All the highlights from The Game Awards 2024 (GEOFF COOKED!) | This Week in Videogames

[@SkillUp]

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[@YashlenMoodley]

Lara Croft Vs Helena Douglas from Kosmic the KZbinr is Absolutely Epic!😊😮🎉😂❤

[@85yugs]

When you speaking to CDPR, can you ask why they hate women so much? They took Ciri's face, and have masculanised it. Are they devil worshippers or something who don't believe in man and woman?

[@85yugs]

Can you ask CDPR why they hate women? They took Ciri's feminine face and murdered it

[@85yugs]

Why scrubbing comments about Ciri's face? Do you support censorship and totalitarianism?

[@YashlenMoodley]

@@85yugs Ciri is definitely less feminine looking. But they didn't completely butcher her! I mean it could have been worse you know. Ciri has a male jawline. Also Ciri is still pretty looking to me but let's hope they don't downgrade her further in the future. It's disappointing but Ciri is still attractive looking!♥️

[@petervrba8455]

Rematch is a missed opportunity to name the game “Fifu”.

[@faridronin]

At first I thought it would be shaolin football or something 😅

[@ShadwRavn]

They should have hired you

[@grayne86]

Federation of International Footballers United. Lmao, it works. They should have as I think a game lampooning FIFA would have given it that little extra.

[@RunningShovel]

I think it's risky to officially call it that, but since everyone immediately yelled FIFU! it doesn't really matter. Plausible deniability!

[@T4ll4hassee]

YES

[@KungThulhu]

Svens speech was amazing. Unfortunately for some weird reason people seem to think it was about wukong and there are now some angry chinese reviews on the steam page of bg3. I guess something was lost in translation as it was clearly about microtransaction fueled live service games that have no soul and only exist to make money. Truly weird how they thought its about wukong which was clearly made with passion and has no mtx at all. EDIT: some people have used this comment to be racist towards china. i strongly disagree with these takes.

[@makasete30]

True, and it is sad, but it was a much broader criticism of the industry and game development than just microtransactions . He emphasized that successful games stem from studios creating titles they are passionate about, rather than focusing solely on market share or arbitrary sales targets. He criticized practices such as exploiting developers, treating players merely as users to monetize, and making short-sighted decisions driven by financial incentives. He also advocated for prioritizing game quality and team well-being, asserting that revenue will naturally follow when developers and players are treated with respect. Generally he was underscoring that games are a unique art form comparable to books, music, or movies. 

[@bottlegang3187]

So here's what happened: Bilibili did a simultaneous livestream of the event, and they had someone doing live translations of all the speeches. I think after like 3 hours of translating stuff she got tired, so she straight up mistranslated a couple very important lines (she translated one of the games as "the higherups at TGA said it doesn't matter how well your game sells"). People are trying to counter the disinformation on Bilibili but it's already spreading out of control. Realistically that speech could be applied to every single studio that got nominated and was really only a jab at the big publishers (AHEM Sony), but unfortunately people in China also seem to have trouble separating the studio from the publisher, since a lot of people referred to Astro Bot winning as "Sony winning" instead of "Team Asobi winning" (althought tbf Astro Bot does seem heavily rooted in Sony history)

[@Lance_Lionroar]

@@bottlegang3187 Chinese gamers and being morons, what an iconic duo.

[@Jackdufon-sd4on]

@@Lance_Lionroar you could very well remove the "chinese" word from your phrase tbh...

[@yourlocalhuman3526]

​@Lance_Lionroar that's just straight up racism bro tbf

[@mcbill7352]

I was suprised by how self aware they were, from the muppets throwing some very apt jabs at the show, to geoff and gang ACTUALLY MENTIONING LAYOFFS????? awesome

[@LordMuzhy]

Right? I was surprised this year. Makes me excited for the next show

[@raketensven3127]

The muppets were cringe af. There's a reason why TV dies out. Stuff like this.

[@rampdavidson6397]

@raketensven3127 I would call these more a live performance rather than "TV", even though we watch from screens at home. I thought it was well-done enough to not have a problem with it. Those muppet characters are a relic from the past, and I think they did a great job capturing that, whoever voiced them

[@powerbeard5653]

@raketensven3127 everything is cringe to you zoomers. you're all irony, zero authenticity, because you're all too afraid to express yourselves out of fear of being belittled. Then you go online and perpetuate the cycle by belittling others for being authentic.

[@darthsonic4135]

@raketensven3127You take the Muppet’s names out of your filthy mouth. They were by and far the best part of the show.

[@WonderWolf13]

It might not be Sifu 2, but I'm glad Slo Clap is making a soccer game. Unless I'm wrong, fans of the sport have been somewhat starved for a genuine soccer title not made by a company that loves to exploit them. Slo Clap is doing a great service.

[@jemmyweicottrell9054]

I loved playing soccer back in high school with a best friend of mine. Recently, he told me to watch a show called Blue Lock, and I'm loveing it. Then we watched Shaolin Soccer xD some best sht... Then this was announced. I was constantly thinking of Blue Lock and Shaolin Soccer. Me and 3 buddies of mine are definitely playing this!!!

[@feral_fenrir]

It's not Sifu 2 but it surely is a missed opportunity to call it Fifu

[@raketensven3127]

I miss a proper manager, where you can develop the stadium and surroundings, like 15 years ago ...

