The Game Awards 2024 predictions – GTA 6, Split Fiction, and all of the rumours

It’s the largest evening of the yr for online game reveals on Thursday however are rumours of Resident Evil 9 and Tomb Raider prone to show true?

Christmas all the time comes early for online game followers, due to The Game Awards occasion in early December – with this yr’s occasion happening this Thursday/Friday. Although it’s the closest factor gaming has to the Oscars, the true attraction of The Game Awards is the handfuls of latest sport bulletins, usually together with model new titles, that are made in the course of the ceremony. Some years have extra surprises than others (final yr was sort of common) however all of the rumours thus far level in direction of 2024 being a very good one.

Unusually, given how virtually the whole lot else within the video games trade leaks out months prematurely, there’s usually not a lot in the best way of dependable rumours for The Game Awards, and that’s the case as soon as once more this yr. There have been just a few hints, that we’ll get into in a minute, however a lot of the rumours have been merely that that’s going to be a ‘very massive’ occasion for brand new bulletins.

There’s no indication of how massive ‘very massive’ goes to be however it’s value taking into consideration that earlier occasions have included not simply new video games however even the primary announcement of the Xbox Series X, so technically nothing is off the desk. Although, whereas Xbox is comfortable to make use of the occasion for nearly something, Sony, and particularly Nintendo, normally solely provide up smaller scale reveals.

Confirmed bulletins for The Game Awards 2024

There are already just a few video games which were confirmed as undoubtedly being at The Game Awards, however these are unlikely to be the largest bulletins of the evening, although a few them are massive offers which have by no means been seen correctly in public up till now.

Borderlands 4

It obtained a teaser trailer this summer season however nothing of the sport was proven and so in the meanwhile there are not any particulars in any respect in regards to the gameplay or characters. It’s going to be an uphill battle getting individuals focused on it after that film although.

Split Fiction

Although the identify is leaked info (and so could not essentially be right) the makers of It Takes Two have confirmed that they are going to be exhibiting off their new sport on the occasion, together with gameplay. Apart from the identify although nothing else has been leaked about it thus far.

Hideo Kojima

Although it’s not confirmed what he’ll be speaking about, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima might be at The Game Awards. Whether that’s to advertise subsequent yr’s Death Stranding 2, horror sport OD, or mysterious new stealth sport Physint is unknown, however since he’s a pal of Game Awards presenter Geoff Keighley it could possibly be all the above and even one thing new.

Mafia: The Old Country

Essentially Mafia 4, though it’s truly a prequel to the entire sequence, set in Sicily in the course of the early 1900s and coping with the origins of the Mafia. Beyond that although nothing is at the moment identified in regards to the sport.

Tekken 8

As properly as triple-A video games, The Game Awards can also be used to unveil indie titles and DLC, with Bandai Namco promising {that a} new fighter might be introduced for Tekken 8. Since it’s the franchise’s thirtieth anniversary this month there could also be extra to announce than simply that, particularly as the present hearsay is that Ichiban Kasuga from Sega’s Yakuza: Like A Dragon would be the subsequent fighter – which appears an odd anniversary alternative.

Dying Light: The Beast

Although The Beast is a standalone spin-off for Dying Light, DLC for current video games Palworld and Warframe can also be going to be introduced sooner or later in the course of the evening. Giant robotic sport Mecha Break can also be going to be in attendance, with new sport data and hopefully a closing launch date.

Rumoured bulletins for The Game Awards 2024

Like we mentioned, there are surprisingly few concrete rumours and definitely nothing you’ll be able to take with no consideration. The speak of this yr being a ‘massive’ yr for the occasion is so imprecise it’s not even clear if that refers to {hardware} or simply video games.

However, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier has acknowledged that there are two ‘issues’ that can make you say, ‘Holy s***, I can’t imagine this factor is right here!’ What meaning although, is anybody’s guess.

