The Game Awards are almost upon us, which means it’s nearly time to get a glimpse into 2019 in video games. Here’s how to watch it and what to expect.
The Game Awards are almost upon us, which means it’s nearly time to get a glimpse into 2019 in video games.
It might be called the Game Awards, but Geoff Keighley’s show is as much about revealing new games as it is about celebrating released ones. So let’s take a look into what we know is on show, as well as what we can expect.
Here’s exactly what time you can watch the Game Awards 2018 in the stream above, by region: Los Angeles: December 6 – 17:30 New York: December 6: 20:30 Brazil: December 6: 23:30 UK: December 7 – 01:30 Russia: December 7 – 03:30 Japan: December 7 – 10:30 Australia: December 7 – 11:30
The show will run for approximately two hours and you can watch it on Twitch, YouTube, and a bunch of other places. The lovely 4K YouTube stream is embedded up there.
From the outset Geoff Keighley said this year’s Game Awards would have more new reveals than any before it. He’s since confirmed that there will be more than ten new games announced at the event.
Here’s what’s been hinted at so far:
Alien: Blackout
Back in January, Cold Iron Studios was acquired by a subsidiary of Fox, owner of the Alien license, and announced it was working on a game set within the universe.
“We’re all excited to be working on such a storied franchise,” studio head Craig Zinkievich said at the time. “To explore areas of the universe that fans haven’t gotten to experience, to put a game in that setting, is incredible.”
The game appears to be some kind of online shooter, but details are vague at the moment. So, why do we think it will be at the Game Awards? The official Game Awards Twitter recently altered its cover photo to read “ Worlds Will Change ”, and the writing looks suspiciously similar to the Weyland-Yutani corporation font from Alien fiction.
Far Cry Post Apocalypse
Ubisoft announced a new Far Cry will be shown at the Game Awards later today. In the teaser trailer, we see a nuclear bomb go off in the distance, before a survivor readies a makeshift weapon.
Best guess would be that this is a game set after the ending of Far Cry 5, having us roam a transformed, desolate version of the United States.
Obsidian’s new RPG
This one is 100% going to be at the Game Awards. Though Obsidian recently got bought by Microsoft, this game seems to be whatever the studio was working on with 2K before the acquisition.