[@arturbogdan353]

As someone really into 'soccer' (football), there is currently no good football game. They are addressing this problem from a very good angle. Sifu is all about 1v1 movement and frankly so is football. This could be special.

[@SrLeo-vf3xo]

yeah the game is not even out and it has innovated more than FIFA in 20 years

[@Dr_Bille]

Swen is always a joy to listen to. Wish more people took his lessons to heart

[@Artydagr8]

Agreed, genuinely one of my favorite moments of the show. I’m happy he was able to talk and give off advice. Albeit simple, it’s something many devs now don’t really follow anymore unfortunately

[@IagoM013]

About the Muppets roasting Geoff, my theory is more in good faith. I think the Muppets roasting him was a way to apologize for the 2023 TGA with all the wrap it up stuff.

[@mixanblend]

Yeah, a really cheap, low-effort way to do that. He didn’t take the teasing and play into it, he just put them into the show, and let it happen. Once he even just reacted with ‘Oh the muppets’ before barrelling right ahead. Also, is there a more brainrotted way (and a more insulting way) to say sorry than to pay people to animate muppets and repeat valid criticisms that were made of you? It’s more like he hired a jester for the evening, just to make himself look better.

[@martinmp19]

​@mixanblend holy shit why are you so outrage-pilled. Please relax, the Muppets were funny. Geoff apologized by making tangible changes to the awards. Platforming Swen, the game changer award, allowing developers to receive their awards. This show was a huge improvement.

[@reginaldarchibald1616]

Should've been roasted more considering the AI Slop that is Catly that they allowed in the show.

[@Out_on_a_Limb_Life]

@@mixanblendTake a chill pill. Your vitriol will rot your brain. Or maybe it already has

[@MrCreativent]

​@@mixanblendthe irony of a petty, spiteful individual criticising apologies as if you've ever made yourself give one you should have. How utterly pathetic on your part.

[@Itsjustmyperspective]

I think they finally found the right format, it flowed pretty well and i was never bored or tired of any moment or sequence. best one yet.

[@eric7591]

I loved Swen's speech. Unfortunately, we all know that major AAA studios and publishers will change exactly zero until the market absolutely forces them to, and there will be significant damage to the industry for gamers and devs in the mean time.

[@LiteralTitle-sg6kj]

That is already happening. Look at Ubisoft. Judging by their latest sales numbers, nobody is buying their games. They will be bought up or shut down next year. All those used-to-be-innovative developers grew top heavy and that heavy top requires more and more upkeep. To the point that even "all the money" is not enough, see Ubisoft.

[@eric7591]

@@LiteralTitle-sg6kj Yeah, the process has definitely started. I worry that it will take way too long for it to finish the process though, and there is still a lot of damage yet to be inflicted on devs and customers.

[@katalysis]

I mean, as long as we live in a capitalist society with free market foundations and private property ownership, market forces will drive behavior. The question is whether this is a bad thing. Are you suggesting nationalizing the video game industry? Or maybe we should just be like Cuba or N Korea instead and have a benevolent gamer as dictator?

[@Philpot1992]

​@@eric7591it's not something that can just change over night. Cultures, particularly in business side of things, are often generational so we have to be patient.

[@Arrestedrabbit]

​@katalysis People's Benevolent Gaming Despot would be a great title for some micronation's leader

[@stoneosborne9247]

The giant Amaterasu tattoo on my thigh started glowing after the Okami announcement

[@hihihi1q23]

I just want to know why every single Gacha title has the exact same art style as Genshin Impact. At some point, they all just kind of blend together.

[@joehynes2964]

True of all games these days, so many are borrowing/lifting from competitors or previous titles. It's all starting to look generic.

[@FANG3D]

I thought it was just me being outside of the anime genre. But yeah all of these anime styled games literally look the same with very little that uniquely defines them

[@mansourhaddad398]

Because they're made by the same company

[@bradhaines3142]

@@FANG3D i love anime, watch a ton of it. could not tell any of those games apart if you asked me to

[@christophealexander3262]

Still wuwa has an actual combat 😂 rather then genshin

[@AntiVectorTV]

Kojima DEFINITELY farted.

[@sergiarilla8608]

I fucking knew i wasn't the only one who heard that

[@SJSharkByte]

I thought it was the little tablet his translator had hit the mic stand lol

[@boxhead6177]

Maybe he was just anxious, he doesn't like the lime light even though he knows it affords him to creative freedom to fund his studio. Or maybe he had an upset stomach cause the only award he had a bet on, his favourite vtuber Pekora, sadly lost.

[@greenboots5823]

OMG Kojima is HUMAN????

[@zooka0619]

@@greenboots5823lies

[@hoodiepen]

I liked how they gave a lot of acceptance speech time for the award winners.

[@freedomdst]

yeah, because only like 5 awards were on stage, the rest was preshow or quickfire with a list on the screen lol

[@Nanoqtran]

​@@freedomdst the quick fire is probably the most uncomfortable thing for me. I know it's because they got too many but I kinda wish I could see them at least come up and accept it even if they don't get a speech

[@TuriGamer]

Utter waste of time Everyone is just gonna say the same empty crap

[@RichmenInc]

It's funny how people are petty AF. 10 years of TGA. Only last year it was a speech time thing. And now we act like it always like that. Yeah he messed up 1 one time. Get over it

[@brya9681]

wow the bar is so fucking low

[@JonathanOtt-o6w]

30:48 Thank you for including his speech in this video. His message needs to be heard by everyone in the industry. 💕

[@clark2109]

I think the most underreported change this year was that we actually got game people giving the awards. And you see what our industry icons are capable of (Sam Lakes inner monologue, Swen's strong statement on game development) when we don't look to Tomothee Chalamet or Christopher Nolan for validation.

