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Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022


It's that time of the year again! A video game awards show hosted by the Dorito Pope himself, Geoff Keighley.



The man is just radiating with charisma as usual. This year he's paying for the awards show out of his own pocket so no doubt he will be hands on with everything leading up to the special guests and whatnot. So no, we will probably not a get a double take of last year's hilarious debacle with Joel McHale basically no-selling the entire show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1OGexjaP1U

If you're not here for the amazing trainwreck and spectacle sport this always turns out to be you're for the most, important thing that there can be right? The awards. That's right video games have come such a long way as an art form and we are here to witness a forum of men decide I'm just kidding, of course you're here for the new video game trailers the awards are loving stupid. There has been nonstop talk of new trailers, world premieres, and no doubt someone is going to demo their game awkwardly. So what do we know about so far?

Games we know about so far!

Metal Gear Solid Online & maybe MGS5
Bloodborne
The Order: 1886
New King's Quest
No Man's Sky
And more possibly... maybe... sure.

Xbox marketing heads have already confirmed there are no Xbox games being debuted at this show and the Playstation Experience which is immediately following up the game awards will probably have all of the cool new game debuts.

Okay, here are the awards, more Nintendo games are on them this year and none of them will win especially not Bayo 2.

Game of the Year:

Bayonetta 2
Dark Souls II
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Hearthstone
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Best Independent Game:

Broken Age - Act 1
Monument Valley
Shovel Knight
Transistor
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Best Narrative:

South Park: The Stick of Truth
The Walking Dead -- Season 2
The Wolf Among Us
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Wolfenstein: The New Order

Best Performance:

Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf -- The Wolf Among Us
Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons -- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Melissa Hutchinson as Clementine -- The Walking Dead -- Season 2
Trey Parker as various voices -- South Park: The Stick of Truth
Troy Baker as Talion -- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Best Remaster:

Grand Theft Auto V
Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
The Last of Us Remastered
The Master Chief Collection
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

Best Action/Adventure:

Alien: Isolation
Assassin's Creed Unity
Bayonetta 2
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Sunset Overdrive

Best Fighting Game:

Killer Instinct: Season 2
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Super Smash Bros. 3DS
Super Smash Bros. Wii U
Ultra Street Fighter IV

Best Sports/Racing Game:

FIFA 15
Forza Horizon 2
Mario Kart 8
NBA 2K15
Trials Fusion

Best Shooter:

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Destiny
Far Cry 4
Titanfall
Wolfenstein: The New Order

Best Role-Playing Game:

Bravely Default
Dark Souls II
Divinity
Dragon Age: Inquisition
South Park: The Stick of Truth

Best Family Game:

Disney Infinity 2.0
Fantasia: Music Evolved
Mario Kart 8
Skylanders: Trap Team
Tomodachi Life

Best Online Experience:

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Dark Souls II
Destiny
Hearthstone
Titanfall

Best Mobile/Handheld Game:

Bravely Default
Hearthstone
Monument Valley
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Threes!

Developer of the Year:

Blizzard
Monolith
Nintendo
Telltale
Ubisoft Montreal

Best Score/Soundtrack:

Alien: Isolation
Child of Light
Destiny
Sunset Overdrive
Transistor

Games for Change:

Mountain
Never Alone
The Last of Us: Left Behind
This War of Mine
Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Most Anticipated Game:

Batman: Arkham Knight
Bloodborne
Evolve
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

eSports Player of the Year:

Martin 'Rekkles' Larsson (League of Legends)
Xu "Fy" Linsen (DOTA2)
James "Firebat" Kostesich (Hearthstone)
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund (Counter-Strike: GO)
Matt "NaDeSHoT" Haag (Call of Duty)

eSports Team of the Year:

Samsung White (League of Legends)
Evil Geniuses (DOTA2)
Edward Gaming (League of Legends)
Newbee (DOTA2)
Ninjas in Pajamas (Counter-Strike: GO)

Trending Gamer:

Evan "Vanoss" Fong
Jeff Gerstmann
PewDiePie
StampyLongHead
TotalBiscuit

Best Fan Creation:

BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! By Egoraptor
Luigi Death Stare by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr
Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song) by Tobuscus
Minecraft -- TITAN City by Colonial Puppet
Twitch Plays Pokemon by Anonymous

So there are the awards. Here are some highlights of this years nominees!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtJx8DBMxWE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG6JlevVopU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5wkqJZsb40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJtlUYgzRmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo08vOFbFC0

Alright, that's enough. Show starts on December 5th starting at 6 PM Pacific / 9 PM Eastern and goes into the 6th.

