Everything you need to know about the Games Awards
Its almost that time again for the Game Awards! Well when I mean almost I mean tomorrow. But here is everything you need to know about it! What devices and consoles you can watch it on: Go90, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, Wii U, Steam, Twitch, YouTube, IGN, Polygon, Gamespot, Kotaku, Niconico, MLG, Azubu, Hitbox, UOL. Note: I couldn’t find the specific webpage for most of these links. You might have to download a app, Use your specific console, Access a app on the console, or go on a website. Time when its live: Thu, Dec 3, 2015 – 6:00PM UTC Jury & Advisors Nominees for The Game Awards 2015 are selected by a jury of 30 international media. In some cases, the jury is provided advanced review code of upcoming games in order to meet the Game Awards 2015 judging deadlines. Games must have been commercially released by Tuesday, November 24 to be eligible for awards. eSports nominees were voted on by an advisory panel consisting of eSports media and sites. Lou Kesten ASSOCIATED PRESS – USA Stephen Farrelly AUSGAMERS – AUSTRALIA Federico Cella CORRIERE DELLA SERA – ITALY Tony Mott EDGE – UK Victor Lucas ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND – CANADA Darren Franich ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY – USA Jean-Marc Wallimann EXTRALIFE – FRANCE Katsuhiko Hayashi FAMITSU – JAPAN Andy McNamara GAME INFORMER – USA Ben Howard GAMESPOT – USA Ludwig Kietzmann GAMESRADAR – USA Brandon Jones GAMETRAILERS – USA Jeff Gerstmann GIANT BOMB – USA Tal Blevins IGN – USA Frédéric Goyon JEUXVIDEO – FRANCE Todd Martens L.A. TIMES – USA Jorge Arellano LEVELUP – Mexico Chelsea Stark MASHABLE – USA Nacho Ortiz MERISTATION – SPAIN Malik Forté NERDIST INDUSTRIES – USA Tyler Wilde PC GAMER – USA Robert Khoo PENNY ARCADE – USA Megan Farokhmanesh POLYGON – USA Joachim Hesse SPIELETIPPS – GERMANY Theo Artioli Azevedo UOL JOGOS – BRAZIL Jeremy Parish US GAMER – USA Brett Molina USA TODAY – USA Mike Diver VICE – UK Chris Kohler WIRED – USA Ben Silverman YAHOO! – USA eSports Advisory Panel Richard Lewis Brietbart – UK Michal Blicharz ESL – USA Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner Gfinity – UK Kevin Knocke IGN – USA Travis Gafford GameSpot – USA Radoslav Kolev GosuGamers – BGR Rob Simpson Redbull eSports – USA Kevin Morris The Daily Dot – USA Marcus ‘djWHEAT’ Graham Twitch – USA Lester Chen YouTube Gaming – USA Advisory Board For one night all of the major game platforms and publishers put competition aside to celebrate the power of gaming. The Game Awards 2015 is produced by Geoff Keighley, and guided by an advisory board of some of the game industry’s leading business and creative minds. Eric Hirshberg CEO Activision Publishing Peter Moore COO Electronic Arts Hideo Kojima Kojima Productions Phil Spencer Head of Xbox Microsoft Reggie Fils-Aime President and COO Nintendo of America Rockstar Shawn Layden CEO Sony Computer Entertainment America Valve Yves Guillemot CEO and Co-Founder Ubisoft David Haddad President Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Nominees Nominees for The Game Awards 2015 are selected by a jury of 30 international media. In some cases, the jury is provided advanced review code of upcoming games in order to meet the Game Awards 2015 judging deadlines. Games must have been commercially released by Tuesday, November 24 to be eligible for awards. eSports nominees were voted on by an advisory panel consisting of eSports media and sites. Games of the year: Bloodborne FromSoftware / Sony Computer Entertainment Fallout 4 Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Kojima Productions / Konami Super Mario Maker Nintendo The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CD Projekt Red / Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment Developer of the year: Bethesda Game Studios CD Projekt Red FromSoftware Kojima Productions Nintendo There are way more categories and here they are. Best Independent Game Best Mobile/Handheld Game Best Narrative Best Score/Soundtrack Best Performance Games for Impact Best Shooter Best Action/Adventure Best Role Playing Game Best Fighting Game Best Family Game Best Sports/Racing Game Best Multiplayer Best Art Direction Fan’s Choice eSports Game of the Year Best Fan Creation Trending Gamer eSports Team of the Year eSports Player of the Year Most Anticipated Game There are also going to be special guests such as Ijustine, Deadmau5, and more! This years Games Awards is going to be big and I hope all of you watch it with me. Source: http://thegameawards.com/