[@chilihunter7392]

Yes! It feels so much more meaningful for devs to receive awards from people like Hideo Kojima, Sam Lake and Todd Howard than from random celebs.

[@edwinleskin3112]

Tim is a gamer tho

[@jimbody1448]

Didn't Snoop present an award?

[@Wulf0w0]

Personally I'm kinda baffled about how that Catly game made it into the event, genAI slop, no name studio and a director with a sketchy track record... What were they thinking?

[@Arrestedrabbit]

I imagine a Mr.Krabs esque "Money. *Ararararrararara* ."

[@markshamp3699]

They needed some filler after the elden ring announcement

[@Sinhsseax]

@@markshamp3699 And it was good that they put that, because I sure as hell couldn't pay any attention for the next 30 minutes. The Elden Ring trailer totally fried my brain.

[@JesseAnderson]

That was a commercial inside their adblock, so not totally surprising ai slop made it in that block. It's always much less curated than the trailers they show for the main event

[@cz098]

gotta pay for the awards somehow

[@Macapta]

Harrison Ford looked like he didn't give a damn about anything going on...until you look at the face he made watching the Senua actress give her speech. He looks genuinely happy for her.

[@MrJagermeister]

I wish he was happy enough to call her Melina instead of “Melinda” but I’d be honored to have a tipsy Harrison Ford give me a bowl of shit. SkillUp called her “Melinda” too but that offer is only for Ford lol. Anyhow, definitely rooting for BAFTA and 2xTGA winner Melina Juergens for her role in the Hellblade series and I like to think that Ford still finds moments of happiness like that, to remind him of why he does what he does.

[@sn4tx]

I remember him saying once, he can’t with that Indiana Jones’s music anymore. Every time we goes anywhere, Indiana Jones related or not, that’s always his introductory soundtrack 😅when I saw him showing up I immediately thought he wanted to leave as fast as he got it

[@Mclucasrv]

that pacman game has an episode on secret level

[@speider]

Yeah, and making pacman dark and gritty and bloody, is just meh.

[@madddius]

Left a sour taste in my mouth. Went from "Wow, look at this interesting take on the Pacman lore" to "Oh, this was just a big commercial." Like, I know Secret Level is obviously one big advertisement, but the Pacman episode at the very least felt like there was some genuine artistic integrity behind it. After the game reveal, it goes mask off with the "Oh, you're making a new game? Here's the media tie-in to sell it to people." Kinda makes it obvious now why the episode lineup is so full of battlepass shooters and such kinda games rather than iconic and legacy video game properties.

[@rioplats]

@@madddius Yeah, agreed. Whole thing was just a big advert, which is a real shame. Makes me wonder if there was meant to be a Megaman announcement this year or something.

[@jmz2144]

​@@speiderif they want to make a gritty dark Pacman, they could've adapted that space ghost art with the astronaut overdosing on pills and getting chased by ghosts

[@Hannibal-Rx]

I actually loved the short, it was one of the more creative ones in the series so far and I loved how it almost retroactively framed Pac-Man as a soulslike. I feel like the whole series is game ads to a certain extent so it didn’t really ruin it for me.

[@Jai_dinn]

Svens speech was an amazing and well deserved speech that I hope will affect the games industry to go in a better direction

[@TrackMediaOnly]

I agree, but it wont.

[@magicari8919]

Looking at it as a game showcase, I genuinely cant think about a showcase that had more surprise reveals that shocked people. in *years* Not just the best game awards, but the best showcase in years imo.

[@zombiezone2010]

I think still quite a far cry from past Sony E3 conference in 2010s. Look at GOW 2018 reveal and TLOU reveal. Those are actual hype. People in the audience could not contain their excitement and were screaming left and right.

[@molopower2354]

Definitely not the best showcase when you had back to back mobile games. Some of the reveals felt like they paid to be there. Where as I thought xbox's summer showcase was straight bangers and it wasn't 3hrs long.

[@yourlocalhuman3526]

Relax

[@matemich01]

not even close to any E3

[@wanderingwobb6300]

Definitely don't agree with the second half of that closing sentence but Geoff deserves to feel proud about this one nonetheless. They got everything right this year.

[@jamesvonderhaar2553]

You couldn’t be more wrong about rematch - basically no sports games support one player per player modes and the ones that do aren’t really designed from the ground up for it. I’m really excited to see what the Sifu team does with the concept.

[@CoolPsyco]

ABSOLUTELY. like ive seen some guys that are not even interested in fifa or just football in general intrigues by it. and it includes me too

[@HatMachine]

@@CoolPsyco When Rocket League came out, I thought "Soccer but with RC cars? That's a winning formula." Now Rematch is revealed and I'm thinking "Rocket League but with soccer players instead of cars? That's... somehow also a winning formula."

[@josegabrielalves191]

Man, I always yearned for a game like this since playing soccer on counter strike 1.6 servers with the football mod.

[@BlackTone91]

@@josegabrielalves191 This game will die in weeks

[@rajabuta]

​@@BlackTone91is that what you said about rocket league? 😂

[@wolffster25]

My only critique is that you say “Hideki Kamiya worked on Godhand” he didn’t it was directed by Shinji Mikami (I checked his name is not in the credits.) The reason Hideki Kamiya directing is such a big deal is that he also directed the first Okami and has been wanting to do a sequel for quite a while.

