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Ubisoft's post-apocalyptic Far Cry New Dawn arrives on 15th Feb

by Mark Tyson on 7 December 2018, 12:01

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The Game Awards took place at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California yesterday evening. The event is, of course, named after the games industry gongs that are doled out to the chosen few but it is also used as a high profile platform for games launches.

To begin, we might as well round-up the winners. The Game of the Year trophy went to God of War, the Sony PS4 exclusive, beating out the likes of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Monster Hunter: World, and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Other notable winners were:

  • Best action/adventure game: God of War
  • Best action game: Dead Cells
  • Best ongoing game: Fortnite
  • Best role-playing game: Monster Hunter: World
  • Best VR/AR game: Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
  • Best fighting game: Dragon Ball FighterZ
  • Best family game: Overcooked 2
  • Best sports / racing game: Forza Horizon 4
  • Best strategy game: Into the breach
  • Best multiplayer game: Fortnite
  • Best eSports game: Overwatch
  • Best indie game: Celeste
  • Best mobile game: Florence

Ubisoft announced Far Cry New Dawn at the event. This game is set 17 years after the story depicted in Far Cry 5 and features twin sisters Mickey and Lou, see below. New Dawn marks the first time that a new Far Cry game is a direct sequel, and players pick up the pieces in a familiar but apocalypse ravaged Hope County.

Far Cry New Dawn isn't a long way off, you will be able to buy it from 15th Feb for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. As it seems to be a smaller production, the launch price is a bit lower than the norm (£37.95 for standard and £45.99 for deluxe editions).

Other new games shown off include; Hades, Scavengers, Crash Team Racing, The Outer Worlds, Mortal Kombat 11, Psychonauts 2, and more. You can see these videos and more at the dedicated The Game Awards channel on YouTube. Below I've embedded the whole event for you to skip through.

Disappointingly, there seemed to be no announcement of any new Alien game, despite the pre-show teasers.



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Does it let you go prone and lean round walls again yet? Far Cry 1 had it. Other versions cut back the range of movement massively.
FC5 killed the franchise imo. Quite an unpleasant gaming experience. Last time I buy an FC game on release.
AGTDenton
FC5 killed the franchise imo. Quite an unpleasant gaming experience. Last time I buy an FC game on release.

I didn't even bother with FC5, the whole setting did nothing for me, but I think that FC4 was the start of the downturn if you ask me, even though I really enjoyed Primal.

But likewise I will wait to see what the reaction is like after it launches.
I can't take the game awards seriously anymore at all, how could anything this year beat out a game as special as RDR2?
You never know!