Tag: The Game Awards
ICYMI TGA's Day Of The Devs Showcase Highlighted A Pair Of Upcoming Switch Indies
Get those wishlists ready
We've already rounded up all of the Switch announcements from The Game Awards 2025, but that wasn't the only showcase that Mr Keighley served up this holiday season. As ever, Day of the Devs was on hand to highlight a bunch of upcoming indies that we can look forward to in the next year or two. It was a slightly slimmer...
Round Up Everything Announced At The Game Awards 2025 - All Switch 1 & 2 Reveals
The Leon and Winding Road
Well, The Game Awards 2025 are finally in the rear-view mirror, and there were... a fair number of Switch announcements — that's a nice change! Yes, alongside Nintendo picking up a couple of awards, there were also a bunch of "World Premieres" and updates for titles we can expect to play on our beloved hybrids at some...
News Super Mario Galaxy Movie Gets A New Teaser Trailer At The Game Awards
Mario & Luigi vs. Bowser Jr.
At The Game Awards this year, Nintendo and Illumination surprised fans with another look at the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie. It features Bowser Jr. taking on Mario and Luigi in a very brief teaser. Some not-so-pleasant introductions are exchanged, and before you know it, the younger Bowser is smashing everything...
News The Game Awards GOTY For 2025 Is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Nintendo also took home some awards
The Game Awards for 2025 has wrapped, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 by French studio Sandfall Interactive has officially been crowned 'Game of the Year'. In case you missed it, the competition included Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong and Kingdom Come:...
News Mega Man Returns In 2027 With A "Brand-New Entry" For Switch And Switch 2
Here's a first look at the gameplay
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises of The Game Awards this year was the announcement of Mega Man: Dual Override for the Switch and Switch 2. It will be releasing on Nintendo systems (and other platforms) at some point in 2027. Along with this news was a first look at the gameplay, it doesn't really show all...
News Phasmophobia Brings "Genre-Defining" Co-Op Horror Madness To Switch 2 In 2026
Stay alert
One of the many spooky surprises at The Game Awards this year was the announcement Phasmophobia, the highly popular co-op psychological horror title, would be making its way to the Switch 2 in 2026. The team at Kinetic Games says it will include all of the content added throughout 2025. A release date or price hasn't been confirmed just...
Video New 007 First Light Trailer Introduces Lenny Kravitz As Bawma
Out next year for Switch 2
IO Interactive is gearing up to release 007 First Light next year on the Switch 2, and ahead of this anticipated release, a new teaser trailer has been shared at The Game Awards, introducing the new character Bawma. He's played by the singer and musician Lenny Kravitz, and is described as being the "largest black-market...
News A New Tomb Raider Entry Has Leaked Ahead Of The Game Awards
Update: Reimagining of OG game and "all-new entry" revealed
[Thu 11th Dec, 2025 14:45 GMT]: The Game Awards is taking place later today (or early tomorrow depending on your timezone), but it seems that yet another major announcement has leaked ahead of schedule. As reported by Eurogamer, the cover art for a new Tomb Raider entry has cropped up...
Video LEGO Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight 'Official Heroes & Villains Trailer'
Switch 2 release date to be announced "soon"
Following the announcement of LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight for the Switch 2 in August, Warner Bros. Games has now shared a brand new trailer focused on the heroes and villains of the series. Alongside this news is a release date for other platforms - confirming a 29th May 2026 launch, with a...
Video Here's Your First Look At The Street Fighter Live-Action Movie, Due Out 2026
This trailer goes HARD!
At The Game Awards, Street Fighter fans got a surprise teaser of the upcoming live-action movie, due out in 2026. It's a high-energy sneak peek with some interesting cinematography, fight scenes that would look right at home in a martial arts movie, and even the bonus stage where you beat the hell of a car. The cast also...
News Leon Kennedy Is Confirmed For Resident Evil Requiem
The legend returns
[Tue 9th Dec, 2025 12:30 GMT]: Leon Kennedy has finally been confirmed to appear in Resident Evil Requiem; though perhaps not in the way that Capcom had hoped. Yes, as reported by IGN, the veteran character now shows up via the PSN store when users go to the pre-download page. The updated key art shows Leon in the background...
News New Divinity Trademarks Filed Ahead Of The Game Awards
Update: Divinity: Original Sin 2 gets surprise Switch 2 release
[Wed 10th Dec, 2025 06:45 GMT]: We're just days out from The Game Awards, and one marketing stunt that's got a lot of attention in the lead up to the show is a mysterious statue located in the middle of the Mojave Desert. It's ignited plenty of speculation online, and now a trio of...
