Geoff Keighley Reveals "Hype Trailer" For The Game Awards 2023

Whoever's pulled the short straw at NL to cover this event, you have my sympathies.

I can see why Mario's elephant trunk only got 1 second of that - hard to fit into the "story" I bet

Game Award is just straight Blah.
I thought Trolls Band Together is way more interesting to watch multiple times.

I always wonder who died and made Geoff Keighley king.

Zero gameplay in that trailer. The state of gaming.

@molkom Okay, 1 second.

"Do you yield?"

The squirrel yielded.

I just don't like Geoff Keighley. He is annoying and way to powerful. Good thing is in Europe the TGAs are at night and so I would not even think about watching them.

Given what sets games apart from other media is the ability to control and influence what happens on screen, it's both ironic and sad that a 'GAME' awards hype trailer doesn't feature any gameplay.

That trailer feels like a Hollywood trailer.

And that's not a compliment.

@Peteykins
Bland, corporate friendly and held up by journalists and other games media types as being a “elder statesman” of the industry somehow, as insane as that last part sounds I remember it frequently being said on the Giant Bombcast years and years ago.
He’s like if the soulless core of the soulless segment of the AAA gaming industry formed into a human so it’s no surprise why the industry uses him the way they do.

I remember last year when the 2022 version of this trailer was posted Keighley took clips from Youtube for the Xenoblade 3 portion of that trailer LOL

@SalvorHardin Well said!

Keighley needs to go away

I actually like the trailer, but I'm a sucker for anything Radiohead. Here's a better quality one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkrL9dLb2Fw

@SalvorHardin He’s a journalist who got to document “making the sausage” a lot and that’s why he’s eager to cherish the people behind games.
He’s earned his accolades.

If this was supposed to get me hyped ... didn't work. A trailer for the videogame of the year and this is what you get ... aouch!
Luckily, I know which games I've enjoyed this year, don't need to hear it with whiny Radiohead in the background.

Nice trailer, cant wait for the show l!

Geoff Keighley is nothing but a hype man that ultimately fails to deliver anything exciting

If I have to watch another awards show give Baldur's Gate GOTY over Tears of the Kingdom, I am going to puke

@Hints_Whispers Well, you don't have to watch anything. You wanna puke by choice it seems.

With that said, neither deserve goty, but one of them will get it anyways.

@SalvorHardin I seem to recall a time several years ago where he was supposed to be the "savior" of gaming journalism in the industry, and if I'm not mistaken, briefly was. The reason he's got the power he does now is because he went against the grain for the gamers. Unfortunately I really can't remember if that actually happened anymore because he's become exactly what nearly every other mainstream journalist (here included) has become: a shill to tow the line and not make waves.

@Hints_Whispers I don't know anything about BG3, the basic premise doesn't interest me, but TotK shouldn't be anywhere near any accolades with how terrible it is. Like TW3, it's an incredibly poorly designed game from top to bottom that everyone is required to praise and any criticism for the blatantly obvious is torn apart by rabid fans who don't have the spine to stand up against the industry.

@Ded_Nexus I for one salute your bravery in standing up against the tyranny of popular things.

@Vexx234 What game deserves it?

@Ded_Nexus Tears of the Kingdom is the best game I've ever played in my life. I think it's a masterpiece. Why do you think it is terrible?

Meh, who cares about this show. I'm just gonna look for any reveal trailers the day after this. Now way am I wasting 3 hours on this

I HONESTLY don't like these big showy award shows. Really weird, especially for video games.

I'm fine with games just getting awards just NOT like this.

@Hints_Whispers Good question. I wish many smaller games actually did have a shot at GOTY. But for me, I'd say if the only two best contenders are BG3 and ToTK, then no GOTY of the award should be given out.

I have played quite a few indie games this year that I think is better than ToTk. What ruined ToTk for me is that it feels like an overpriced expansion.

@Vivianeat I find the whole thing cringe personally.

I would so want to say half of what was already said without getting banned.

Not feeling risky or strong today, I'm just gonna say have fun to everyone who decide to watch it

@GoshJosh Ya TGA is super corny. All mainstream big games. I don't hate em. TOTK was my fave AAA game this year but I have so many smaller games I've enjoyed also. I get they want to make an Oscars type show for games but this is cringe af.

Mario disappeared from this trailer.
It's normal, there's only cinematics, zero gameplay.
Not very video"game" for me.
This trailer isn't good for "hype".

What awards is this? Because I don't see any games... is it just "The Awards" now?

No matter how exciting this event is being hyped, it'll still be a 3.5 hour-long commercial. Save yourself an evening and watch a good show or play a fun video game instead. The award winners will be posted the next morning and you could probably catchup on all the new trailers and reveals in 10 minutes. There will be no Nintendo announcements.

@Axecon yeah but its always funny to watch

Huge missed opportunity to put William Afton's death/"I always come back" scene from the FNAF movie in there. They put the Twisted Metal show in there, it'd only be fair to include FNAF

I know people find Geoff annoying and this event pointless, but this was a really well edited trailer and I mean. They got RADIOHEAD, it was hard to not find myself enjoying it

I like that TGA happen, and I always watch. But I do find the reveals and games to be a bit homogeneous. It helps reaffirm that I'm in the correct sector of gaming. There's something to be said for the Hollywoodification of gaming, but as long as I've got my fun games, too. They can have their flashy ones.

So is Keighley finally going to come out and commit to his relationship with Kojima?

@Peteykins said, "I always wonder who died and made Geoff Keighley king."

E3 did, my dear. E3 did.

@Anti-Matter hahaha you and me both buddy

Don't be surprise if this pop up somewhere at the Game Award.

After watching that "hype" trailer, I can safely say that I am thoroughly "un-hyped."

But then again, I never cared about The Game Awards and thought it was a joke to begin with, so what does it matter anyway?

Could be anything. Remember he said big trailer. Then we got the FF7 Rebirth trailer. To me that was hilarious. Was it a good trailer yes. The hype though made it seem like something else not familiar. That's why I find that moment funny and why he will say anything to hype it up, familiar or new, why should I care. Everything is hype apparently.

The announcements are all I care about and even then none of them interest me or there is some Indies that are cool but not of interest to me while the big stuff is so 'yep skip' as I keep looking at retro or AAs instead or old consoles and continue to until AAA or anyone offers anything remotely interesting as current trends just haven't appealed to me at all.