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Geoff 'WORLD PREMIERE' Keighley presents [The Game Awards 2021]
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Geoff's at it again giving us Video Game Christmas in December instead of in the Summer like E3 usually is. The Game Awards is a show about video games that has several nominated categories for various different achievements, but also hosts several first time reveals and new game information. The winners of the awards are voted on by a board of popular or big members of the gaming community, usually CEOs or popular figures. You can learn more about the game awards by visiting the website.
You can watch from one of the links in Geoff's tweet:
What would you vote for Game of the Year 2021?
You can watch from one of the links in Geoff's tweet:
Here's how to watch #TheGameAwards live tomorrow night at 7:30p ET / 4:30p PT / 12:30a GMT:
YouTube (4K): http://bit.ly/tga21yt
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What would you vote for Game of the Year 2021?
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Geoff 'WORLD PREMIERE' Keighley presents [The Game Awards 2021] 41 votes
Deathloop
17%
7 votes
It Takes Two
4%
2 votes
Metroid DREAD
43%
18 votes
Psychonauts 2
21%
9 votes
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
7%
3 votes
Resident Evil VIIIage
4%
2 votes
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...but my heart is with Returnal and I hope they win every award that they were nominated for.
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Metroid Dread I'll definitely try again. Especially since I found out my TV had lag on it while I tried it previously lol
I think Valheim would probably secure my GOTY?
But it's been a not so great year for games, so that isn't saying much.
In other news, Halo Infinite won People's Choice
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(I would have liked to have seen Forza Horizon 5 higher but it's still surprising enough as it is that a racing game at least got top 5)
... Sadly it is gonna be premiered on the preshow, but it is still something!
Wait what is this for real
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The first one was pretty good, so what the hell.
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Typically Nintendo just does one announcement that usually isn't that big a thing -- I remember past years had BotW DLC and Bravely Default 2. Last year was the Sepiroth in Smash bombshell, but that wasn't a new game.
I'd love to see BotW2 but I'm keeping my expectations low.
I'm looking forward to the Sonic trailer. It was the last movie my kids and I saw before the pandemic. We loved it. My youngest has it on his rotation of regular movies to watch. I even loved the god awful product placement they put in the movie, it was just so stupid it makes me laugh. But more Jim Carey Eggman please!
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We've always been at war with Eurasia in the year 2020.
Anywho, my heart says Psychonauts 2, but while that game is polished to a shine, I never quite got the same level of "holy crap this level!" that I got from the first game, with levels like the Milkman Conspiracy or Lungfishopolis.
That said, I had some frustration with Metroid Dread, so maybe it's Psychonauts 2 after all.
I'd also accept Rise.
Endwalker is the actual best release of the year but it's outside of the window for consideration unfortunately.
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And gonna be mad if Psychonauts 2 doesn't take it because it's the clear victor.
MH Rise or Metroid Dread here, to me.
Especially Rise.
I mean, the Game Awards was where they showed the first ever footage of BotW being played. And they've had BotW stuff there several times (another playthrough of the Faron region before launch and the DLC announcement). I'm not saying BotW2 is gonna 100% be there but there's a lot of precedent so it's totally possible.
Also they announced Joker in Smash there which, as the first DLC character, I think was kinda huge...
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Sorry, got pulled away with work.
*ahem* WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Still a big fan of the show and what Geoff has done with it, so I'll be watching.
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Other than my not wanting to watch The Game Awards?
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In fact he put out a fuller statement saying that, beyond the nominations, ActiBlizz won't be involved, and that "There is no place for abuse, harassment or predatory practices in any company or any community."
Actually I don't think he never actually said he didn't want to take sides? I think he said he was still thinking about how to navigate it.
He later said that, aside from awards (which are decided ahead of time by a large group of industry companies including places like Giant Bomb, Gamespot, IGN and a whole host of others accross the world) that Activision would not be involved with the game awards.
Which, given all they have next year is CoD: Whatever (Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 got delayed to 2023) that statement rings kind of hollow.
Yeah, I didn't see exactly what he said but I had a feeling it was something along those lines. I don't really blame him for not wanting to bring the house down by talking about any of that during the show. At least for me, just boycotting their stuff for the show is probably good enough.
It Takes Two surprises me it's even on the list. Haven't played Deathloop so I can't say with that one. RE8 seemed to barely make a blip. It came and went without much fanfare other than the vamp lady silliness pre-launch. VII seemed to make much more of an impact when it released.
In the end, what I'm most curious about, is how many of you are planning to actually watch this? You couldn't pay me to watch it. Much easier to hit the internet after it's done and see what the announcements/reveals are rather than sit through it. I'm guessing quite a lot actually watch this though since he keeps doing it every year.
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Gonna put it on another monitor while I FF14.
3+ hours is just too much for an awards show for me
Given the last year I don't even understand how they could have scrapped together even an hour!
I assume it is 2.5 hours of CG trailers that tell nothing about a game that doesn't come out for another three years.
Well, probably at least 30 minutes of the cringiest of skits/musical numbers too.
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