Astro Bot wins, Witcher 4 and new Naughty Dog game revealed
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Astro Bot wins, Witcher 4 and new Naughty Dog game revealed

Posted on by Amelia Pressman

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PlayStation’s mascot platformer Astro Bot won the top prize at the 2024 Game Awards on Thursday night, as several major studios revealed their upcoming projects – including a new sci-fi game from The Last of Us creators Naughty Dog, a first look then Witcher 4 and a sequel to the 2022 award winner, Elden Ring.

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In addition to the big Game of the Year award, Astro Bot also won the awards for Best Game Direction, Best Action/Adventure Game and Best Family Game.

In an emotional acceptance speech, the game’s director Nicolas Doucet said he was grateful for the “great privilege of possibly being the first game that many children will play” and praised Sony’s rival Nintendo and its flagship Mario series for that they inspired her to create a game platformer.

PlayStation maker Sony scored some more big wins on Thursday night when its other surprise hit of the year, shooter Helldivers II, was named Best Multiplayer Game and Best Running Game.

Sega’s critically acclaimed role-playing game Metaphor: ReFantazio was the other big winner of the night, as it took home the awards for Best RPG, Best Narrative and Best Art Direction.

Indie card game Balatro – developed by a solo developer and one of the surprise commercial and critical hits of the year – won Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game and Best Mobile Game.

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What were the biggest announcements at the Game Awards?

As in previous years, in addition to the awards, the event also featured several high-profile new titles from top studios, including Sony’s Naughty Dog, CD Projekt RED, From Software and many others. The biggest announcement of the night came just before the final awards ceremony, when Last of Us creator Naughty Dog revealed Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, a new sci-fi game. Details on the game are sparse as it is a new franchise for the studio, but on its website the studio says the game features a new protagonist, Jordan A. Mun, who is a “dangerous bounty hunter.” Tati Gabrielle will play Mun and Kumail Nanjiani also appears to be in the game. CD Projekt RED gave a first look at its next title, The Witcher 4, in which Ciri, an important supporting character from the last Witcher game, is the main character. FromSoftware revealed Elden Ring Nightreign, a sequel to the 2022 Game of the Year winner, set to release next year. Nightreign appears to be more of a spin-off than a direct sequel to Elden Ring and has been described as a “co-op action-survival game” rather than an action RPG like the original.

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