Games Inbox: Will the Nintendo Switch 2 be at The Game Awards?

The Thursday letters web page hopes for an Xbox vs. PlayStation face-off at The Game Awards, as a reader appears ahead to MachineGames’ Quake reboot.

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The huge night time
I’m cautiously optimistic about The Game Awards this week however I’m probably not positive what to anticipate. All the hints are so imprecise it’s form of annoying that they’re taunting us and but expertise teaches me that it might all quantity to nothing. One individual’s huge information is one other man’s nothingburger, or one thing.

The impression I get is that they’re hinting at one thing to do with Sony. however I actually don’t know what? Surely not new {hardware} but when it’s a bunch of recent single-player video games then I’ll be very joyful. If it’s simply Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei in additional element, that’ll be extra like a minimal expectation.

The different apparent guess as to what they’re hinting at is a Switch 2 reveal, however I simply can’t image that taking place. Like you say, one thing’s solely a convention till you cease doing it, however I can not think about Nintendo ever unveiling their new console at another person’s occasion. Metroid Prime 4 perhaps, since we’ve already seen a little bit of it, however that’s all.

I’ll accept an excellent shock above all of that although, so right here’s hoping it’s all price staying up for. (I’m not staying up for it.)
Cranston

Return to warfare
So it’s The Game Awards tonight (or Friday morning, it’s form of complicated scripting this on a Wednesday) and… I do not know what to anticipate. All the confirmed video games to this point are form of boring, besides perhaps Split Fiction, however hopefully that’s simply the underside degree of what we’re going to get.

I’m not going to try to predict something however what I hope is that this actually turns into the successor to E3 within the sense that we see Sony and Microsoft making an attempt to outdo one another with huge bulletins. We avid gamers all the time profit from that form of competitors and with the Xbox Series X floundering we haven’t actually had that a lot this technology.

I don’t anticipate Nintendo to have a lot or something to point out so this turns into an old-fashioned two-way battle, the place each firms try to win avid gamers’ favours by… making actually good video games, then everybody’s a winner.
Nougat

The Marvel issue
I can’t actually see Marvel Rivals being a long-term hit. I performed it and it’s tremendous, however it’s so generic I misplaced curiosity after just a few hours and don’t have any need to return, though it’s free. The characters is perhaps extra interesting than Concord however they don’t play any higher and the motion all feels very floaty and weightless to me, even with huge characters like Venom and Hulk.

Not to repeat folks from earlier within the week however the motive these stay service video games preserve failing is as a result of not solely are there too many, however all of them play the identical. The Marvel theme and fixed promoting (which should break the bank) will give the sport a lift for now however I doubt we’ll be listening to numerous it by the point subsequent 12 months will get going.
Tacle

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Out of time
I questioned in the event you’re planning to assessment the Little Big Adventure remake that was launched not too long ago. This recreation was such an enormous a part of my childhood again within the mid-90s and the primary recreation I’d ever performed with a component of freedom and absolutely voice-tracked (uncommon on the time for a non-point ‘n’ click on recreation!).

The staff behind the remake are hoping to additionally transfer onto its sensible sequel and a brand new third recreation if gross sales allow this and I’m hoping a number of the GC neighborhood keep in mind this gem as effectively! (Original was on PC and PlayStation again within the day)

Have a fab Christmas and new 12 months when it comes.
Kanbot (gamertag)
PS: Loving the current in-depth topical gaming articles you’ve not too long ago been working as effectively.

GC: It was one in all our favourites too, again within the day, however we couldn’t pay money for the developer or writer so as to organise the assessment in time. We may try to come again to it but it surely’s form of missed its slot now.

Quake hub
I’ve actually been having fun with Indiana Jones And The Great Circle however I’ve to confess that’s principally precisely the identical as each different MachineGames recreation when it comes to the best way it makes use of the open world hubs and the dialogue. I prefer it, however they haven’t precisely pushed themselves out of their consolation zone.

They’ve been hinting about doing a Quake reboot subsequent and I’m completely joyful to see that however, let’s face it, you realize precisely what it’s going to be: plenty of taking pictures and plenty of wandering round hubs speaking to folks. That can be form of attention-grabbing for Quake although as the unique thought for it was that it’d extra of a role-playing sort recreation than what it ended up as.

