Bethesda debuted The Elder Scrolls VI today during its Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) event in Los Angeles.

The last entry in the series, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, came out in 2011. This announcement came as a surprise toward the end of the conference.

The Elder Scrolls VI does not have a subtitle. We do not know where it is set, although the short trailer showed a forested mountain range.

The Elder Scrolls series take place in the fantasy world of Tamriel. Most games take place in a single country from that world. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim takes place in (you guessed it) Skyrim, a land inspired by Nordic traditions and mythology. </s> At its E3 press conference, American game publisher Bethesda revealed a teaser clip that revealed The Elder Scrolls VI, is real, and in development.

That means the company hasn’t merely been resting on its laurels since the launch of the incredibly popular The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim back in 2011. Sure, it’s released DLC and brought it to many more platforms since the initial release , but Bethesda hadn’t said much about its sequel in recent times – except that it was indeed working on it.

Sadly, the brief teaser doesn’t reveal much more than an expansive mountainous environment – so we don’t know what kind of plot, gameplay, or release date to expect. Still, it’s more than we’ve seen from the Elder Scrolls universe in a long time.

Read next: Surprise: Fallout 76 is a multiplayer survival game and it’s out in November </s> Microsoft just showed off a ton of stuff at their E3 2018 Xbox press conference, including new Halo and Gears of War games, Fallout 76, The Division 2, Dying Light 2, a shiny Cyberpunk 2077 trailer, and a new samurai action game from the makers of Dark Souls.

Personally speaking, I’m most excited about that last one, but there were a lot of good-looking games in general at Microsoft’s show. It was basically just a long run of trailers, but still a welcome jolt of excitement after yesterday’s sleepy Electronic Arts press conference. Many of the games shown were from third-party developers and will be available on other systems, so it’s a good idea to revisit my post from last year that broke down the various possible definitions of the word “exclusive” in this modern era.

Ready to dive in? Let’s do this.

They kicked off by announcing Halo Infinite.

The teaser was light on information, but showed what looked like the original Halo, some marines driving a warthog, Master Chief holding his helmet and, apparently, Chief loading an AI (Cortana?) into his helmet. No release date on this one.

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Ori and the Will of the Wisps still looks beautiful.

We got a good look at the sequel to Ori and the Blind Forest, which debuted last year. Looks like the same mix of gorgeous visuals and surprisingly tough gameplay. Main question is how many times the sequel will get me to cry in the first 15 minutes. It’s coming in 2019.

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a ninja game from the makers of Dark Souls, and I am excited enough for it to write a really long subhed for this entry!!

You know how I described Team Ninja’s excellent Nioh as “basically Samurai Bloodborne”? Well, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is ninja Bloodborne, and it’s actually being made by FromSoftware, the developer of Bloodborne and Dark Souls.

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Hell yes. Hell yes! I will play the heck out of this, right after I finish playing all of Bloodborne for the second time. You play as a ninja with a prosthetic arm. He has a grappling hook, which means: traversal mechanics in a From game! (Not that “roll over a ledge and down to a weird platform” doesn’t count as traversal mechanics.) Also lots of sword fighting, huge bosses, monsters, and so on. Jason saw a separate demo of this game earlier today and will have more about it on Kotaku soon. He seems psyched, though. It’s coming in 2019 and will also be on PC and PS4.





Bethesda gave us a first look at Fallout 76.

It’s four times the size of Fallout 4, and set in the hills of West Virginia. As expected, it focuses on the years shortly after the bombs dropped. Not a lot of other details on how the game actually works, though of course my colleague Jason Schreier has already reported that it’ll be an online survival game with base-building, sort of like Rust or Ark. I’m sure we’ll learn more tonight at Bethesda’s press conference.

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The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is a new game in the Life is Strange universe.

It looks like a charming game about a young boy with an active imagination whose stories come to life. It’s out as a free download on June 26th.

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We got more Crackdown 3 Terry Crews antics.

