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Control and Death Stranding set a BAFTA Games Awards record with 11 nominations apiece
This year’s BAFTA Games Awards are likely to break some records as the nominating process has already yielded two games that can lay claim to the honor of “highest number of nominations in a single year.”
Remedy’s Control and Kojima Productions’s Death Stranding both earned 11 nominations this year, one up on Sony Santa Monica’s God of War, which earned 10 nominations ahead of last year’s ceremony. While both games received a bucketful of nominations, only Control will be competing for the BAFTA’s “Game of the Year” prize, and it’ll be going up against ZA/UM’s Disco Elysium, Nintendo’s Luigi’s Mansion 3, Mobius Digital’s Outer Wilds, From Software’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and House House’s Untitled Goose Game.
The 2020 BAFTA Games Awards will be held on April 2. You can find a complete list of the nominees in all categories after the break. (more…)
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Death Stranding will be released for the PC on June 2
505 Games and Kojima Productions have announced that Death Stranding will make its way to the PC (via both Steam and the Epic Games Store) on June 2. The exploration game will add a Photo Mode for PC players, as well as support for High Frame Rate and Ultrawide Displays.
Players who get the game on Steam will also be able to unlock gear inspired by Valve’s Half-Life. Sam Porter Bridges’s new selection of attire will include a Head Crab Helmet, Gordon Freeman’s Glasses, Alyx’s Gravity Gloves, and a Valve Valve that can be attached to the back of his head. You can get a closer look at these fresh threads in the Release Date Trailer embedded above.
Finally, a nice selection of pre-order goodies (including in-game gear, a soundtrack download, and a digital artbook) will also be available for players who purchase the game on either platform before launch. You can learn more about the pre-order bonuses at Death Stranding’s official website.
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Control leads the way with seven nominations at the 2020 SXSW Gaming Awards
The SXSW Gaming Awards will once again play a big role in the annual Austin arts festival, and this year’s nominees were announced earlier this week.
Remedy’s Control and Kojima Productions’s Death Stranding lead the way with seven nominations apiece, but Kojima’s latest mindbender won’t be competing for “Video Game of the Year.” Instead, Control will do battle with Capcom’s Devil May Cry 5, ZA/UM’s Disco Elysium, From Software’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order for the coveted award.
Winners at the 2020 SXSW Gaming Awards will be determined by a split vote between the festival’s advisory board and a public poll, which is now open at SXSW.com through Sunday, February 23.
This year’s ceremony will be held on on Sunday, March 15, and it’ll be hosted by Wil Wheaton and Star Wars: Battlefront II‘s Janina Gavankar. All SXSW registrants will be able to attend the ceremony as part of their festival ticket, and the rest of us will be able to tune in to the festivities via SXSW’s Twitch channel.
You can find a complete list of this year’s nominees in all categories after the break. (more…)
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Death Stranding and Control take control of the 2020 DICE Awards with 8 nominations apiece
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) has announced the nominees for this year’s DICE Awards, and Kojima Productions’s Death Stranding and Remedy’s Control lead the way with eight nominations apiece. As you might expect, both games were nominated for “Game of the Year,” and they’ll be competing against ZA/UM’s Disco Elysium, Mobius Digital’s Outer Wilds, and House House’s Untitled Goose Game for the big prize.
“On behalf of the Academy, I want to thank our peer panelists, who always dedicate their time, energy, and expertise in evaluating and selecting 2019’s best games,” said Meggan Scavio, the President of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. “To all of the finalists… a big congratulations on continuing to push the boundaries of storytelling, creativity and technical innovation. We can’t wait to celebrate your achievements at the 23rd Annual DICE Awards!”
A complete list of this year’s nominees can be found after the break, and the winners in all categories will be announced during the DICE Awards ceremony (which takes place during the DICE Summit) on February 13. (more…)
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Death Stranding connects with 7 nominations at the 2020 GDC Awards
It looks like Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding really connected with the judging panel for the 2020 Game Developers Choice Awards. The developer’s latest game, and his first as the head of an independent team, was nominated in seven categories: “Game of the Year,” “Best Design,” “Best Visual Art,” “Best Narrative,” “Best Audio,” “Best Technology,” and the “Innovation Award.”
