12 major game announcements from The Game Awards 2018

New Mortal Kombat, Far Cry and Dragon Age, as well as other important projects.

In Los Angeles, hosted an annual award ceremony The Game Awards - analogue Prize "Oscar" in the gaming industry. Within its framework called the best projects of the year in different categories. Also, the event brought several unexpected news, among them - announcements of new games.

winners of nominations

• Game of the Year - God of War;
• Best network and developing the game - Fortnite;
• Best Game Design and action adventure - God of War;
• Best Sports Game - Forza Horizon 4;
• Best indie game and the game, affecting an important topic - Celeste;
• The best strategy - Into The Breach;
• Best sound design, plot and soundtrack - Red Dead Redemption 2;
• Best actor's game - Roger Clark, Red Dead Redemption 2;
• Best RPG - Monster Hunter: World;
• Best Action - Dead Cells.

Home announcements

Epic Games has launched its own gaming store

developer Fortnite It opened its own digital shop computer games - Steam competitor. In it available to large indie projects like Ashen, old hits like Super Meat Boy, as well as new high-budget games - for example, Darksiders 3.

Ashen, the spiritual successor to Dark Souls, was released on PC and Xbox One

Fantasy adventure game, originally announced as an exclusive for Xbox One, after more than four years of development has made it to release. And it is available not only on the console from Microsoft, but also on the PC. Ashen resembles in many ways hardcore project Dark Souls.

Meditative Journey adventure will be released on PC

Beautiful and very unusual game Journey, in which you explore a mysterious world with a stranger, in the next year will appear on the computers in the Epic Games store. Previously it was only available on the PlayStation 3, and 4.

Hades - a new game from the authors of Bastion

Studio Supergiant Games, which became famous thanks to the indie-RPG Bastion, released in early access to a new project - Hades. This stylish isometric role-playing game in which you must destroy the inhabitants of the underworld.

New Far Cry - a post-apocalyptic sequel Far Cry 5

Ubisoft revealed Far Cry: New Dawn - a new part in the popular series of shooters with open world. Its action takes place after the events of Far Cry 5, in which the antagonist Joseph Cid detonates a nuclear bomb. Action will be available February 15 on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

The Outer Worlds - a new project from the creators of Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity

Legendary studio Obsidian Entertainment is preparing the game The Outer Worlds, full of intergalactic travel and all sorts of science fiction technology. Probably, we are waiting of Fallout, which we deserved.

The authors of No Man's Sky will release a sweet adventure The Last Campfire

Hello Games, the developer of one of the most talked about games in recent years, No Man's Sky, announced a heartwarming adventure project The Last Campfire. Animation in it is very similar to short films Pixar.

Announced Mortal Kombat 11

We are waiting for a new part Mortal Kombat. If you believe the trailer, it will be as never cruel. A complete presentation of the fighting game is scheduled for January 17, and the release will take place on 23 April.

New Dragon Age is in development

«I suspect you have questions ...» #TheDreadWolfRisespic.twitter.com/oT7L6LOFKA

- BioWare (@bioware) December 7, 2018

BioWare has assured fans that the series of role-playing Dragon Age is not yet bent. The studio showed only vague teaser, from which nothing is clear - neither when the game will be released or how it will be called.

The third season of "Very strange deeds" will play adaptation

Stranger Things 3: The Game - This game is a two-dimensional pixel, the development of which, together with Netflix deals with indie studio BonusXP. The project will be released next year on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

Ark Developers: Survival Evolved announced multiplayer pirate game Atlas

Studio Wildcard presented pirate design with a splash of fantasy, in which the world will be able to simultaneously fit 40 thousand players. It will be naval battles, dungeons studies, acquisition of territory, and much more. All this - on a huge map in 1,2 thousand times the size of a server Ark. The game will appear in the early access Steam on December 13, in the Xbox Game Preview - next year.

In Fortnite perpetuate players creations

In one part of the card will Fortnite place called The Block in the form of large stone slabs. It developers will post the best content created by players.