5 Predictions for the 2018 Game Awards – IGN

By Ryan McCaffrey

The Recreation Awards airs reside on Thursday, December 6 (watch it reside on IGN beginning at 6pm PT/9pm ET). Through the years, host and govt producer Geoff Keighley has constructed the occasion into not solely a celebration of the gaming 12 months coming to an in depth however a glance forward on the one to return. With that, we’ve received a number of predictions on what bulletins could also be in retailer for us on the final main gaming occasion of 2018.

Prediction #1: Nintendo Exhibits the Tiniest Little bit of Metroid Prime four

Yeah, Reggie simply downplayed something occurring anytime quickly with Nintendo’s third pillar. However the truth of the matter is that they’ve in all probability received one thing to indicate by now, even when it’s only a CG trailer. And Keighley has a knack of getting main exclusives out of Nintendo. Look no additional than 2014, when he scored a video of Miyamoto working round Hyrule from a Nintendo convention room. As somebody who does this for a dwelling, I can guarantee you, getting that’s no simple process. Or take final 12 months, when Zelda’s Grasp Cycle was revealed at The Recreation Awards. Level is, I feel Reggie is taking part in coy, and Metroid is popping out to play – in some type – at this 12 months’s occasion.

Prediction #2: Rocksteady Lastly Exhibits Off Its Subsequent Mission

Batman: Arkham Knight shipped three-and-a-half years in the past. What on earth has developer Rocksteady been as much as since then?! Rumors abound, from Superman to Justice League to Batman Past. (Sorry, I made that final one up. Shout-out to Greg Miller as a result of I do know he’d be with me on that one!). However regardless of the challenge is, the time has lastly come to inform the world about it. Rocksteady did, in any case, reveal Arkham Metropolis on Keighley’s stage, and so they skipped this year’s E3. Merely put: it’s time, and Rocksteady has proven The Recreation Awards love earlier than.

Prediction #three: BioShock Returns

BioShock is beloved, and deservedly so. It’s maybe essentially the most narrative-driven first-person shooter since Half-Life, and its final installment, BioShock Infinite, is now over 5 years outdated. BioShock left such a mark on gaming that no gamer of a sure age can hear the phrases, “Would you kindly?” with out considering of Irrational’s masterpiece.

Right here’s why it is sensible: Irrational itself has successfully dissolved. The group was principally pared down after Infinite launched, and the remaining members – together with BioShock mastermind Ken Levine – reformed as Ghost Story Video games and apparently aren’t engaged on BioShock anymore.

“We’re a brand new group, engaged on a brand new recreation and we’d like our studio identify to replicate that,” says Ghost Story on the FAQ part of their web site. It’s unlikely that 2K Video games will let the BioShock IP rot. Somebody, someplace, has in all probability been engaged on it, and maybe The Recreation Awards will make for the right shock reveal.

Prediction #four: Left four Lifeless three Shocks the World

Valve has mentioned that Artifact is the start of the corporate getting back to making games. References to Half-Life three have reportedly been seen in Supply Engine code up to now. So we’ve been teased earlier than (some would possibly argue it’s extra like being trolled). And the fact is, if any of the massive Valve video games are ever going to return, Left four Lifeless is much more seemingly than Half-Life or Portal. The latter’s lead writers are lengthy gone – a foul signal for a sequel to a recreation largely depending on its sharp writing – and Left four Lifeless additionally lends itself to the fashionable kind of extremely replayable, doubtlessly monetizable AAA recreation higher than the rest in Valve’s catalog. Sometime, Hell will freeze over and Valve will rely to three. That day would possibly as nicely be December 6, 2018.

Prediction #5: Under Is Confirmed as A part of Xbox’s Winter of Arcade

Capybara Video games’ Below is well-known within the Xbox group, as a result of it’s been round actually so long as the Xbox One itself has. The stylized roguelike was first shown at E3 2013 – the identical 12 months because the Xbox One itself – earlier than disappearing, reappearing, and disappearing once more amidst a collection of delays and, presumably, reworkings. Studio founder Nathan Vella has been saying “2018” for some time now, and with the 12 months virtually over and Microsoft saying they’ll be unveiling their Winter of Arcade lineup at The Recreation Awards, it might at this level be insane if Under wasn’t included. And it may very nicely be the sport that kicks the promotion off, full with an, “And you may get it proper now!” declaration from ID@Xbox boss Chris Charla on the Recreation Awards stage.

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Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Government Editor of Platforms. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, catch him on Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey every time attainable.