The hype is constructing for The Sport Awards 2024, the gaming world’s pre-eminent bash that performs like a cross between the Oscars and Comedian-Con.
Whereas loads of gongs are handed out on the night time, together with the coveted recreation of the yr trophy, the trailers for upcoming video games and shock reveals arguably elicit probably the most pleasure.
As typical, this yr’s occasion might be live-streamed on-line for the world to look at. Right here’s how one can tune into the motion and what to anticipate.
When does the Sport Awards 2024 begin?
You would possibly wish to ebook the time without work (or pull a sickie) as The Sport Awards will stretch previous any hard-working particular person’s bedtime.
This yr’s ceremony kicks off at 12.30am UK time on Friday, December 13 and is predicted to final about three hours.
Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth is up for the sport of the yr
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Why the shockingly late begin time? The present is being held in Los Angeles on the afternoon of Thursday, December 12 at 4.30pm — and we’re eight hours forward of Pacific time.
Learn how to watch the Sport Awards 2024
The Sport Awards will air on main social media platforms and live-streaming companies. You possibly can catch it reside on YouTube in wonderful 4K, Twitch and its controversial rival Kick, X (previously Twitter), Fb, Steam, TikTok, and Instagram, amongst different locations.
Astro Bot, the yr’s finest reviewed recreation, has been nominated for seven awards
Astro Bot
Which video games are up for probably the most awards?
To make life extra fascinating, this yr’s Sport Awards are an open race. The spoils could possibly be shared between a number of large titles as a result of there isn’t any clear frontrunner.
In joint first place, with seven nominations every, are PlayStation exclusives Astro Bot and Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth, each of that are gunning for recreation of the yr.
Trailing shut behind them with 5 nods is Balatro, a mischievous poker recreation with a magical twist. You possibly can view the total checklist of nominees right here.
Within the operating for 5 awards, Balatro has some large followers together with Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker
Balatro
Need to get entangled? There’s nonetheless time to forged your vote throughout all 29 classes, with participant votes contributing 10 per cent of the ultimate tally (the lion’s share of outcomes is decided by a panel of journos and influencers).
As well as, you’ll get a full say on the audience-led Participant’s Voice class. After two rounds of voting, this has been whittled down to 5 nominees: Black Fable: Wukong, Genshin Influence, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Wuthering Waves, and Zenless Zone Zero. Voting closes at 2am on Thursday, December 12, simply hours earlier than the present.
Earlier than the occasion, these within the know have been teasing some bombshell bulletins. Bloomberg’s Jason Schrier mentioned the present will function two “holy sh*t” moments.
In fact, the fragmented nature of gaming, which is house to genres as disparate as battle royales and cosy video games, means one particular person’s holy grail is one other’s snooze fest.
Business giants additionally face a little bit of a dilemma: Do they trot out their largest releases at another person’s awards ceremony or save them from their reveals, the place they’ll get all the eye? In spite of everything, the very last thing anybody needs is for his or her blockbuster to be drowned out by a cavalcade of trailers.
Nonetheless, we already know a number of large reveals will seem on the present. Writer 2K Video games has confirmed that its upcoming sequels Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Previous Nation will seem.
Black Fable Wukong will compete in opposition to Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree within the Participant’s Voice class
Black Fable Wukong
EA has teased one thing about Hazelight Studios director Josef Fares’s subsequent recreation. For the uninitiated, that’s the developer behind co-op masterpieces Brothers: A Story of Two Sons, A Means Out, and It Takes Two. Fares infamously declared “F**okay the Oscars” throughout the 2017 ceremony, a candid second that has since change into famend inside gaming tradition.
In fact, a number of crowdpleasers may feasibly rise above the noise — the largest being GTA 6. However, Rockstar’s newest opus is an business unto itself that might eclipse every little thing else in sight. Phrase is builders are already operating scared from its autumn 2025 launch date, making the interval a veritable ghost city for brand new video games.
The identical goes for the Swap 2, although that appears extra fitted to a Nintendo Direct presentation.
Nonetheless, many keen avid gamers are ready for phrase on Naughty Canine’s subsequent undertaking. The as-yet-unannounced recreation has reportedly been developed since 2020 and is reportedly based mostly on a brand new mental property.
We’ll perhaps get to see some gameplay footage from Borderlands 4 at The Sport Awards
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Plus, Xbox may give us precise launch dates for its upcoming first-party video games Fable and Doom: The Darkish Ages, each slated for 2025. Dropping both of these within the first half of subsequent yr would give gamers one thing to sit up for.
Lastly, Hideo Kojima is a daily sight at The Sport Awards and has loads to indicate off this yr. There’s Demise Stranding 2, which requires a extra concrete launch date than merely 2025.
We’ll maybe get updates on his Xbox horror undertaking OD and PlayStation’s Physint, too. The latter appears like a non secular successor to his groundbreaking stealth collection, Steel Gear Stable.
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