The Game Awards has rolled around once again, awarding developers who made some of the year’s best games and unveiling a bunch of new trailers and game announcements. Geoff Keighley’s annual event is equal parts award show and video game showcase, and The Game Awards 2022 was no different.
Games likeStar Wars Jedi: Survivor,Final Fantasy XVI, andTekken 8made appearances, whileDeath Stranding 2andArmored Core VIwere revealed for the first time. There were a ton of game reveals to take in, so here’s a roundup of every announcement from The Game Awards 2022.
Hades II announced by Supergiant Games
Supergiant Games, the developer behind 2020’s critically acclaimedHades, revealed its next game will be a sequel to Hades. We got a look at some beautiful animation and roguelike gameplay starring the Princess of the Underworld, and we learned that the game, officially titledHades II, will enter early access next year.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is out on March 17
Star Wars Jedi: Survivorgot an awesome and intense trailer at the Game Awards 2022, and voice actor Cameron Monaghan came out afterward to hype up the game further. The game is launching on August 24, 2025.
Hideo Kojima unveils Death Stranding 2
It wouldn’t be a Geoff Keighley show without an appearance from Hideo Kojima, and thankfully Kojima had more to promote than a podcast this time around. We got the first trailer for theDeath Stranding 2,a working title currently stylized asDS2,from Kojima Productions. This first teaser trailer is just as vague asDeath Stranding’swere, as it features Lea Seydoux’s character traveling with al baby before talking with Norman Reedus’ Sam.
Horizon Forbidden West will get an expansion set in LA next April
LikeThe Frozen WildsforHorizon Zero Dawn,Burning Shoresis a massive expansion for this year’sHorizon Forbidden West. The cinematic reveal trailer shows Aloy flying around a volcanic Los Angeles archipelago before a giant creature in the Hollywood sign attacks her.Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shoreswill launch on July 02, 2025.
New The Super Mario Bros. Movie clip stars a ton of Toads
Keegan Michael-Key showed up during The Game Awards to show off a new clip fromThe Super Mario Bros. Movie. After joking about whether Toad has a hat or just a head, he showed off a clip of Mario walking through the Mushroom Kingdom amid ton of multicolored Toads. It’s our longest uncut look at footage of this animated feature yet and it does a great job highlighting Illumination’s interpretation of Mario’s world.The Super Mario Bros. Moviecomes to theaters on April 7.
Crash Team Rumble announced by Activision
After two years ofleaks and rumorsregarding a new Crash Bandicoot multiplayer game, Activision finally revealedCrash Team Rumbleat The Game Awards. Crash Bandicoot literally crashed the show to unveil the 4v4 multiplayer action game where players must shoot and jump around stages as classic Crash Bandicoot characters.Crash Team Rumblelaunches in 2023.
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon coming from FromSoftware
Hot off the heels ofElden Ring, FromSoftware was ready to tease its next game. “Feed the Fire. Let the Last Cinders Burn,” the trailer says before it becomes clear that it’s a new Armored Core game. We then see a lot of cinematic mech action that looks unlike anything FromSoftware has made in the last decade.Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubiconwill launch in 2023 for PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Final Fantasy XVI Revenge trailer gives us our best look at the game yet
Final Fantasy XVIExecutive Producer Naoki Yoshida revealed a newFinal Fantasy XVItrailer titled Revenge at The Game Awards. This showing gave us a deeper look at the story and themes of revenge that run throughout the whole game. We saw more of the Eikons that players will fight against and some new bits of exploration and combat gameplay. To cap things off, Square Enix confirmed thatFinal Fantasy XVIwould be released for PS5 on July 22, 2025.