News Surprise! Capcom Is Bringing Pragmata To Switch 2, amiibo And Demo Also Confirmed
Clear any plans you had for April 2026
At The Game Awards pre-show, Capcom revealed it would be bringing Pragmata to the Switch 2 on 24th April 2026. Pre-orders are now live for $59.99 and some
Watch The Game Awards 2025 - Live!
Trophy hunting
Our next dose of Geoff is right around the corner, as we are mere minutes away from The Game Awards 2025. This year's event kicks off at 5pm PST / 8pm EST / 1am GMT (Fri) / 2am CET (Fri) / 10am JST (Fri), though, as ever, a pre-show 'Opening Act' will begin half an hour before that — and you can expect to see some awards given out...
News Hades 2 Dev Shares Adorable GOTY Nominee Artwork Ahead Of The Game Awards
Now that's sweet
We are mere hours away from The Game Awards 2025, where we'll finally learn which of this year's nominees will walk away with the coveted GOTY trophy. Hades II is one of the six games up for the grand prize, and before the ceremony can get underway, developer Supergiant Games has shared a heartwarming piece of artwork,...
Guide The Game Awards 2025: Time, Date & How To Watch
The Keigh to success
Strap in, folks, because The Game Awards are almost upon us once again. Yes, following last year's 10th anniversary special, Geoff Keighley is sending off 2025 with a bang — if by "bang" you mean a bunch of awards, some big reveals, and more than a few sponsored ads thrown in for good measure. What's more, it's another big...
News Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Has Been Rated By PEGI
Is a Switch 2 release on the cards?
In what is no doubt the worst kept secret of 2025, another hint regarding the remake of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag has surfaced via the official PEGI website. As detailed by our pals over at Push Square, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has been rated by PEGI, with an official listing indicating that the...
News Future Of Tomb Raider To Be Revealed At The Game Awards 2025
"This is one you won't want to miss"
The Game Awards is taking place later this week, and ahead of the big industry event, Lara Croft's return has been teased. As highlighted by the show's creator and host Geoff Keighley and the official Tomb Raider social media account, fans of Lara will be able to tune into the event to find out about the...
News The Game Awards Nominees Announced, Donkey Kong Bananza Up For GOTY
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets 12 nominations
The Game Awards has officially announced the nominees for this year's event, which takes place on 11th December 2025. The 'Game of the Year' category is pretty predictable, all things considered, but it's nevertheless nice to see Donkey Kong Bananza get some recognition. That said, there's some stiff...
News Catly Developer Says Game Does Not Use Generative AI, Blockchain Tech, Or NFTs
Update: SuperAuthenti releases gameplay trailer
If you love cats (and there are plenty of us here at Nintendo Life who do), then you might be interested in checking out this upcoming open-world title known as Catly. There's no release date just yet, but during The Game Awards this year it was confirmed for the Nintendo Switch and multiple other...
Reaction The Game Awards Left Us With One Big Question: Will Any Of This Run On Switch 2?
How would you rate the show?
It was never going to be a Nintendo night and, as predicted, Switch announcements were thin on the ground during last night's TGA 2024 presentation. Nintendo failed to win a single award, but looking back on 2024's first-party releases, you could argue that if there's a year Nintendo didn't deserve to win
News Nintendo Shares Special Message: "Thank You For Joining Us Now And Into The Future"
The Switch might be winding down, but more games are on the way
Nintendo may not have really been present at this year's Game Awards, but there was one brief Switch trailer featured during the event. While the company is in the process of signing off from the current Switch generation, this trailer was still busy hyping up the many third-party...
Random PlayStation's Astro Bot Director Pays Tribute To Mario And Nintendo In GOTY Speech
"I didn't plan to say it, but I'm going to say it anyway"
There have been a lot of comparisons this year suggesting the PlayStation hit Astro Bot is more like a Super Mario or Nintendo game than a Sony one. With this in mind, it seems the game's director Nicolas Doucet might have finally put all of this debate to rest. In a surprising moment during...
News The Game Awards GOTY For 2024 Is Astro Bot
Here's the full list of winners
The Game Awards for 2024 is now over and Asobi's Astro Bot has officially won Game of the Year. It was up against Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth,
Video Here's Your First Look At The Witcher 4's Cinematic Reveal Trailer
"A new saga begins"
At The Game Awards this year, CD Projekt Red lifted the lid on its next big game The Witcher IV with an action-packed cinematic trailer focused on Ciri. It will continue the legendary video game adaptation of the Polish fantasy series with "a new saga". No platforms or release date have been announced just yet, but the previous...
