So what did you think of the Clair Obscur Awards last night? Even going in, there was little doubt what game was going to sweep; all the signs were there. And it happened: Expedition 33 pretty much gommaged all competitors, taking a record nine awards, more than any other TGA-nominated game has managed to. It only failed to win one nom, Best Audio Design, which went to Battlefield 6 instead.
Also as expected, the Game Awards were 3% awards ceremony and 95% trailers (plus 2% Muppets), as they have been for years now. Three solid hours of trailers is a lot. Good thing we tirelessly pre-watched all of them for you and self-selected the best and most interesting of the lot. Here are the highlights of the 2025 TGAs…
BRADLEY THE BADGER was one of the first games to be revealed and it had our immediate attention. It takes a lot to stand out these days, but Bradley has it. We haven’t seen this kind of sharp satire or meta commentary in a game since Conker’s Bad Fur Day back in 2001. And it also looks it has the gameplay to back up its writing. We want it!
Remember back when TGA videos were little more than a sea of colorless meathead FPS footage where you watched a gun float around and blow up things? Thank goodness those days are over. The first trailer to be shown at TGA this year was THE FREE SHEPHERD, something where you play as a shepherd dog in a place that looks like New Zealand. Much easier on the eyes. It should be ready in 2027.
STAR WARS: FATE OF THE OLD REPUBLIC — From the moment this video started it was clear we were looking at a new Star Wars game, we just didn’t expect it to be THAT one. A sequel to the KOTOR games on the old XBox is coming: FOTOR! As in, Fate of the Old Republic. We were psyched for this until Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier threw a massive bucket of cold water in our faces…
Last night's biggest surprise was Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, led by Casey Hudson, who directed KOTOR (and Anthem). Exciting news for lots of people… but Lucasfilm says the studio was founded this year, which means that 2030 is an *optimistic* guess. Maybe it'll be a PlayStation 7 game
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social) 2025-12-12T16:30:44.271Z
Or maybe they’ll replace their entire workforce with AI bots and slop it out in a year! JUST KIDDING; put down the axe…
We’re not sure if this is intended as a sequel to the 1999 classic Star Wars Episode 1: Racer, but the spirit is still there: podracing is fun.
PRAGMATA has been teased for a long time, and everything about it sounds good on paper, but we’ll see what the final product is like. Actually we can get a taste right now: a demo was just released on Steam. But if your PC can’t run it, the demo will arrive on consoles soon…including Switch 2, which it was just confirmed for.
There will be a more in-depth article on this one later today, but Crystal D surprised everyone by relieving our long-lasting Lara Croft drought with not just one, but TWO Tomb Raiders. The first is yet another remake of the original game, and it should be out next year…but the second finally, FINALLY uses an older Lara and advances her story for the first time since 2008. TOMB RAIDER: LEGACY OF ATLANTIS will be here in 2026; TOMB RAIDER CATALYST will follow it in 2027.
The sequel to CONTROL is almost here. You play as Dylan Faden, brother of Jesse from the first game, and explore an incredibly warped, Escher-y NYC. CONTROL RESONANT will be out next year.
This looks just plain fun. In STUPID NEVER DIES you play as both a dweeby zombie and the cheerleader he wants a date with. The game comes from the new studio GPTRACK50, made up of Devil May Cry and Resident Evil veterans, and will be out in 2026.
Love the 80s-anime look of this one. ORBITALS is a co-op adventure game strictly for two players (kinda like the stuff Josef Fares does, except Josef Fares wasn’t involved this time). It’s a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, due in 2026.
Finally, the Blue Bomber makes his triumphant return after a painful extended absence. MEGAMAN DUAL OVERRIDE will reinvent no wheels, sticking to the 2D platform genre that made the character famous. This was one of the few games that was promised for last-gen consoles as well as current ones. Maybe it’ll be the last PS4 game you buy! It comes out in 2027.
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