Geoff Keighley Teases New Game Announcement, The Game Awards Will Have ‘Unexpected’ Surprises

The Game Awards are almost here- and for many, they are a more exciting event not for the actual awards, but for the new trailers and announcements that we always, inevitably end up getting at the show. Over the last few years, the prominence of the games showcased at the event has only gone up- everything, from Mass Effect Andromeda, Mass Effect 3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy, No Man’s Sky, Dark Souls 2, The Last of Us, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild got shown off at the event.

So, of course, with The Game Awards permanently established as a fixture of the gaming landscape at this point, all eyes are now on this year’s event- what might be shown off this time around? According to Geoff Keighley, who runs these things, the unexpected. That’s what he tweeted on Twitter, before following it up with another tweet pretty explicitly confirming that at least one unannounced game will be shown off at the event.

Which is interesting- what kinds of things might we see at the show? Death Stranding? The Last of Us Part 2? Bloodborne 2? Metroid Prime 4? Retro’s new IP? Something else entirely. I’m pretty excited to see what Santa Keighley has in store this year.

Expect the unexpected #TheGameAwards

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) November 16, 2017

We work long hours on @thegameawards but some days we see a brand new game announcement trailer that inspires us. Today was one of those days.

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) November 16, 2017