Oh dude round timer, it looks pretty good, it's pretty cozy, but it looks pretty good. These are ads. This is just i mean i mean you consider their ads, but these are all these all that, like the new releases or whatever the world premieres that arrived, they got chanted. Oh come on, chad be nice.

This is bargain, come on chat and now it's time for the very first award of the evening, and i really can't think of a better one to start us off games for impact already. This category highlights the very best of what gaming can be thought-provoking stories that challenge the player on more than just skill, exploring all the corners of the human condition. These are the games that remind us in a medium where you can be anything be good, or at least chaotic neutral here are. The nominees of the games for impact award and the game award for games for impact goes to life is strange, true, colors.

What thank you so much? I can't believe we won as devs. We work on games for years at a time before we share with the world and by the time we do the world's often different from when we started the adventure. That's never been more true for me than with life estranged, true colors. It's not just about finishing a game in quarantine who could have predicted what kind of an impact a game about human kind.

I don't read at all back in 2021, so from everyone at deck 9 and our partners at square enix. Thank you. So much guys. Congratulations! No! I think the games are these decent quality they're, pretty good.

They put a lot of into it all right now, before we take a quick break, i have to tell you about luna amazon's cloud gaming service that turns your tv into a gaming console. Now, if you haven't heard of amazon they're a little finished up hello, mr x, 28 months of laughs, hey those pretty good names, i've had a really bad last few weeks, but things seem to be turning around for the better thanks for everything, an island you're late. Maybe hopefully yeah see you later be safe. I remember opening the gates.

What is this about games? But space games have been in abundance. Lately, dude, i'm dude, i'm a little bit over it. I'm getting a little bit tired of the space games holy mclaren 720 vs, tesla race, juicer, pog content done. Was it ultimate alphabet? No, not agreeing okay, not so long, but not long enough.

They could be done right for sure, okay, homeworld, three nice star field. I know that is oh, i think we've seen it each other that didn't we and now i have the honor of announcing the winners for four esports categories for best esports athlete here are the nominees and the game award goes to simpleness, simple, congratulations and now here Are your nominees for best esports team and the game award goes to fennels notice. Vincere, congratulations navi for best esports coach here are the nominees and the game award goes to tacoma, coma, congratulations, coma and for best esports event. Here are the nominees and the game award goes to league 2021 league of legends world championship, congratulations, league of legends world championship and congratulations to all the winners.

And now we have three more world premieres in a row, ready for you spanning all different genres and niches niches niches and to start us off rising from the ashes to take their rightful place as gaming royalty. Once again, telltale games is back and better than ever, and i cannot wait for you to see. Wait, really wait, no shot. I've heard stories about you.

I know you've been a rock hopper, so you survived the crushing black of space. You work the docks on series, so you don't put up with any. You were daws's attack dog, so you don't have any problems, killing inners or belters. Who disagree with the opa.

I've heard quite a bit about you, kamina drummer. I know you like hard to tell if it's all true so here is a video of this tornado dude. I, like the old stuff telltale from amazon's, hit, show the expanse and i'm thrilled to be exploring this great character, further check out the next issue of game. Informer to learn more about the expanse, a telltale series, i like the old art style, but this could work too.

It looks pretty good reasons for babylon's tower to fall, but not everyone has the power to make it happen. You do you could tell this was great because of the hair right with the gideon coffin gives you strength powers, they do their hair a very like a unique way, and you can tell it was them at the beginning: let's go back. Why does this look so scuffed, though? Oh my whispers, the tower awaits it's time to ascend fix it by destroying that tower fix. I have something for you.

I actually think immortal is fantastic. Oh, what's up everybody, i am ariel powers and i'm at the game awards. Let me take you on the tour: that's the stage right there, and this is the back of it. That's pretty much.

It we'll be hanging out with myself and nate hill tonight on his twitch channel, make sure you come through it's going to be all over verizon's 5g network. It's going to be insane. We have some special guests for you, so make sure you tune in and hang out with us see you there and now guess what i have two more world premieres for you coming in steaming, hot, fresh from the oven. Let's take a look: a creature, wanders restlessly through the darkness, silver light illuminates the land and the mountains and with an entranced roar, it shows its true.

