Tag: The Game Awards 2021

The Game Awards shatters viewership records with 2021 show

A record-setting year.

Well, the Game Awards sure were a smashing success this year, as the show saw its highest viewership numbers ever.

According to the Game Awards representatives, the show garnered more than 85 million livestream views across 30 platforms, including Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and many more — Beating out the 2020 show’s record of 83 million views.

Twitch, in particular, saw a staggering 3.35 million unique viewers across several streaming channels. It helps that the show was over three hours with 30 winners in total,  which you can check out here.

While there may not have been  four or five Elden Ring-level of reveals like show producer Geoff Keighley claimed, he seemed pretty happy that the Game Awards were back in person this year.

“We are grateful we could return to an in-person ceremony in 2021 and continue to build on our success with significant international growth in 2021,” Keighley said in a press release.

Some of the biggest reveals and trailers at The Game Awards included: 

Truly one of the history books, indeed. 

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Arc Raiders is a next-gen shooter where you fight off a robotic alien threat

It looks like you’ll be hiding from drone scouts and fighting huge battle mechs.

Embark Studios just announced its debut title at The Game Awards, a free-to-play, third-person shooter where you fight robotic enemies from another world. 

Helmed by former EA executive Patrick Söderlund, the Stockholm-based developer is made up of industry veterans, including former Battlefield devs. You can see that DNA in Arc Raiders’ footage, which looks like it takes some inspiration from the old-school Battlefront games in terms of character movement abilities. 

Check out the trailer: 

Using rocket-powered jumps, missile barrages, and a range of other weaponry, you and your friends have to push back the alien threat descending from space in drop pods. It looks like you’ll be hiding from drone scouts and battling huge mechs, whose body parts you can tear from their chassis. 

Arc Raiders is set to launch in 2022 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S consoles. 

Written by Kirk McKeand on behalf of GLHF.

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It Takes Two wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2021

It Takes Two has just been officially named Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2021.

After much deliberation, It Takes Two has officially been declared Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2021, winning out over Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Resident Evil Village, Psychonauts 2, Metroid Dread and Deathloop.

2021 has been a weird year for games. With blockbusters like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, God of War Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West all being pushed back to 2022, many people claimed this year was left sparse by comparison. On the flip side, a game as unusual and ambitious as It Takes Two emerging victorious is a welcome surprise in an industry that often feels predicable. 

True enough, some of 2021’s nominees look rather strange when viewed alongside last year’s all-star lineup of The Last of Us Part II, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Doom Eternal, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Hades and Ghost of Tsushima. That doesn’t make It Takes Two’s GOTY victory any less valid than those awarded in previous years – if anything, earning such a highly coveted accolade in 2021 is particularly worthy of praise.

Hazelight boss Josef Fares took to the stage to accept the award for It Takes Two, and specifically referenced his infamous “F*** the Oscars!” comment from back in 2017 during his speech. Fares also said he intended to give the trophy to his daughters.

If you’ve yet to play It Takes Two for yourself, it’s available on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PS4 and PS5. Just make sure you enlist a friend before booting it up if you want to get the most out of the experience – it’s supposed to take two, after all.

Written by Cian Maher on behalf of GLHF. 

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The Matrix Resurrections debuts all-new trailer at The Game Awards 2021

“Nothing comforts anxiety like a little nostalgia.”

Despite its status as an event focused on video games, The Game Awards 2021 just debuted the latest trailer for The Matrix Resurrections, the long-awaited follow-up to the Wachowskis’ illustrious film series slated for release later this month. 

While that might seem a little odd at face value, it makes sense when considered in tandem with The Matrix Awakens, an ambitious new video game project that was also shown during tonight’s event. The fact that Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) from the original movies appear in both Awakens and Resurrections is just the first of an entire web of links connecting the two. 

While Resurrections is a traditional film in the same vein as The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, The Matrix Awakens is a high-brow concept designed for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. It’s intended to represent a simulation of the titular Matrix and what it means in the films it’s a part of, while also informing the plot of Resurrections itself, which, at this point, you’ll probably know includes The Game Awards as part of its core narrative. Yeah, we think it’s pretty weird too. 

