Astro Bot Wins Game of the Year as Major Game Announcements Dominate The Game Awards 2024
The Witcher 4, Elden Ring Nightreign, and a new Naughty Dog sci-fi title highlight the industry's biggest night.
- Astro Bot, a PS5 exclusive from Team Asobi, won Game of the Year alongside three other awards, including Best Game Direction and Best Family Game.
- The Witcher 4 was officially revealed, with Ciri taking the lead role, marking a major shift for the franchise; the game will utilize Unreal Engine 5 and next-gen Nvidia GPUs.
- FromSoftware announced Elden Ring Nightreign, a co-op survival game set in a condensed version of Limgrave, slated for release in 2025.
- Naughty Dog unveiled Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, a sci-fi action game featuring a bounty hunter protagonist and a retro-futuristic aesthetic, marking a departure from its previous zombie-focused titles.
- Other notable announcements included the return of Okami with a sequel helmed by its original director, and Capcom's revival of the Onimusha series with Way of the Sword.
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