The Game Festival is a new initiative launched by The Game Awards that will offer a curated selection of demos for new games that will feature in the awards program.
“Now feels like the right time to take the next step with The Game Festival, a completely digital approach to the consumer event space,” The Game Awards’ Geoff Keighley said. “Let’s face it: Not everyone can attend a physical trade show or consumer event. The Game Festival is designed from the ground-up as an event without barriers, extending the benefits of a physical event to the global gaming community that watches The Game Awards.”
The following titles will offer 48-hour demos on Steam, timed around The Game Awards itself:
- System Shock (Nightdive Studios)
- Eastward (Pixpil/Chucklefish)
- Spiritfarer (Thunder Lotus)
- Moving Out (SMG Studio/Devm Games/Team17)
- Röki (Polygon Treehouse/United Label)
- Chicory (Greg Lobanov)
- Wooden Nickel (Brain&Brain)
- Haven (The Game Bakers)
- Heavenly Bodies (2pt Interactive)
- Acid Knife (Powerhoof)
- The Drifter (Powerhoof)
- Carrion (Phobia/Devolver)
- Skatebird (Glass Bottom Games)
The Game Awards will be livestreamed from Los Angeles, California from 12.30pm AEDT on 13 December. You can check out a full list on nominees here. Stevivor is a member of the voting jury.
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