[@Mohinsh]

hah I also almost forgot in the hype about that, either way lets hope Clover is revived!!!!

[@nzrock1]

@@Mohinsh Yeah it's revived as 'Clovers', as mentioned by Geoff in the show.

[@Mohinsh]

@@nzrock1 yeah I was so blinded by hopeful tears of a god hand remake that I didn't see that in the show somehow lol

[@Jngham.-]

Geoff's best event since E3 ngl

[@JudgementNutter]

That Grimdark Pac-Man Metroidvania makes a tiny bit more sense if you saw the Secret Level episode that was obviously a tie in, it was also a weird violent and gruesome take on Pac-Man.

[@elburritoman]

it was so nice of Troy Baker to bring his son on stage

[@hotshabu2007]

The backlash against Astrobot in other chats/forums absolutely baffles me. People just straight up judge it for the way it looks. What they were able to do with a simple platformer is amazing. The GOTY shouldn’t always be a deep mature action game with high budget cinematics

[@LonelyGallifreyan]

Yeah, my friend called it “cheap nostalgia disguised as a generic platformer.” He’s never played it, he’s only incorrectly judging off of how it looks and won’t give it a chance. Astro Bot was an incredible bit of fun and immaculately polished, so it’s a shame.

[@aspinnycracker]

Even It Takes Two won 2021 GOTY against games like Resident Evil Village and Deathloop

[@anon1692]

someone forgot Mario Wonder came out in the same month and didn't even get a nomination for anything since it didn't feature any Playstation icons lol

[@aspinnycracker]

@@anon1692 Super Mario Wonder came out last year, not this year It also received 5 nominations and won 1 award at TGA 2023

[@justdracir8197]

I have to hand it to Geoff. He did pull off a really great show this year. Only critisim i have is that he galantly avoided the word "corporate greed". Also Harrison Ford got really old Q.Q And it was lovely to see Swen giving his speech.

[@DontuseMyRealNameYTplz1425]

The thing with TGA and Summer Games Fest is that these events are mainly funded by Geoff and the money he gets from advertisers. If he calls out corporate greed, say goodbye to showcases

[@makasete30]

The teleprompter messed up (which happened a few times that night apparently) and that’s why Harrison Ford waved his hands and just skipped to the announcement. Yeah he’s over 80 years old. The man has been a legend on screen so he’s allowed to dodder about all he wants - lol!

[@lordmolag45000]

I mean, when you're in front of some of gaming's most influential figures, you have to remain professional in some way.

[@ViceroyIcarus]

Unfortunately, Geoff needs those corporations for both fund the show and give him World Premiers to show off. Good on him for taking the time to address issues in both the award show and the industry, but no point stepping on toes

[@MrNoFairy]

Harrison Ford cares about nothing but money at this point and he is pretty obvious about it. This is no jab at Harrison as, as I said, he makes no effort at hiding this fact, I just don't understand why people keep paying him to show up at places. His time has passed, he already welcomed this fact long ago, maybe the rest of the world will catch up to the fact soon enough.

[@TheCXTKRS1]

Don't forget Helldivers dropped a big update during the game awards as well.

[@SJSharkByte]

21:23 He points that out

[@rajabuta]

Yeah, it was shocking when it showed. Update out now. NOW!?

[@ZachBobBob]

He didn't

[@SJSharkByte]

@@ZachBobBob literally click the timestamp 21:23 he says "Helldivers 2 and Warframe released massive updates"

[@ZachBobBob]

@@SJSharkByte I'm replying to OP saying that he didn't forget not to you

[@chenoir]

I felt like you did us dirty here Shillup. Not showing the Okami Reveal Trailer in its glorious magnificence, like you did Onimusha', is borderline criminal.

[@AidenR19]

Yeah I was expecting some grand reveal but it was very anti climactic

[@abhayprabhu8951]

Hey! I played Okami on the PS2. I think a lot of us are now retired gamers unfortunately. So it makes some sense…..

[@kildain3438]

It's just different tastes/ages I think. I'm around Shillup's age to be a gamer around the time of Okami and Onimusha and the Onimusha announcement blew me away. Sure no one thought Okami would get a sequel, but no one was even talking about Onimusha enough to ask if would get a sequel!

[@OneRandomVictory]

Okami about to show the AAA industry what art design peak really is.

[@fyrfly8768]

Harrison Ford looked so out of place. Leave the poor man alone 😂

[@lupolinar]

I bet he had mice glass of whiskey before.. Atleast it looked like it. 😅

[@Randomeris1]

He's anything but poor

[@dynomar11]

He's also 82 he could have just been old ​@@lupolinar

[@DFGdanger]

HE BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!

[@KahranRamsus]

I think it's a bit understated how fantastic it was that you spent the time to take over 3 hours of stuff and fit it into one 35 minute video. Team SkillUp deserves a high five for this. I missed sections of the Game Awards Thursday night, and just didn't want to go back through the 4 hour VOD to see what I missed.

[@RichmenInc]

For us older gamers, these announcements were top tier. Onimusha.. im hype as hell.