Xbox Exec Says 2016 Games Lineup is Bigger Than This Year’s
Microsoft marketing executive Yusuf Mehdi states that the Xbox One will have the best lineup in Xbox history in 2016. Yes we all know that Xbox is has been releasing more and more great games on the Xbox One this year. Such as Tomb Raider, Star Wars: Battlefront, Halo 5, and many more. But Yusuf Mehdi says that next year will be better. The company’s marketing executive has stated that 2016 will be the “best lineup” in the history of Xbox. Yusuf was speaking at the Credit Suisse Technology Conference in Scottsdale this week, and was very excited to talk about Xbox’s game schedule “If you like to game, this is the year to get an Xbox,” said Mehdi at the conference. Waxing lyrical about the likes of Halo 5: Guardians and Minecraft. Mehdi then firmly said that “next year will also be the best lineup” of Xbox games. Now I will admit that the Xbox One may have had a rough start but Microsoft are now certain that the Xbox is going the right path. This year Xbox not only had a great selection of games but now there are over 100 Xbox titles that are backwards compatible. And to top it off Xbox’s new controller the Xbox One Elite is being praised of being one of the best controllers on the market. Microsoft has a lot in store in the future and highly anticipated titles such as Gears of War 4, and Quantum Break will bring a lot of new players and spark a lot more interest for Xbox. Source: http://gamerant.com/xbox-one-2016-games-lineup-801/
Final Fantasy 15 is fully playable already, finishing touches being applied
Final Fantasy 15, although we won’t hear anything more about it until March of 2016, is already fully playable from start to finish. Satoshi Kitade, the game’s programmer, spoke on the game’s official forums by saying That the development staff are able to grasp the whole picture is very important. As a programmer, we are ready to concentrate on optimization.” He also noted that the first half of the game is fully finished and playable as a final product. They are currently ironing out the details of the second half in order to finish it up for launch. So far it seems as if development is going swimmingly for Final Fantasy and we hope we hear more sooner rather than later.
Rocket League officially rated for Xbox One
As you can tell from the above image, compliments of @lifelower, Rocket League has been officially rated for Xbox One. Psyonix has stated time and again they would bring the game to multiple platforms but no official confirmation has been made. This is the first we’ve seen the game rated by any board and thus being from the Taiwanese ratings system. Now, Microsoft and Psyonix haven’t announced anything yet, but I’m sure it will be soon with ratings listing leaked and tomorrow’s The Game Awards would be a perfect time. Stay tuned as we’ll let you know more as it comes out.
Shaq revealing “something special” at The Game Awards
Earlier today on today Shaq teased that he will be revealing something special at The Game Awards tomorrow night. The first thing that pops to mind is that Shaq Fu is coming back after its Indiegogo campaign for Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn was funded. Initially asking for $450k to develop the game for consoles, it reached just over that by the time the campaign ended. It will be developed by Big Deez Productions (best name ever) and will be released on both Xbox and PlayStation platforms as well as Wii U and PC according to the stretch goals. Bottom line, is this has so much win that it’s incredible. Shaq Fu the original for Super Nintendo and that generation was fun, but not that good of a game. As you can tell by the video below you can see the graphics are much improved and, as he says himself, “It looks like Shaq Daddy is gonna have to whoop some ass”. Shaq Fu. Yes please I’m heading to @thegameawards on Thursday in LA, have a little Shaq Fu surprise for you videogame fan. — SHAQ (@SHAQ) December 2, 2015
