Dec 032025
The Game Awards will be held a week from tomorrow, on December 11 at 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET. It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year already.
I still haven’t played a lot of the nominated games, and my favorites so far this year weren’t nominated at all, so I don’t have many strong feelings about the awards themselves.
So, as is typical for me, I’ll mainly be watching for announcements. The Game Awards has had some great surprises in the past, such as last year’s including the announcement of Project Century (now titled Stranger Than Heaven), Onimusha: Way of the Sword, and the Okami sequel.
Will we have surprises on that level again this year?
You know what? I’m hoping for an Ace Attorney announcement. I know, Ace Attorney is a pretty niche series for the Game Awards… but I was convinced that this was our year, and I’m not giving up just yet. The update to the Phoenix Wright Trilogy is out now, so the time is perfect for a new announcement.
I’ve also got my fingers crossed for Kingdom Hearts IV. It’s been so long since we last saw anything.
And how about Control 2? It’s been a while since it was announced, and a trailer at the Game Awards would be great.
No matter what is announced, however, I’ve got enough in my backlog to keep me busy for a long time… and maybe I’ve got enough time over the next week to at least try some of the nominated games!
What are you hoping to see at the Game Awards?
I like the game awardsl, and saometimes I’ll even go for one of the indie games if they get good nominations, especially for story. That’s how I finally played the absolutely amazing 13 Sentinels: Ageis Rim, and also helped push me towards getting Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which is a frontrunner for this year’s Game of the Year even amid heavy and highly anticipated competition like Hades 2 and Silksong. Excited to see the awards! And… to see which muppet they bring in this time as a special guest xD
I really want to try Clair Obscur one of these days. It was one of my most-anticipated games of the year, but, well… it came out at the same time as Hundred Line, haha.