You can watch it through the website or any of the mediums the website lists.

http://thegameawards.com/watch-live/

Please do not attend publicly unless it is your job, thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-rA5LzFc9I

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Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

These shows are without fail massive embarrassments and the awards are a joke and literally no one at these things is worth listening to.

Summary done.

Accordion Man
Nov 7, 2012


Buglord
No Joel McHale no watch.

Roman Reigns
Aug 23, 2007

Looking up to be more of a boring trainwreck, rather than the entertaining trainwreck it was last year.

I guess Geoff Keighley really believes in awards shows

Yechezkel
Oct 5, 2004

Fun Shoe
Bumping this up because it will start in :siren: 1 hour :siren:.

Streaming links given by the official site:

Twitch link, already with around 7,000 over 9,000 11,000 viewers waiting for it to start.
YouTube link

There is also an "interactive stream" on this page, whatever that entails.

Other ways to watch, according to them:
Xbox Live ("look for the link on the dashboard about an hour before the show" says majornelsen.com)
PSN, through Live Events Viewer app (It's the icon with the comic UFC fighters under PS4 apps, you'll need to order the free event before viewing it)
WiiU ("You can use the Internet Browser on your Wii U console to link to the livestream at https://www.twitch.tv/thegameawards" says nintendo.com)
Steam (along with sale on some of the nominated games)
IGN (might be different link when it starts)
Polygon (same as YouTube stream), summary page
Gamespot (might be different link when it starts)
Kotaku, no link yet
niconico (only viewable with account, also has BS premium member priority for high number of viewers)
MLG, no link anywhere that I could see

----------

Some things:

Street Fighter V for PS4 and PC was leaked out this morning.
It might have been this guy's fault. That's a joke, who knows how it leaked out.

Fallout 4 won't be announced, nor any other new game from Bethesda. So says a guy from Bethesda.

The trademark for Dragon's Dogma Online was found registered in Europe and could be revealed here.

There might be a Bad Rats 2. Or this could be a joke video from the devs.

Yechezkel fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Dec 6, 2014

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
HOLY poo poo YOU GUYS GEOFF KEIGHLY IS THE BEST HIS SHOWS ARE AWESOME CANT WAIT HOOO YEAAAAH gently caress BAYONETTA 2 COD:AW GAME OF THE DECADE DORITO DEW POWER OF GAMERS TO THE MAX.

The 7th Guest
Dec 17, 2003

Neither Full Bore or Strider are nominees, geoff you hosed UP

Mercury Crusader
Apr 20, 2005

You know they say that all demons are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Pyro Jack and you can see that statement is not true, hee-ho!

idiot stupid
Aug 23, 2014

still a virgin
So is Geoff funding a big party to announce of all his favorite games of the year, or do viewers get to vote and awards are given based on that

Accordion Man
Nov 7, 2012


Buglord
So what video game characters do you think Doritos Pope will canonize this year? I'm betting on Aiden Pierce and his iconic hat.

Overbite
Jan 24, 2004


I'm a vtuber expert
I hope Jeff Gerstmann wins the trendy gamer award because he sent in a note with his vote sheet that says he thought about nominating himself 5 times as a joke and he ended up nominated.

fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain
Join us in IRC for it in the catchall awards/game show stream, #e3 on synIRC

The 7th Guest
Dec 17, 2003

I want Mountain to win "Games for Change" because that category is a complete non-sequitor

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
Lol at broken age being in a goty list

Organs
Feb 13, 2014

looking at the nominees list really showcases just how lovely this year has been for games. the main award should be for biggest disappointment of the year between games like destiny, assassins creed, halo and driveclub etc

nobody takes the show seriously so might as well use it to rag on incompetent developers/publishers and maybe gain some notoriety

Overbite
Jan 24, 2004


I'm a vtuber expert


Look at Kojima oh my god

Fintilgin
Sep 29, 2004

Fintilgin sweeps!
I grew up playing Sierra games and King's Quest, so I can't help but be a little interested, despite myself.

icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


Beef Waifu posted:

Best Fan Creation:

... Egoraptor

:barf:

Do not even ask
Apr 8, 2008


I hope we get another Todd and Aaron segment this year.