We shall be in port soon. This is our outpost. Coming to ps2, okay, hey y'all, you've been reckless with other people's hearts for so long jala. It was a matter of time before you guys how's it going today morning ma this.

This is actually really cool. Wow, jala, hi auntie, you pissed off your exes. So much they organized against you. Are we flirting or are we fighting, come closer and find out emma that's acceptable? What the coming soon patience, evil dead, the game at the game awards and tomorrow on twitch's winter gathering, jeff keeley will chat with bruce campbell himself and sabres tim willets about the game which is coming out next year, and now we've got the world gameplay premiere of Another evil game evil west, which we also announced last year at the game, awards.

Let's take a look, i know about you, but i am greedy for more content. Here's a new world premiere from perfect worlds, ah, good morning, death what a lovely day to be alive. Wouldn't you say ready for another busy week in the afterlife: oh, my busy may have been an understatement. Evidently, your sorrows have been working overtime, oh by really wow.

That is truly unprofessional. Now death talked about this. Try not to lose your temper again. Maybe it's about time.

Your supporters showed you some respect. Well, you know what what is this? If you want things done right, it's best to do them yourself. Oh, this is pretty cool. It is one of those technical video games like the hull, knight and uh.

Hey everybody, i'm aerial power, the game of war is coming up. We're watching and hosting a watch party together on nate hill's channel yeah, we're gon na be watching on twitch.tv nate hill and it's all powered by verizon 5g. We're gon na be spending the night with some of the biggest stars and me and ariel so come by and check it out. Come through see you guys, and now i have the pleasure of presenting the game award for best audio design when your medium relies so heavily on being successful in putting the player inside your story, audio design is everything.

It's the ultimate hint system, an instant model that either alerts the player to what's coming next or obscures it. It's basically playing god here are the nominees for best audio design and the game awards. Yeah. Thank you.

Thank you, uh. So much um, our audio team. Throughout the development of thoughts, they're so passionate about everything that they do, there's this relentless appetite to produce an audio experience of the absolute highest quality this this award. It really does mean the world to us, i'm going to say a few thanks.

If that's okay, so fraser ruri, matia, matt and rich guys, you did it. This is for you. Congratulations! Thank you! Congratulations! Forza! Horizon 5., and now we have an incredible composer, takeshi furukawa here, to tell us more about his latest score. Let's check it out, hi everyone.

I'm takashi furukawa, you might have heard my music. I am most known for my bafta nominated score for the last guardian. Several years ago, i met with a new and exciting swedish studio, who shared with me their vision for a beautiful sci-fi story. The game centers around a heartfelt relationship between a young girl and an adorable creature.

I instantly fell in love with the project and its stunning visuals. Here's a taste of the game with the original soundtrack i'm working on right now. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you.

Man, so this is the pre-show it's the pre-show did it. This looks interesting, um ucla cool. What does something about this? I think, might be cool, stop cell shading. You know i can agree with this.

Sorry. I agree a little bit. I i've been saying this for two years now, so don't say that i'm just piggybacking his his argument. Listen.

I actually agree with this. What stop cell shading it's the type of art i like it. I can't believe it we are already here. We are down to our final world premiere of our pre-show.

It is a special game announcement, something you did not see coming another one. It's been a lot, though dude, it's overwhelming hello, the game awards. I come bearing news ever wonder what happened after persona 4 golden now, you can check out persona 4 arena ultimax and find out. I can barely wait to show you how everybody's doing i can't wait for this jesus christ is thinking.

Ultimax will be released for playstation 4 nintendo switch and steam on march 17th. The steam pre-order will be available very soon. Oh, how steamy, okay, everyone it's time for me to hand it off to our main, show i hate to say goodbye, but i think i've earned a chance to chill out and have my mind, blown with incredible awards and exciting artists performances by sting and imagine. Dragons appearances by keanu, reeves, carrianne, moss, jim carrey, ben schwartz and yes, more world premieres coming up so soon for our main show - and i just want to say i hope i didn't get too braggy about how many world premieres we had.