[@kirkalmeida]

The muppets really held the show together it showed that they heard the feedback and were not too proud to call out there own faults while fixing them. That and Swen finally getting the time to speak he deserved and knocking it out of the park

[@dtanobo]

Why is it so hard for people to accept that Ciri, an elder blood, could be the only woman capable of becoming a Witcher, considering her special lineage. That's clearly the direction they are going

[@josefstalin9678]

Because "woke" or some other BS reason. Honestly never thought I'd see a day where a hot chick being a badass would upset gamers.

[@FancyTophatDude]

I mean, I instantly teared up when I saw that Okami reveal. It's on of the formative games to make me see the medium as a true art form. I can imagine Geoff feels similarly about it.

[@OBJACKTION]

Great show but it sucks so much how awards like indie of the year are just announced off to side like they mean nothing

[@Joshluden]

??? Best Debut indie got a speech??? the winner wasn’t there but they got the chance to

[@chanwooksook]

Yeah, I don’t like it either. Also rpg

[@OBJACKTION]

@@Joshluden yes but best indie game didnt get a full award or speech and it never does, best indie game is HUGE and it deserves to be celebrated not just passed over

[@graham3289]

Just watch the DICE and BAFTA Awards then...

[@OBJACKTION]

@@graham3289 weird response

[@dud5606]

Sydnee Goodman was activating my neurons every time she appeared on screen, as usual.

[@anaguma90]

Bro I will never not simp for her, we don't deserve Sydnee

[@agentdrozd]

So real

[@thelaughingrouge]

Definitely the best the game awards has been for years. It looks like they took a bunch of the criticism to heart, and you love to see it.

[@socaldayve]

Can we just talk about Mr Satvat's epic, self-deprecating Keanu Reeves reference? That's some good comedy right there.

[@lupolinar]

Totally not scripted from Mr. Executive at Tencent.

[@yomamasohot6411]

If only people were as hostile towards MS as they are towards Tencent Xbox would be in a far better place today​@@lupolinar

[@aliali-ce3yf]

@@lupolinar did he do something to you? you seem to not like him for some reason

[@jonathanyeo735]

@@aliali-ce3yf He may be doing things to help and the video made it come across as he is like some small independent youtuber doing good work. This guy is a director of one of those large video game companies that buyout other companies and leads to job losses. This whole segments comes across a little differently in light of this fact...

[@manuelg.5811]

08:45 Funny how he repeats Fords mistake by calling her Melinda.

[@PLBiohazard]

Noticed that. I wondered if Ralph did it on purpose but... no?

[@DaMorg3]

I did a double take like uhhhh has everyone else been saying it wrong this entire time, including Melin(d)a herself?!

[@halmac112]

Also saying [Jurgens], not [Yurgens]

[@tomsko863]

8:25 - That is how harrison Ford is now. For the last 5-10 years doing interviews and in his roles he's been just going through the motions. he just wants a paycheck and to keep busy.

[@CarpatronSkittle]

This has been has attitude through his whole career. Also, he only ever seems to be proud of his role as Indy. When it comes to Blade Runner or Star Wars, you can tell he just doesn’t care at all about them.

[@tomsko863]

@@CarpatronSkittle I saw him doing interviews on the CBC and he was barely paying attention to the interviewer and mumbling his answers. I thought he was getting Dementia initially. Looksing back at it, I think he took a few shots before the interview.

[@CarpatronSkittle]

@@tomsko863 pretty sure he just doesn’t give a shit about the business aspect of Hollywood, and never has. I think of it like a professional athlete that is amazing at what they do, but don’t care for the post-game interviews. This pisses people off in the sports and Hollywood world because they’re making millions of dollars, the least they could do is show up to talk about what they do.

[@aliali-ce3yf]

@@CarpatronSkittle why should he? those were just jobs to him

[@jmz2144]

He's also an 80 year old man

[@play_history]

I'm not invested in the meta of The Game Awards like Ralph is - that it's "important for the industry" fundamentally - but I will say that this time the vibes were good and I can confidently say it was a good show. Some of the reveals were pretty sick - Turok at the top. My boss who was at the show did say some people seemed visibly upset about Astro Bot winning as they left.

[@SuperCaleb360]

This Awards Show was shockingly good. Astro Bot a 3D platformer winning game of the year! Okami 2, a new game from the team that made Shadow of the Colossus, a couch co op split screen game, and my 2 favorite Muppets making excellent jabs about the game awards as a whole.

[@sonwig5186]

It was shockingly bad. The muppet thing got really old.

[@lutherheggs451]

Its not the team that made shadow of the colossus, its the ONE person from the team. The rest of the team is mostly Team Asobi and considering the history of his games, this one will flop too.....People seem to constantly forget, they made 3 games which took decades all of them massively flopped

[@TheCronotrigger1212]

​@@sonwig5186 you are so far off course if this is your actual opinion. It is subjective? Absolutely. Most people seem to agree it was the BEST TGA has ever been.

[@sonwig5186]

​@@TheCronotrigger1212 Nobody I know thought it was any good. We all watched it until 4am expecting blood borne or half life 3 reveal. I'm going to be honest I don't play these trash slop games like Astro Bot or whatever, I wouldn't even if I did have a PS5.

[@TheCronotrigger1212]

@sonwig5186 yeah...I've wanted Bloodborne 2 for years, I've beaten the original several times. You sound crazy pessimistic. I remember when I threw around phrases like "corporate slop" too. Also, Gabe and Valve have come out and said half life three isn't happening multiple times now. So you are either trolling or childishly misinformed.