This game still looks pretty silly, as much later Saints Row games as early Crackdown. The trailer was trying pretty hard, but hey, the game lets you drive your car up a building, so whatever. As we reported late last week, the game has been delayed one final (hopefully?) time to February 2019.

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Metro: Exodus is still looking nice and bleak.

Nothing major or new in the trailer, just a bunch more good Metro stuff, this time in an open (or at least more open) world. Love these games; will definitely play this one, too. It’s coming out on February 22, 2019. Looks like February of next year is gonna be a hell of a month!

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Kingdom Hearts 3 will have a Frozen world.

The newest game in Square Enix’s extremely confusing but equally charming action series will feature a Frozen world featuring Elsa and Anna along with Rapunzel from Tangled. Last night Square Enix announced that it’ll be out on January 29, 2019.

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Forza Horizon 4 takes the series to Britain, goes full shared-world.

I love Forza Horizon 3 and will definitely play a new one of these games set in Britain. This one is being described as a seamless, shared-world online game, as opposed to previous games, which were more instanced and filled with AI “Drivatars.” There’ll be a 60fps mode on Xbox One X, which is nice; I love playing the third game at a high frame rate on PC. This is one of the few games at this conference that’s an actual exclusive, which means it’ll only ever be on Xbox and PC. It’ll be out on October 2, and will be included in Xbox Game Pass on the same day.

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Microsoft opened a new studio and bought a bunch of indies.

They didn’t like, do any of that live onstage or anything, but they announced that they had. Xbox head Phil Spencer introduced the new Microsoft studio The Initiative, and also announced several studio acquisitions. Those acquisitions include State of Decay makers Undead Labs and Forza Horizon studio Playground Games, the second of which will be working on a new project in addition to Forza. Microsoft also bought Hellblade studio Ninja Theory as well as Compulsion Games, makers of We Happy Few. A couple of those studios had already been making games with Microsoft as their publisher. This all seems like Microsoft investing in having more in-house studios working on Xbox exclusives for the future.

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The Division 2 is moving to D.C. in the summertime.

The very first thing we saw in Ubisoft’s Division 2 demo was a sweaty, verdant jungle, which is about as far as you can get from the first game’s wintry Manhattan streets without going to like, Mercury. After the intro teaser came a lengthy staged multiplayer demo that looked pretty much like more Division, but set in a much more colorful and vibrant environment. At one point, one player subtly shamed another player for being underleveled, which is probably the most realistic interaction I’ve ever seen in one of these canned E3 multiplayer demos. Anyway, I’m on board with this game. It’s coming out March 15, 2019.

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider heads to some nifty looking new places.

Not a ton of new information about the game in the trailer they showed, but hey, it looks like another game in the style of Crystal Dynamics’ first two. At one point Lara got to cover herself in mud camouflage and do a Rambo-style takedown on a patrolling goon. I’ll play it. It’s out on September 14.

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There’s a new skating game in the works called Session.

This sure looks like a skating game. I like skating games!





Devil May Cry 5 is real, and looks like a good time.

At one point in the trailer, a massive demonic boss stuffed a car into the mouth in his stomach, then belched fire. The game was described on stage as a “true sequel” to Devil May Cry 4, without no mention of Ninja Theory’s surprisingly great 2013 take on the series. DmC 5 is coming in Spring of 2019. Cool.

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Cuphead is getting an expansion.

It’s called The Delicious Last Course, and will be out in 2019. I never got past the delicious first course of this delightful, hard-as-nails game, but I have a feeling those who did will welcome new characters and bosses.

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Bandai Namco announced Jump Force, a massive anime crossover fighting game.

It’s got Naruto! It’s got Goku! It’s got lots of super intense fighting action! Kyaaaaaah!

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Dying Light 2 is more Dying Light, with a much more reactive open world.

