter 1

          Reply

    • Captain JJ never changes

      November 25, 2015 at 15:29

      Witcher

      Reply

  3. Original Heretic

    November 25, 2015 at 15:06

    Isn’t there some sort of cut-off date for a game to be eligible for these awards? With Fallout 4 being released so late in the year, is it even in the running? I haven’t seen the nominees, so I could be talking out of my plarp hole.

    Reply

    • oVg

      November 25, 2015 at 15:17

      I think you are right.

      Reply

  4. oVg

    November 25, 2015 at 15:11

    MY GOTY IS………….

    DRUM ROLL……………………..

    RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER

    but I own a PS4 so… NO

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      November 25, 2015 at 15:12

      MY GOTY IS………….

      DRUM ROLL……………………..

      BLOODBORNE

      but I own a XBOX so… NO

      😛

      Reply

      • oVg

        November 25, 2015 at 15:13

        Its a shame.

        Reply

      • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

        November 25, 2015 at 15:28

        MY GOTY IS………….

        DRUM ROLL……………………..

        WITCHER 3

        but I own a Wii U so… NO

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          November 25, 2015 at 15:29

          Bwahahaha

          Reply

        • Captain JJ never changes

          November 25, 2015 at 15:29

          YES

          Reply

        • Ir0nseraph

          November 25, 2015 at 15:31

          XD

          Reply

        • oVg

          November 25, 2015 at 15:43

          MY GOTY IS………….

          DRUM ROLL……………………..

          WIND WAKER HD

          but I own a PS4 so… NO

          Reply

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 15:43

            MY GOTY IS………….

            DRUM ROLL………..

            ARKHAM KNIGHT

            but I own a PC, so…..NO

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 16:00

            Is it?

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 16:02

            Honestly, I don’t see myself playing it within the next 5 years. So NO

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 16:04

            Thought so. I own a PS4 and could not be bothered. If it was last year then WB would have been the best producers of 2014. They got drowned out this year. Ill wait until their so called GOTY edition is released, it seems very incomplete with all this DLC bullshit.

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 16:05

            Shadow of Batman was decent. Probably one of the few good “AAA” titles of 2014. But it wasn’t mind blowing.

          • RinceThis

            November 25, 2015 at 15:44

            MY GOTY IS………
            DRUM ROLL………………
            SOLITAIRE……………
            BUT I OWN AN APPLE 1

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 15:46

            That entire thing is just sad from start to finish.

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            November 25, 2015 at 15:51

            MY GOTY IS………
            DRUM ROLL………………
            CANDY CRUSH SAGA……………
            BUT I OWN A TYPEWRITER, so … NO!!!!

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 16:26

            I can play that on my Pitboy.

      • RinceThis

        November 25, 2015 at 15:40

        HAHAHA!

        Reply

  5. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    November 25, 2015 at 15:25

    • oVg

      November 25, 2015 at 15:26

      Dr Pepper and Free Doritos for every game journalist 😛

      Reply

  6. Galbedir

    November 25, 2015 at 15:26

    If Witcher 3 doesn’t take it, I’m done. No more hope for the future of gaming.

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      November 25, 2015 at 15:27

      It will but only because the hype and story carries it through the buggy gameplay and boring combat.

      Reply

      • Captain JJ never changes

        November 25, 2015 at 15:35

        Your game is buggy!
        I didn’t find a single bug in mine tbh.
        And I liked the combat. Seriously. Compared to other games out there, it’s really not bad.

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          November 25, 2015 at 15:36

          The combat is nothing compared to glorious Bloodborne and that horse has more bugs than the one in The Lone Ranger

          Reply

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 15:38

            I honestly didn’t have any bugs.
            But seriously. Compare the combat to Skyrim or Fallout, then it’s not so boring.

          • Hammersteyn

            November 25, 2015 at 15:39

            Fallout 4 has much better combat.

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 15:40

            Click click. VATS, click click.
            Mad skillz ;P
            But the combat isn’t the appeal, it’s the freedom and customisation that makes Fallout and Elder Scrolls awesome. It’s always been about that.

          • Ir0nseraph

            November 25, 2015 at 15:41

            XD

          • Ir0nseraph

            November 25, 2015 at 15:42

            So bloodborne makes the cut , due to excellent combat system, beware Guild might pop in and say Hi, you know Cod’s combat system 😛

          • RinceThis

            November 25, 2015 at 15:42

            hahahahahaha!