It appears impossible Nintendo would unveil the Switch 2 however it’s not outdoors the realms of risk they may a minimum of provide a tease. Likewise, the following gen Xbox has been introduced already however would Microsoft actually present it off for the primary time this yr? The reply is… most likely not.

Microsoft has definitely been the one to make most use of The Game Awards up to now although, so new appears at beforehand introduced video games like Fable, Perfect Dark, and Gears Of War: E-Day are all solely potential.

Sony doesn’t use it as a lot however the doomed The Last Of Us Online was introduced on the Summer Game Fest, which can also be run by Geoff Keighley, so it’s not inconceivable they may announce new video games, together with Naughty Dog’s subsequent title. A correct first have a look at Marvel’s Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei can also be solely possible and maybe rumours of a Days Gone remaster will show to be true too.

As for Nintendo, they’ve definitely turned up up to now, however they’ve by no means made any bulletins which are notably massive earlier than. A smaller teaser for the Switch 2 or maybe Metroid Prime 4, which is prone to be a cross-gen launch title, doesn’t appear not possible although.

Will GTA 6 Trailer 2 be at The Game Awards 2024?

When it comes to 3rd social gathering publishers, it’s potential to make just a few guesses based mostly on firms which were on the occasion earlier than. That is why, on the face of it, it appears impossible that GTA 6 and Rockstar Games might be there.

They appeared to purposefully keep away from The Game Awards final yr, by premiering the primary GTA 6 trailer just some days earlier than, however it’s greater than a yr later and there nonetheless hasn’t been one other one. Will Friday morning see Trailer 2’s debut? Normally we might’ve mentioned no however it’s puzzling why Rockstar are ready this lengthy to launch extra data and maybe there’s been a thawing in relations with Geoff Keighley.

So far there’s been no trace from Rockstar’s X account although, which nearly all the time offers truthful warning of when a serious new trailer goes to be launched. But, properly, a convention can change at any second…

One different main fan hope is that Resident Evil 9 might be unveiled however there’s no proof for that, it’s simply because it was introduced some time again and it appears roughly the appropriate time to be taught extra now. Capcom definitely has used The Game Awards earlier than however with Monster Hunter Wilds out in March, it might not wish to break up individuals’s attentions in the meanwhile.

Likewise, it’s well past time we must always’ve heard one thing in regards to the new Tomb Raider, which has been in growth for years at this level, but when it’ll be unveiled on Friday there’s been no official hints and even any stable rumours.

Something on the not too long ago delayed Assassin’s Creed Shadows looks like extra of a certain wager however that hasn’t been rumoured both. We’ve additionally not seen or heard something on Assassin’s Creed Infinity – the persistent on-line world that was supposed to attach all of the video games – in ages, however that appears extra prone to be one thing left to a devoted Ubisoft occasion.

Shadows is out in February and so it and every other sport that’s due subsequent spring are additionally very prone to put in an look, together with Civilization 7, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Monster Hunter Wilds, Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and Avowed. Even if there’s not essentially way more to be discovered about these video games.

Project 007 from IO Interactive is one other venture that appears lengthy overdue a public outing, whereas Geoff Keighley can also be all the time eager to advertise Remedy and so they have a variety of tasks arising, together with FBC: Firebreak, Max Payne 1 and a couple of remakes, and Control 2.

In phrases of much less high-profile releases, Hasbro has been on the present a variety of occasions with their Dungeons & Dragons video games, and so they have not too long ago talked about desirous to make extra video games. Combine that with rumours of remasters of Activision’s Transformers video games and you possibly can be onto one thing.

There’re additionally faint rumours of a brand new Sonic The Hedgehog racing sport and since Sega introduced their reboots of traditional video games like Jet Set Radio and Shinobi finally yr’s occasion, maybe we’ll get a correct have a look at them this yr.

Apart from what has already been confirmed it’s all guesswork and conjecture however hopefully the rumours about this yr’s awards ceremony being one to recollect show true…

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