Hello everyone, TGA2023 has come to an end on the 8th with numerous awards and new game trailers unveiled.
What was expected and what was unexpected?
Let's take a look at this year's TGA and see what the details and highlights are!
1, "Baldur's Gate 3" swept the awards, and many masterpieces were miserably accompanied
Without further ado, let's take a look at all of this year's award winners:
We saw Baldur's Gate 3 win five awards including "Best of the Year", "Voice of the Gamer", "Best RPG", "Best Multiplayer", "Best Community Support", and if you add the Best Performance Award for Asteron actor Neil Newborn, for a total of six awards.
Not to mention the "Elder Gods" band and Alan Wake's high-pitched rock show.
Jeff can be said to have given Larian enough face this time.
The other winner was "Alan Wake 2" developed by Green Medi, which won three awards: "Best Narrative", "Best Game Director" and "Best Art Director".
On the other hand, the other shortlisted games were a bit miserable, and the highly anticipated "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" only won the "Best ARPG" award, which was better than nothing, and the forced smile on Eiji Aonuma's face when he received the award was really a bit sad.
Nintendo isn't bad, at least the best strategy game for Pikmin 4 and the best family game for Super Mario Bros. Marvel.
Sony is even worse, although "Marvel's Spider-Man 2" has multiple nominations, but the four major are empty, and there is no result. Only "The Last of Us" won an award for "Best Film Adaptation", but it was an HBO TV series.
Anyway, I didn't see Sony employees appear, there were no consolation prizes, and it was embarrassing to go on stage.
Microsoft is in good spirits, with its "Forza Motorsport 8" winning "Best Racing Game" and "Best Accessibility", "Perfect Sound" winning "Best Audio Design", and "Baldur's Gate 3" also announcing that it will land on the Xbox platform on the same day, which really attracted a wave of popularity.
Another controversial one is the "Best Indie Game", which the TGA gave to Sea of Stars. Only gave "Cocoon" an award of "Best Indie Game Debut", and indie games such as "Viewfinder", "Fishing Sail Undercurrent", and "Diver Dave" are actually better than "Sea of Stars" in terms of gameplay and completion, maybe the judges didn't play it deeply.
The old thief's insistence on the niche route was once again recognized, and "Armored Core 6" won the best action game, congratulations!
Capcom's high hopes for "Resident Evil 4: Remake" were also empty-handed, but fortunately, "Street Fighter 6" won the best fighting game, and "Resident Evil 8VR" won the best VR game, which is not in vain.
SE won two awards for Best Soundtrack and Most Anticipated, so what to say, Void Comfort.
On the whole, this year's TGA is more inclined to European and American games, which is also the current general trend in the game industry, PC and Xbox are rising strongly, and Sony Nintendo is being crushed.
Japanese games with light narrative and heavy gameplay are only supported by Nintendo, and it is indeed a matter of life and death.
2, "Black Myth: Wukong" announced the release date, and the new work is eye-catching
In addition to the implanted hard broad, TGA also has a large number of new game broadcasts, which is why it is nicknamed "year-end E3" by players.
But these trailers are still very valuable.
"Black Myth: Wukong", which has been pinned on by the Chinese people, has finally officially announced the release date: August 20, 2024!
Judging from the new trailer, the game is more complete, but I found that the path of the game seems to be from the very beginning of the soul system, and gradually leaned towards the "God of War" category, focusing more on combat and systems, I don't know if there will be a psychological gap between players at that time.
The Third Prince's Monster Hunter: Wildlands is a pleasant surprise, and only the ecological niche is shown so far, and there is no more information. It is confirmed that it will be released in 2025, and PS5 and PC, XSX S platforms are shared, so people can't help but wonder if the Switch2 version will also be launched
KT's "Rise of the Ronin" is set for March 22, 2024, and it will meet Capcom's "Dragon's Creed 2", which is only available in PS5. Judging from the graphics and gameplay, the style is similar to "Ghost of Tsushima", but the gameplay should be more like "Nioh".
The war between Marvel and DC has spread to the gaming world, with Suicide Squad and Blade debuting at the same time, and judging from the demo, Suicide Squad has more characters and the plot seems to be a little lighter and humorier.
Sony has announced that Valhalla, the free DLC of God of War: Ragnarok, will be unlocked on December 12, which will offer a post-battle talk with Odin, where Kratos breaks into Valhalla alone with Mimir's head to redeem himself in a randomly generated battle. The expansion supports both PS4 and PS5 platforms, and it is estimated that this will be the end of Sony's PS4 support.
Hideo Kojima took the stage, and the strange way of appearing made everyone laugh, and the crotch flashed brightly. His new game, OD (Odyssey), will be teamed up with Jordan Peele, director of Get Out, to explore a new threshold of fear, as if it were filmed in live-action, and it is said to be both a movie and a game, which should be invested by Microsoft, as it only lands in XGP.
Whether the game is good or bad, Kojima is truly a pioneer when it comes to exploring the game format.
3. Highlight an unprofessional, some complaining and fun
Many details of TGA are also very interesting, some netizens commented that TGA is more popular than E3 and TGS, the judges are too unprofessional, and there are many funny moments in the meeting, so everyone can have fun.
First of all, everyone complained that the speech time given to the winners this year was too short, only 30 seconds. The God of War actor proudly said that he had 8 minutes to speak, and sympathized with this year's winners
Swain, the founder of Larian, made good on his promise and wore a plate armor when he received the award, causing a sensation in the audience. But only the boss of the B Society, Todd, sat there quietly, as if the whole world had nothing to do with him, and "Starry Night" also had no results this year, which is really sad for a game that has been in development for seven years;
After the release of Black Myth: Wukong, players were crazy about it, saying that they didn't want to stay in 2023 for a minute;
And the other much-anticipated "Elden Ring" DLC "**Shadow of the Tree", I really haven't even seen a shadow, the old thief didn't forget to go to TGA after eating Haidilao in China?
Apex Legends and Final Fantasy 7 will launch on January 9, 2024, with Evil Spirits getting the Tifa costume and Horizon getting the Alice costume.
But the player was dumbfounded after seeing **, this design is really a humorous and abstract design, which caused FF fans to oppose wildly: Return my eyes!
The little brother of the last Red Spirit invasion was banned from participating in the TGA, and Jeff also swore to strengthen the security, but the little brother still infiltrated it and brought back first-hand information, which is really unusual!
And finally, guess who the biggest winner is?
Larian?Microsoft?Nintendo?
No, the answer is Tencent!
The reason is that Larian and Green Medi have Tencent investment behind them, and even "Valorant", "League of Legends", and "Armored Core 6" have Tencent's shadow behind them, so that Tencent has won 15 awards in TGA, more than Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo combined, and it is really the first game manufacturer!
But does investment count as a prize?
So that's all for today, thank you for your **.
Your attention is the greatest encouragement to me!