But you know what i'm not going to apologize, because when the best of the best of game, development and production has that much to share, i think we all win and when it comes to the game awards more is more baby. Thank you all for getting stoked with me at the pre-show and congratulations to the winners of our first awards of the night and that's it for me. I'm sydney, goodman, i'm gon na go find my seat. The 2021 game awards starts now.

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I want you to lose like i lose when i play he didn't follow. This is really good together. The harmony was. That's that's my thing: whatever dude get mad at me, that's the w.

That's w taken when morning broke me and left these pieces really good. He's a great voice. What could have been definitely cool? How are you not afraid of the future with all of its unknowns? Why don't we just go ahead and tell her that we're divorcing? My daughter today is not a weapon. The fate of the free thinking world is in your hands.

I know you've been meeting with your back. It's not what you think. Oh you have to work on it. You can't just give up we're never getting out of here.

Let's see how special you are. I had been doomed to a life of solitude rule with strength but understand suffering. It will not be fine, it will be fantastical. I guess it's my time to shine.

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Awards 2021.. Now here's your host, jeff keeley, hello, everyone, i'm jeff keeley, and this is the game awards. Video games biggest night live. It's amazing.

First of all, wasn't sting phenomenal, so honored to have him open our show. That was what could have been from arcane, the new uh netflix series based on league of legends. Thank you. So much sting ray chen and the game awards orchestra conducted by lauren balth.

That was absolutely incredible. Thank you guys. Well, i got ta say it feels so incredible to be back here on stage at microsoft. Theater and streaming live to tens of millions of you around the world.

This is a night for the fans and you know the games. We love are nothing without amazing developers and that's why we do this show to honor the creators of games. So welcome to all of you guys here today so good to see everyone. But you know we got to be real and we can't ignore the headlines that are out there.

Game creators need to be supported by the companies that employ i them. We all agree with that. So let me just say this: before we get to any of the news or announcements or awards. We should not and will not tolerate any abuse, harassment and predatory practices by anyone, including our online communities.

Listen, we all love games and if we want this industry to keep growing, we must build an even brighter and more inclusive future. The games we play and when the games that we love, they teach us that we can impact the world around us and tonight i call on everyone to do their part to build a better, safer video game. Industry speak out online vote with your time and with your dollars empower these world builders who are creating the future of all entertainment and, believe me, the future you're about to see, looks absolutely incredible. We got a lot of good stuff for you.

We have so much news to get to okay, but now to present tonight's first award. Please welcome a nominee tonight and the star of far cry 6, the one and only john carlo esposito, just spring 5 months. Independence allows a game to go a little bit more wild. Look at this guy, a big stranger and the freedom to break boundaries.

Tonight's radically creative nominees for best independent game demonstrates excellence achieved through great risk. Here are the nominees for a best independent game boundaries of brown. For a reason he looks like boston. The game is for best.

Independent game goes to probably inscription actually or cana. Yeah cana bridge of spirits also wins best debut indie game. I think they're. Indeed, the game did not look at me at all, though i didn't play, but i i wonder who other people play, but it is.

I know this is white. Oh, it's heavy um! Well, yeah! You know it was an amazing journey to get here. Um took a lot of hard work from an awesome team. A few of them are here today, but just can't say enough about the amazing people.

We worked with to make this game and to make the vision come true. Um have to take our partners at sony, who kind of believed in us from the very beginning gave us a great opportunity and all the guys at epic who just have been there from the beginning. So thank you. Everyone, and this is a great honor.

Thank you. Awesome, congratulations guys all right now, it's time to look into the future. Two years ago, this team announced their game on this very stage now their battles with their first gameplay reveal. When i saw this, i could not believe it was actual gameplay, but it is captured by the team in game.

This past weekend sit back and get ready to experience a new level of cinematic immersion. Damn i'm actually excited for this and she said with our swords. We will forge new stories to strike the gods that haunt us, you might see me as weak, but i will show you what lies behind wait. Is that uh we will embrace our suffering, soothe our scars of grief and break their siege of our minds.

