Poll: Everything shown and announced at The Game Awards — what were your favourites?

By Kes Eylers-Stephenson,

The Game Awards happened yesterday. It was a lot of stuff in a short space of time, with big game announcements and updates to all the stuff we love. We have a round-up of all you need to know, as well as a poll asking what your favourites were!

A new trailer for Quantic Dream's Star Wars game was shown off, called Eclipse. It takes place in the High Republic era and the trailer shows off several people playing the bongos. We also have a decidedly creepy little trailer for Alan Wake II, coming in 2023, after the release of the Alan Wake Remastered earlier this year. There was a CG stinger for a Wonder Woman game, though nothing substantive other than the announcement that Monolith is working on it for WB Games. Co-op game Arc Raiders was announced and slated for 2022, and a new horror game called Slitterhead (from the designer behind Silent Hill). Sonic Frontiers is getting all open-world, but don't forget about the new Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Movie trailer that announced the new film will be out on April 8th, 2022. PS5 is getting a slate of newly announced games on top of this, coming in 2022 and beyond: Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, Cuphead The Delicious Last Course (June 30th, 2022), Star Trek: Resurgence (spring 2022), Rumbleverse (2022), Homeworld 3 (Q4, 2022), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Expanse: A TaleTale Series, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (March 17th, 2022), Evil West, Thirsty Suitors, Have a Nice Death (March 2022), Planet of Lana (2022), and Nightingale.

Existing games got plenty of airtime, as well. Horizon Forbidden West had some new gameplay ahead of its release on February 18th, 2022. There was the Destiny 2 The Witch Queen trailer, the expansion now scheduled for February 22nd, 2022. We had an all-new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum — The Untold Story, which is yet to pin down a date. Tchia is coming to PlayStation in spring 2022, but don't let the fact you haven't heard of it mean you miss out. This game looks like a great tropical getaway.

Suicide Squad (2022), Saints Row (August 23rd, 2022) and Forspoken (May 24th, 2022) had some fantastic gameplay trailers that indicated the three are looking in great shape. Especially Forspoken... it looks so dang pretty. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands also got a slick trailer before its eventual March 25th, 2022 release. Greedfall developers Spiders new game, Steelrising, is coming in June, 2022. A trailer for A Plague Tale Requiem (2022) has us literally begging for the disease and horror of the wonderful new series from Team Asobo, as does the fab CG taler from Techland showing off Dying Light 2 before it releases on February 4th, 2022. Vampire The Masquerade Blood Hunt had a new trailer, it releases in spring 2022. The big one was of course Elden Ring, with its high fantasy styled lore trailer setting up the world before releasing on February 25th, 2022. The Matrix Awakens is available now for free, by the way, and is an Unreal Engine 5 experience.

Some updates are happening in the following games, too. Beat Saber is getting a Lady Gaga Update on December 10th. PUBG is being updated on January 12th, 2022. There is a Fall Guys Santa Jack’s Challenge update coming that runs from December 16-27, 2021. No date yet, but Among Us VR looks like a launch that might destroy every human relationship you have known. Genshin Impact had two new characters announced, too. Fortnite Chapter 3 (Dec 07, 2021) had a little trailer shown.

Now you are all caught up, what took your fancy? Let us know by voting for some of your favourites in the poll, and leave a comment down below!

What were your favourite Game Awards announcements?

Tunic (March 16th, 2022)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre — The Game
Homeworld 3 (Q4, 2022)
The Expanse: A Telltale Series
Babylon’s Fall — new trailer (March 3rd, 2022)
Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak (summer 2022)
Thirsty Suitors
Evil West
Have a Nice Death (March 2022)
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (March 17th, 2022)
Planet of Lana (2022)
Star Wars Eclipse
Alan Wake II (2023)
Wonder Woman The Game
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Movie (April 8th, 2022)
Horizon Forbidden West — new gameplay (February 18th, 2022)
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen — new trailer (February 22nd, 2022)
Slitterhead
Beat Saber — Lady Gaga Update (December 10th, 2021)
Nightingale
The Lord of the Rings Gollum: The Untold Story — new trailer
PUBG — update (January 12th, 2022)
Cuphead The Delicious Last Course (June 30th, 2022)
Sonic Frontiers (Q4 2022)
Tchia (spring 2022)
Suicide Squad — new gameplay trailer (2022)
Forspoken — new gameplay trailer (May 24th, 2022)
Warhammer 40k Space Marine II
Saints Row — new gameplay trailer (August 23rd, 2022)
Fall Guys — Santa Jack’s Challenge update (December 16-27, 2021)
Among Us VR
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands (March 25th, 2022)
Genshin Impact — two new characters announced
Steelrising (June 2022)
Metal Hellsinger (2022)
Star Trek Resurgence (spring 2022)
Rumbleverse (2022)
A Plague Tale Requiem — new gameplay trailer (2022)
Dying Light 2 — new CGI trailer (February 4th, 2022)
Fortnite Chapter 3 — trailer (December 7th, 2021)
Vampire The Masquerade Blood Hunt — new trailer (spring 2022)
Elden Ring — new trailer (February 25th, 2022)
Arc Raiders (2022)
The Matrix Awakens
KOF XV: The King of Fighters (February 17th, 2022)

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Written by Kes Eylers-Stephenson

Editor Kes is our resident expert in PlayStation and Sony news. He writes about PS5 games like LEGO Horizon Adventures, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Concord, and Death Stranding 2 using experience from years of PlayStation gaming. He also covers PS Plus news, as well as his favorite games — The Witcher 3, God of War, and The Last of Us — before an evening swim.