As you can see in the latest trailer, The Matrix Resurrections is just as cryptic as you’d imagine, playing with your expectations and just that little bit of nostalgia. And yes, even though we see Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus in the form of memories, the reason he may not actually exist in this film is thanks to a niche video game.

The Matrix Resurrections is due to air in cinemas on Dec. 22. It will also be available to stream for HBO subscribers in the US for a month from that date.

Written by Cian Maher on behalf of GLHF. 

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Elden Ring unveils new story trailer at The Game Awards 2021

The latest Elden Ring trailer from The Game Awards 2021 gave us a closer look at what to expect from the game’s story.

With just over two months to go before launch, Elden Ring’s most recent trailer at The Game Awards 2021 has provided fans all over the world with a more solid idea of what to expect from FromSoftware’s upcoming blockbuster. 

Aside from the content of the trailer itself, Elden Ring’s presence at The Game Awards alone is enough to cause a stir in the Souls community. Before it was officially unveiled during Summer Game Fest earlier this year, many people thought an Elden Ring reveal was a shoo-in for The Game Awards in 2020, meaning tons of fans were left disappointed when it didn’t show up. This latest trailer seems like a conscious effort to remedy that, offering those same fans some much appreciated context for The Lands Between.

As you can see in the trailer above, there’s quite a lot going on here, to the point where the narrative looks a little bit more straightforward than those of previous Souls games. It’s definitely still convoluted, mind – just not as convoluted as usual. The rune of death gets stolen, there are a bunch of demigods with fancy names, and the titular Elden Ring breaks. Oh, and apparently you might be the Elden Lord. Nice!  

Written by A Song of Ice and Fire author George R. R. Martin and directed by FromSoftware’s own Hidetaka Miyazaki, Elden Ring is the latest entry in the studio’s long spanning Souls series. While Elden Ring is confirmed to exist in the same universe as the three Dark Souls games, fans generally also consider Demon’s Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro as part of the series on account of the shared DNA between all of From’s games.

Elden Ring is set to launch for PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5 and PS4 on February 25, 2022.

Written by Cian Maher on behalf of GLHF. 

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Elden Ring is The Game Awards’ most anticipated game for the second year in a row

Elden Ring has just won Most Anticipated Game at The Game Awards for the second year running.

Elden Ring has just been named Most Anticipated Game at The Game Awards 2021, coming out on top of a stacked category including Horizon Forbidden West, God of War Ragnarok, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 and Starfield. 

It’s no surprise that a huge amount of video games slated for release this year were delayed to 2022 due to ongoing difficulties with development during the pandemic. Because of this, it should come as even less of a surprise that four of the five nominees for Most Anticipated game this year were also eligible for the same award back in 2020.

As a matter of fact, Elden Ring won last year, too. This is the first time a game has ever won the Most Anticipated award twice in a row – let’s hope it doesn’t win it a third time next year.

The only newcomer to this year’s lineup was Starfield, which had no release date last year but is now officially set to launch on November 11, 2022. The other two games that made the list in 2020 – Resident Evil Village and Halo Infinite – have both already come out, with Infinite nabbing the Player’s Voice award yesterday. 

Elden Ring is due to launch for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X and Xbox One on February 25, 2022.

Written by Cian Maher on behalf of GLHF. 

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Halo TV series gets its first ever trailer at The Game Awards 2021

After years of ambiguity, we’ve finally been given a proper look at Paramount’s Halo TV series at The Game Awards 2021.

After over half a decade of development hell, it seems the long-anticipated Halo TV series is finally on the right track.

Master Chief’s transition to television has been a sore subject for Halo fans over the last few years. Originally intended to launch back in 2015 with Steven Spielberg attached to the project as a producer, the show has seen no fewer than three major delays, two showrunner exits and even a change in network. A cancellation announcement delivered at any point over the last five years likely wouldn’t have come as a shock to anyone. 

All of this is to say that despite its iconic status in the world of video games, it seemed like the entire idea of adapting Halo for TV was a poisoned chalice from the get-go. Thanks to the recent trailer shown at The Game Awards 2021, however, we finally have good reason to believe otherwise. 

