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Honest Thoughts: The 2024 Video Game Awards and Announcements

So, a couple of nights ago, me and a discord server I'm in did a group watch for the VGAs this year. Normally, we wouldn't care that much about the awards but would just watch them for the announcements for new games anyways. The award show itself was pretty decent anyways with some fun parts here and there. Statler and Waldorf were the best part of the show hands down, as they always were in the Muppets Show. The presentations for Best Narrative from Sam Lake was also pretty good as well as the presentation for Best Adaptation from Jesse Pinkman and Lucina (I will not specify that further). Now for the awards themselves, there are some pretty good winners, especially from Metaphor and Astro Bot with the ladder winning Best Game. Glad to see those two games win awards here and I could check them both out next year. I didn't like how Best Fighting Game was relegated to the First Act as I would love to see that on the main show with a presentation instead of a quick mention. Back to presentations, the one with the two TLOU actresses was the worst part of the show to me tbh, they were just boring.

Now for the announcements themselves and WOW they were something! First, there was the announcement of a new Ninja Gaiden game with Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound that seem to have both the old and new versions of Ryu Hayabusa. I'm already excited for this as a fan of ninjas and with hearing the difficulty of the first NG game and the first 3D game, which is a game I should check out some time.

There was then the announcement of Clive Rosfield from FF XVI being the last DLC character for Tekken 8's Season 1 DLC which is really cool to see as it follows Noctis being in T7 as DLC. I know most people wanted Tifa to be in Tekken (including myself), but hey, Clive looks great and the DLC stage looks great!

To a new project announced, there is genDESIGN's unannounced project, being made from the same creator of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian. I absolutely love SotC and I did enjoy myself with the demo of TLG found with the SotC remaster. The game itself seems to follow in the footsteps of SotC with a climbing mechanic, but there could be some cases of Ico within it. Not much is known seen in the teaser other than the gameplay and how it has a giant robot to be an important part of the game. Can't wait to see more about this project.

And then there's Intergalactic and I'm... conflicted. On one hand, Naughty Dog are FINALLY working on a new, original IP that's NOT a remaster, PC port, or both of The Last of Us Parts I and II, so thank god for that. On the other hand, Neil Druckmann is directing this game too. Now, if you like TLOU I and II, that's fine. I understand why people like those games, or at least the first game. It has a mass appeal to everyone with its narrative in both games. It's just that ND just focuses on ONLY those two games and nothing else, just shoving down our throats on how great it is, and I'm worried it'll be the same thing with Intergalactic for the next 5 years. But who knows, maybe it'll turn out great, idk.

Now for the five announcements that stole the show from two companies.

First, there is Sega with the one-two punch of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's two new projects: a new installment in the Virtua Fighter franchise and Project Century. Seeing VF come back after years of new versions of VF5 is awesome, with the only two characters being confirmed for the game being Akira Yuki and Stella who is either the daughter of Jacky or Sarah Bryant, or (and this is sort of a fan theory) a clone of Sarah created by J6 given that she looks similar to her, especially that it seems that VF6 as I could call it could take place years after VF5 and Judgement 6 could return. As for other characters coming back, I expect Pai, Kage Maru, and Jacky to be here. Lau I'm guessing is definitely dead as this point with his move set going to either Pai or to Lei Fei, but time will tell. Then there's Project Century, which seems to be a Lost Judgement-esque game taking place in 1915 Japan and it does look really interesting to play. I can check out the demo if there's going to be one of Century. These two look really great and I'm definitely interested in both, especially with RGG's track record with Yakuza/Like A Dragon, which is another franchise I'm itching to play next year.

On the same topic of Sega, there's the announcement of a new Sonic racing game with Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. Given from the little time it was shown with the only character being shown being Shadow, it seems to be more in track of Sega All Stars racing, which sounds really cool to me seeing a comeback from the racing series, I just hope it'll be better than Team Sonic Racing. Sonic does seem to be on a revival with the releases of Sonic Frontiers, Sonic X Shadow Generations, and Sonic 3 coming out next week, huh? Glad to see it.

And now for Capcom starting with the return of two dormant franchises.

To start, there's the announcement of Onimusha: Way of the Sword. It's awesome to see Onimusha get a new game in a nearly 20-year absence with the release of Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams back in 2006 and with the remaster of the first game back in 2019. It'll release in 2026, but it looks great from the gameplay footage so can't wait to kill more demons!

And then there's the Okami sequel being directed from the original director, Hideki Kamiya returning to Capcom and reforming CLOVER studios which is the best announcement from the VGA's this year. I have never played Okami before, but I now have both the PC and Switch ports of Okami HD, and I do plan on playing them during the winter break. I just hope that the sequel won't ignore Okamiden as I really love the puppy so much. And with the reformation of CLOVER, there's a good chance Viewtiful Joe 3 could happen in the future, but I do wonder about Kamiya's Ultraman-esque project he was working on years ago when he was still working in Platinum. Other than some worrying thoughts of me hoping the Okami sequel won't be that controversial in its development like with Bayo 3.