The remaining “Game of the Year” contenders gobbled up most of the rest of the nominations, as Remedy’s Control and Mobius Digital’s Outer Wilds were close behind with five nominations apiece. Also in the running are House House’s Untitled Goose Game (which collected four nominations) and From Software’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (which snuck into the conversation with three nominations).
In addition to this year’s slate of competitive awards, Kate Edwards will receive Ambassador Award for her work in “helping video games advance to a better place through advocacy and action.” Edwards is the current Executive Director of Global Game Jam and the former head of the International Game Developers Association.
The 2020 Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony will take place on on Wednesday, March 18, and will be livestreamed on the GDC’s Twitch channel. The full list of nominees, as well as all the Honorable Mentions, can be found after the break. (more…)
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Geoff Keighley has announced the nominees for the 2019 Game Awards
We’re getting closer and closer to the end of the year, and that’s means that it’s finally time for the Game Awards. The nominations for the annual awards show were announced earlier today, and Remedy’s Control, Kojima Productions’s Death Stranding, Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds, Capcom’s Resident Evil 2, From Software’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will all be competing for “Game of the Year.”
Host Geoff Keighley isn’t involved in the nominating process, but it still feels strange to realize that he actually appears as a non-player character in Death Stranding. Hideo Kojima’s latest game, and first as an independent developer, ultimately received nine nominations across eight categories (both Norman Reedus and Mads Mikkelsen were nominated for “Best Performance”).
Fans are once again encouraged to vote for their favorite games at the award show’s official website, and fan votes will have a real effect on the outcome, as they’ll count for a 10% share of the voting jury.
The 2019 Game Awards will be held on Thursday, December 12. In addition to all the winners, we can also expect to see a lot of World Premiere Trailers for upcoming games, some of which will be announced in the coming days.
In the meantime, you can find a complete list of all the nominees after the break. (more…)
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505 Games will publish Death Stranding for PC in Summer 2020
Is Death Stranding still coming to the PC? Hideo Kojima’s bizarre new game was originally announced back in 2016 for the PC and the PS4, however, any talk of a PC launch has seemed to trail off in the intervening three years. All we really know for sure is that the game will be released for the PS4 on November 8.
But that all changed this morning as the acclaimed developer confirmed that Death Stranding is on track to make its PC debut in the “Early Summer” of 2020. Publishing duties for the game’s PC release will be handled by 505 Games, and they said that “additional details” would be announced at a later date.
In the meantime, everyone seems very excited that Death Stranding is officially in the works for the PC.
“We are so thankful to all of you who have been supporting Death Stranding so far,” said Kojima. “We have been listening to feedback from our community and are excited to bring Death Stranding to PC in early summer of next year.”
“We are extremely excited and honored to be working with the supremely talented team at Kojima Productions and to bring Death Stranding to PC gamers around the world,” said Raffi Galante, the CEO of 505 Games. “Death Stranding will take gamers through a completely original experience that will delight PC gamers everywhere.”
505 Games also confirmed that Kojima’s offer to include Conan O’Brien in Death Stranding wasn’t a joke. The comedian has indeed been added to the game’s talented roster, which also includes Mads Mikkelsen, Lea Seydoux, Guillermo Del Toro, Geoff Keighley, and Norman Reedus.
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Conan meets Hideo Kojima and gets a cameo in Death Stranding
Conan O’Brien has filmed more than a dozen episodes of Conan Without Borders, but it looks like last year’s trip to Japan is still paying dividends for the travel segment. Last night, Conan gave his viewers a tour of Hideo Kojima’s studio, Kojima Productions, and got a peek at Norman Reedus and Guillermo Del Toro in Death Stranding.
Kojima, ever the gracious host, showed Conan a trailer for the upcoming game (quoth the comedian: “What is wrong with you?”) and took him into a secret room within Kojima Productions that no one’s ever seen before. Oh, and the developer also offered to give Conan a cameo in the game.
Going just by the trailers, Death Stranding’s universe can feel unrelentingly bleak at times, so a comedic cameo from Conan might be just what the public needs to break up the tension. So let’s just hope that Conan’s appearance in the game isn’t just a bit, like his teased (but later scrapped) addition to Injustice: Gods Among Us.
Whatever happens, be sure to watch all the way to the end of the video to see Conan’s session with the 3D Scanner and his short appearance in Death Stranding.
Death Stranding will be released exclusively for the PS4 on November 8.
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