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If you want to keep up with what's going on in the world of video games, make sure to tune in and read up on these major industry conventions and trade shows. Here are the most notable 2018 game conventions.
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The Game Awards were packed with game announcements and exciting moments, but Josef Fares' speech stole the show. The director of A Way Out gave an expletive-heavy rant against loot boxes and the Oscars.
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The Game Awards featured new trailers for Death Stranding and Metro Exodus, along with exciting reveals such as Bayonetta 3. Here are the 10 biggest game announcements from the show.
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Nintendo did more than just show off the much anticipated Breath of the Wild story DLC at The Game Awards, the studio launched the expansion that night. The Champions Ballad is a prequel story.
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The time is almost here! In just a few minutes The Game Awards 2017 will kick off from Los Angeles, CA. We’re expecting to hear about new VR game announcements and see which title is crowned VR Game of the Year at the show.
Here’s the livestream:
Let us know your thoughts on the show down in the comments below!
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Oculus announced today that from right now all the way through 11:59PM PT on December 14 (that’s one week) anyone that buys an Oculus Rift on this specific webpage will also get a free copy of Lone Echo as well. As one of VR’s very best single player games thus far, this is great news. And for what it’s worth, Echo Arena, its competitive multiplayer spin-off, is already free to download.
When the Rift originally launched in early 2016 everyone got a free copy of EVE: Valkyrie, but that’s not the case anymore. Nowadays the likes of Lucky’s Tale and Robo Recall are still free, combined with other free-to-play titles such as Rec Room, which all adds up to anyone that buys a Rift in the next week immediately having full access to some of VR’s best content, period.
The decision was made in conjunction with The Game Awards happening tonight, according to the Oculus blog, at which Lone Echo/Echo Arena are nominated for VR Game of the Year. We’re also expecting to hear new game announcements from both Owlchemy Labs and Squanch Games tonight — perhaps a collaboration?
Let us know what you think of this move down in the comments below!
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Tomorrow’s Game Awards is shaping up to be a big one for the VR community. Not only does it feature some of the best games of the year in its “Best VR Game” category (such as Resident Evil 7, Lone Echo, and more) but it’s also building up to some big reveals. Earlier today we noticed that Justin Roiland’s Squanch Games could be getting ready to announce their next VR game at the show and now we know for sure that Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned development studio behind Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, plans to unveil their next VR game as well.
In a tweet from The Game Awards’ producer and master mind, Geoff Keighley, he revealed the news earlier this afternoon:
Tune into The Game Awards pre-show to see the first unveiling of @OwlchemyLabs Labs’ next VR game! #TheGameAwards
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) December 7, 2017
Naturally, this is all we know and we’ve reached out to Owlchemy Labs for more information, but we don’t expect to learn anything until things are announced live at the show tomorrow afternoon.
What do you think it is? Do you think they’ll continue along their line of “first-person games where you mess with stuff” or will they step outside that comfort zone? Will Google’s new ownership influence which platforms the game launches on first?
The Game Awards is tomorrow at 5:30PM PT. Let us know what you think down in the comments below!
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The Game Awards will air on Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch tonight at 5:30 p.m. PT. Don't forget to vote for your favorite games of 2017. We suspect Nintendo will take home Game of the Year honors -- but for which game?
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Last year the annual Game Awards introduced a virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR) category for the first time and now the nominations for the 2017 awards have been revealed.
Naturally, the category features five of the best and most well-known VR titles available across multiple platforms. The first is SUPERHOT VR, which originally launched on Oculus Rift with Touch support before being ported to HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. The title has seen near universal acclaim due to its particular gameplay style where time only moves when you do. So there’s plenty of slow-mo bullet dodging and gunplay as you try to kill enemies.
Next up is Star Trek: Bridge Crew for the same headsets. Created by Ubisoft’s in-house studio Red Storm Entertainment, the videogame features a single-player mode but the core of the title revolves around its multiplayer, where four people take on the role of either Captain, Helm, Engineering or Tactical, aboard the USS Aegis, completing missions for the Federation.
Then there’s a dual nomination in the form of Ready at Dawn and Oculus Studios’ Lone Echo and Echo Arena. The first is a single-player campaign set among the stars where you play a robot in a mining outpost. An anomaly suddenly appears causing all sorts of chaos. While the latter is a separate, multiplayer esports title set in the same universe, where players battle in teams in various zero-gravity arenas.
The final two are PlayStation VR exclusives, first-person shooter (FPS) Farpoint which launched back in May alongside the Aim controller and Resident Evil 7 biohazard. Farpoint is another sci-fi adventure where you find yourself stranded on an alien world filled with all sorts of nasty hostiles. Whereas Resident Evil 7 biohazard needs no introduction. Launched earlier this year for PlayStation 4 with VR support, this latest version has proven to be extremely popular. Due to it also being a standard console title, Resident Evil 7 biohazard also features in the Best Game Direction and Best Audio Design categories.
The public can vote for their favourites through The Game Awards official website, direct on Google Search by typing in “the game awards vote” in the Google search bar, or for select categories via Twitter DM and Facebook Messenger by following The Game Awards accounts.
The awards will be livestreamed through various outlets including YouTube, Twitch, Facebook Live and many more on 7th December 2017.
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The nominees have been revealed for 2017's The Game Awards show, and Nintendo's mustachioed plumber looks poised to dominate. Other nominees include Horizon Zero Dawn, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, and Cuphead.
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