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9 votes
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Stadia offering a free Premiere Edition bundle for US YouTube Premium members
7 votes -
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez highlights (Among Us)
22 votes -
Despite brute-forcing its way to dominance in many other industries, Amazon is having difficulty getting a foothold in games
11 votes -
The Xbox Series S will launch for $299 USD on November 10
17 votes -
Joe Biden campaign launches official Animal Crossing: New Horizons yard signs
8 votes -
Magnus Carlsen fought back from the verge of defeat as the world champion clinched his seven-day, 38-game match against Hikaru Nakamura by four sets to three
9 votes -
Cards Against Humanity statement
12 votes -
Deus Ex at twenty: The oral history of a pivotal PC game
11 votes -
The Grandmaster who got Twitch hooked on chess: Hikaru Nakamura is the top-ranked blitz chess player in the world—and his channel has seen a meteoric rise as he coaches streamers in the ancient game
14 votes -
Blizzard has suspended or closed over 74,000 accounts in the last month, as bots have upended the game's economy
9 votes -
Ending my relationship with Cards Against Humanity and Max Temkin
18 votes -
From homeless refugee to chess prodigy, nine-year-old dreams of becoming youngest Grandmaster
6 votes -
Boston authorities shut down GameStop and stores close statewide
8 votes -
E3 2020 has been cancelled
23 votes -
The man who made Wolfenstein
9 votes -
The Game Awards - Megathread
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
- Sayonara Wild Hearts released on PC (20% off)
Events
- "The Game Festival" - 13 first-look demos of indie games available on Steam for 48 hours (announcement post)
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
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: X-Men Rise of the Phoenix DLC 2
- Man Eater - Gameplay Trailer
- Humankind - Official "Your Story" Gameplay Trailer
- No More Heroes 3 - The Return
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake - Cloud Strife Trailer
- Xbox Series X - World Premiere - releasing holiday 2020
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – The Game Awards 2019 – Announce Trailer (in-engine)
- Godfall - Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer
- Bravely Default II – Announcement Trailer – Nintendo Switch
- Warframe Empyrean - Official Cinematic Launch Trailer
- Magic: The Gathering - Theros Beyond Death Official Trailer
- prologue - Reveal Trailer
- Sons of the Forest Trailer
- Ruined King: A League of Legends Story - Official Teaser Trailer
- Cyberpunk 2077 - Behind the Music
- Dungeons & Dragons - Dark Alliance Announcement Trailer
- Weird West - Reveal Trailer
- Magic: Legends - Cinematic Teaser Trailer
- Ghost of Tsushima - Gameplay Trailer
- Gears Tactics World Premiere Trailer
- Naraka: Bladepoint - Official Announcement Trailer
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 -
Veteran MMORPG developer Brad McQuaid has passed away
11 votes -
The Game Awards 2019 nominees
8 votes -
The Washington Post is the latest mainstream media outlet to dedicate resources to covering games. Past efforts at other publications have failed—why is this time going to be different?
10 votes -
Composer Jeremy Soule accused of rape
23 votes -
Waterskiing and running for my life with Joel Jewett, founder of Neversoft and the guy behind Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
2 votes -
Ars Technica's list of the hottest new board games from Gen Con 2019
14 votes -
The US Department of Veterans Affairs is using video games to help disabled vets recover and reconnect
4 votes -
NYPD confirm the death of YouTuber Desmond Amofah, aka Etika
@nypdnews: We regret to inform that Desmond Amofah aka Etika has been found deceased. https://t.co/sedwZZxglw
9 votes -
The state of California is investigating Riot Games for gender discrimination
12 votes -
Trump’s tariffs could ruin the American board game industry
22 votes -
The real life landscapes of Fallout 1, Fallout 2, and Fallout: New Vegas
6 votes -
A US Senator is introducing legislation to ban loot boxes and pay-to-win microtransations in "games played by minors"
18 votes -
"Making video games is not a dream job": "The workers behind hits like Fortnite and Call of Duty need unions to protect them from exploitation"
10 votes -
The past, present, and future of Pokémon Go, according to Niantic
8 votes -
Niantic is tweaking Pokémon Go to settle a US lawsuit with angry homeowners
12 votes -
An open letter to game developers from America's largest labor organization
10 votes -
The Game Awards 2018
Winners recap here VODs: here
10 votes -
Magnus Carlsen beats Fabiano Caruana in tie-breakers to retain World Chess crown
11 votes -
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana, world chess championship match - game one ends in a draw
11 votes -
American Truck Simulator: Oregon is published!
10 votes -
Telltale Games has laid off approximately 90% of their employees, leaving a staff of about twenty-five people
32 votes -
Introducing Xbox All Access
11 votes -
'Mass shooting' at Madden video game tournament in Jacksonville
48 votes -
The Overwatch Pink Mercy skin raises more than 12.7 million (USD) for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation
7 votes -
Ted Dabney, a founder of Atari and a creator of Pong, dies at 81
6 votes -
US PSN flash sale
5 votes -
Lindsay Lohan loses publicity rights case over Grand Theft Auto–Lohan v. Take-Two
4 votes