The Game Awards 2014: Nominees

We have no idea what's going on with the Spike VGX this year or even if there will be one. The annual celebrity-fueled, ad-hungry video games event was consistently chock full of controversy and disdain from the gamer community which is why last year host and producer Geoff Keighley helped re-brand the Spike Video Game Awards into the Spike VGX. It was a ratings success but still begged the question of whether it should contin


For the first time in the series' history, Battlefield V included a chapter that follows the story of a female soldier , Solveig. Solveig is affiliated with the indigenous resistance movement opposing the German occupying forces in Norway, and despite being young, she is a well-trained and effective soldier during the war. Solveig survives the Norwegian cold and avoids Nazis patrolling the woods during the campaign, as she is in search of her mother. We have not seen many playable female soldiers in the past, and Solveig definitely sets a high standard for female soldiers in future ga


The name Andrew Ryan is even a near-anagram of Ayn Rand's, while Frank Fontaine and Atlas take their names from Rand's husband Frank and her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged respectively. It's in these works that Rand first explores and outlines the idea of objectivism, making it somewhat fitting that their titles were incorporated into the ga


Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars isn’t a historical game in the sense that it transports the players back in time - although, the game was made in 1996 so it could be considered a modern-day historical piece. It is, however, a point-and-click adventure game that gives players a lot of historical insight into the Knights Temp


Sadie Adler is an outlaw and bounty hunter who joins the Van Der Linde gang in Red Dead Redemption 2 . Rockstar Games describes her as "a widow who is hell-bent on taking revenge upon those who killed her husband. Relentless and afraid of nothing and no one. The wrong woman to cross, but very loyal to those she loves. " Sadie definitely lives up to this reputation and proves to be a great fighter alongside Arthur throughout many of the game's most memorable missi


Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter was released on the PC, PlayStation 3 and the Xbox One in 2016. It’s a Victorian-era detective game based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective. The game’s setting is roughly set around the same time as Assassin’s Creed: Syndic


An example of that is the lack of restrictions on climbing. Link is able to scale anything, with only his stamina bar slowing him down. It was an interesting addition to the game as climbing hasn't always been a big feature in previous Zelda instalments, but it is a welcome cha


The nominations for the first ever edition of The Game Awards were unveiled this morning and include the standard set of genre-based categories, a fan category for most anticipated title of 2015 (which mostly includes delayed games) and as a bonus, some love for famous YouTube celebs and eSports teams to help spread the word and bring in the "hardcore" crowd for appro


What To Expect: Set between the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings , Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor will take players on a special journey. Attendees should expect to learn more about the Nemesis System , which gives players unique enemies throughout the campaign, and see more of the title's gameplay in act


With the nominations coming before the year's end, we're faced with the usual issue of not all of 2014's titles being included (like Ubisoft's The Crew ) but at least they got in the most recent two-three weeks which includes the largest batch of high profile releases. The deadline for eligible entrants was games released by November 25th. On the Canadian Videogame Awards front, the date of nomination eligibility was much earlier and meant that some of the year's biggest titles ( Assassin's Creed Unity, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, etc. ) didn't make the


Naturally, those challenges can't actually happen in the game, but you can use your speed to traverse buildings. To do so, jump to the side of a structure, and sprint up it. Therefore, the power simultaneously makes both the best cars and planes obsole


Titan Quest was first released for the PC in 2006. It would finally get a console release in 2018 on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and the PlayStation 4. The game is set in Ancient Greece so it should help satisfy fans of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey that are missing that game’s the


Large portions of Bartol's novel were based on historical facts and it was these elements that were used in the first Assassin's Creed Shadows online guide|https://creedshadowgame.com/ Creed game. The line "Nothing is true, everything is permitted," which serves as the Creed's maxim , also came courtesy of Alamut , though the wording was changed slightly; most likely in the interest of brev


Kara is an android in Detroit: Become Human who becomes self-aware, and is part of an uprising of androids confronting their owners. Kara is an unconventionally tough heroine, as she is a protector rather than an aggressor, but displays her strength by protecting Alice Williams. Often mistreated by her owner, Todd Williams, Kara attempts to escape and take his daughter, Alice with