News Bandai Namco Unveils New Pac-Man Game, And It's Probably Not What You Expect
What the...?
One of the earlier announcements during this year's Game Awards show was Bandai Namco lifting the lid on a new Pac-Man game, and well...it's not exactly the regular outing for the famous pellet eater. This new game is officially called Shadow Labyrinth and is described as a "genre-twisting alternate take" on the iconic mascot. As many...
News New Side-Scroller Entry In Legendary Ninja Gaiden Series Announced For Switch
"Coming summer 2025"
To kick off this year's Game Awards, Koei Tecmo, Dotemu (TMNT: Shredder's Revenge) and The Game Kitchen (Blasphemous) announced a new entry in the legendary Ninja Gaiden series. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is coming to the Switch and multiple other platforms in Summer 2025 and is a brand new 2D side-scroller sta
Watch The Game Awards 2024 - Live!
Gong show
It's time for The Game Awards, the annual bash that sees a load of industry people head to LA to showcase their upcoming games and accept awards in the company of their peers (and sometimes some random who managed to get on stage). Geoff Keighley's main show officially kicks off at 5pm PST / 8pm EST / 1am GMT (Fri) / 2am CET (Fri) / 10am...
Guide The Game Awards 2024: Time, Date - How And When To Watch
Glitz, glamour, games, even gongs
Well, folks, Geoff Keighley is back once again with another round of The Game Awards. This year's event marks the 10th Anniversary of The Game Awards, so we're expecting some big surprises (not necessarily game announcements, mind) and spectacular celebrations. Naturally, with a boatload of sponsored ads sprinkled...
Round Up Day Of The Devs The Game Awards Edition 2024 - Every Announcement, Confirmed Switch Games
Hyper Light Breaker! inKonbini! Demon Tides!
Day of the Devs returns for its second showcase of the year, The Game Awards Edition. Taking place the day before the big ceremony, Double Fine Productions and iam8bit return with their non-profit to show us the very best of the indie game scene. And what a selection we have this time around, ranging...
Round Up Every Game From Wholesome Snack 2024 Coming To Nintendo Switch
Preparing for a cosy 2025
With The Game Awards just two days away, we're getting a deluge of new game announcements and showcases, and one of today's headliners is the Wholesome Snack: The Game Awards Edition. The 35-minute presentation showcased tons of cuddly, cosy games, alongside a couple of tearjerkers and some surprise DLC announcements...
Poll It's Almost Time For The Game Awards, But Are You Expecting Much Switch News?
No, not that - and definitely not THAT
It's that time of the year when in the middle of our personal GOTY list scrambles we sit back for a couple of hours to enjoy Geoff Keighley's annual round-up. For the last 10 years, though it's presented as a gong show and celebration, The Game Awards has essentially been a multiplatform conference, a platform...
News The Game Awards 2024 Players' Voice Nominees Have Been Revealed - Zelda, Sonic And More
Voting is now open
Ahead of The Game Awards next week, the 'players' voice' nominees have now been revealed. This is a "100% fan voted award" that takes place across three rounds. Round one requires players to vote for their 10 favourite games from a list of 30, and ends on 4th December 2024 (aka tomorrow). On the Nintendo front, The Legend of...
News The Game Awards 2024 Nominees Have Been Revealed - Zelda, Mario And Metroid Nominated
And DLC is up for 'GOTY'
We're fast approaching 'The Game Awards' for 2024 and the nominees across each category have now been revealed by the show's creator and host Geoff Keighley. Starting with the 'Game of the Year' contenders, the nominees include Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong,
News Expansion Packs And DLC Are Now "Eligible In All Categories" At The Game Awards
This also includes remakes, remasters and new seasons
Ahead of the nominees being revealed for The Game Awards this year, it seems there's some debate online about the new eligibility rules. According to the FAQ on the official website, "expansion packs, new game seasons, DLCs, remakes and remasters" are now eligible to be nominated across "all...
News Ex-Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé Is Keen To Discuss The State Of The Industry
"Let’s talk"
It's safe to say that the games industry is in somewhat of a volatile state at the moment. Projects are taking longer to complete, budgets are becoming unsustainable, and development staff worldwide are being made redundant left, right, and centre. Indeed, it seems as though Nintendo is really one of the only major companies...
Soapbox This Year, The Game Awards Failed The Industry
Please Wrap It Up
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Zion speaks about his feelings after attending The Game Awards 2023, and why the show needs to do better at celebrating game developers. When you first hear the name of the...