You may see them as gods, but we will show you what lies behind their eyes to risk your own life, for what you believe is your sacrifice to make to lead others to death. Why holy is that your in-game kind of burden, one that cena, would have to learn boy that must be sick? No one's ever killed a giant. Those whose eyes are clouded by fear are besieged by the ghosts that haunt them senua saw that to win the war. We must break this siege break it with an unshakable truth, get ready.

That looks already half dead. The barracks oh take me. It does look pretty good, though, unless you know you can't aim, is just click x for spear and if you don't it kind of it's called gel, attach it oh, he needs help, looks pretty wicked. Truly incredible: that's not a cinematic, that's gameplay, and that's why we do world premieres, because the state of our art just keeps getting better thanks to ninja theory.

For that incredible piece, and now it's time for our first of many brand new game announcements at the game awards, i hope you're ready, damn and then we'll come here. Don't look at it star wars! What is this pretty good? Hey, yo their lives. Anyone stank, though, follow the jedi called order fought that game was great eclipse gameplay. What a way to kick off our game announcement, star wars - eclipse will be the first game set in the high republic era of the star wars, galaxy and it is being created by quantic dream in collaboration with lucasfilm games and is currently in early development.

All right. There are many more game announcements to come. Trust me as well as awards all night. We are partnering with youtube shorts.

If you have a favorite nominee tonight that doesn't win. Let us know your thoughts by posting, a youtube short with the hashtag got shorted and head to the youtube gaming twitter handle to find out how to get your very own, salty consolation gift all right right now, it's time to meet our first global gaming citizen, a Program we started back in 2018 to turn our air over to individuals who are building positive, inclusive communities around gaming, we're honored to share their stories. I grew up playing games. Games was as a little kid as a little a little gay boy, not knowing why i'm so different games gave me a place to feel safe and to it gave me a reference to be inspired to build up all this drag this insane costume.

All this makeup, all this hair but feel powerful, because as a kid i felt weak, i felt like the outsider for the ikea. Now, let's run to the exit, when you find people that have similar interests, you can be yourself so close. You don't have to be worried about all these things that make a difference. They can be what make you special well, i i thought that was called meta now.

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What is this peace lost, but this world this auction is more dangerous than you could ever imagine. Once again, the chaos gates have burst open the demon legions of casseroles blot out the sun. There is still one chance to end this madman find the ark before all. Is lost? Okay? What do people like this is nope? That was a new look at lost ark from amazon games coming in february and speaking of amazon, we're proud to partner with prime gaming on the game awards this month, you can level up your gaming experience with free games, including need for speed, hot pursuit tales of Monkey island and frostpunk there's always something new to play every month and for the games you already own, you can unlock skins, weapons and more, including in league of legends new world apex, legends and roblox check regularly for new drops and surprises at gaming.amazon.com.

Next, in the days leading into the game awards, i read the internet with a little bit of fear, wondering if some of tonight's big surprises might leak. This one sure didn't it's time for a new game announcement. No one had on their bingo card enjoy gta 6. It's in the middle of a vehicle, oh my daughter, a new threat comes to our shores and i must call you home restore what has been grown.

Wonder woman, unite old, forge enemies, ones, you are a hero, but you can be more. You can be a leader it, i they're the actors who portrayed ellie and abby and the last of us part two. Please welcome ashley, johnson and laura bailey. Every year the best performance category brings surprising new faces and portrayals of wildly different characters.

Tonight's nominated actors continue. This tradition once again, stunning us with their extraordinary depth and dedication here, are the nominees for best performance, best performance, the fridges around the world, the truth about you, i've seen the worst parts of you to rebuild paradise. The cost will be blood. Eight geniuses who hunted up a prison and named it freedom you escaped my little brother's idiot games, did you everybody chose to be here: colt, don't hide your true self, and the game award for best performance goes to far cry 6.: maggie robertson, okay, um wow.

That was the scariest walk. I've ever done in my life um. Thank you so much. It is an honor to receive this award and it is an honor to be standing here in front of you all today.