[@TomFranklin-v2e]

Weird you glossed over how blatant the AI was in the Catly trailer, its definitely some form of NFT / Crypto game, and its weird it was on the main show.

[@Miriam_J_]

If it really is an AI game, best to ignore it completely. Let it come and go like a fart in the wind. It doesn’t deserve acknowledgment.

[@junkivore7379]

Thanks so much Skill Up guys. My wife and I watch the Game Awards every year but couldn't find the time this year. Really appreciate you guys doing these highlight videos (this week in games included). Really grateful I got to hear Swen Vincke's speech- it was an important one.

[@Eckythump]

Appreciate your work SkillUp. As a fellow Aussie, I was at work when The Game Awards dropped. Appreciate a comprehensive video with brevity that highlights all the important bits.

[@ThatGuySticks35]

I really enjoyed the show but I hated the live chat (surprise I know). They kept spamming “woke” whenever there was a woman on screen, especially for the Witcher 4. Shit’s annoying cuz while I’m sure some of them weee joking, I’ve met people irl who truly believe that a female-lead game/movie is woke

[@dtanobo]

The reality is that the kinds of people that write in a stream chat are the kinds of people that have time to do so and they're usually people who just want to waste their energy complaining about things. Sad state of things but normal people don't have a problem with these things

[@swarming1092]

Astro Bot winning GOTY was well, well, well deserved. It’s been years since I’ve played a game which so consistently filled me with joy, wonder, and amazement from start to finish. An absolutely gorgeous, wonderful experience all the way through and I cannot say enough good things about it.

[@Joshluden]

The surprises were great this year, truly a stacked reveal year but something else happened… The show was actually good! They really gave the winners time to shine and speak which is a great correction from last year. I think it’s because they cut down the live performances. Also a lot of their bits were actually pretty funny? The Muppets lampshading the show was a great idea. You could really feel the passion for games this year shine through! Great year for the game awards. My favorite moment of the night was definitely Sam Lake’s monologue! Also Sven’s speech too!

[@ArturB9191]

Concord coded? What media have you consumed to not recognise the influences behind intergalactic?

[@Maldron]

Broken moon had me thinking Bebop even before the bounty hunting 80s retro scifi vibe.

[@ArturB9191]

@@Maldron Not to mention Akira! The lad needs to watch these pronto.

[@ShupperDupper]

dudes very uncultured lol

[@iamapineapple8456]

4:58 go watch secret level

[@madness1931]

Oh, I didn't realise Saber were making the new Turok. Consider it on my radar.

[@richardjm8092]

Yes, the spirit of the show is definitely that band member @ 1:37. I don't know who he is, but I look forward to seeing him every year due to his energy and talent. He has so much energy that he's about to blast off into space. I swear every time the camera goes back to him, he's playing a different instrument. What a champ!

[@samueleraffa6383]

His name is Pedro Eustache, he also tours with Hans Zimmer for his live tours, quite an amazing guy!

[@JayCottz]

I was watching this live on Twitch and many of your comments were my sentiments. Major upgrade compared to last year. Let's hope it keeps this progress. Good work Jeff and co.

[@nothingisawesome]

i dont know how retro futuristic got transformed into "concord coded" but ok

[@PuttingthingsinmyNAS]

Too cool for school attractive NPC(s) lounges out in their high tech sci-fi spaceship while interacting with other NPC who tells them to be careful on their next sci-fi adventure in space but nah they won't because they're just so cool is definitely Concord coded

[@user-crowstar]

Exactly- like holy shit your stupid if you think concord "created" retro futuristic as a style.

[@mafiacat88]

Swen''s speech was genuinely fantastic, and I *loved* hearing that from someone heading up a huge video game company. But Amir's speech was probably the highlight of the show for me. It was just so wholesome, I was actually tearing up a bit. On the game announcement point, I think I'm most hesitantly excited about the next naughty dog game. Sci fi isn't usually my jam (Though I am an absolute *sucker* for retro-future), but I have consistently been a fan of naughty dogs games since the crash and jak&Daxter games-like, for me, they haven't missed. Obviously, I'm not going to pre-order it or anything: that kind of game will live or die for me on its writing and characters-neither of which we get to see much of in a trailer. Last note-I've seen a lot of discourse online about how Ciri looks, and on the naughty dog game trailer, and I gotta say it's times like this that just make me...disappointed. There's a reason that many people who play video games don't want to say they're "Gamers" or whatever, and a part of that is because there's a shameful amount of the community that bitches and moans about games being "too woke" if the protagonist isn't hot enough, or is a women. *Especially* when the complaining is based off of like a two minute snippet of a game that no one has played.

[@lupolinar]

Amir Satvat, the small KZbinr who totally not works for Tencent as an executive and is responsible for buying out other gaming studios, which will totally not result in lay offs. What a guy, creating the solution for a problem he is part of..

[@jaspelino1963]

That speech by Swen Vincke was something else. He has spoken out against the problems in the industry before, but how he took this moment to drive it home with all the executives and publishers right there in the room, in such an eloquent and subtle manner, and as a native Dutch speaker no less. The guy’s an absolute treasure.

[@eamk887]

4:44 Oh damn, I had to google this game, because it looked exactly like the Secret Level's Pac-Man episode, and I was right, it is based in the same universe as that episode! That's really cool.