Cool dude and occasional Kotaku Splitscreen guest Chris Avellone is narrative designer on Techland’s sequel to Dying Light, which looks like it’s set in Paris after another zombie outbreak. It’ll keep all of the parkour and basic systems of the first game while adding a lot more narrative consequence to the choices you make in the world. They showed some branching dialogue options, shifting faction loyalties, and that kind of thing. The first Dying Light was great (don’t sleep on that game if you haven’t played it!) but its story was easily its weakest aspect. It’s promising to hear that Techland is focusing on refining the narrative without changing what already works.

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There’s a new Battletoads coming out!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha it’s coming in 2019. They didn’t share may actual details. It’ll have couch co-op for three players. It will probably also be very difficult.

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Just Cause 4 is real, has tornadoes.

This one already got leaked via accidental Steam ad, but now it’s confirmed. I was frustrated by Just Cause 3 despite the many things I liked about it, so I’m hopeful Avalanche has built on that good stuff and reworked the things (combat, basically) that I didn’t like. Also, this game will have a big tornado. Nice! I like inclement weather in video games. It’s coming on December 4, 2018.

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Gears of War 5 is coming, along with two spin-offs.

First, they showed a Funko Pop mobile game, which looks cute. Gears Tactics is also in the works, and it looks like an XCOM-style turn-based strategy game. Last, they showed a cinematic trailer for Gears of War 5, starring Gearsverse character Kait Diaz. We saw a lot of snowy areas, some typically gory and gooey Gears gameplay, and some enemies that look like reanimated robots with some sort of red bio-element coursing through them.

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Microsoft is indeed working on the next Xbox.

Not a huge shocker or anything, but at the end of the show, Phil Spencer mentioned that Microsoft’s hardware team is hard at work on a new Xbox. Hopefully they call it “Xbox Too.”

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They closed with a lovely new trailer for Cyberpunk 2077.

There’s a lot of little details to unpack in that trailer, but I’ll leave that to the trailer-unpackers who will doubtless have already begun their work. It sure had a lot of graphics in it, and some high quality mohawks. I mean... it’s being made by the people who made The Witcher 3. I’m in, I’ll stay in, I’ve been in. Just lemme play it already.

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A few Other Things: Nier Automata was confirmed coming to Xbox in June; Sea of Thieves got a trailer for two expansions—Cursed Sails in July and Forsaken Shores in September; there was a Battlefield V story trailer; a new look at We Happy Few; a glimpse of a new PUBG mode; Tales of Vesperia is getting a definitive edition; Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to Xbox Game Pass later this year and The Division, The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited and Fallout 4 are hitting the Game Pass today; and we got another look at the promising Zelda-like indie game Tunic.

And that’s that! If you ask me, they should’ve made that Sekiro trailer the last thing of the show, and probably also replayed it a couple times in between other trailers. But that’s just me. We’ll be back later this afternoon to cover Bethesda’s press conference, and all of the coming week with news, game announcements, hands-on impressions, and developer interviews. </s> It’s the time of the year that many gamers have been waiting for, the annual Game Awards.

The Los Angeles-based ceremony celebrates all the hard work that gets put into making, developing and creating video games.

While Los Angeles is not the closest place for Canadians to visit, the ceremony streams live on a variety services, including Twitch, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One and more. We also have The Game Awards official YouTube livestream embedded in this story below.

Canadian studio developed games such as Celeste, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Starlink Battle for Atlas are among this year’s nominees. There are also games such as God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man and Red Dead Redemption 2 nominated for the title of ‘Game Of The Year.’

This year’s Game Awards will also feature world premieres and new information about games such as Bioware Edmonton-developed Anthem and even details about Dragon Age 4.

The ceremony kicks off at 9pm ET/6pm PT with an 8:30pm ET /5:30pm PT preshow. </s> LOS ANGELES—Video game publisher Bethesda hosted a rollicking pre-E3 press conference on Sunday evening with a number of game reveals from existing franchises like Doom, Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and Rage. But the publisher's most tantalizing reveals were also its shortest ones: long-rumored game series Starfield. and the first mainline Elder Scrolls entry since 2011.