I would like to give a really huge thank you to capcom for creating an amazing game full of wonderfully rich and uh dynamic characters, of which lady d is but one, and to rosanna and dj with the workhouse to steve kennedy, our amazing cinematics director. I've said this before, but i'm gon na say it again because i'm a broken record, you took a chance on me when you hired me for this role and in doing so you have changed my life being a part of this game playing this role and becoming A member of this amazing community has changed my life, so thank you so so much. We all come to a story with hopes and expectations. Looking for an answer.

Sometimes it would be better to live with that hope without ever finding the story. How's, your mother, this story will eat you alive. This story is a monster and monsters. Wear many faces holy could be good, gotcha all right, i'm out joined by my bad sam lake sam.

Thank you coming all the way over for finland for this uh. This is so exciting alan wake too it's been a decade. Fans have been asking you for it. Why is now the right time to bring them back well, jeff.

First of all, i want to say apologies. It's been raining here in los angeles today, it's on us. I, like fiction fiction leaking out into reality, so sorry, anyway, yeah 10 years over 10 years, wanting to make this streaming of making it. We've been iterating on the concept and we know fans have been asking for it.

We've been a bit protective, we knew this is going to be a pretty scary experience. Now we are convinced everybody is ready. You are ready. What kind of game are we going to get for the sequel? Can you tell us something about it? Yeah? We are breaking new crown here.

This is going to be remedy's first ever survival, horror game our take on the genre. The first game had horror elements to it, but it was an action. Game could be good and we feel that this is the perfect genre to bring together the story and gameplay closer than ever before, because the story horror story is at the very heart of this and it's psychological layered, deep mystery. I you know you are such an incredible visionary.

I can't wait to see what you're doing with this game. I know you said to me a while ago this was your dream project and i'm so honored that we got to announce this here at the game awards. So we're going to hear more next year. I think right.

Yes, we, you know 23 leading to the theme. Yes, we're gon na go dark, okay for a while to work on this, we'll be back next year, summertime, okay, to show more all right summer, 2022! More on alan wake, two sam! Thank you so much for that announcement. Thank you very exciting. All right! Well now, i'd like to welcome a comedian writer and a well-known chili dog enthusiast, it's ben schwartz of sonic, the hedgehog and the sonic, the hedgehog movies.

Thank you. That's very kind, thank you very much uh and i just wanted to say thank you so much for supporting our movie. Also, thank you very much for the note about sonic's legs and teeth in our original trailer. They know for real.

That's a good note. That's a good note: i'm really happy that worked out. We needed that. We really needed that.

The good news is so many of you loved our first movie that we got to make a sequel and today, yes, video game movies, come on. Yes sure two other people at the end today i brought with me the trailer to that sequel, yeah yeah yeah i mean this. Is you? Can this isn't like the real trailer? This is a blank dvd for effect. If this was the real trailer, i feel like we would be screwed, because there's no computer with a dvd drive anymore, so this would be like troublesome anyway.

I can't tell you how excited we all are about sonic 2. So many incredible people are in this movie. We got james marzin, tikka, sumter, colleen o'shaughnessy as tails idris elba as knuckles, knuckles and, of course, legend jim carrey. As dr robotnik.

That's a that's such a now. Jim has actually sent a very special video over to say hello to all of you and you guys are in luck, because i have the video with me right here. Oh a call back, i'm happy just kidding. This is blank still, let's roll the video jim.

What do you say, hello, everyone and hello ben? I'm sorry! I couldn't be there with you, but i look forward to meeting all of your avatars in the metaverse, where we can really get to know each other hey before you see this exciting new sonic trailer. I'd like to pass on a word of advice that my scottish grandfather gave to me when i was just a boy, he said son, don't grade it in the grinder. Don't do it son, don't grade it in the grinder boy grade it by all means create it to what cows come home but don't create and the grinder then to drive the point home. He put his hands around my neck and he squeezed real hard and he said, go.

Do it son, dude and the grinder. Are you lost into me boys? Are you lester wow yeah, inspiring words at first? Thank you jim. You know. I think we all needed to hear that english bastards yeah take it in if you need to good great okay here, we go.

