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    9. The Game Awards - Megathread

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      The Game Awards start tonight at 5:30 PM Pacific time (Dec 13, 02:30 UTC). There are a lot of announcements, sales, and events going on associated with it though, so I thought I'd try to collect a...

      The Game Awards start tonight at 5:30 PM Pacific time (Dec 13, 02:30 UTC). There are a lot of announcements, sales, and events going on associated with it though, so I thought I'd try to collect a bunch of it here, and then we can discuss and post the actual winners in here later as well.

      Sales

      Announcements/Releases

      Events

      Edit after the show: Article on CNET that lists all the winners of awards, as well as having embedded copies of most of the trailers/announcements/etc. that were shown

      My original lists (incomplete)

      Winners

      • Best Community Support: Destiny 2
      • Best Score & Music: Death Stranding
      • Best Fighting Game: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
      • Best Narrative: Disco Elysium
      • Best Audio Design: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
      • Best Strategy Game: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
      • Best Art Direction: Control
      • Best Action Game: Devil May Cry 5
      • Games for Impact: Gris
      • Best Family Game: Luigi's Mansion 3
      • Best Sports/Racing Game: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
      • Best Mobile Game: Call of Duty: Mobile
      • Best Multiplayer Game: Apex Legends
      • Best Ongoing Game: Fortnite

      Edit: I'm not going to keep updating the winners, I'm sure there are a ton of lists out there - I'll edit in a link at the end

      • Best Esports Coach: Zonic
      • Best Esports Event: League of Legends World Championship 2019
      • Best Esports Host: Sjokz
      • Best Esports Team: G2 Esports
      • Best Esports Player: Bugha
      • Content Creator of the Year: Shroud

      New trailers/announcements

      Edit: dear god how long is this show? I'll edit in a link to a good summary later, I'm not going to keep watching.

      Italicized links probably need a better source

      16 votes

    38. His Dark Materials s01e01 - "Lyra's Jordan" discussion thread

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      The first episode of the BBC/HBO adaptation of His Dark Materials, by Phillip Pullman. Synopsis: Orphan Lyra Belacqua's world is turned upside-down by her long-absent uncle's return from the...

      The first episode of the BBC/HBO adaptation of His Dark Materials, by Phillip Pullman.

      Synopsis: Orphan Lyra Belacqua's world is turned upside-down by her long-absent uncle's return from the north, while the glamorous Mrs Coulter visits Jordan College with a proposition.

      Trailer
      Title Sequence

      12 votes

    49. Fortnite's new season has brought the game back to its roots

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      For at least a year I'd been rather disappointed with Fortnite. It kept appealing to the lowest common denominator and the game that I fell in love with in the end of season 2 (which is almost two...

      For at least a year I'd been rather disappointed with Fortnite. It kept appealing to the lowest common denominator and the game that I fell in love with in the end of season 2 (which is almost two years ago) kept changing for the worse. It became less of a Battle Royale game and more of a playground where you never knew what you were gonna get. It kept getting worse through the seasons and I played it less and less. So during season 9 I was only barely hanging on - and once season 10 launched with even more proverbial bullshit, I finally decided to uninstall the game. That was in the beginning of August and I never looked back for a second - I was done with it!

      With Chapter 2 however (season 11), it's back to basics. The many weapons have been trimmed and there are only very few left - and none of the crazy ones. It's simpler and easier to navigate, and all the vehicles and movement mechanics have also been scrapped almost entirely. There are no more hover boards, ATVs, golf carts, airplanes, jump pads, rifts, etc. There's a harmless boat, and that's it! So when I saw the trailer for this new version of Fortnite, I reinstalled the game immediately. I've played 9 games now and this is the version I fell in love with - if not better! It's so good in its simplicity. The mechanics with building and whatnot have stayed the same, but the gameplay itself is much improved. It went from chaotic and action-packed to feeling more like a survival game. And the aesthetic of the new map is also just beautiful.

      I'm no game reviewer but I thought that this overhaul of a pretty massive game is worth talking about!

      Edit: not to mention the marketing stunt they pulled before launching this new version of the game was insanely clever. It made headlines all over the world, they even talked about it on the evening news here in little ol' Denmark!

      15 votes