The Game Awards 2026

[bikingjahuty]

I'm not sure why I do this to myself, but somehow every year I get myself hyped for TGA despite how nearly every year I've watched it, it's mostly been underwhelming. I honestly don't give a crap about the awards themselves or who the guest performances are. It's all about the reveals and trailers for me. Despite my major issues with the modern games landscape, I still like to get excited about new, upcoming games.


I thought I'd make a thread to discuss TGA 2026 as well as what your hopes and predictions are for this year's event. Discuss.

[bikingjahuty]

Predictions
-New Resident Evil Veronica cinematic/gameplay trailer + a specific 2027 release date (my bets are next Spring)
-New FromSoftware Soulslike game announces. It won't be part of existing series though.
-New Mortal Kombat game teased
-New Beyond Good and Evil 2 Trailer shown with a 2028 release date
-Silent Hill remake trailer shown with 2027 release date
-Star Wars Jedi 3 teaser trailer shown
-New Witcher 4 trailer
-Big, final reveal is Final Fantasy XVII teaser


Hopes
-Shenmue IV trailer announcement
-More retro game compilations
-Sonic Mania 2 announcement
-Half Life 3 confirmed

[kamikazekeeg]

I think alongside the Veronica trailer, we get the DLC reveal for Requiem.

I'm not sure what I could predict for this one, I feel like we could get something from OD from Kojima.  It's been 3 years since the showing and I think with Physint getting Xbox support this year, I could see them wanting to show off something from OD to hype up their partnership more.

Not sure what else there could be, I feel like FromSoftware teasing something could make sense at this point.

[burningdoom]

Predictions
-New Resident Evil Veronica cinematic/gameplay trailer + a specific 2027 release date (my bets are next Spring)
-New FromSoftware Soulslike game announces. It won't be part of existing series though.
-New Mortal Kombat game teased
-New Beyond Good and Evil 2 Trailer shown with a 2028 release date
-Silent Hill remake trailer shown with 2027 release date
-Star Wars Jedi 3 teaser trailer shown
-New Witcher 4 trailer
-Big, final reveal is Final Fantasy XVII teaser


Hopes
-Shenmue IV trailer announcement
-More retro game compilations
-Sonic Mania 2 announcement
-Half Life 3 confirmed

Resident Evil: CV seems like a sure bet (I'm sick of stalker enemies though, CV doesn't need one). Marvel's Iron Man probably, too. I've heard online rumblings and rumors about Chrono Trigger being resurrected, I hope there's truth to that and we see something revealed.

I would love for the new From Software title to be a new King's Field or a remake/reimaging of the series. It's the one series I think I miss the most. But I'm not giving up my hopes on that.

Other than that, though, I'm not excited for much new, to be honest. I mean it feels like this generation is winding down and they are gearing up for the next-gen, which I will absolutely will NOT be paying $1000+ to get into.

My completely out there wishes that will probably never happen:
-Crystalis 2 (yeah, I'm still hanging onto that one)
-Brutal Legend 2
-Mega Man Legends 3
-New Batman Arkham game
-Dishonored 3
-Full Elder Scrolls VI trailer, with cinematics and maybe even a little gameplay.
-And while it wasn't on my Bingo card, after seeing bikingjahuty say it, I wouldn't mind a Sonic Mania 2 either.

[kamikazekeeg]

-Brutal Legend 2
-Mega Man Legends 3

Hell yeah, that's the pie in the sky hope I want to see lol I'll go one step further...Mega Man Legends Remaster Collection and Mega Man Legends 3 announcement, all right here, let's shoot for the moon with this!

[bikingjahuty]

Other than that, though, I'm not excited for much new, to be honest. I mean it feels like this generation is winding down and they are gearing up for the next-gen, which I will absolutely will NOT be paying $1000+ to get into.

It's possible we're only a year or so away from the announcement of next gen, but I'm not convinced. I think this generation is going to be drawn out longer than the average generation (5-7 years), mostly due to the dramatic increases in hardware prices. Sony and Microsoft have made a lot of completely bone headed decisions over the last year, but I'd be surprised if even they were stupid enough to think a $1000+ console would be a good idea. And I think $1000 is a conservative amount. I'd expect it to be closer to the $1200 - $1500 range. But yeah, I expect we won't get the next gen consoles until closer to 2030, maybe 2029.


I'm also wondering if the next gen Sony and MS consoles are going to be essentially game streaming devices, with only modest hardware included, mostly just optimized to stream games from the cloud. If they did this, I could see console prices being on par with what they are now, if not slightly cheaper.

[telekill]

I'm honestly in a severe funk regarding modern gaming. Something that would have had me incredibly excited at the start of the generation, now has me questioning what will be wrong with it. New Uncharted? New Ghost? New Infamous? Modern gaming writers have proven they will happily destroy the IP time and time again. A new Uncharted will be destroyed by modern Naughty Dog. They're incapable of delivering what the first four games did.

Oh! Cool! A new Mass Effect is being made? Canceled and what's been leaked proves that was probably for the best. Oh! There's a cool dark and gritty Ninja Turtles game releasing based on Last Ronin? Awesome... oh... 2028 or later? I'll never get to own a copy? Well... crap.

There's zero reason to be excited about anything that will be on PS5.... which was my primary platform this gen. Maybe Nintendo will announce something cool for Switch 2?... but why would they bother with the Game Awards? Especially after just releasing the OoT Remake getting an incredible reception.

For the first time in two generations I let my PS+ lapse and I haven't even cared becaise my PS5 is a dust collector. I've bought 2 games on PS5 this year... Code Violet and 007 First Light... both fun, but that's it for me aside from maybe getting Dawnwalker during Black Friday. Absolutely ridiculous.

So yeah... for me it's obvious that anything that doesn't have a confirmed 2027 release... unless on Switch 2 being fully on the cartridge... there's no reason to be excited for anything the AAA industry can muster. Their writing is crap. They release unfinished games (often purposefully). Game physics are worse now then a decade ago because the coders can't even use the AI right. Oh... and as of 2028, you'll never own a new release Playstation game again... not that you'd want to.