Bethesda director Todd Howard closed the conference with Bethesda's two-part tease of future games. The first, Starfield, was described as "a brand-new, next-generation, single-player game. This one is in an all-new epic franchise. Our first wholly original franchise in 25 years."

Starfield's reveal trailer began with a cinematic look at a planet's edge in space, followed by a floating satellite in its vicinity that is abruptly ripped through time. No release date was announced. Its description counters the repeated rumor that Starfield might revolve around smartphone play. Instead, Howard's brief description may point to a wait until successors to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One reach the market.

Following that quick teaser, Howard decided to slip the crowd one more goodie: "the game after [Starfield], and it's the one you keep asking about." What followed was an incredibly short trailer that showed a rolling camera shot over a giant, lush mountain range, and then a logo that got the crowd roaring: Elder Scrolls VI. No subtitle or release window was included. (Howard's "after Starfield" statement seems to also hint at future consoles as ES6's target platforms.)

One unexpected spin-off announced at the conference was a new mobile entry in the Elder Scrolls series, but not something slow or menu-driven. Elder Scrolls: Blades is a fully fledged first-person RPG that resembles Skryim, made up of a mix of pre-made and procedurally generated worlds, that will come to PCs, consoles, iOS, Android, and PC VR systems this fall in free-to-play form. Blade's gameplay trailer revealed both tap-to-move and virtual joystick control options, which were shown off in the form of surprisingly smooth movement and combat on an iPhone X. How the game will scale for other devices remains to be seen.

Meanwhile, a cinematic pre-rendered sequence confirmed a previously teased return for the Doom series, complete with an apparent "Hell on Earth" motif. However, rather than take on the original PC game's name Doom II: Hell on Earth, id Software instead revealed a new name: Doom Eternal. Details such as "twice as many enemies" were teased, but a larger, gameplay-loaded reveal will have to wait until this August's QuakeCon.

Wolfenstein Youngblood was announced as a new standalone Wolfenstein shooter game with a multiplayer co-op focus. Its brief teaser trailer included no gameplay and a vague release window of 2019. In another no-gameplay tease, Wolfenstein Cyberpilot was announced as a VR exclusive with nothing more than a title announcement, but the new VR shooter will be playable on this year's E3 show floor. That game is part of Bethesda's "mission to bring the message of 'fuck Nazis' to every platform possible," Hines added.

Two other Elders Scrolls spin-off series, Elder Scrolls Online and Elder Scrolls Legends, each received teases of new content. In particular, the card game Legends has been announced as coming to Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 later this year.

And Prey received an announcement of a new content patch going live this evening with "story mode," "new game plus," and support for the game's first paid DLC add-on, which is now officially live and for sale. Mooncrash's trailer showed players stepping onto a base on the moon and contending with a variety of the series' creepy aliens. Later this summer, a new multiplayer combat mode, dubbed Titanhunter, will debut for Prey that will split players between human combatants and the game's "mimic" creatures.

Fallout '76: "Yes, it's entirely online"

After a fake advertisement for an Amazon Echo version of Skyrim, starring Keegan-Michael Key, Bethesda's Todd Howard began telling the crowd about "the next Fallout"—which will launch on November 14 of this year. Fallout '76 will receive a beta test period before launch, but Bethesda didn't confirm when or how players will be able to participate.

As Bethesda Software director Todd Howard began describing Fallout '76, he mentioned the wide breadth of characters in Fallout games of the past. "One big difference with this game: each of those characters is a real person," Hines said. "Yes, Fallout '76 is entirely online"—and is powered by Bethesda's private servers, Howard later confirmed.

"Of course you can play this solo," Howard told the crowd. "Be who you want, explore the huge world doing quests, experiencing a story, and leveling up. We love those things about our games, too, and would not have it any other way." Still, Howard's descriptions hinged largely on the benefits of teaming up—or taking out online foes. (He at least assured anybody worried about MMO aspirations that game instances would be limited to "dozens" of fellow players, not hundreds. "It's the apocalypse, not an amusement park," Howard said.)

