Keigh-note speech begins 6.30pm UK.
It’s that time of the year again!
Do tell us your thoughts, and we’ll tell you ours!
So, what do we expect?
For now, though, let’s speculate - what else are you hoping hope to see?
Our live coverage of this event has finished.
I’m back from Bulgaria and I’m here!
I hope you’re all A Wake 2.
Yes I did actually - I brought a very decorative bottle of wine back.
It’s total airport tourist stuff, but it looks nice.
I don’t dare drink it though.
What is everyone looking forward to seeing this evening?
We’ve already had Geoff temper our expectations a bit but, well, you never know.
At least Kojima will be there, right?
I don’t think there are any other Alans in the world.
Oh except maybe Alan Key.
I had no idea this was a thing.
I wonder if they could do the same for Roberta Williams' Phantasmagoria.
Oh, yep, there’s him.
Alan Yard, too.
Gosh, being a janitor looks like a very creepy job.
That’s Post Trauma from Raw Fury, coming spring 2024.
What is that pink watering can with Clint Eastwood on that’s in Anne’s background?
That’s kinda incredible.
Knightmare would be brilliant!
As long as it was made to look like the original show.
I was thinking the samething.
Is this a Warhammer RTS game that isn’t Total War?
I don’t understand.
Oh gosh, Delta Force.
I remember playing this in LAN multiplayer years and years ago.
Well, not this game specifically of course.
This Call of Duty-looking game looks very different.
There’s some pretty high-tech gadgets on show - it’s kind of Ghost Recon in that regard.
Still, there’ll be some love for Detla Force out there.
I played a demo of this what feels like an age ago now.
I think it was last autumn?
It’s sort of disappeared since then, the game.
This is maybe a CGI video, but maybe there’s some gameplay mixed in.
Genuinely curious what’s going on with this project.
Perhaps they simply are just taking their time to get it right.
February 2024 for Homeworld 3.
He bloody loves it, doesn’t he, the great attention sponge.
I’m a little bit jealous to be honest.
I have a feeling Geoff will never age.
I think he’ll always look like this for many years to come.
Maybe he has a Vader-like tank he sits in behind the stage.
Or, well, perhaps it’s just a musical rendition of Starfield.
That’s as good as a playable demo, right?
Do you think each copy of the game comes with a pianist?
I see he’s named his keyboard Roland.
Shh don’t, don’t.
How to market your game when you don’t want anyone to actually play your game - yet.
I’d take that Casio Bossanova accompaniment any day!
Geoff’s been playing it.
What on earth is happening?!
Some people crashed the stage to say… something?
Yeah I thought the same thing.
It sounded like “GTA”.
And it’s Goeff’s cryo-chamber pal Todd Howard here now!
I like Todd’s Starfield jacket.
I bet it’s possible for you to buy that right now somewhere.
Yeah, exactly what I thought.
And that’s it!
Bethesda Game Studios is sure keeping Starfield under wraps.
But, um, hang on.
This looks like Little Nightmares but… Supermassive games?
It IS Little Nightmares 3.
But why isn’t Tarsier developing it?
Online co-op is coming to Little Nightmares 3.
The game is coming in 2024.
Lone and Alone are the characterts?
They’re trapped in a world called The Spiral.
There’s a podcast series coming called The Sounds of Nightmares, the first two episodes being released tonight.
It tells an original story.
Oh so Tencent bought Tarsier and moved away from Little Nightmares.
It’ll be interesting to see what it’s like without Tarsier at the helm.
I’ve got a lot of time of that studio.
Black Myth Wukong here.
Some chap without a head playing a guitar-like instrument.
This still looks delightfully strange.
Strong Soulslike vibes from that, although with more of an action game bent.
Leaves a very distinct impression.
Nothing says Tuesday evening like a humanoid being ripped open and turned into a cybrorg.
It started off very Quakey.
Which reminds me that I still haven’t tried the remade Quake 2.
So many fond memories of that game.
Age of Empires 4: Anniversary Edition available on Xbox today.
Looks like it plays quite nicely on console.
Bloody hell Zack Snyder is here, to talk about his new film Rebel Moon.
You know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Zack Snyder before.
I don’t think he knows what he’s doing out there.
Yeah, I bet his calendar is dominated by Gamescom.
So Netflix paid for this spot I suspect?
It’s a big move to fly Zack over for this though.
I have never heard of this film.
I’ll probably watch it though.
- they’re making a game of Rebel Moon as well.
Developed by Super Evil Megacorp, whoever that is.
I guess it’ll be a Netflix game?
So… a mobile game?
So this is Rebel Moon.
