Death Stranding Trailer Baffles Everyone – TGA 2017

It’s not like Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding was anything new at the time. However, we had only seen brief glimpses of what Hideo Kojima’s twisted mind was capable of delivering. At The Game Awards 2017, over 8 minutes of new footage was showcased and it arguably trumped everything before it. Shadowy figures, supernatural happenings – it was weird, to say the least.

We hadn’t heard too much from developer Campo Santo, who brought us the incredible Firewatch in 2016, until The Game Awards. It was announced that the developer’s next project is In The Valley of The Gods, an adventure title set in Egypt. Check out the announcement trailer below.

In The Valley of The Gods takes place in a valley (surprising, we know) within the Egyptian desert. Players will be looking for treasure and unearthing a discovery that could either lead to great fame or lead to them dead. If Firewatch taught us anything though, it’s that there’s probably more to the initial story than first glance.

Either way given how Campo Santo’s last game handled characters and their interactions with each other, we’re looking forward to In The Valley of The Gods. The only caveat is that we’ll have to wait until 2019 to get our hands on the game. Expect to see it arrive on Xbox One and PS4 though the PC version has only been confirmed till now. Let us know what you think in the comments.

Rare’s online shared world pirate game Sea of Thieves has received a release date courtesy of Microsoft. It’s been announced that the title will arrive on March 20th for Xbox One and Windows 10 PC. We also get a new trailer which showcases all manner of piracy, thievery and sword fighting with reanimated skeletons.

Sea of Thieves was announced way back at E3 2015 during Microsoft’s presser and features first person gameplay encompassing exploration, shooting, puzzle solving and ship battles along with other hijinks. Players will work together on ships, traversing the open world and managing their pirate vessel together.

Along with the ability to cooperate in a group, you’ll run into other groups of players in your quests for loot. It will then be possible to engage said players in combat. Sea of Thieves is currently in the testing phase with Rare’s Insider Programme and should likely take in more players as time progresses. Stay tuned for more information en route to release.

It’s a little more than a day before The Game Awards 2017 goes live and features numerous honours to the industry’s greatest games. Before that though, host and organizer Geoff Keighley has been promoting the announcements and reveals we can expect to see. We already know that 4A Games’ Metro Exodus will be appearing along with possible gameplay from Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding.

However, when speaking to GamesBeat, Keighley said that there would be two world premieres that will worlds that players have never seen before. His exact words were, “At least two games are brand-new game worlds that no one has ever seen before. It becomes a sport to guess which ones they will be.”

This makes us think that the two games are new IPs but what exactly classifies as “never before seen worlds”? Could that include a new world in a game we already know about or a brand new game entirely? That remains to be seen but we’re stoked all the same.

The Game Awards 2017 will be broadcast and streaming at 5:30 PM PST on December 7th.

The ever popular online shooter, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds continues to grow every day, and the biggest addition to the game in a long time is the upcoming new desert map releasing soon for players to enjoy. The development team has revealed a new element to the map, an exclusive vehicle, over Twitter.

Revealed over Twitter, the pickup truck shown will be exclusive to the desert map and seems a good fit for that kind of terrain, and perhaps a few country songs if you find a pair of blue jeans and a dog. The new map will also feature many multi-story buildings in various states of construction or disrepair, giving players plenty of places to hide or ambush from.

We can look forward to a better look at the upcoming desert map at The Game Awards on Thursday night. Still technically in Early Access on Steam, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds came out of nowhere to be one of the highlights of 2017, having sold 22 Million copies without even being finished.

New vehicle coming soon. Exclusive to the desert map. #ThisIsBattleRoyale pic.twitter.com/iL2dn6qTdq

— PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS (@PUBG) December 5, 2017

Update: GamingBolt incorrectly reported the context of Geoff Keighley’s response. Jason Schreier, the author of the Kotaku article (linked below in the original post) has clarified on his Twitter feed that Keighley’s response actually meant that The Game Awards will have a more focused approach (the “thirty seconds long CG teaser trailer for the sixth entry in an ‘insane’ franchise” was used as an analogy by Keighley to convey the message). GamingBolt apologizes and regrets this error.

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The Game Awards are almost upon us, with the show less than a week away now, and we’ve been hearing a lot about how big it’s going to be, and how big the world premiers lineup is going to be. Geoff Keighley, who is, of course, the creator of the awards show, recently made some comments in light of that which will definitely get a whole lot of people really excited.

While speaking about the awards show in Kotaku’s Splitscreen podcast, Keighley was talking about how there will be plenty of major announcements at the show this year, both for things that are already officially announced, and for games no one knows about yet. Keighley went on to give an example, saying that there’s going to be a thirty seconds long CG teaser trailer for the sixth entry in an “insane” franchise.

That, of course, is quite a vague statement, but it does open up speculation for a lot of major games. For instance, something like Soul Calibur 6, or even Metal Gear Solid 6. Then there’s other franchises as well, such as The Elder Scroll 6, or even Halo 6 (though that seems a little less likely).

The Game Awards are, of course, not far away now. The show takes place on this Thursday, December 7, so we’ll find out soon enough ourselves. Stay tuned to GamingBolt for continued coverage.

The Game Awards are almost upon us, and as the date for the show approaches, the excitement surrounding it continues to amp up. Geoff Keighley recently took to Twitter to do his part to add to that hype, by talking about this year’s show, and teased some big stuff coming up.

In one tweet, Keighley confirmed that the set for this year’s TGA is the biggest ever in the show’s history “in size and scope”, something which is illustrated by the fact that The Game Awards orchestra will also be making a debut in next week’s ceremony. He confirmed that every investment is being made to make sure that the show “a special night”.

In another tweet, he confirmed that he’s reviewed some of the final assets for this year’s world premieres, before commenting that the work by the teams in question has “finished up strong”. This definitely seems to be a major point of conversation about this year’s awards show. Last week, we reported on how the world premieres lineup for this year’s TGA was going to be possibly the biggest in the show’s history. You can read all about it here.

The Game Awards show will take place on Thursday, 7th December. Stay tuned to GamingBolt for continued coverage on anything and everything to do with it.

This year we have our biggest set yet in terms of scale and scope — and the introduction of The Game Awards orchestra. We're investing as much as we can to make this a special night. #TheGameAwards

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) December 3, 2017

Just reviewed final assets on some of the show world premieres. Really proud of some of these teams. They finished up strong #TheGameAwards

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) December 1, 2017