The largest bulletins and trailers from the Game Awards 2022

It’s that point of the yr after we all collect ‘round Twitch to watch three hours of video game announcements punctuated by some awards. Yes, it’s The Game Awards 2022. As at all times, this yr’s version of the annual occasion was full of massive reveals and plenty and plenty of trailers (there have been a number of awards as properly). If you didn’t handle to take a seat via the entire thing, don’t fear, now we have you lined. Here are the largest stuff you may’ve missed.

Some extra Final Fantasy XVI

The trailers for Final Fantasy XVI carry on coming, and the newest — as at all times — is filled with gigantic monster battles and political intrigue. We even acquired a correct launch date: the sport will hit the PS5 on June twenty second, 2023. But due to all of the blood, you’ll have to go to YouTube to watch it.

Armored Core VI is on the way in which

FromSoftware took a break from accepting awards from Elden Ring to make the shock announcement that Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is within the works. It’s coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam, and whereas it doesn’t have a particular launch date, the studio says it’ll be out subsequent yr.

The Mario Bros. film appears to be like like a toad-ally good time

It wasn’t all video games. Nintendo and Illumination additionally confirmed off a quick new clip of the Super Mario Bros. Movie, centered totally on the always-overlooked Toads. Our earlier appears to be like centered on the Chris Pratt-voiced Mario and, extra not too long ago, Princess Peach.

Horizon Forbidden West is getting an growth

The open world of Horizon Forbidden West is about to get even greater. Sony introduced the sport’s first growth, referred to as “Burning Shores,” which is able to allow you to discover new places together with the Hollywood signal. It’s due out subsequent April, although just for PS5.

We acquired a contemporary have a look at Cyberpunk 2077’s first growth, Phantom Liberty, which can be out subsequent yr. It will star none apart from Idris Elba.

Diablo IV is out subsequent June

The long-in-development Diablo IV now has a launch date. The darkish motion RPG can be out on June sixth, 2023, and you may take a look at a brand-new trailer for a style of what to anticipate. (Just be warned that it’s age-gated, so that you’ll must click through to YouTube to watch.)

Amazon is attempting for its personal Genshin Impact

Amazon introduced its newest publishing deal, teaming up with Bandai Namco on a title referred to as Blue Protocol. It’s an MMO with anime-style visuals and action-RPG gameplay, which sounds a bit just like the massively well-liked Genshin Impact. The recreation can be coming to the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC within the second half of 2023, which a closed beta on PC anticipated early subsequent yr.

Funcom supplied a brand new have a look at Dune: Awakening, a survival MMO set within the iconic sci-fi universe. It sounds harsh:

In Dune: Awakening you attempt to outlive the numerous risks of Arrakis alongside 1000’s of different gamers. Explore your position and identification on this harsh surroundings, on an epic private journey that may have you ever looking for water and constructing shelters in opposition to storms to controlling the movement of spice within the high echelons of this unforgiving planet.

A brand new trailer for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

EA first revealed the sequel to Jedi: Fallen Order again at Star Wars Celebration, and now now we have a contemporary trailer for the sequel giving us have a look at the gameplay. Even higher, it now has a launch date, launching on March seventeenth.

Kojima has a brand new recreation, and it’s extra Death Stranding

Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima stopped by to point out off his subsequent recreation, which he’s been teasing for a while. It’s a sequel: proper now it’s often called DS2, however that’s only a working title. The vital factor is that it appears to be like extraordinarily bizarre.

The traditional roguelike Hades is getting a sequel. Developer Supergiant Games revealed Hades II on the awards, although there aren’t many particulars past the truth that it’s in growth. But like its predecessor, it’ll be out there in early entry to start with.

A candy shock for Suicide Squad

We acquired a deeper have a look at Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad recreation, and it got here with a pleasant shock: the late Kevin Conroy can be taking part in Batman one final time.

Street Fighter 6 will get a launch date

We lastly know when the excellent-looking Street Fighter 6 is launching: June 2nd, 2023. We additionally acquired a brand new trailer that confirmed off a contemporary have a look at quite a lot of completely different characters in motion, together with Dee Jay, Manon, Marisa, and JP.

The first launch from Ghost Story Games

Ghost Story Games, a studio led by former BioShock artistic lead Ken Levine, confirmed off its first recreation with a quick trailer for Judas. We don’t know a lot else in regards to the single-player shooter, nevertheless it’s coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC at any time when it does launch.

Hide and search is coming to Among Us

The subsequent large replace for Among Us is a cover and search mode referred to as, appropriately, “hide n seek.” The better part is it’s coming very quickly: the replace can be out on December ninth.

The very Castlevania-like recreation Dead Cells is getting a crossover with… Castlevania. The recreation’s subsequent growth is named “Return to Castlevania,” and it’s due out early subsequent yr.

The extraordinarily onerous atmospheric shooter Returnal is the newest PlayStation title to make its approach to PC. It doesn’t have a launch date but, however the PC model is listed as “coming soon.” Joining it will likely be The Last Of Us Part I, which can be out there on March third.

A brand new recreation starring Hellboy is within the works, and primarily based on the primary trailer, it appears to be like like a beat ‘em up that really captures Mike Mignola’s artwork. It’s referred to as Hellboy: Web of Wyrd, and whereas it doesn’t have a launch date, it’s coming to quite a lot of platforms: Steam, Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox.

The first trailer for Earthblade

The crew behind indie traditional Celeste is again with a brand new recreation referred to as Earthblade, due out in 2024. Here’s the premise:

You are Névoa, an enigmatic youngster of Fate returning in the end to Earth, on this explor-action platformer. Earthblade’s lush pixel artwork world provides seamless exploration, difficult fight, and numerous mysteries to choose aside. Travel the remnants of a ruined world, encounter denizens each pal and foe, and piece collectively the Earth’s fractured historical past.