A trailer for the game's online content showed a combination of PvE and PvP combat, though it didn't confirm whether or not players will be able to opt out of the PVP portion. One highlight included an oversized, fist-pounding sloth taking on four friends simultaneously. Additionally, Howard confirmed that settlements can be built and shared with online players. This time, they're known as C.A.M.P.s, though brief peeks at menus suggested, without confirming, that these will work in similar fashion to Fallout 4's settlements.

Howard hinted to the game's full world hiding "multiple missile sites." Rushes to get hands on these missiles looked like they might make up the game's higher-difficulty online co-op challenges—meaning, Fallout's version of raids, though perhaps only with a four-player co-op maximum. Bombs that are acquired and launched by co-op groups will land somewhere on the actual map—and possibly impact other players—to clear a path for your co-op team to dig through the nuked wreckage, fight harder monsters, and acquire more loot.

A live-gameplay trailer began with a nicely furnished, art-deco furnished apartment, along with first-person view of players equipping a Pip-Boy device. Players walk into an empty vault where an apparent American Tencentenary party had happened with other vault dwellers had had fun and left. Following this came more footage of the game's foliage-filled West Virginia environs, along with the Fallout series' most animated and grotesque monsters yet.

Earlier in the day, Fallout '76 received a smaller reveal at Microsoft's afternoon press conference. At the time, it mostly confirmed an aesthetic quite similar to Fallout 4—which at least assuaged those who'd theorized a "lighter" take on the Fallout universe—along with claims of a game "four times" the size of the series' last full entry.

Rocker Andrew WK turned the conference volume up by playing "Get Ready to Die," the song used in Rage 2's opening teaser ad, on the same stage Bethesda CEO Pete Hines had introduced the show minutes earlier. (If you're wondering, yes, the song sounded very loud in person.) Shortly afterward, Bethesda unveiled the game's first true gameplay trailer.

"God turned his back on humanity long ago," the game's hero, Walker, said as narrator of the trailer. The rest of the video looked straight out of a middle schooler's most demented sketchbook, if staged on the deserts of Mad Max: Fury Road and the sci-fi hallucination scenes of Annihilation. Armless robo-zombies shot rockets; particle grenades made enemies float before turning them into an explosion of gibs; every shootout had conveniently placed gas tanks, which exploded with impressive volumetric smoke and fire effects; and the trailer ended with a Sloth-like humanoid beast wielding a giant hammer while wearing a broken football helmet that his head appeared to burst through.

The trailer revealed superpowers like an airborne ground-pound and a force-push attack, and vehicular combat was emphasized with an admittedly welcome slogan: "if you can see it, you can drive it." The trailer's car-chase scene saw Walker take down a number of four-wheelers by shooting his giant ride's car-mounted rockets and knocking foes off the road (with one enemy crash showing its top-mounted driver crushed by its own car). Some semblance of plot was hinted at, as a remote voice commanded Walker to call a rocket to land on the earth for the sake of an unclear mission. But, you know, this was mostly about fast, familiar first-person blasting.

Rage 2's mid-May gameplay teaser confirmed development duties were largely handed to the open-world game designers at Avalanche—and that the game combined technicolor-punk aesthetics with the first Rage game's love of Mad Max. (Avalanche, for the uninitiated, is known for both the Just Cause and Mad Max game series.) "We've admired the open-world chaos in all of Avalanche Studios' games," id Software studio director Tim Willits told the E3 conference crowd. Whether Willitts appreciates Avalanche's reputation for uneven frame rate performance on consoles, however, is another matter—and the "real pre-alpha gameplay" video had its fair share of stutters and sloppy anti-aliasing. </s> There's a tension in the air at most award shows -- but the annual Game Awards are a bit different. Sure, there's still a lot of anticipation over who is going to win game of the year, but the real excitement takes place between the awards: trailers, announcements and DLC reveals.

It's like a mini-E3 with a red carpet, and it's quickly becoming one of the biggest nights of the year in game announcements. It's where we first saw games like Bayonetta 3 and SoulCalibur VI, and got one of our best early looks at Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding.