          • Hammersteyn

            November 25, 2015 at 17:20

            Not just combat, but immersion unlike any other game franchise. Demanding concentration and a feeling of reward on par with Destiny’s raid. Only it’s for every single boss you defeat and multiplied by ten when you finish the game. Ask anyone or ask Morne. He will say the same thing. And that’s why it’s my nomination for GOTY. But I’m happy with MGS to

          • Ir0nseraph

            November 26, 2015 at 07:56

            Well don’t worry everybody is wrong sometimes 😛 Witcher for the Win.

          • Hammersteyn

            November 26, 2015 at 08:14

            hehe

          • Ir0nseraph

            November 25, 2015 at 15:51

            D-horse for horse of the year.

          • Hammersteyn

            November 25, 2015 at 17:15

            Yes!

          • Mark Treloar

            November 25, 2015 at 16:31

            No horse had more bugs than Red Dead Redemption.

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 16:37

            lol I forgot its name. Was it just Horse. Dam that game needs some remastered love.

          • Darren Peach

            November 25, 2015 at 16:50

            Bloodborne was great. But those games are an acquired taste. Kinda like David Lynch movies.

          • Hammersteyn

            November 25, 2015 at 17:14

            Hahahaha good point

        • RinceThis

          November 25, 2015 at 15:41

          Agreed. Not one bug so far, other than @ham@hammersteyn:disqus who is a huge bug…

          Reply

      • Galbedir

        November 25, 2015 at 15:45

        The only words in that sentence I agree with are “It will”. Combat was spectacular! I had 1 bug in a quest that prevented me from continuing, and had to reload, other then that…nothing else.

        Reply

    • Darren Peach

      November 25, 2015 at 16:38

      But, If it does take it, The developers will become complacent and think they are da shizzle and ….I kid. I reckon it deserves it.

      Reply

  7. Captain JJ never changes

    November 25, 2015 at 15:28

    Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher Witcher

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      November 25, 2015 at 15:31

      I’d die laughing if it’s not. Everyone know it will be MGS anyway.

      Reply

      • Captain JJ never changes

        November 25, 2015 at 15:33

        Well, it’s mine. And you know whose opinion I trust?
        MINE 😀
        And sometimes yours, to be honest. Trevor is shady as hell.

        Reply

      • Ir0nseraph

        November 25, 2015 at 15:35

        MGS is good , so i will return to it to finish, Tomb raider is very good but didn’t make the cut so I say witcher will grab GOTY, for the simple reason , once I started it I couldn’t se ti t aside, unlike MGS.

        Reply

        • Captain JJ never changes

          November 25, 2015 at 15:37

          I say Witcher because different to every other game it felt seamless. There is no better word that I can use to describe it.
          It wasn’t a bunch of things stuck together, it was one experience layered with different things that all felt like they fit perfectly and each had a very specific purpose and reason for being there.
          It was a living, breathing world.

          Reply

      • oVg

        November 25, 2015 at 16:01

        WitWolfy agrees 😛

        Reply

      • Darren Peach

        November 25, 2015 at 16:24

        MGS does not deserve it.

        Reply

        • oVg

          November 25, 2015 at 16:29

          Bang for buck and personal preference it is still my personal GOTY. But dont tell WitWolfy 😛

          Reply

          • Darren Peach

            November 25, 2015 at 16:33

            Yeah, I got the Pseudo first end unexpectedly. Kinda messed me up a little. I thought the part two chapters were cheeky. Rehashed version of the previous missions. Great game but The Witcher gets my vote for it’s sheer vast size and compelling narrative.

    • oVg

      November 25, 2015 at 16:01

      3?

      Reply

      • Captain JJ never changes

        November 25, 2015 at 16:01

        Oh yes.
        3
        😀

        Reply

    • Mark Treloar

      November 25, 2015 at 16:30

  8. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    November 25, 2015 at 15:38

    Disney INFINITY 3.0!!!

    Reply

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      November 25, 2015 at 15:53

      Screw you guys! Disney Infinity 3.0 made me the man I am today….

      Reply

      • Captain JJ never changes

        November 25, 2015 at 15:55

        Careful now, looks like you might cause a riot with all these replying comments. 😉

        Reply

        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          November 25, 2015 at 15:57

          Do you reckon, I’m flying to close to the sun? But that’s how I roll JJ!!!

