All the trailers and announcements from The Game Awards 2022
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The second big Geoff “Games” Keighley gaming show of the year is here. The Game Awards 2022 premiered late Thursday night and, yes, there sure were some awards given, but as always they were joined by a metric ton of world premiere trailers. You simply can’t do a gaming event without trailers, it seems.
2024 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures
As always, it was a long one, running into Friday morning for some time zones. If you didn’t catch it live (or just didn’t care to sit through the full show, in which case, fair enough) we’ve got all the announcements rounded up for you here.
It was a seriously packed show this year with some announcements that had been teased (or leaked) days ahead of time. But we got a lot of surprises too. Supergiant announced its first sequel: Hades 2. Kojima showed up to talk about a teaser for Death Stranding 2 that he’s been dropping hints about for a while. We got some long-awaited release dates forDiablo 4andThe Last of Us Part 1 on PC.
Here’s everything else that got teased, announced, and dated at this year’s Game Awards.
The Game Awards 2022 announcements and trailers
Dead Cells Return to Castlevania
What is it?A Castlevania-themed DLC for Dead CellsRelease date:Early 2023What’s new?This animated reveal trailer
Vampire Survivors
What is it?A roguelike bullet hellRelease date:Mobile version now outWhat’s new?Now releasing on iOS and Android
Valiant Hearts: Coming Home
What is it?A sequel to the historical war adventure gameRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?Announcement trailer, coming to mobile via Netflix
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Returnal
What is it?Third-person roguelike shooterRelease date:Originally released on PlayStation in 2021What’s new?Confirmed coming to PC
Hellboy Web of Wyrd
What is it?An action-adventure starring HellboyRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?An animated reveal trailer
Horizon Call of the Mountain
What is it?A Horizon VR game for PSVRRelease date:February 22, 2023What’s new?Reveal trailer and release date
Post Trauma
What is it?A third-person horror adventure inspired by classic fixed-camera horror gamesRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?New trailer
Viewfinder
What is it?A camera-based perspective puzzle gameRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?New trailer
Atomic Heart
What is it?Mundfish’s alternate-future Soviet FPSRelease date:February 21, 2023What’s new?A new gameplay and combat trailer, and a re-commitment to that release date
Scars Above
What is it?:Sci-fi space action gameRelease date:February 28, 2023What’s new?:New trailer
Relic Hunters Legend
What is it?Cartoony top-down co-op looter shooterRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?New trailer and closed beta announcement
Among Us
What is it?The online party game phenomenon about lying to your friendsRelease date:New mode coming December 9, 2022What’s new?A new hide-and-seek mode all about hunting your pals instead of deceiving them
After Us
What is it?An atmospheric platforming adventure gameRelease date:Spring 2023What’s new?:New trailer
Replaced
What is it?A retro-future 2D action-platformerRelease date:2023What’s new?New trailer
Street Fighter 6
What is it?Capcom’s PvP fighting seriesRelease date:June 2, 2023What’s new?New gameplay trailer and release date
Hades 2
What is it?:Supergiant’s next game, a sequel to its roguelike HadesRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?:A first reveal trailer
Judas
What is it?A first-person action game from new studio Ghost Story GamesRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?First reveal trailer
Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon
What is it?A storybook spin-off about young BayonettaRelease date:March 17, 2023What’s new?A reveal trailer and release date
Destiny 2: Lightfall
What is it?The next Destiny 2 expansionRelease date:February 28, 2023What’s new?New trailer and release date
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
What is it?Four-player co-op Arkham spin-off from RocksteadyRelease date:May 26, 2023What’s new?New story trailer revealing Batman, and a release date
Party Animals
What is it?Animal-based physics brawlerRelease date:2023What’s new?New gameplay trailer
Last of Us
What is it?:Naughty Dog’s much loved action adventure game.Release date:Coming to PC on March 3, 2023What’s new?:PC release date confirmed
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
What is it?The sequel to Respawn’s action game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderRelease date:March 17, 2023What’s new?First gameplay trailer and release date
Earthblade
What is it?A new platformer from the developers of CelesteRelease date:2024What’s new?Reveal trailer
DUNE: Awakening
What is it?Dune open-world survival MMORelease date:TBAWhat’s new?New trailer
Forspoken
What is it?Square Enix’s fantasy parkour gameRelease date:January 24, 2023What’s new?A new gameplay trailer and a new demo on PS5
Death Stranding 2
What is it?The sequel to Death Stranding Kojima has been so heavily teasingRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?A reveal trailer
Immortals of Aevum
What is it?A first-person magical action gameRelease date:2023What’s new?Reveal trailer
Tekken 8
What is it?The next Tekken gameRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?A new gameplay trailer
Nightingale
What is it?A Victorian fantasy crafting survival gameRelease date:2023What’s new?A new story and gameplay trailer
Baldur’s Gate 3
What is it?A new Baldur’s Gate RPG by the studio behind Divinity: Original Sin 2Release date:Currently in early access, full launch in August, 2023What’s new?A new story and gameplay trailer and release window
Wayfinder
What is it?An MMORPG by the developers of Battle Chasers: NightwarRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?New trailer and closed beta announcement
Fire Emblem Engage
What is it?The next main Fire Emblem gameRelease date:January 20, 2023What’s new?Announcement of an expansion pass
Sky: Children of the Light
What is it?The online adventure from Journey’s developers, notably on everything but PC stillRelease date:Available nowWhat’s new?Announcement of an in-game concert
Diablo 4
What is it?The next in Blizzard’s big action RPG seriesRelease date:June 6, 2023What’s new?A new cinematic story trailer and release date
Horizon: Forbidden West Burning Shores
What is it?A DLC set in Los AngelesRelease date:April 19, 2023What’s new?Announcement for new DLC
Blue Protocol
What is it?An online action-RPG from Bandai Namco and Amazon GamesRelease date:2023What’s new?New gameplay trailer
Remnant 2
What is it?A sequel to Gunfire Games' action-RPG Remnant from the AshesRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?A new reveal trailer
Transformers Reactivate
What is it?A four-player online action gameRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?A reveal trailer and closed beta in 2023
Behemoth
What is it?A monster-hunting VR gameRelease date:TBAWhat’s new?A cinematic trailer
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
What is it?:A new action adventure game from DontnodRelease date:2023What’s new?:A cinematic reveal trailer
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
What is it?A sequel to 2011’s 40k game Space Marine, a third-person action romp, this time developed by Saber InteractiveRelease date:2023What’s new?A first gameplay trailer, confirmed release window
Meet Your Maker
What is it?A post-apocalyptic first-person building and PvP raiding game.Release date:April 4, 2023What’s new?A gameplay trailer and beta signups
Crash Team Rumble
What is it?A Crash Bandicoot team-based arena battlerRelease date:2023What’s new?A gameplay reveal trailer
The Lords of the Fallen
What is it?The nearly-identically named sequel to soulslike Lords of the FallenRelease date:2023What’s new?New trailer
Crime Boss Rockay City
What is it?A GTA-like urban FPS action game including Vanilla Ice and Chuck Norris, somehowRelease date:March 28, 2023What’s new?Reveal trailer
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
What is it?The first DLC for Cyberpunk 2077 including Idris ElbaRelease date:2023What’s new?A new gameplay and story trailer
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
What is it?FromSoftwarereturns to its pre-Souls mechs seriesRelease date:2023What’s new?First reveal trailer
Final Fantasy 16
What is it?The next mainline Final Fantasy, set in vaguely medieval Europe this timeRelease date:June 22, 2023 on PS5, PC date unknownWhat’s new?A new story and gameplay trailer and release date
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