This new footage comes at a critical point for the future of Halo. While fans were sceptical about whether or not the six-year wait for Halo Infinite would be worth it, Master Chief’s long-awaited comeback has been lauded by critics as the series’ best game since Halo 3. As of yesterday, players all over the world have also gained access to the campaign – in a rather unusual case for video games, the general consensus among both reviewers and fans appears to be unanimously positive. It’s no wonder Infinite emerged victorious in this year’s Player’s Choice category.

Given that the game’s excellent multiplayer component also marks an important return to form, confirmation that work on the apocryphal TV show is well and truly underway is a real testament to Halo regaining its status as a contemporary sci-fi behemoth. 

The Halo TV series will be exclusive to Paramount+ and is due to launch in 2022.

Written by Cian Maher on behalf of GLHF. 

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Dying Light 2 Stay Human gets intense cinematic trailer at The Game Awards 2021

Techland’s open world zombie action RPG is ready to cook up some scares.

Techland’s upcoming zombie action RPG Dying Light 2 Stay Human — was just given a new trailer at The Game Awards 2021.

The sequel to 2015’s Dying Light, this game is set 20 years after the original with new protagonist Aiden Caldwell alongside a sprawling open world in a massive, overgrown city. Parkour plays a major role in the game’s traversal, as players will be jumping over obstacles, scaling massive structures, and moving about the upper levels of the city all throughout the game.

Another key part of Dying Light 2 Stay Human is the various factions and settlements within the game, as player choice will shape how the world sees protagonist Caldwell and even block off or content depending on how you choose.

Despite being a few months away from launch, Dying Light 2 Stay Human has already gone gold, meaning fans won’t have to wait much longer to get their hands on this game. Dying Light 2 Stay Human will launch on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC on February 4, 2022.

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Metal Hellsinger’s latest trailer is Doom meets Rock Band

Metal Hellsinger is an upcoming rhythm-based shooter made by FPS veterans – here’s a look at the latest trailer from The Game Awards 2021.

Metal Hellsinger, an upcoming rhythm-based FPS, just debuted its latest trailer at The Game Awards 2021. While the trailer itself was relatively brief, it exhibited how the shooter mechanics function alongside the music and reiterated the game’s star-studded list of collaborators from the heavy metal community.

Introduced by Trivium lead guitarist and lead vocalist Matt Heafy and further narrated by video game actor Troy Baker, Metal Hellsinger centers on a demonic protagonist who shoots and skewers her way through Hell. “There was a soul,” Baker’s character says. “Had music inside. They called her The Unknown.”

You can check out the new trailer from The Game Awards 2021 for yourself below.

Again, the trailer isn’t particularly long, although it’s easy to see what developer The Outsiders is going for here. The combat is as fast-paced as what you’d expect from a shooter like Doom, although the interconnectivity between systems and metal music is much more pronounced. As stated in the trailer, Metal Hellsinger’s core objective is to make you “slay to the beat.”

On top of Heafy, Metal Hellsinger will also feature music from Arch Enemy’s Alissa White-Gluz, Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe, Soilwork’s Björn Strid, Refused’s Dennis Lyxzén, voice actor and vocalist James Dorton, Jinjer’s Tatiana Shmayluk, and Dark Tranquility’s Mikael Stanne. It’s possible that even more artists may be revealed at a later date, although the lineup is already pretty ridiculous as it stands. 

Metal Hellsinger is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in 2022.

Written by Cian Maher on behalf of GLHF. 

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Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands trailer released at The Game Awards 2021

A new trailer for Gearbox Software’s Borderlands spinoff, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, has dropped.

Get ready for a rollicking good time as a new trailer for Gearbox Software’s Borderlands spinoff, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, has dropped during The Game Awards 2021.

A spiritual successor to Borderlands 2’s Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep DLC from 2013, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands will take players through a fantasy-themed tabletop RPG with Tiny Tina herself as the game’s dungeon master. Though a fantasy world may be the backdrop of this story, players will have a full arsenal of guns to play around with — and other melee weapons — as you face off against the Dragon Lord and his minions.

Thursday’s trailer for Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands gives players just a taste of what is in store for them in this whimsical, magical world conjured from the mind of Tiny Tina.

Borderlands fans — and tabletop RPG enthusiasts — won’t have to wait too much longer for Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, as it is set to release on March 25, 2022. Gearbox’s latest game will be available to play on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC.

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