News Geoff Keighley Agrees Music Was Played "Too Fast" For TGA Winners This Year
"It's something to address going forward"
The Game Awards 2023 was a huge success for Geoff Keighley this year, but he has received some feedback about the show's treatment of winners, asking them to wrap up their speeches before some of them even got underway. Nintendo's very own Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma was seemingly on the receiving...
Random The Game Awards Urged Eiji Aonuma To 'Wrap Up' Zelda Acceptance Speech
And fans aren't too happy
In case you missed it, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won Best Action/Adventure Game at this year's Game Awards event in Los Angeles. Fans, however, are a bit miffed at the organisers of the show as it appears that during Eiji Aonuma's acceptance speech, a teleprompter urged the long-time Zelda producer to "wrap...
News Pikmin 4 Picks Up Best Sim/Strategy Game At The Game Awards 2023
PikWIN
The Game Awards 2023 turned out to be a pretty big night for Nintendo, with Switch announcements coming left, right and centre (you can find them all in our round-up). It was also a big one for wins. We have covered a few of those on the site already, but let's all give a big cheer for Pikmin 4, which managed to take home the award for Best...
Round Up Everything Announced At The Game Awards 2023 - All Switch Game Reveals & Trailers
The "World Premieres" are back
That's it, folks. Another year, another Game Awards ceremony has come and gone. And what a night, hey? It was a pretty good night for Nintendo at The Game Awards 2023, with Super Mario Bros. Wonder taking home Best Family Game, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom winning Best Action / Adventure, and Pikmin 4...
News Capcom Unveils Monster Hunter Wilds, Coming In 2025
But there's no mention of Nintendo platforms
To end The Game Awards, Capcom unveiled the next major entry in the Monster Hunter series. It's called Monster Hunter Wilds and it will be released on multiple next-generation platforms in 2025. The unfortunate catch here is that there's no mention of Nintendo platforms, but given the series' history,...
News The Game Awards GOTY For 2023 Is Baldur's Gate 3
Here is the full list of winners
The Game Awards has just wrapped and Larian's epic role-playing game Baldur's Gate 3 won Game of the Year. It was up against Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Resident Evil 4, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Baldur's Gate 3 also took out multiple other awards on the night.
News Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Wins Best Action/Adventure Game At TGA 2023
Eiji Aonuma accepts the award
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was up for multiple nominations at The Game Awards this year including "Game of the Year", and the one it's taken out in the end is the best "action/adventure" game. Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma went up to receive the award, thanking everyone for their support. It managed to top...
News Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Comes To Apex Legends Early Next Year
A surprise crossover
In yet another surprise collaboration announcement at this year's Game Awards, Apex Legends has announced a crossover with Square Enix's action role-playing game Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. It will be taking place next year in EA's battle royale shooter on 9th January 2024. Here's a first look: <related...
News Electronic Arts Is Bringing A New 'EA Originals' Title To Switch In April Next Year
Introducing Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
EA's 'Originals' line continues with the company revealing Tales of Kenzera: ZAU at this year's Game Awards show. It will be launching on all platforms including the Nintendo Switch on 23rd April 2024. This is a new single-player action-adventure platformer that brings a "new experience of finding hope and courage...
News Visions Of Mana Announced By Square Enix, But Not For Switch
Update: Revealed at The Game Awards 2023
Update [Fri 8th Dec, 2023 02:00 GMT]: Today's trademark has been confirmed — Visions of Mana is a brand new action RPG in the Mana series. Revealed at The Game Awards 2023, the trailer showcased some gorgeous new visuals and more open combat, seemingly inspired by the Trials of Mana remake. However, the...
News Sega Announces New Games In Development For Classic Franchises
Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe & more!
Update [Fri 8th Dec, 2023 01:50 GMT]: Sega dropped a bombshell at this year's Game Awards confirming it's reviving five of its classic franchises for a new generation. This includes Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Crazy Taxi and there's apparently "more" to come! No platforms or...
News Dave The Diver Teams Up With Dredge For An Epic New Crossover
Arriving next week
After a crossover with Dredge, it's now Dave The Diver's turn to get some collaboration content. Again, it's the other way round this time - with the treacherous seas of Dredge coming to Dave's world. This exclusive content will make its debut next week on 15th December and is coming to both the Nintendo Switch and Steam versions...
News Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Demo Confirmed, Story Trailer Also Revealed
Launching early next year
Following a leak earlier today, a new action-packed story trailer for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has just debuted at this year's Game Awards show. Ahead of the game's launch on 15th January 2024, it's also been confirmed there will be a Warior Within pre-order bonus outfit as well as a demo, which will be released on...