          Reply

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 15:59

            Danger Zone!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 25, 2015 at 15:59

            Bananas don’t roll. :/

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            November 25, 2015 at 16:00

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 25, 2015 at 16:01

            A Swiss banana roll, always on time!

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 16:03

            Yes. Let’s just take the best part out of the Swiss roll and put a fruit in there.
            This is why I have trust issues.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 25, 2015 at 16:05

            Damn Swiss Jam Warriors take all the fun out of baked goods!

          • Captain JJ never changes

            November 25, 2015 at 16:06

            Only two bites of Banana is nice anyway. The first is always disappointing and that last bite…man, that is something that you just close your eyes for and then try to forget for ten minutes afterwards.

      • oVg

        November 25, 2015 at 16:02

        I think Donkey Kong Country made you the grandpa you are today ;P

        Reply

        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          November 25, 2015 at 16:03

          Let me just adjust my suspenders and put in the fighting dentures… those are fighting words young man!

          Reply

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 16:05

            Waves cane at little kong.

          • Darren Peach

            November 25, 2015 at 16:24

            You can play Donkey Kong in Fallout….kinda….

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 16:28

            lol Im playing as Jack from Mass Effect considering its the same voice actress. She is actually good.

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            November 25, 2015 at 16:29

            No freaking way, I thought her sultry voice was familiar. 😮

          • oVg

            November 25, 2015 at 16:31

            She does have that sexy crackle and has a natural sarcastic tone. Good for her 🙂

    • Darren Peach

      November 25, 2015 at 16:35

      Disney Infinity ?

      Reply

      • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

        November 25, 2015 at 16:40

        Yes, Disney Infinity… I used to mock it (along with Skylanders), until the fateful day when I bought Disney Infinity 2.0 (with the intention of gifting it to my nephew). I ended up enjoying the games. Now I have a box filled with infinity figurines….

        Reply

        • Darren Peach

          November 25, 2015 at 16:51

          We all l have our dirty love affairs. Mine is Kayne and Lynch.

          Reply

  9. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    November 25, 2015 at 15:45

    While I’m finally enjoying Fallout 4. I’ve come to terms with its glitches and bugs, I hope that they don’t go full-retard (yes SJW crybabies, I used the word “retard”) and give it the top award. This year has been amazing in terms of game releases and the Witcher 3 definitely deserves it.

    Reply

    • Ir0nseraph

      November 25, 2015 at 15:46

      It was a great year of gaming, and still have a few i can go grab on a special to play this year like batman and fallout, but first tomb raider and then MGS needs to be finished.Witcher 3 FTW.

      Reply

      • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

        November 25, 2015 at 15:49

        I still need to play Batman, Metal Gear Solid…. and a host of other games. I’m going to make full use of this December holiday….

        Reply

        • Ir0nseraph

          November 25, 2015 at 15:49

          Sounds like a good plan.

          Reply

        • oVg

          November 25, 2015 at 16:40

          Mad Max is another one that I passed.

          Reply

    • Captain JJ never changes

      November 25, 2015 at 15:49

      There’s a certain charm to Fallout bugs though. All Bethesda game bugs, come to think of it. They’re never really that huge (in my experience) and they often lead to funny moments.

      http://i.imgur.com/uearIO9.jpg

      Reply

  10. Darren Peach

    November 25, 2015 at 16:05

    Game of the year………….The Witcher 3. Honourable mention to The Order 1886 for meeting my expectations in next gen graphics but not much else.

    Reply

    • oVg

      November 25, 2015 at 16:06

      Th Order 1886? have you played Until Dawn yet?

      Reply

      • Darren Peach

        November 25, 2015 at 16:07

        Nope. I will have to check it out.

        Reply

        • oVg

          November 25, 2015 at 16:08

          1886 was to be released with the PS4. It was a good Tech Demo. But it got delayed. Otherwise it did have potential but they gave up on the thing.

          Reply

      • Darren Peach

        November 25, 2015 at 16:07

        But I only mention the Order because of the graphics.

        Reply

      • Captain JJ never changes

        November 25, 2015 at 16:07

        I watched a lot of Until Dawn YouTube videos. Because, you know, that’s how we pc gamers “play” those games. But it looks incredible.

        Reply

        • Darren Peach

          November 25, 2015 at 17:42

          PC…..er……peasant….runs away….

          Reply

      • Darren Peach

        November 25, 2015 at 16:09

        Not a fan of that series, Interactive narrative type deal.

        Reply

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