Shack Chat: What was your favorite reveal from The Game Awards 2024?

It’s been a great week of video game praise and reveals at Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards 2024, although we love seeing amazing games recognized across the gaming industry that provided some of the year’s most exciting entertainment. But we also love seeing nice surprises and reveals, and this year Game rewards are full of them. With such a good presentation So we’re sharing our favorite reveals from The Game Awards 2024.

Q: What was your favorite reveal from The Game Awards 2024?

Space: The Unorthodox Project – Ozzie Mejia, Senior Watch Party Participant

It’s incredible to imagine that Geoff saved the best premiere for last. But in a list of new reveals from The Witcher, Elden Ring, and Okami, it was this new sci-fi story from Naughty Dog that fascinated me the most. I already know the level of storytelling the creators of Uncharted and The Last of Us are capable of. And I’m interested to see what epic stories we get from this new world.

I’m also interested to see how much product placement they can squeeze into the actual game. It’s starting to feel like a scene from Wayne’s World.

Okami – TJ Denzer, senior news editor and former head of Capcom.

Nothing could have prepared me for Okami’s return at The Game Awards 2024, but it didn’t. just that we’re getting a new Okami game in RE Engine as well, with Hideki Kamiya returning to direct the game under his new studio CloverS (an homage to Clover Studio where he developed the original Okami).

Even Okami looks gorgeous, and I can’t wait to see the artistic beauty that Kamiya on his team brings to this game. The original Okami was a visual masterpiece that still stands today. I know it has to start early since we don’t have a release date yet. But I can’t wait to see more of Okami 2 in store for us.

Space: An Unorthodox Project – Asif Khan, CEO/EIC/EIEIO

I’m very excited to see Naughty Dog create a new game with an entirely new theme. The reveal trailer is surreal and makes me want to see more. And Trent Reznor in the OST? Give me this game now!

Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2 – Bill Lavoy, Mayor of Harmont.

Anyone who’s talked to me about video games for more than a few minutes knows how I feel about The Long Dark. I’ve played it for over a thousand hours. Watch another thousand hours and wrote extensively about it when Hinterland launched a pop-up shop. I dropped $300 on the shirt and mug and would have spent more if I didn’t already have an axe.

Imagine my surprise when I watched The Game Awards with the Shacknews staff and I heard people talking about “Bill Lavoy games.” When I looked up I said, “Sure, it’s a Bill Lavoy game. There’s snow, deer, tree cutters…” as I continued to watch. I started thinking to myself, “Hinterland is about burning these people to the ground.” It wasn’t until I saw a can of Pinnacle Peaches that I realized what this was. Long Darkness 2.

I didn’t yell or scream. I just watched in silence. Actually, I thought I might be startled. One of my biggest fears is what I’ll do when I can no longer play The Long Dark. Not that it’s an imminent fear. But it’s something I’ve considered: The Long Dark 2’s appearance at The Game Awards almost assured me that the world I love to live in isn’t going anywhere. In fact, it will grow.

The Witcher 4 – Sam Chandler, The Butcher of Byron Bay

Look, The Witcher 4 delivered my favorite reveal from The Game Awards 2024. I’m incredibly excited to see what CD Projekt Red does with the franchise. Especially after Cyberpunk 2077 and how it became one of the best games out there…but I would like to shout out the names of the other games. That I’m also interested in: Borderlands 4, Den of Wolves, Turok Origins, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, Splitgate 2, Split Fiction, Kyora, Midnight Murder Club, Tales of the Shire , Thick as Thieves, Ninja Gaiden, heck, even Rematch. Looks great, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a football game this style before.

And of course, who can forget Elden Ring: Nightreign, although I’m not too sure about that. It seems rather off-topic in terms of design.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword – Dennis White Jr. Captain Capcom after that show

There were some incredible announcements at The Game Awards this year, and I loved getting my first look at the new Elden Ring content. and the return of Virtua Fighter after more than 15 years, but I’m especially excited to see the Onimusha franchise return after nearly 20 years with Onimusha: Way of the Sword. I love the action. It’s fun to watch cinematic quality samurai movies like the latest Shōgun show on FX, and it’s fun to watch them in games as well. Especially when there are some interesting monsters and demons in the mix. The technology department has come a long way since the previous games, which I think has a lot of potential in this new game. I was also excited to see this game announced as the newest game in the series. It’s not a remaster or remake. But it’s a brand new story. The time is right now for us Capcom fans. I never thought we’d get a new Onimusha game and an Okami sequel announced at the same time! At this rate maybe Dino Crisis will return. Okay, I won’t take any chances but I’m really excited about this.

Space: Heretic Prophet – Donovan Erskine was impressed with this year’s performance.

After the debacle of The Last of Us Online, I thought it would be years before we’d get any new game announcements from Naughty Dog. It’s amazing to see how much work they’ve put in behind the scenes to create something new. After all, space doesn’t just look beautiful. But its retro feel feels like we’re getting the closest thing to a AAA Cowboy Bebop video game. I’m sold on the world and characters. And will start counting down the days until I learn more.

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound – Steve Tyminski secretly looks like a ninja!

What was my favorite reveal from this year’s Game Awards? Game Awards usually don’t reveal too much about the types of games I like. But it looks like this year might be a little different. Bandai Namco has been going in some interesting directions with Pac-Man recently, but I don’t think there’s anyone on their bingo card that it’s going to be an action game. A platformer that could also be a Metroidvania. Another game that sounds like my kind of game is Rematch. I haven’t enjoyed a soccer game since Mario Soccer on the GameCube, and this one feels more like an arcade-style soccer game. If they allow physical inspection in a board-like force field. I’ll go in even more.

But I think my favorite announcement from The Game Awards had to be when more Muppets were on stage. Just kidding, Ninja Gaiden Ragebound was my favorite announcement. I think the Ninja Gaiden series is one of the few games I haven’t played at the Stevetendo Show, so we might have to fix that in 2025. However, a Ninja Gaiden game made by Dotemu and the Blasphemous team sounds like a good fit. Perfect It will be interesting to see this project move forward. I will praise Steel Paws, Dungeon Fighter: Arad, and Elden Ring: Nightreign as games I will keep an eye on.

These are our picks for our favorite reveals from The Game Awards 2024, but what do you have? Be sure to check out our full recap if you missed anything from the show!