The 7th Guest
Dec 17, 2003

Organs posted:

looking at the nominees list really showcases just how lovely this year has been for games. the main award should be for biggest disappointment of the year between games like destiny, assassins creed, halo and driveclub etc
There were great games this year, they just aren't AAA games or The Indie Game Of The Year. I think Full Bore is one of the most addictive puzzle games I've ever played but barely anyone's heard of it and it was a $1 game in a Humble Bundle.

e: Ether One is another.

The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Dec 6, 2014

Yechezkel
Oct 5, 2004

Fun Shoe
I just realized there is a real category for "Best Remaster". :cripes:

Why not just put in "Best game that made lots of money" and "Game with most explosions and/or boobies" while they're at it.

CrashCat
Jan 10, 2003

another shit post


Fintilgin posted:

I grew up playing Sierra games and King's Quest, so I can't help but be a little interested, despite myself.
That's the trap :ssh:

fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain

Yechezkel posted:

I just realized there is a real category for "Best Remaster". :cripes:

Why not just put in "Best game that made lots of money" and "Game with most explosions and/or boobies" while they're at it.

ssh he'll here you

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
Am I too late for the MGO trailer?

Shitty Wizard
Jan 2, 2013

ASK ME WHY
I VOTED
FOR TRUMP

Beef Waifu posted:

Am I too late for the MGO trailer?

Nope, also stolen from pro-pedo site Neogaf :



That's old man Big Boss, awwwwww yeah.

Fintilgin
Sep 29, 2004

Fintilgin sweeps!

CrashCat posted:

That's the trap :ssh:

Yeah, I know. I know. Looking back, I can't see much in them beyond some personal nostalgia, I haven't played them in 20 years, and I doubt I'd buy a NEW King's Quest unless it was absolutely exceptional. But I'm still really curious where they're taking it.

fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain
just now looking at the awards list and :catstare:

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
i came here for the despair and embarrassment

Yechezkel
Oct 5, 2004

Fun Shoe
:siren: "THE GAME AWARDS WILL BEGIN SHORTLY" :siren:

45,000 viewers, drat.

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
to quote the great reggie, my body is ready

fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain
hilarious already

Fintilgin
Sep 29, 2004

Fintilgin sweeps!
This just started and is so embarrassing I think I'm going to switch it off.

Roman Reigns
Aug 23, 2007

a lot of these games featured are awful

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Game of the Year:

Tales of Xillia 2

Best Independent Game:

Meet n' gently caress Kingdom

Best Narrative:

Tales of Xillia 2

Best Performance:

Whoever voiced Knuckles in Sonic Boom

Best Remaster:
Assassin's Creed Unity *rimshot*

Best Action/Adventure:

Bayonetta 2

Best Fighting Game:

Guilty Gear Xrd

Best Sports/Racing Game:

Mario Kart 8

Best Shooter:

lol

Best Role-Playing Game:

Tales of Xillia 2

Best Family Game:

Tales of Xillia 2

Best Online Experience:

Something Awful.com

Best Mobile/Handheld Game:

uhhhh

Developer of the Year:

Arc System Works

Best Score/Soundtrack:

Guilty Gear Xrd

Games for Change:

Guilty Gear Xrd

Most Anticipated Game:
Duke Nukem Forever


eSports Player of the Year:

hahahahahah

eSports Team of the Year:

hahahahaha

Trending Gamer:

hahhahahahaha

Best Fan Creation:

Video Game Championship Wrestling

bondster
May 6, 2007

What the gently caress is happening

fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain
koji kondo noo

Overbite
Jan 24, 2004


I'm a vtuber expert
That shouty dude in the crowd has to shut his yap

Roman Reigns
Aug 23, 2007

Endorph posted:

Best Fan Creation:

Video Game Championship Wrestling

This would be really awesome

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
what

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bondster
May 6, 2007

OH gently caress ITS REGGIE GET HYPED

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