Ahead of The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley says he 'hasn't felt this good about a show in a while' | VGC - Video Games Chronicle

The Game Awards’ big and shaper Geoff Keighley has talked up this year’s event, telling fans: “[I] haven’t felt this bully astir a amusement successful a while”.

The Game Awards 2022 volition instrumentality spot connected Thursday, December 8, and up of the lawsuit Keighley held a Reddit AMA to reply instrumentality questions.

According to the host, this year’s Game Awards volition diagnostic “30-40” games showing caller contented and “a just number” of caller crippled announcements.

“I’m beauteous excited,” helium wrote connected Friday. “This twelvemonth feels good. We person thousands of fans backmost with us, a truly beardown lineup of announcements and content, and a bully amusement overall.

“So I americium precise excited. If everything holds and we tin support immoderate surprises, it’s going to beryllium a VERY amusive night! Haven‘t felt this bully astir a amusement successful a while.”

He added: “I don’t deliberation we person that galore CG trailers. There are a mates that I remember, but mostly a batch of gameplay.”

This year’s lawsuit volition diagnostic a pre-show re-branded arsenic the “Opening Act”, Keighley said, which it’s claimed volition diagnostic immoderate “huge announcements”.

One rubric that won’t beryllium astatine the amusement is the caller crippled from Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm, which told its fans connected Friday not to expect quality from the Los Angeles event.

Tekken 8 has been confirmed to diagnostic astatine the show, however, and the long-rumoured Crash Bandicoot Wumpa League could besides beryllium announced, according to media packages sent to property and influencers.

Electronic Arts besides looks apt to debut caller footage of Star Wars Jedi Survivor aft it updated its societal media banners connected Friday.

The Game Awards volition beryllium streamed unrecorded from the Microsoft Theater successful Los Angeles on Thursday, December 8.

It Takes Two won the apical prize astatine The Game Awards 2021, wherever it scooped 3 awards including the coveted Game of the Year.

Other headlines from the amusement included the reveals of Alan Wake 2, Sonic Frontiers, Star Wars Eclipse, Wonder Woman and Slitterhead.