[@MylesDalí]

It's like they revealed their game in Secret Level's episode without anyone realizing. That is really cool! Like a lil preview. I'm very interested in it

[@ClayMann]

I really think if you watch that little 3d animated masterpiece. It gives you a whole new perspective on the little game and I'm up for it. I just hope the pacman talks about needing to EAT to the player. Not sure what parts of the animated one took creative licence to boost it up. It would be sad if the pacman just goes wocka wocka wocka wocka as it moves around.

[@alot9513]

Was about to say that it seemed like you forgot about the "Best Narrative" award, but Austin was here to save the day with a mini-clip 🙏

[@MattyBmemes]

SKILLUPPPP, REVISIST WARFRAME AND ME LIFE IS YOURS

[@KingKRool91]

Damn, House, you really fell off after Wilson died...

[@seafighter4]

My conspiracy theory is that there must be bad blood. It feels like SkillUp is actively avoiding talking about Warframe.

[@seafighter4]

My theory is that there must have been a falling out. If feels like SkillUp is actively avoiding talking about Digital Extremes.

[@urbanpitch90]

Really nice recap dude! It was a good awards show

[@ItsNaberius]

This game awards was far and away the best. Nice job jeff

[@Tymanderr]

Felt very mature from all parties, it was great to see the transparency and understanding of our criticism. It didn’t feel like HR was in the room and I really appreciated that. Witcher 4 looks crazy 😮

[@Big-Critic]

The Pac-Man Secret Level episode makes more sense now that we see the trailer for Shadow Labrynth. Looks interesting

[@stinsonboyz2]

Man this was like the third video I've watched on the game awards, and this is why I love you doing this! The way you speak on things is truly amazing. Thank you

[@Gaskinmoo79]

It was an absolute improvement on previous years... I appreciated the muppets and some of the reveals were excellent.

[@SirSpuddington]

Not a game announcement, but I think a special acknowledgement should be given to the music presented during the show! The Game of the Year medley was great as usual, but the reveal of Okami 2 to a live orchestra was a super cool way to announce it. And there's the Arcane soundtrack medley, which was actually my highlight of the night. Royal & the Dragon and d4vd sounded excellent in their stripped-down versions of their songs for the show, but Twenty One Pilots absolutely killed it with that live version of The Line, which I think is one of the best songs from the season 2 soundtrack.

[@thenightknight1539]

2 videos of this week of video games within 3 days. I love the schedule, it keeps me guessing.

[@bentaylor4948]

2025 about to ruin my wallet

[@DontuseMyRealNameYTplz1425]

Even if GTA 6 gets delayed it’s still going to be a great year, and if it does it just makes it an all-timer

[@jannatty583]

Don't worry. They'll delay most of it ;)

[@KCaldwellBlue]

And beyond bro lol

[@JBob08]

I don't know that Geoff could have listened to the feedback any better than he did. This is refreshing as hell. Good on him and good for the industry

[@korniliosjs]

Congrats to Geoff, he really has been trying with these shows over the years and this one really really worked. It wasn't 3.5 hours of bangers as you said, but it was paced pretty well so i was watching with a lot of excitement

[@blueranyk4198]

that okami reveal was HUGE. i remember coming home from middle school, booting up the family wii, and playing that game over and over again. it sparked my love for art and video games, and it makes me unimaginably happy to see that it’s being honored with a sequel after 18 years

[@AbiShoukathAliA]

Rematch is probably the best surprise from this game show

[@goncaloferreira3804]

“So much product placement” lmao SO MUCH

[@chiefinasmith]

It’s so nice to come here after getting updates from Twitter and seeing normal people being happy that Ciri is the protagonist instead of calling Witcher 4 “woke garbage.”

[@Tholapsyx]

Lol ye the moment I saw Ciri I was like “go Ciri” and then went “oh no Ciri”. I hope I live to see the day where this brainrot regarding female protags from parrots just completely disappear.

[@DogginsFroggins]

Your first mistake was using Twitter.

[@robertwarrior]

Ciri is pretty bad ass. And she looks like she can handle herself. And she got Witcher training. So I'm fine with her being the main character

[@dr_diddy]

@@DogginsFroggins because KZbin is better. 😭😭😭

[@BatteryBee]

The fact that we're getting a new Virtua Fighter, Onimusha, Okami, Turok, Ninja Gaiden, and a spiritual successor to Shadow of the Colossus - tells me the games industry realises we need to draw heavy inspiration from the PS2 era - where AAA creativity was at its peak 🤌

[@AwesomeDakka]

cooked so hard he even got roasted by a couple of muppets.

[@Lenariet]

The Catly devs seem to be in the process of already selling skins on their site that emit strong NFT vibes.

[@aquagiraffe1988]

Sven is the hero we need

[@VonDiesel3768]

Onimusha was the only reveal that actually excited me

[@slackstarfish8133]

6:39 but I thought rocket league was soccer with cars? Are you telling me this is soccer with cars but with people instead of cars?? Sounds sick

[@MN-jw7mm]

FromSoft trying to outdo Godskin Duo with probably the hardest double boss challenge they've ever put in their games: Having Friends and Socializing.

[@Juan_Wacko]

Damn.... Might have to throw in the towel for this one...

[@11nephilim]

I found myself surprisingly excited to hear more about Intergalactic. Retro cassetepunk scifi inspired by things like Akira and Cowboy Bebop? And we're a badass space bounty hunter? Sweet. Miss me with all the crying about her being bald or whatever too. Tomboyish female leads are a classic scifi trope at this point, hell even Ripley had a shaved head in Alien 3.

