The Game Awards 2021 live report Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. The Game Awards 2021 live report UPDATE: And that's a wrap! Blog by Martin Robinson Editor-in-chief Updated on 10 Dec 2021 889 comments It's nearly Christmas, but before then here's a little videogame Christmas - it's Geoff Keighley and The Geoff Awards, where there'll be new game reveals alongside celebration of the very best of the last year. Join us at 1am GMT for the fun! Our live coverage of this event has finished. Coverage 22:26 pm UTC Hi, hello and how do you do! – Martin Robinson 22:26 pm UTC I regret to inform you I have been driiiiiiiiiiiiinkiiiiing. – Martin Robinson 22:27 pm UTC But hey that's fine because the show doesn't start until 1am which is two and a half hours away so I've got plenty of time to sort myself out, right? – Martin Robinson 22:27 pm UTC Right? – Martin Robinson 22:28 pm UTC To be honest I'm more concerned with whether or not I've got the energy to head to the off licence to get some drinks in for later. – Martin Robinson 22:28 pm UTC It's only a two minute walk away. But it's cold. And I'm tired. – Martin Robinson 22:28 pm UTC Anyway! Lovely to see you all here! – Martin Robinson 22:29 pm UTC Geoff has indeed confirmed it'll be a three hour show - plus there's a half hour pre-show which if you don't mind I'm going to politely ignore. – Martin Robinson 22:29 pm UTC So that takes us up to 4am, at which point who knows what state we'll all be in. – Martin Robinson 22:30 pm UTC Crack's a morning thing isn't it? Seems like a breakfast drug more than anything. – Martin Robinson 22:31 pm UTC I'm going to log off and try and get some rest over the next couple of hours, and I'll catch up with you all before the show starts! – Martin Robinson 22:32 pm UTC (Although really I'm just ragging around in VR with the Merc W12 that just landed in iRacing and having such a good time I don't quite know how to stop just yet). – Martin Robinson 22:36 pm UTC Have you played Unpacking yet? It's probably a bit too close to home for you right now, but it's also probably my own game of the year. A lovely, ingenious, quietly melancholy yet also uplifting thing. – Martin Robinson 22:36 pm UTC I'm holding out hope we'll get the name of the new Zelda game announced. – Martin Robinson 22:36 pm UTC I'm an overly optimistic fool, tho. – Martin Robinson 01:14 am UTC Hello! Martin is stuck in some virtual reality racing marathon, so I'm going to pick up our live report of The Game Awards. Sorry for the delay! – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:15 am UTC Although to be honest, I can't see anything at the show topping the pre-show announcement of The Expanse: A Telltale Series. Anyone else big into The Expanse? I bloody love it! – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:18 am UTC Hellblade 2 looks suitably grim, doesn't it? I wonder when it will come out. – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:19 am UTC themightyant: Hi Wes Hello! – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:19 am UTC Kami: I'll be honest, not watched The Expanse at all. Get on it. It's great! – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:22 am UTC That's a fancy trailer for Quantic Dream's Star Wars game (this had leaked), but it's Quantic Dream, you know? – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:24 am UTC (And no, I'm not in favour of game companies that sue journalists) – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:26 am UTC https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-21-heavy-rain-developer-quantic-dream-successfully-managed-to-sue-french-newspaper-le-monde – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:26 am UTC I'm guessing those game codes are real. Good luck! – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:29 am UTC Well, I was not expecting a Wonder Woman game from Monolith, that's for sure! – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:30 am UTC Monolith is the studio behind Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War, the much-loved Lord of the Rings games. – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:30 am UTC That trailer tells us nothing, really. What kind of game do we expect? – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:31 am UTC Best performance had to be Maggie Robertson for Lady Dimitrescu, didn't it? – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:32 am UTC And this is clearly Alan Wake 2! – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:33 am UTC Alan Wake 2 was expected - it looks like an Epic Games Store exclusive on PC (coming to consoles as well). – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:34 am UTC Alan Wake 2 is Remedy's first ever survival horror game, Sam Lake says. That's a crowd-pleaser. – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:35 am UTC 2023 feels like a long way away. Sam Lake says more will be revealed summer 2022. Imagine that. The summer... – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:36 am UTC When will this guy stop talking? – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:37 am UTC I do like Jim Carrey. That film when he fell out of a rhino's arse? Nearly shit myself laughing at that one. – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:39 am UTC This Sonic movie is going to be so much better than the Mario movie, isn't it? – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:42 am UTC When these shows do a live music bit it gives all the journos reporting on it a mini-break. Thanks Geoff! – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:43 am UTC Never been into Horizon. Not feeling Horizon 2. But! I can see why people love it. – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:44 am UTC Thanks for telling us what music you listen to on Spotify, Geoff. – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:45 am UTC Final Fantasy 7 Remake PC release had leaked, but it's good to see it finally confirmed. – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:46 am UTC I'm guessing that's a timed Epic Games Store exclusive, given the Epic logo platsered over the trailer. Sorry Steam users! – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:47 am UTC Microsoft rebranding Xbox Game Pass on PC to PC Game Pass. I guess that makes sense? I mean, Age of Empires 4 doesn't have much to do with Xbox. – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:49 am UTC Dare I hope for some sort of Street Fighter 6 announcement? – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:51 am UTC I thought Shang-Chi was pretty good for an hour, but fell off a cliff in the third act. The fight scene on the bus is great! – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:52 am UTC I know our Chris Tapsell was rooting for Returnal for best action game. He'll be pleased. – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:53 am UTC I can't help but say Returnal like Snow says Informer. Sorry. – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:55 am UTC Ah, Destiny, my old friend... like a war I fought a lifetime ago... – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:56 am UTC Have the Darkness actually shown up yet? I've been waiting for a meaningful story development from Destiny for 100 years now. – Wesley Yin-Poole 01:59 am UTC Well, Bokeh's new game looks horrific and kind of fun? Silent Hill with some action elements? – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:01 am UTC Nightingale looks pretty cool! Survival crafting game in a shared world. Portals to different worlds looks like a big part of it. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:03 am UTC Aaryn Flynn was boss of BioWare (he quit in July 2017, just months after Mass Effect Andromeda's disastrous launch). – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:03 am UTC I'm not getting much BioWare from Nightingale though. Perhaps that's a good thing. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:04 am UTC Ah, here's a fresh look at that Gollum game. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:04 am UTC More here: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-06-03-why-you-should-care-about-that-gollum-game – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:05 am UTC It's after 2am now. How we holding up everyone? – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:07 am UTC So, PUBG going fully free-to-play in January. That makes sense! I'd forgot it was still a premium game on PC. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:09 am UTC Gamer_cool123: No work tomorrow. That's the only reason I'm here! JEALOUS – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:09 am UTC Velocikitty: *laughs in america* Curse you – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:10 am UTC Music break! – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:13 am UTC Here's the new Sonic game! – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:14 am UTC As expected, it's called Sonic Frontiers. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:14 am UTC Looks like Sonic is going open world sort of? Will be interesting to see gameplay of this one. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:16 am UTC There was a weird baby thing in the trailer for that Del Toro movie that reminded me of the mutant baby from Total Recall. Just me? – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:17 am UTC Deathloop for best art direction is a good shout. Well deserved! – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:17 am UTC Although I loved Artful Escape! – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:18 am UTC Estumas: You mean Quaato? The thing on the guys chest @ Wesley? Yes! – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:21 am UTC Did Geoff just confirm no Josef Fares rant this year? What's the bloody point of all this then? – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:27 am UTC More Vermintide 2 is always a good thing. And I think that was our first Warhammer anything at The Game Awards tonight? GIVE ME MORE! – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:28 am UTC I've heard very good things about Guardians of the Galaxy from a story point of view. Apparently the dialogue is great. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:29 am UTC I didn't expect it to win best narrative though. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:32 am UTC This Suicide Squad skit is making me cringe into my gamer chair. Just show the gameplay please before I cease to exist. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:36 am UTC Suicide Squad looks a bit Insomniac, doesn't it? There's some Sunset Overdrive in there for sure. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:38 am UTC Forspoken looks a little... drab to me? It's more about the environments, I think. It's all a little flat. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:38 am UTC Warhammer 40k! Finally! – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:40 am UTC Wow! I did not expect Space Marine 2!!! – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:42 am UTC iceytoa1: I'm guessing I'm hoping too much but man I want this to be space marine 2... Good call! – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:43 am UTC Forgive me for going on about Space Marine 2 for a bit, but that's Ultramarines versus the Tyranids, with some Imperial Guard thrown in. What I thought was cool about the trailer was the Guard soldier seemed almost terrified of the Space Marines who came to save them. I quite liked that vibe there. The Space Marines aren't the good guys! – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:44 am UTC Sorry, I'm too busy pondering Space Marine 2. Missed the Saints Row thing. Any good? – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:45 am UTC It's 2.45am and someone just said "there's plenty of show left". RIP... – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:49 am UTC It's Doug Bowser! – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:50 am UTC I still can't believe Nintendo America's boss is called Bowser. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:50 am UTC And the guy Nintendo sued is called Bowser. What a world. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:51 am UTC Ah, this is Funcom's new Dune game. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:52 am UTC Dune 4X RTS sounds right up my street! Looking forward to seeing gameplay of that one. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:55 am UTC Highlights for me so far are The Expanse, Space Marine 2 and Dune RTS. Have there been any other announcements? – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:57 am UTC Oh wow, Among Us VR. Unexpected! – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:57 am UTC Can someone explain to me what the fudge I'm watching? – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:58 am UTC Is this supposed to be cute? It looks terrifying to me. – Wesley Yin-Poole 02:59 am UTC Well, that's a nightmare I'm not gonna shake for a while. Thanks, Geoff! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:04 am UTC Okay crew. It's 3am. My eyes are starting to bleed. I'm not sure what's real and what's not. How are we all doing? – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:06 am UTC The Starfield downgrade is real. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:07 am UTC That was a pretty poor fake Spock. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:07 am UTC I do like Star Trek! I dunno about whatever that was. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:08 am UTC Reggie, free from the shackles of his Nintendo overlords, about to drop some truth bombs. Let us have it, Reggie! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:09 am UTC That wasn't as explosive a speech I had hoped for, Reggie. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:10 am UTC Final Fantasy 14 is doing so well right now. Well deserved! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:12 am UTC I don't know what this is but I know it is very much not for me. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:13 am UTC Ugh, Rumbleverse. Please stop! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:15 am UTC Geoff said Techland like you'd say a surname. Like, Techlnd. Just thought I'd point that out. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:18 am UTC Ah yes, Crossfire. The game Remedy is making for Smilegate. Xbox exclusive I think? – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:18 am UTC Remedy does Call of Duty, basically. It's a work-for-hire project. Helps keep the lights on! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:21 am UTC Fortnite still trucking along, still one of the biggest games on earth. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:22 am UTC Remember when CliffyB was working on Fortnite? That was 10 years ago... – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:23 am UTC Okay, I'm paying attention to this music bit. Love Supergiant songs! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:26 am UTC Arcane is seriously good though, isn't it? Who knew a League of Legends animation show would be the best telly of 2021? – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:27 am UTC Markusdragon: We have Darren Korb and Ashley Barrett here. Why are we not just listening to the Hades vocal tracks? Truth – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:28 am UTC Random footballer knee slide on-stage there from the Imagine Dragons fella. Weird. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:29 am UTC I have a soft spot for Jacksepticeye. He seems like a good egg. Also Irish! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:31 am UTC Iamhurtin: Arcane is shit Wesley uwot8 – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:31 am UTC Important award. Well done, Playground! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:33 am UTC GTFO out now after two years of early access. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:34 am UTC GTFO is a co-op alien shooter from Payday lead designer Ulf Andersson. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:34 am UTC Kami: Having said that, I'm secretly looking forward to the League of Legends fighting game. Me too! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:36 am UTC Okay Geoff, time to wrap this up. My kids are gonna wake up for the day soon. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:37 am UTC Imagine how much money Jeff Goldblum got for promoting Raid Shadow Legends. Imagine! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:37 am UTC Right, I want your showstopper predictions. What's the "one last thing" moment this year? Go! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:38 am UTC I'll start: Street Fighter 6. I BELIEVE! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:41 am UTC Was that meant to be narration from Halsey? Now she has a British accent? – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:41 am UTC Not sure what to make of that Halo TV series trailer. Master Chief looks good, but the rest looks a little off. Need more data! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:42 am UTC Deathloop doing well here at The Game Awards. And so it should! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:44 am UTC Love Microsoft-owned Arkane dev thanking Sony. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:45 am UTC The Game Awards doesn't spend enough time on the actual awards, does it? – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:45 am UTC The Oscars doesn't have pot friend. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:48 am UTC Does The Game Awards really need a new trailer for Elden Ring, a game people have already played? Perhaps it would have been better to spend this time on giving out an award? – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:49 am UTC I mean ultimately all this comes down to money. The Game Awards wouldn't happen without money coming in from companies paying to advertise their games. I suspect Geoff is aware of the balance that needs to be struck. Just feels like the balance is pretty off! – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:50 am UTC People compare The Game Awards to the Oscars but really they're nothing alike. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:50 am UTC Ad break. Just gonna grab some wasabi peas brb. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:52 am UTC Back. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:55 am UTC Ozziw: So, I have to wake up 5:45 for work. The clock is 4:54 here right now. I've made some poor choices. Oh no... – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:58 am UTC This game looks cool (sci-fi MOnster Hunter?) but the trailer music is... not what I'd have gone with. – Wesley Yin-Poole 03:59 am UTC Oh, it's called Arc Raiders. – Wesley Yin-Poole 04:01 am UTC Hmm. The Matrix Resurrections. I'm just not sure! Why does Neo look like John Wick? I don't UNDERSTAND! – Wesley Yin-Poole 04:02 am UTC 4am. It's 4am. 4am. – Wesley Yin-Poole 04:03 am UTC It's available right now! Right now! It's available right now! RIGHT NOW! – Wesley Yin-Poole 04:04 am UTC Please let there be "one last thing" and please let it be Street Fighter 6. – Wesley Yin-Poole 04:05 am UTC Music break! – Wesley Yin-Poole 04:09 am UTC It Takes Two is 2021 game of the year! That's a surprise! – Wesley Yin-Poole 04:09 am UTC Josef Fares, here we go! – Wesley Yin-Poole 04:10 am UTC That was dissapointing Josef. Was hoping for a Take-Two fuck you. – Wesley Yin-Poole 04:11 am UTC So, that's a wrap. At 4.10am. – Wesley Yin-Poole 04:11 am UTC There was some cool-looking stuff in there, right? Space Marine 2. Dune. The Expanse. But, overall? Lacked a mega wow moment for me. – Wesley Yin-Poole 04:12 am UTC And the awards part of The Game Awards felt rushed. – Wesley Yin-Poole 04:13 am UTC I'm gonna wrap this up. Thank you so much, dear readers, for staying up so late to watch The Game Awards with us. 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