A sci-fi feel about a child who will stop the madness of war, it seems like.
But, um, there seems to be plenty of war going on all the same.
So a prophecy about a child, and then a lot of fighting.
There are spider-people, there are laser swords, there are ships, there are explosions.
It looks as balistically over the top as all of Snyder’s other work.
All told, this has taken a chunk of the presentation.
I’d rather have a bit more focus on games!
Oh good it’s a two-parter.
Crimson Desert from the Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss now.
Black Desert is great at what it does - make an MMO feel like an action game.
Well, I think this looks pretty good!
I mean, it’s got pole-vaulting.
It’s got some gliding, it’s got some Zelda-like magical interaction stuff.
Come to think of it, it does look quite a lot like Zelda.
Here’s legendary rapper Ice T to promote Payday 3.
There’s a heist coming that he’s involved with, becaus he knows all about heists.
We’re leaving Payday behind now for Baghdad.
It’s Assassin’s Creed: Mirage.
5th October for Mirage.
Years and years, I’m afraid (two hours).
Yeah it’s really nice to see it going back to a similar setting to where it all began.
Assassin’s Creed 1 was so exciting all of those years ago.
Full Arabic voice acting sounds great, too.
Co-host Jasmin Gnu is on the stage - a woman!
- but she’s only here to point to a website, really.
Not quite what ‘co-host’ brings to mind for me.
There’s someone in the office who’s working towards professional-level in Tekken - shout out to Tanya!
- and I know she’ll be super-pumped about this.
It was funny watching her destroy Tom Morgan from Digital Foundry when they played.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 time!
Open-world Zombies are coming this year.
It’s also a direct sequel, apparently for the first time.
There’s something new called Open Combat Missions.
And these mix in with the cinematic missions.
We’re seeing the very beginning of the game now… We’re in a submarine - well, we’re not, but the player is!
- and they’re inadvisably opening the hatch to swim out into the dark sea.
I don’t think now’s the time to go for a nice swim, team.
A swim on a storm day, no less!
But they’re swimming to what looks like an ornate castle, so perhaps they’ve packed a picnic.
Maybe they’re up early to catch the sunrise.
The weather really isn’t with them today.
Quite an oppressive-looking landmark they’ve chosen for their day-out, too.
But they’re prepared - of course they are.
They’ve fired their Batman-like grappling hooks to take them straight to the top.
Oh would you believe it - it’s a military base!
And do you know what I think?
I think they’re not supposed to be there.
Oh and some of them are parachuting!
That looks like fun.
They must be on an adventure holiday.
It’s a bit predictable to set up your military base in an old castle, isn’t it?
I bet they are too!
Classic decoy explosion action there, and now there’s lots of shooting, because of course.
It’s some kind of prison and our arrival has sent the place into chaos.
There’s a full-scale riot going on now.
I wonder who it is they’ve come to release - I wasn’t paying attention at the briefing.
I’d never make it as a soldier would I?
I bet they didn’t expect that!
Ooh Nightingale now from Inflexion.
Early access release date is coming.
This is the Victorian-style shared world game from Aaron Flynn, the former BioWare manager.
Lots of collaborative building and strange worlds.
I believe it’s inherently mutiplayer in the same way something like Valheim is.
So, you and a few friends.
And I think it looks imaginative.
Early access 22nd February 2024.
Tom spoke to the studio about the game in an interview you could find through that link.
I love that the world was inspired by Jonathan Stange and Mr Norrell.
PromotingImmortals of Aveum, which we didn’t think was very good.
I still remember her in Firefly.
I daren’t watch it now in case in retrospect I don’t like it any more.
Wow, Geoff really sounds like he’s busking it up there!
Victoria has writtena bit more about Nightingalein her news story, if you’re interested.
I know right!Here’s Tom’s interviewfor handy reference.
It feels odd sitting at my computer again.
I love the word “Honkai”.
It makes me smile every time I hear it.
Lords of the Fallen now, and a story trailer.
Chris Tapsell dida big old Lords of the Fallen preview recently, in case you missed it.
Hang on, who’s this blue hedgehog?!
I swear I’ve seen them somewhere before.
Impeccable timing that series has, too.
I wonder if this one can break away from being a me-too to something more in its own right.
Everything is just thrown in the one pot, isn’t it?
We’re getting an update on Sonic Frontiers now…
Oh - there’s a free update coming.
That was an anti-climax.
Jasmin Gnu is back!
But just to fill a bit of time, it looks like.
We’re hearing about some cosplay from the show.
I don’t know why we need this in this presentation but I love cosplay.
Have we seen anything exciting yet?
I’m not sure I’ve felt excited yet.