Here's how to make sure you don't miss the announcements or the awards.

Know when to watch

The Game Awards start at 5:30 p.m. PT/8:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Dec. 6. If you happen to live on the other side of the planet, the show will start on Friday morning sometime between 1:30 a.m. (GMT) and 11:30 a.m. (GMT+11).

Check the Game Awards website to find your local timezone.

Know where to watch

OK, you know when you need to tune in -- but how do you turn in? That part is easy: The Game Awards will be available to watch for free on almost every major social platform and gaming network, including YouTube, Twitter, Facebook Live, Twitch, Mixer, Caffeine, Steam, PlayStation, Xbox Live and more.

In addition to those streams, you'll find the show on GameSpot. It'll also be streaming on region-specific platforms around the world. You can see the full list on the Game Awards' how to watch page.

Know what trailers to expect

New game announcements and trailers are easily half the draw for the awards show -- and we already know a few big ones are coming. Ubisoft has already announced that it will be showing off something new from the Far Cry franchise at the event, and the official Game Awards Twitter account has said that it will be hosting an exclusive new look at Anthem during the show.

There's also buzz on the web that we might see a Crash Team Racing remake, more details on Death Stranding and more. There's even an off chance we might hear more about that open-world Harry Potter game that was allegedly leaked earlier this year.

On top of those promises, a handful of publishers have very directly hinted their own announcements. Nintendo has been talking up the Game Awards as a pre-game to the release of Super Smash Bros Ultimate, implying it may tease the game's first DLC during the show. Similarly, Obsidian has made it clear that it's gearing up to announce a new RPG, and Epic's Donald Mustard will be on site with a mysterious Fortnite announcement.

According to Game Awards host Geoff Keighley, there will be at least 10 brand-new game reveals in all, not including new trailers for previously announced games or DLC announcements. That's a lot of news to look forward to.

There are a ton of awards being handed out in a staggering array of categories -- this list doesn't include everything, but here are the biggest ones.
• The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories </s> Sony Santa Monica's God of War has won the Game of the Year award at The Game Awards 2018 ceremony. The acclaimed Norse adventure also picked up awards for best direction and best action-adventure.

Rockstar's smash hit Western Red Dead Redemption 2 won the most awards, riding home with four. The sprawling adventure won best narrative, best performance for Roger Clarke as Arthur Morgan, best music for Woody Jackson and Daniel Lanois' score and best audio.

Indie gem Celeste won two for best independent game and the Game for Impact award. And battle royale phenomenon Fortnite also took two with best ongoing game and best multiplayer.

The Game Awards, organised and hosted by Geoff Keighley, is now in its fifth year and has become a key date on the gaming calendar. As well as handing out awards for the best achievements in the industry across the year, the show has become a hotbed for new game announcements and trailers. This year saw games such as Dragon Age 4, Far Cry: New Age and The Outer Worlds all revealed for the first time. We had the chance to see Ubisoft's Far Cry: New Dawn in action ahead of the announcement with our Far Cry: New Dawn first-look preview and interview. </s> The Game Awards are back, and this year promises the biggest lineup of game announcements to date. Producer Geoff Keighley has revealed that more than 10 new games will be announced at The Game Awards 2018, alongside updates on upcoming titles.

While some announcements have been confirmed, such as the official reveal of the latest addition to the Far Cry series, others are merely rumored. So, let's take a look at what we can definitely expect, and what we hope to see, at The Game Awards 2018.

What are The Game Awards 2018?

The Game Awards are an annual award show hosted and produced by videogame journalist Geoff Keighley – this is the fifth year the show has taken place. Winners are chosen through a mix of public fan votes (10%) and a voting jury (90%).

The Game Awards aims to 'celebrate the best video games and esports of the year', but we can also expect to see world premieres and exclusive announcements of upcoming games. Keighley has promised at least 10 new game announcements this year.

