The Game Awards 2024: All The Biggest Announcements

A brand-new Ninja Gaiden game was the first announcement of the night, as Dotemu has partnered with Koei Tecmo and The Game Kitchen–developers of Blasphemous–for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, coming next year.

New Ninja Gaiden Game On The Way From Blasphemous Devs

One Move Away is a new first-person game from Ramage Games and Playstack about packing up and moving to a new home. It is set to launch in 2025 on Steam.

Next was a gameplay trailer for Slay The Spire 2, the sequel to the indie hit deckbuilding RPG from Megacrit. This new edition will launch in early access in 2025.

Dave The Diver is headed to the jungle in his next adventure, but it was not clear if In The Jungle is another expansion or a full-blown sequel. Dave The Diver In The Jungle is set for a late 2025 release.

Thick As Thieves is a new multiplayer immersive stealth game from Warren Spector, one of the minds behind Thief and Deus Ex. Players will choose from multiple character archetypes, including The Hood, The Spider, and the Chameleon.

Warren Spector’s New Dishonored-Looking Multiplayer Game Emulates Playing D&D

Shadow Labyrinth is a new metroidvania-style game from Bandai Namco, where a hooded figure must traverse a dangerous world with a robot that looks and acts suspiciously like Pac-Man in tow. It is scheduled to launch in 2025 for consoles and PC.

Pac-Man Reimagined As A Hollow Knight-Inspired 2D Action Platformer Shadow Labyrinth

The next game from Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki and in partnership with Netflix Games, Steel Paws is set for a 2025 launch on mobile devices.

Steel Paws, New Game From Shenmue And Virtua Fighter Creator, Debuts At The Game Awards

Kyora is a multiplayer exploration game from Pug Storm, the developers of Core Keeper. The trailer showed multiple player characters exploring the depths below the village in search of the unknown.

The Next Game From Core Keeper Devs Is A Pixelated Dungeon Delve

Sloclap has announced its next project: Re/Match, an arcade soccer game with walls around the field allowing for slick trick shots. No specific release date has been announced.

Sifu Devs Are Making A Soccer Game, And I’m So Excited

Solasta 2 pits players against a dark force led by an evil sorceress named Shadwyn. This turn-based tactical RPG, based on SRD 5e, is set for release next year.

Solasta 2 Brings More 5E Goodness And Baldur’s Gate 3 Star To PC In 2025

CD Projekt Red marked the first world premiere of The Game Awards’s main show, with a first look at The Witcher 4. The trailer follows Ciri, the protagonist for this next game, as she tries to prevent a human sacrifice by killing a demon terrorizing a small village.

The Witcher 4 First Trailer Revealed At The Game Awards

From Software followed CD Projekt Red’s surprise announcement with a surprise of its own. Elden Right: Nightreign’s debut trailer showed multiple Tarnished fighting against massive bosses across The Lands Between.

Elden Ring Nightreign Announced For 2025, Co-Op Action Spin-Off

Fumito Ueda, the creator of Ico, Shadow Of The Colossus, and The Last Guardian, surprised The Game Awards audience with a brief look at his next game. Currently untitled, the brief trailer showed a human trying to avoid a cataclysmic wave, only to fall short.

Shadow Of The Colossus Creator Reveals Untitled New Game

The latest from Hazelight Studios and Josef Fares, Split Fiction is another co-op adventure like It Takes Two and No Way Out. This time, two story writers–one who writes sci-fi, the other fantasy–must traverse levels swapping between both genres in order to escape the simulation they’re stuck in.

Co-Op-Only Split Fiction Is An Impressive Leap Forward From The Makers Of It Takes Two

Wargaming’s next IP is Steel Hunters, a 12-person multiplayer shooter that’s part hero shooter, part battle royale, and part extraction shooter. Players control massive mechs called Hunters as they fight for Starfall, a rare substance that powers a post-apocalyptic world.

Steel Hunters Mixes Hero Shooter, Extraction, Battle Royale, And Mechs Into An Explosive Multiplayer Meal

Randy Pitchford took the stage to reveal the first gameplay trailer for Borderlands 4, which also mixed in some story spotlights in the form of a massive war between familiar bandits and an invading force.

Borderlands 4’s Seamless World And Movement Mechanics Will “Make It Hard For Players To Go Back”

The last character for Tekken 8’s Year 1 Character Pass was revealed to be Clive Rosfield, the protagonist from Final Fantasy XVI. He will be available for download December 16.

Final Fantasy XVI’s Clive Rosfield Joins Tekken 8 Roster Next Week

A new Virtua Fighter entry was confirmed by Sega. It will be developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, known for the Yakuza/Like A Dragon franchise.

Virtua Fighter 6 Teaser Debuts At The Game Awards

Ryu Ga Gotoku wasn’t done, however, as it also shown a gameplay trailer for Project Century, a third-person action game set in Japan in 1915.

Like A Dragon Devs Tackle The Japan Of 1915 In Project Century

The classic Nintendo 64 first-person shooter franchise Turok is being rebooted thanks to Saber Interactive and Universal. The debut trailer showed three warriors facing off against a horde of dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes.

Turok Is Back With Turok: Origins, Which Ditches First-Person

The next expansion for Digital Extremes’ Warframe–the Y2K-inspired Warframe: 1999–announced its launch date via a new trailer. The update will hit Warframe tomorrow, December 13.

Warframe 1999 Launches Friday With Guns, Motorcycles, And Killer Y2K-Bots

A new trailer showcased more of the upcoming Splitgate sequel, revealing a new mode and more maps for the portal-centric shooter.

Splitgate 2 Trailer Showcases Maps And A New Mode At The Game Awards

One of the more unexpected reveals of the TGAs came when we learned of a revival of the classic racing game series Screamer. The new game has an anime-inspired look to it and will release in 2026.

Classic Racing Game Screamer Roars Back To Life As An Anime-Inspired Tale Of Revenge And Greed

Capcom surprised The Game Awards attendees with the return of Samanosuke in Onimusha: Way Of The Sword. A brief gameplay sequence was shown, followed by a 2026 release window.

Onimusha Way Of The Sword Coming In 2026, Reviving The Franchise After Nearly Two Decades

The next game from Overcooked developer Ghost Town Games is Stage Fright, a co-op adventure with two human characters avoiding hostile aliens in a split world, where actions from one can help the other simultaneously.

Overcooked Studio Reveals Stage Fright, A Co-Op Escape Room Game Inspired By Luigi’s Mansion

Sega announced yet another new game with Sonic Riders: CrossWorlds, a new entry in the Sonic Racing series. A brief teaser showed Shadow the Hedgehog driving off in a souped-up sports car before the words “Coming Soon” flashed on-screen.

Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Announced At The Game Awards

The first gameplay trailer for Mafia: The Old Country, which was teased leading up to The Game Awards, was unveiled during the show. The trailer shows third-person cover-based shooting action, as well as a initiation ceremony to be a part of the family the game will follow.

Mafia: The Old Country Trailer Makes Official The Game Awards Debut

The penultimate announcement was another from Capcom, which revealed that a sequel to Okami is currently in development. Clovers is the name of the studio on the project, and Hideki Kamiya is the head of the project.

Okami 2 Announced At The Game Awards

The final announcement came from Naughty Dog, which is moving from The Last Of Us to a new IP, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. The brief teaser trailer showed a conversation between a bounty hunter and her handler, who gives her a new target that looks suspiciously like Kumail Nanjiani.

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Is The Next, Very Different Naughty Dog Game