I did quite like the look of Crimson Desert, though.
Nexon looter shooter The First Descendant now, I think he said.
Oh god the world is called Albion.
It’s sci-fi with a twinge of fantasy, and nice shiny space-bums.
I can’t work out if this looks interesting or not.
There seem to be some nice ideas in there?
But there are also some very boring looking guns.
Underwater adventure Under the Waves now, from Parallel Studio and Spot Light.
I’m intrigued - it seems gentle and mysterious, and atmospheric.
That’s a very good point.
Here’s Troy Baker, who seems to be everywhere all the time.
He’s promoting Fort Solis that’s out today, and thatwe’ve just reviewed.
I’m afraid we didn’t like it much.
Apparently the game starts out with a lot of promise but unravels a bit as time goes on.
A new game from Focus Home and Saber.
From the creators of Snowrunner and Mudrunner.
Expeditions: A Mudrunner Game.
The Crew: Motorfest now.
Where’s Martin when you need him?
Ooh phwoar look at that chassis.
I love those headlights!
Well this looks all very Forza Horizon-y, and celebratory.
CD Projekt Red now, and Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty.
We’re going to see a look at all the overhauled mechanics in the game.
Let’s have a look then.
So, new weaons - somewhat obviously.
There’s new cyberware - again, probably obviously.
I haven’t seen anything major yet.
Perks have been redesigned - that UI looked completely different.
There’s an air dash.
There’s a Relic skill tree now.
There seems to be more movement-enhancing abilities.
There are new vehicles and they look very nice.
There’s vehicle combat!!
you could pause while driving and hack other cars.
The police have been revamped.
you’re able to launch a mortar attach from your car.
Cars have guns, in other words.
AI has been overhauled, the level cap increased.
I’m excited for this.
you could deflect bullets with your katana now!
So, to confirm: cars have mounted weapons.
you could even remotely control vehciles now, apparently.
Car chases are going to be a “renewed” experience.
Apparently CDPR did, too - some of the board members.
It looks like there are some really powerful - and powerful-feeling - abilities in there now.
I worked with her as one ofthe Green Game Jam judges this year.
She’s very nice and the work Playing for the Planet is doing is really important.
I hope more studios get involved.
I can only imagine what the EAs and Activision Blizzards could do given half the chance.
Nice to see Xbox recognised for the work it does with the environment in mind.
Sony does a lot in this area too, incidentally.
Hah - I was thinking more Michael Douglas!
Oh it’s Ben Brode from Marvel Snap.
This guy is larger than life!
I wonder if he talks like this all the time.
“Oh good morning Ben.”
“GOOD MORNING!!!”
Marvel Snap has just launched on Steam apparently.
Can the studio do any wrong?
Mortal Kombat 1 now, the reboot.
Shao Kahn fighting Sindel.
And is that Centaurian?
I love that Mortal Kombat knows excatly what it is and what it’s about.
It looks great, too.
It sure looks like it!
Talk about whiplash… We’re into turn-based grand strategy with Ara.
This looks quite pretty - this looks a lot like Civilization.
We’re going to hear about the next season of Diablo 4, coming this autumn.
17th October, the Season of Blood.
There are new vampiric powers coming.
New bosses, new story.
I still haven’t quite finished the game - I’m close, though.
I’m a druid.
Rod Fergussion saying Diablo 4 has more than 12 million players.
The pacing of these Keighley shows is just all over the place.
There’s no discernible sense of shape or crescendo.
We go from Diablo 4 to a smaller, European-made game about a roadtrip in a sci-fi land.
Dustborn, it’s called, coming early 2024.
Now a bizarre children’s story-book-looking game, which admittedly looks absolutely crackers.
Dustborn coming early neaxt year.
And now it’s Sam Lake from Remedy for Alan Wake 2!
We’re going to see Alan Wake gameplay now.
We’ve seen gameplay from the FBI agent’s perspective, but not from Alan’s.
He’s in the Dark Place.
So ther’s a mix-up of live action and other techniques in the game.
There’s something distinctly disconcerting about live action when you see it in a game.
The torch is back.
That did look good.
The Game Awards is coming back on Thursday December 7th, would you believe?
Of course you would.
Another three hours of Geoff.
And with that, we’re done!
It’s a prime time LA thing, which means a late night for us.
Mortal Kombat looks wonderful.
And I see other people pointing out some other games of interest too.
So there were a few things.
It wasn’t one of the great nights of reveals, but it wasn’t terrible?
Yeah it’s been a really busy year.
Which is a good thing for us I suppose!
Good night everybody and thank you for joining us tonight!
You’re all a joy to be around for these things.
You make them bearable!
