The Game Awards 2023 was jam-packed with trailers (Light No Fire!), surprises (Blade!), and celebrities (Jordan Peele!), but did it give enough time to the awards themselves? Kaitlyn Red Wing, Mel Gazazian, and Sam Mosher review this year’s show, discuss how it can better celebrate developers, and share their favorite announcements.
Timecodes:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:04:57 – The Game Awards 2023 Review
00:17:27 – Awards vs. Announcements Time
00:34:34 – TGA 2023 Winners
00:36:39 – Our Favorite Announcements (Starting with Senua's Saga: Hellblade II)
00:45:24 – Mel’s Highlights (Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, Light No Fire)
00:56:03 – Sam’s Highlights (Jurassic Park: Survival, Blade, SEGA Power Surge)
01:23:58 – Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition
01:28:43 – Outro
Stories/media discussed:
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU (Polygon story: Assassin’s Creed Origins actor announces new game at The Game Awards)
Light No Fire (The Verge story: Light No Fire is the next ambitious game from the studio behind No Man’s Sky)
Jurassic Park: Survival
Blade
SEGA Power Surge (Washington Post story: Sega is reviving classic games including ‘Crazy Taxi,’ ‘Jet Set Radio’)
OD: A Hideo Kojima Game
Exodus
Harmonium: The Musical
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
The Casting of Frank Stone
Loose Leaf: A Tea Witch Simulator
Simpler Times (Engadget story: 'Simpler Times' is the coziest game I've played in a long time)
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