I hope they make it Lovecraftian once more although, somewhat than dumb area aliens, and provides it that creepy ambiance that the unique recreation had however they by no means actually did once more. There’s numerous potential there and I’m actually wanting forwards to seeing it.
Ratzo

Mission full
Been a really prolific gaming 12 months for me, with the Steam Deck serving to me get out of a droop which then spurred me to play extra video games on my dwelling consoles and PC. Finished off these video games in the previous couple of weeks:

Ghost Of Tsushima (PS4) – Gorgeous wanting, with enjoyable fight and an honest plot. Too a lot filler and I hope they make the aspect quests extra distinctive and fascinating within the sequel. (7.5/10)

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (XSX) – Again completely beautiful, with one of the best depiction of all-out warfare I’ve seen since… the unique recreation. Generally, very enjoyable all through however just a few tough edges with the gameplay maintain it again. Looking ahead to making an attempt the co-op. (7.5/10)

Dishonored (Steam Deck by way of Epic Games) – Loved it, liked it. The open-ended gameplay, the logic within the recreation world, the novel setting, the Blinky stabbing. Don’t know why I didn’t play it years in the past, simply glorious. Holds up very effectively immediately (9/10)

I’ve acquired Doom Eternal and Stellar Blade lined up for PlayStation 5 and Bayonetta 2 on the Wii U. I’m principally Beethoven within the mall in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, however with consoles.
Magnumstache

Random thought
How tough wouldn’t it be for FromSoftware to include randomiser lists and perhaps bingo rule units for on-line gamers of their subsequent recreation?

I imply from scratch on consoles? The bingo may trigger them issues, however I believe a randomiser after beating the sport can be a pleasant contact.
P.Ella
As in discount basement Yoda, not the Spanish fish and rice dish.

GC: As in altering the place of things and enemies? It ought to be fairly to straightforward do; we’d be shocked if there wasn’t a PC fan mod that already did it for one in all their video games.

The console entice
From the current glut of Switch 2 leaks it does appear to be every part is lining as much as the brand new system being the ‘identical however extra’. Like most handheld PCs and the final decade’s price of smartphones I’d think about the large measurement has been pressured on Nintendo to get a extra highly effective system with an enormous battery to run it, whereas maintaining the value aggressive.

I’m wondering how a good greater and heavier console will go down? Especially in Asian markets the place there’s nonetheless a need for small electronics. A Switch 2 Lite, given the anticipated energy might be a few years away, if in any respect doable. That is a disgrace as the unique Switch Lite is arguably the right measurement for a conveyable gaming system. Bring again consoles that you could slip into your pockets I say!

Also, I’m wondering if this can be sufficient to drive upgraders? What do you do with, say, Mario Kart 9 or the subsequent Smash Bros. to steer informal Switch homeowners with the present variations to say, ‘OK Nintendo right here’s my £400 for the console and £60 for the sport’? I don’t assume ‘the identical however extra’ is the reply to that quandary. It seems like an terrible lot is banking on the rumoured (if unlikely) new 3D Mario launch title to showcase what this may do. The stress is on the little plumber to deliver a degree of ‘greatest recreation ever’ affect now.

In the long run although I don’t see how Nintendo don’t fall into the identical entice as Sony and Microsoft, of diminishing returns this technology. Market inflation because of the pandemic was behind an enormous chunk of the unique Switch gross sales in spite of everything and numerous these avid gamers are joyful simply enjoying stay service titles with content material parity on that outdated machine.
Marc

Inbox also-rans
Why is it the makers of Days Gone, a recreation that underperformed when it comes to gross sales and critiques, continues to be going however Japan Studio acquired shut down? Doesn’t appear truthful.
Matador

I suppose you’re in all probability watching The Game Awards tonight, GC. So… thanks for taking one for the staff there. Ain’t no means I’m staying up until 4am for a online game trailer.
Ulio

GC: Thanks, we’ve already acquired the Red Bull in.

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