Thank you again for continuing to support the blue blur and it is my honor to present to you the trailer for sonic. The hedgehog 2 enjoy quick stretch. Little snack, and here we go sonic. I love that you want to help make a difference mind if i drive, are you being reckless? Don't worry, nobody's gon na get hurt pretending to be batman, blue justice trademark, pending you're still just a kid trust me.

There will come a moment when your powers will be needed, but you don't choose that moment. That moment chooses you. I just got goosebumps wait a second. Did you steal that from oprah papa's got a brand new stash since i've been gone, i've discovered the source of ultimate power.

That sounds big. It's been on my vision board for years. Hope, i'm not too late. I'm sorry, who are you memes tales? Okay.

This is what we're gon na do step one light, taunting step two. I have no idea that wasn't too bad. Today's forecast calls for a 100 chance of adventure. You're never going to get my power.

Do i look like. I need your power. Oh, that knuckles looks really good. Where are my manners? Sonic meet knuckles, so so fun all right.

Next, one of your nominees tonight for most anticipated game is horizon forbidden west from guerrilla games. The team is hard at work back home in amsterdam, finishing it up for a february release, but i'm grateful they put together this for the fans. The land is dying and the machines are out of control. Oh jeez jesus.

Whatever comes, i will be ready. That was funny, though, horizon zero frames, cool wow game awards, orchestra. Thank you so much. I am so ready for this game uh.

Thank you so much to lauren in the orchestra and in her first ever performance and trip to the united states, the beautiful julie alvin. Thank you so much julie, gj speaking of music. Last week you probably saw everyone posting their spotify wrapped on social media, my top artist of 2021 rufus to soul, sam fender and day glow. You can make your spotify rap now in the app and stick around as we reveal for the first time the most listened to spotify artists and songs on gaming consoles in 2021.

Also, on the music front, some of the music we've been playing tonight is from sessions. Diana sessions is riot games, project with music made to be safe to stream, without fears of copyright issues check out sessions.riotgames.com to download the full album and now it's time for a special and long-awaited announcement. Oh gta 6. It has to be what have you done? They deserve what's coming yeah, but i'm not your sister.

Now let the hunch begin surrender to the darkness, embrace it. The game. Look great though hundreds of games to choose from pc. Are you a player, then do some download high quality pc games? Yes, yep, you better.

Remember 2021 game awards xbox game pass for pc and youtube. What do we think you know it's so effortful i like that we animate it you're welcome. Okay. I understand the impulse to do something big, but what do pc gamers actually want cause? I don't think it's that way deal of brand new pc games.

We have some great ones coming day: one okay, some of them haven't even been announced, yet okay, great marketing, idea what if gada tweets out this list more or less leaking it in a cool hip way. I retweet it because i have so many more followers in here. It's done. What's done, tweeted it's out there.

No, you didn't! I don't think you should productivity when people think about xbox game pass, they think about console. They don't know we're a pc gaming service. Why not just call it pc game pass hi! That's a great idea really good good day. Okay, we're going with that.

Just like that, you're gon na change, the name of the whole thing because of gada who calls himself gaida, that's a good name. All we got ta do is add some top-tier streamers to this to really land. Yes, what about hundred thieves? Big fans was that's a hundred thieves. Where are the other 97? I get it.

That's fine! Thank you. Man, we'll take it from here brother. We got cameos. We got ideas percolating right next.

Steps to me are just talking about like how i'm still just walking hold on. Are we really going to make an ad for the game awards and you're not going to rap in it? At all i mean if i could feels. Okay, man get away with that. The game awards yeah yeah.

Oh google play ads, it's like. If i have an android, i have google play, i have an iphone. I have apple stored, i'm not sure what do they have then hello game words. My name is martin foss anderson aka, mr savage.

It's really bad! If you're, if you're stressed before you're, trying to play a game and trying to win it. If i was stressed after school, i just wouldn't be able to focus properly and it would just make everything. 10 times harder together with truth, i have an important message: vaping nicotine can increase anxiety, symptoms and stress levels. I think it's really important people know the truth about vaping, nicotine, okay.

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