Tag: Geoff Keighley

Summer Games Fest Live returns this June

Geoff Keighley hints that big reveals will happen at this year’s show.

It’s almost time for shorts weather, farmer tans, and (hopefully) loads of video game reveals courtesy of our old pal Geoff Keighley. That’s right, Summer Games Fest Live is coming back.

On Thursday, Keighley announced that Summer Games Fest Live 2022 will air on June 9 at 11:00 A.M. PDT // 2:00 P.M. EDT // 6:00 P.M. GMT. There’s no word what might be at the show, but given heavy-hitters like Elden Ring and Death Stranding: Director’s Cut were revealed at Summer Games Fest, there’ll likely be cool stuff yet again. Host and producer Geoff Keighley sounds jazzed about it, anyway — especially since this year’s showcase will be watchable on IMAX. So will this year’s Game Awards show!

“Video games are the most powerful, immersive and spectacular form of entertainment in the world, so it’s only natural to bring them to fans in IMAX, the world’s most immersive cinema format,” Keighley said in a press release.

Tickets for the IMAX showings go on sale May 12, 2022.

“We are thrilled to be a part of these rapidly growing events,” Megan Colligan, IMAX Entertainment president, said in a press release. “The two video game events are a part of IMAX’s continued efforts to diversify its content portfolio with more live and interactive events and we are looking forward to being a part of them for years to come.”

With E3 canceled this year, Summer Games Fest will likely have tons of world premieres. However, Xbox and Bethesda’s big showcase will likely have some brilliant stuff too. 

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Sega looks set to announce a new Sonic game this week

Everyone’s favorite blue hedgehog is making some big plays on social media.

If you’re the kind of person who knows that Knuckles is actually an echidna, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll be excited about the prospect of Sega announcing a brand-new Sonic the Hedgehog game this week. Or maybe you just like to go fast. Either way, everyone’s favorite blue hedgehog is making some big plays on social media.

Aside from spin-offs and remakes, it’s been quite a while since the Blue Blur set off on a new adventure. 2017 saw the launch of both Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces, which were 2D and 3D platformers, respectively, and we’ve heard rumors about a mysterious untitled project dubbed Sonic Frontiers ever since 2019. Aside from that though, things have been pretty quiet. 

That all changed yesterday when the official Sonic Twitter account publicly asked The Game Awards presenter Geoff Keighley about whether or not the world’s fastest hedgehog was eligible for an invite.

Keighley initially responded by jokingly stating that the Sonic account doesn’t follow him back, at which point the Sega social media team confirmed that it had, in fact, received an extra invite. Given that the series’ upcoming title was briefly shown during Sonic Central earlier this year, it looks like Big Blue and the crew are finally gearing up for their highly anticipated return.

We here at For The Win can personally corroborate the likelihood of this based on our recent interview with Keighley himself. On top of confirming that there are “four or five” games on the scale of Elden Ring at the show, the presenter revealed that there are another “six or ten” games that people don’t even know exist. 

In the case of Sonic, the former is more indicative of an upcoming reveal. On top of the Twitter teasing, we already know that the name Sonic Frontiers was trademarked in November and officially registered as a domain earlier this week. The same eagle-eyed Redditors who spotted this also noticed that the Steam page for Sonic was updated to suggest the series comprises 35 games as opposed to 34, implying an imminent reveal.

What’s more, a report from VGC states that the official registration corroborates previous claims that Sonic Frontiers – or whatever it ends up being called – will be an open-world title in the vein of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Hopefully, we’ll know once and for all after The Game Awards airs this Thursday, Dec. 9.

In related news, it seems The Game Awards is going big on promoting The Matrix Resurrections. Both Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss will be in attendance, while the mysterious new The Matrix Awakens project will be debuted and subsequently launched for PS5 and Xbox Series X. 

Mostly we’re just hoping for Dragon Age 4, though…

Written by Cian Maher on behalf of GLHF.

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Here are the 2021 Game Awards nominees

Deathloop, Metroid Dead and Resident Evil Village are up for nominations.

The nominees for the 2021 Game Awards were revealed on Tuesday.

Yes, Geoff Keighley’s annual gaming shindig is back on Dec. 9 for all of us to bear witness to dozens of world premiere trailers and perhaps an actual award acceptance speech or two. At over 30 awards at this year’s show, one would certainly hope so!

Snark aside, there’s a pretty extensive category list this year. The usual stuff like Best Game Direction and overall Game of the Year are there, of course. However, there are some rather interesting inclusions like Best Community Support, Innovation In Accessibility and Best Family this year as well.

Keighley also jumped on camera for a quick nominations rundown which you can check out below.

At five nominees or so per category, the 2021 Game Awards looks to be a huge show. As always, voting for your favorites can be done here. Before that, let’s take a quick look at some of the categories below!

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.