[@K3end0]

Yeah when the boring lady sipped her milkshake and flew around in the Porsche starship using Adidas sneakers to go fight a Pixar x darksouls robot with a light saber chainsword I was so hyped and said to myself "well that just happened!"

[@HellPedre]

yet NO ONE like this one, Naughty dog turned off the comments on their trailer LMAO and literally every single other account featuring it has been ratioed to infinity. Gamers are fkng FED UP with the western treatment of women, you want or like to play as a manlified ugly chick with an attitude? awesome!, then this game is for you and the other 4 that played Concord probably, so hopefully this one will make a concordillion dollars as I read somewhere else... hell at this point is getting tired to point out failure after failure, and success after success when you put a likeable FEMININE woman against the western modern trope... it is what it is, and Alien 3 having SW bald because shes on a PRISON was a commercial failure too so, idk what kind of point you are failing to make here with that fallacy 🤷‍♂

[@11nephilim]

@@K3end0 🤡

[@SolidSnake240]

Yea sure it's a trope, that doesn't mean we have to like it. And I seriously doubt the main character will be even half as interesting or cool as Ripley was.

[@HellPedre]

@@SolidSnake240 indeed, and idk why, maybe call it pattern recognition or something, but I can guarantee you she wont be, by any stretch

[@itzzaamia]

Catly is lighting up my AI/web3 scam radar like a Christmas tree

[@ramon6783]

It would be so funny if Silksong, Bloodborne Remaster, and Half-Life 3 all come out in the same year. The world would implode. Like they all agree to come out together.

[@rajabuta]

That medley. *Chef's kiss*

[@ostalkowitzer]

"I guess initial excitement culminating in crushing disappointment is the perfect metaphor for the game of thrones experience" LMAO Line of the year. Nailed that one man

[@ionseven]

Amir is a director in acquisitions for Tencent. You know, the guys who might buy Ubisoft. He's not a small KZbinr helping unemployed devs from the kindness of his heart.

[@lupolinar]

You could say, he his responsible for their lay offs...

[@raketensven3127]

It's almost like, if a guy portrays himself that way, he's always the exact opposite.

[@aliali-ce3yf]

this is what we're doing now? smh you people are awful. a person tries to do their best to help, and we have to find some flaw to somehow invalidate him and his work. there never was or ever will be a flawless person.

[@justanormalguy4885]

​@@aliali-ce3yf nobody is against him helping people for free. It's just weird the way they presented him, learning after the fact that he's some director at Tencent messed with my brain

[@SenmiMsS]

@@aliali-ce3yf Bullshit and hipocricy. Dude is looking for a way to ruin and aquire for cheap other companies, he's also responsible for people losing jobs. But oh look, i have YT channel i am so small and help people for free.

[@stormlord121]

Amazing summary of a 3+ hour show! Thank you so much for this and also adding your hilarious take. Appreciate you man!

[@dblundz]

Biggest issue I have is the rapid fire of awards. Everyone should be able to come up and accept an award

[@maplesyrup-jn9yh]

I don't know about that, do you want to see the best Esport team of the year every year?

[@TheSSEss]

Problem is how much more will that blow out the time massively. There's always those that miss, but I think the only one of note that never got a shot was Frostpunk this year?

[@Cirilla___]

I agree with you. This Game Awards show was very wholesome and the greatest of all of them, yet. Much love to Geoff and his ability to listen to the community and all the criticism.

[@strikezer0323]

Shout to the flute player in the band, his energy was off the roof

[@TheMattadorStarfish]

Overall, the Game Awards 2024 show was fantastic but I think my favourite parts were the musical performances. Twenty One Pilots is one of my favourite bands, so seeing them perform backed by an orchestra almost made my brain explode. The entire Arcane musical performance was phenomenal. I don't listen to Snoop Dogg, and I don't really know why he performed, but it was such a solid performance. Finally, the TGA orchestra was phenomenal, including epic flute guy. I loved it all.

[@samcates5308]

RIP Silksong, may you one day leave development hell

[@BerlinTrainStation1]

Ad Hoc looks awesome! I love weird games and that kind of premise does sound so refreshing.

[@ethan_mac_]

really keen to see Catly get exposed as a big ol scam

[@TheNerd]

Flute guy is THE GOAT.

[@KimFromTheCrypt]

"whisper it into my ear gently" - "elden ring coop roguelike" *moans*

[@Sinhsseax]

DS1 male character moaning

[@Jstrick9x]

That ending speech was amazing. I see the people fighting back against big companies and i love it!

[@at4nas]

Great recap and presentation as always. Would've been cool to have a couple of seconds of pure footage for the reveal of Okami. The reveal, from the drums, shamisen and flute to the calligraphy and colors coming to life, was an event in and of itself, and as you said, an important signifier of where Capcom is headed.

[@abdalla8558]

Hands down the best gaming event in years

[@freedomdst]

seems you havent seen many of them then lol

[@JakeRayTM]

​@@freedomdstwhich one was better? You can't say that without at least giving an example.

[@homosapien-bk5rf]

One of the worst event in years tbh.

[@xacvhFAs]

DEI gaming convention was cringe.

[@CaptnKrksNippls]

@@JakeRayTM Xbox this summer is the easiest one that many people probably feel had better announcements overall. And before you say "but i'm talking about the event as a whole", I promise you the vast majority of people only watch the game awards for game announcements.