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The tenth edition of the Game Awards is upon us. The event unfolds Thursday evening, with host Geoff Keighley scheduled to take the stage at 7:30PM ET. In addition to the myriad trailers, announcements, gameplay clips and speeches, six titles will . Engadget will cover all the big news as it happens, and you can watch along below.
and lead the pack with eight total nominations. They’ll compete for Game of the Year with (seven nods), (five), (five) and the (four).
Nintendo had a banner year, even as the Switch likely . The company raked in 15 total nominations — the most of any publisher. Sony was next, with 13 nods, while Microsoft (including Bethesda and Activision Blizzard) received 10 noms. Meanwhile, Epic Games, the only non-hardware-producing publisher in the top four, snagged nine.
The awards show 31 total awards in areas as diverse as Best Action Game, Best Esports Coach and Best Independent Game. The indie category opened a can of worms this year, as the beloved Dave the Diver was included in the category , a behemoth with an $18.3 billion market cap.
You can tune into the Game Awards on , (and other platforms) at 7:30PM ET on Thursday. Or, watch below:
This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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and lead the pack with eight total nominations. They’ll compete for Game of the Year with (seven nods), (five), (five) and the (four).
Nintendo had a banner year, even as the Switch likely . The company raked in 15 total nominations — the most of any publisher. Sony was next, with 13 nods, while Microsoft (including Bethesda and Activision Blizzard) received 10 noms. Meanwhile, Epic Games, the only non-hardware-producing publisher in the top four, snagged nine.
The awards show 31 total awards in areas as diverse as Best Action Game, Best Esports Coach and Best Independent Game. The indie category opened a can of worms this year, as the beloved Dave the Diver was included in the category , a behemoth with an $18.3 billion market cap.
You can tune into the Game Awards on , (and other platforms) at 7:30PM ET on Thursday. Or, watch below:
This article originally appeared on Engadget at
Console Bang News!