Hazelight Studios and EA’s It Takes Two took home several prizes at The Game Awards 2021, including best family game, best multiplayer game, and game of the year. The annual ceremony returned to a live ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, after it went virtual in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandmeic.
It Takes Two bested fellow Goty nominees Resident Evil Village, Deathloop, Metroid Dead, Psychonauts 2 and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Also taking home numerous honors during the evening ceremony were Kena: Bridge of Spirits and Forza Horizon 5.
Like the 2020 iteration and previous years, The Game Awards 2021 featured some major starpower, with Simu Liu, Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves, Giancarlo Esposito and Ming-Na Wen among the ceremony’s presenters. Schwartz and Sonic the Hedgehog co-star Jim Carrey came together to tease the film’s upcoming sequel with the first trailer.
The pre-show also featured news for gaming takes on entertainment titles,...
It Takes Two bested fellow Goty nominees Resident Evil Village, Deathloop, Metroid Dead, Psychonauts 2 and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Also taking home numerous honors during the evening ceremony were Kena: Bridge of Spirits and Forza Horizon 5.
Like the 2020 iteration and previous years, The Game Awards 2021 featured some major starpower, with Simu Liu, Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves, Giancarlo Esposito and Ming-Na Wen among the ceremony’s presenters. Schwartz and Sonic the Hedgehog co-star Jim Carrey came together to tease the film’s upcoming sequel with the first trailer.
The pre-show also featured news for gaming takes on entertainment titles,...
- 12/10/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
While The Game Awards are usually pretty hard to predict (especially by awards show standards), this year’s event happens to feature an especially eclectic collection of nominees that could all just as easily walk away with the show’s top prizes.
A combination of delays and strange circumstances deprived this year’s Game Awards show of its most obvious “frontrunners,” which means that we’re all left guessing which of the year’s greatest games will end up being the biggest winners at what is quickly becoming the video game industry’s version of the Academy Awards.
Since only a fool would dare to predict which games are going to come out on top of this very strange year, here are our predictions for the winners of The Game Awards 2021’s biggest categories.
The Game Awards 2021: Game of the Year Nominees and Predictions DeathloopIt Takes TwoMetroid DreadPsychonauts 2Ratchet...
A combination of delays and strange circumstances deprived this year’s Game Awards show of its most obvious “frontrunners,” which means that we’re all left guessing which of the year’s greatest games will end up being the biggest winners at what is quickly becoming the video game industry’s version of the Academy Awards.
Since only a fool would dare to predict which games are going to come out on top of this very strange year, here are our predictions for the winners of The Game Awards 2021’s biggest categories.
The Game Awards 2021: Game of the Year Nominees and Predictions DeathloopIt Takes TwoMetroid DreadPsychonauts 2Ratchet...
- 12/6/2021
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
The nominees for The Game Awards 2021 have been revealed, with Deathloop and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart among the top nominees.
Arkane Studios and Bethesda’s Deathloop leads the pack with a total of nine nominations, including those for the Game of the Year, Best Performance and Best Action categories. Following the timeloop shooter game game, were Racthet & Clank: Rift Apart and It Takes Two with six and five nominations apiece, respectively. Psychonauts 2, Resident Evil Village and Metroid Dread are also Game of The Year contenders.
The Game Awards 2021 will bring together the biggest names in gaming and popular culture for a spectacular celebration of video game culture with awards, first-look world premieres and new game announcements, plus musical performances, including The Game Awards Orchestra live on stage at Microsoft Theater, conducted by Lorne Balfe.
After taking things virtually last year amid the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, The Game Awards are set to return for a live,...
Arkane Studios and Bethesda’s Deathloop leads the pack with a total of nine nominations, including those for the Game of the Year, Best Performance and Best Action categories. Following the timeloop shooter game game, were Racthet & Clank: Rift Apart and It Takes Two with six and five nominations apiece, respectively. Psychonauts 2, Resident Evil Village and Metroid Dread are also Game of The Year contenders.
The Game Awards 2021 will bring together the biggest names in gaming and popular culture for a spectacular celebration of video game culture with awards, first-look world premieres and new game announcements, plus musical performances, including The Game Awards Orchestra live on stage at Microsoft Theater, conducted by Lorne Balfe.
After taking things virtually last year amid the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, The Game Awards are set to return for a live,...
- 11/16/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Ethan Winters can’t catch a break. After surviving the horrors of Baker Ranch in Resident Evil 7, it seemed like the everyman hero would finally get to go back to his normal life. But when seasoned zombie killer Chris Redfield shows up at his door with a new mission, Ethan is suddenly thrust back into the nightmare.
In Resident Evil Village, Ethan is dropped into a haunted European village, where he’ll have to survive a gauntlet of monsters, including werewolves and witches. Then there’s Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, the giant vampire villain who has taken the fandom by storm since she was first revealed.
Here’s what you need to know about the new game’s most interesting baddie:
Taller Than the Tallest Human
Before Resident Evil developer Capcom revealed her name, the villain was referred to as “Tall Vampire Lady” on social media, and for good reason: she...
In Resident Evil Village, Ethan is dropped into a haunted European village, where he’ll have to survive a gauntlet of monsters, including werewolves and witches. Then there’s Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, the giant vampire villain who has taken the fandom by storm since she was first revealed.
Here’s what you need to know about the new game’s most interesting baddie:
Taller Than the Tallest Human
Before Resident Evil developer Capcom revealed her name, the villain was referred to as “Tall Vampire Lady” on social media, and for good reason: she...
- 5/6/2021
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
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