The “Oscars for gaming” has once again celebrated a year in video games and esports and delivered some awesome new reveals.
Kyle “Bugha”Giersdorf, Fortnite’s $3 million World Cup Solo winner, took home Esports Player of the Year after his impressive performance in the competition. Other nominees included Faker, Perkz, S1mple and Sinatraa, but it was 16-year-old Bugha that was the hero of the hour. His words of thanks were:
“This is like the best way to end off my year, honestly. Thank you all to my fans, my family, my friends, my team Sentinels and most of all Epic Games for making any of this possible. I’m so glad to be a part of this community and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.”
In what may be a surprise for some, who thought Death Stranding or Super Smash Bros. Ultimate would be taking home the trophy, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice won the prestigious award.
The game, developed by FromSoftware and published by Activision, was launched in March 2019. It is directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki who has previously worked on Armoured Core, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne. The title is an action-adventure game set in a samurai themed world, and it received nominations in a number of categories.
FromSoftware and Sekiro celebrated on Twitter saying:
“Thank you to The Game Awards and our fans for their continued support.”
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has won GAME OF THE YEAR by #TheGameAwards! 🎉 Thank you to The Game Awards and our fans for their continued support. pic.twitter.com/X7ikjdj4OI
Amidst the big reveals, probably the most talked about so far is Microsoft’s new Xbox, the Xbox Series X. Don’t get too excited yet though, gamers won’t be able to get their hands on the new console until late 2020.
Microsoft’s new gaming machine had so far been code named Project Scarlett. It will be the most powerful Xbox yet and will succeed the Xbox One X.
The console has a customer designed CPU, 8K support and a frame rate up to 120fps. It uses a solid-state drive which makes loading faster and gives the new console a performance aligned with that of a high-end gaming PC. It also has a wireless controller.
The PlayStation 5’s first game reveal was a feature too, it’s Godfall from Gearbox, “a third-person fantasy looter-slasher focused on melee combat” set in a brand-new universe.
Riot Games also announced the first games set to be launched under the Riot Forge brand – an initiative which sees Riot partner with independent studios to bring new games set in the League of Legends domain. The first two will be Ruined King and Convergence.
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