How to watch The Game Awards 2018

The Game Awards 2018 will be streamed live on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook Live, Xbox Live, Mixer, Steam and PlayStation. You can see all the available streaming platforms on the The Game Awards website. We've also embedded the YouTube stream below:

The Game Awards 2018 takes place in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 6 at 5:30pm PST.

This means the livestream will start at 8:30pm EST on Thursday, December 6 or on Friday, December 7 at 1:30am GMT / 12:30pm AEDT.

What announcements can we expect?

The rumor-mill has been working in overdrive around what announcements we can expect at the Game Awards 2018. While we know some of the announcements we can expect, others have only been teased.

So here's what announcements we expect to see:

Ubisoft released a teaser trailer earlier this week teasing a new post-apocalyptic Far Cry game. The trailer also confirmed an official worldwide reveal for the title will be shown during The Game Awards 2018. You can check out the trailer below:

Geoff Keighley has confirmed there will be a big Fortnite announcement. However, a leak by a YouTuber has meant we already know what it was going to be. Fortnite is getting a new Sandbox mode called Creative, which will operate separately from Battle Royale and will allow players to design games and battle friends on their own private island.

Creative Mode will be available week one of Season 7 for Battle Pass owners and will roll out to all players on December 13.

While the full announcement may have been spoiled, there's a possibility this wasn't what Epic Games planned to reveal at all and we could be blown away by something entirely different.

If that's not the case, we can hopefully at least look forward to some more details on Creative Mode. Geoff Keighley has said the Creative Mode announcement is just "part 1 of the story".

We know Fallout: New Vegas developer Obisidan is working on a new RPG, and it looks like we might finally get a glimpse of it at The Game Awards 2018. Obsidian's official website and Twitter page have been counting down to the awards, teasing a "special message" is on the way.

While this hasn't been officially confirmed, all signs point to a CTR remaster being officially revealed at the awards and, with the success of the Spyro and Crash Bandicoot remasters, it wouldn't be a huge surprise..

Several influencers have received teaser items from Activision including Crash cookies and a pair of fuzzy orange dice.

According to a report by Venture Beat (and confirmed by Eurogamer), Dragon Age 4 will be unveiled at The Game Awards. Though we we get a glimpse at the upcoming game, its release date is currently "at least three years away".

We're not really sure what to expect from Nintendo, but we do know the company is planning an announcement of some sort. Nintendo tweeted urging fans to tune into the awards before the release of Super Smash Bros Ultimate next week, so it's likely the announcement will be related to that.

What we hope to see

We're hoping to see more of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding (especially since he sits on the Advisory Board for The Game Awards). In addition, we're hoping to see more of Anthem and just maybe a look at Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - though it's a bit of a stretch.

We definitely know we won't be seeing any of The Last of Us: Part II, as Naughty Dog confirmed as much in a tweet.
• The best new games of 2018: everything you should play this year </s> The Game Awards has revealed this year's batch nominees — and it will let fans vote to decide the winners across more than 20 categories.

Fans can vote now for their picks at TheGameAwards.com, and via Twitter direct message, Facebook Messenger, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and the official The Game Awards Discord server.

Rockstar Games' "Red Dead Redemption 2" and Sony's "God of War" lead the pack with eight nominations each, including "Game of the Year" and "Best Narrative." Other Game of the Year contenders include Marvel's Spider-Man (7 nominations), "Assassin's Creed Odyssey" ( 4 nominations) and the indie game hit "Celeste" (4 nominations). Categories like Best Independent Game, Best Student Game and Best VR/AR Game also make space for some lesser- known titles to shine.

The Game Awards will name the winners and celebrate the nominees on Thursday, December 6 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The awards show will be streamed at 9 p.m. EST, 6 p.m. PST on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and several other streaming platforms.

First established in 2014, The Game Awards advisory board includes executives from a dozen major gaming companies, including Xbox, Nintendo, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Valve, and Tencent.
Press conferences for the 24th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) continue, with many new video game announcements taking place, including Halo Infinite, The Elder Scrolls VI, and Just Cause 4.