A pretty good and fun VGA this year with some well-deserved winners and great announcements to look forward to.

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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound | Reveal trailer

NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam in summer 2025.

Overview

About

A new twist to the side-scrolling Ninja Gaiden series experience.

From the acclaimed team behind Blasphemous, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound successfully unites the classic lore and gameplay of the Tecmo-developed (now Koei Tecmo Games) Ninja Gaiden series from the 8-bit era with the depth and intensity of the modern 3D entries. The best of both eras come together to create an epic and thrilling adventure.

Dive into an Untold Chapter of the Ninja Gaiden Saga

Our story begins when Ryu Hayabusa journeys to America to honor his father’s will. While he is away, the barrier between the human and the demon worlds suddenly shatters, unleashing a terrifying army upon the Hayabusa Village, which now faces an unprecedented threat in Ryu’s absence.

To stand against this new threat, Kenji Mozu, a young ninja from the Hayabusa Village, rises to the challenge!

Old School Gameplay with a Brand-New Polish

Combining old-school feeling with modern precision, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound retains the pick-up-and-play action of the classic titles, while introducing new layers of depth.

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound features impeccable mechanics that are easy to learn but hard to truly master, inviting players to challenge the limit of their player skills to satisfy the fans of the Ninja Gaiden series!

A Spectacular Pixel Art Showdown

Step into a reimagined version of the classic Ninja Gaiden universe, brought to life through stunning, meticulously crafted visuals. Every enemy is recreated with a level of detail that was once impossible.

The brutal, nostalgia-filled aesthetic of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound pays homage to the past while pushing the boundaries of modern pixel art, making every battle a feast for the eyes.

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Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC - Gematsu

Publisher Dotemu and developer The Game Kitchen, in cooperation with Koei Tecmo and Team NINJA, have announced side-scrolling action adventure game Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam). It will launch in summer 2025.

Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:

About

A new twist to the side-scrolling Ninja Gaiden series experience. From the acclaimed team behind Blasphemous, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound successfully unites the classic lore and gameplay of the Tecmo-developed (now Koei Tecmo Games) Ninja Gaiden series from the 8-bit era with the depth and intensity of the modern 3D entries. The best of both eras come together to create an epic and thrilling adventure.

Dive into an Untold Chapter of the Ninja Gaiden Saga

Our story begins when Ryu Hayabusa journeys to America to honor his father’s will. While he is away, the barrier between the human and the demon worlds suddenly shatters, unleashing a terrifying army upon the Hayabusa Village, which now faces an unprecedented threat in Ryu’s absence. To stand against this new threat, Kenji Mozu, a young ninja from the Hayabusa Village, rises to the challenge!

Old School Gameplay with a Brand-New Polish

Combining old-school feeling with modern precision, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound retains the pick-up-and-play action of the classic titles, while introducing new layers of depth. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound features impeccable mechanics that are easy to learn but hard to truly master, inviting players to challenge the limit of their player skills to satisfy the fans of the Ninja Gaiden series!

A Spectacular Pixel Art Showdown

Step into a reimagined version of the classic Ninja Gaiden universe, brought to life through stunning, meticulously crafted visuals. Every enemy is recreated with a level of detail that was once impossible. The brutal, nostalgia-filled aesthetic of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound pays homage to the past while pushing the boundaries of modern pixel art, making every battle a feast for the eyes.

Watch the announcement trailer below.

Announce Trailer

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A side-scrolling classic returns with Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

One of the toughest old school side-scrollers is coming back thanks to Dotemu and The Game Kitchen, with Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.

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Cinematech Reborn #10 - Aizen, Don't Come Home

Tonight's Cinematech Reborn's got everything you ever want: From our fave trailers from The Game Awards to reapers crossing swords, it's certainly gonna be an episode that is Qwarktastic!

(watch on 4GTV!)

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Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound reveal trailer

As shown during The Game Awards, Ninja Gaiden returns to a side-scrolling adventure that looks like it'll be brutal in more than one way.

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Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound announced for 2025

Ninja Gaiden is back, baby! Announced at The Game Awards 2024, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is launching on Xbox, PlayStation and Switch next year, and is being published by DotEmu, the same team behind Streets of Rage 4 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge! “Combining old-school feeling with modern precision, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound retains the pick-up-and-play action of the classic…

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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound Trailer

Coming to Xbox consoles in Summer 2025.

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What did you think of the Game Awards this year?

It was... a little better this year than Geoff's previous shows. The preshow actually had a segment that talked about climate change and featured a game about the topic (even if it looked a bit basic visually) and I genuinely liked Statler and Waldorf heckling Keighley. It was the sort of thing where it was really surprising how they did not pull their punches. ("Hey, look, it's Hideo Kojima! Did you know Geoff Keighley is friends with him?" "Does Kojima know that?")

And like, I find myself wondering if that was the point, if having them heckle the show was a way to sort of break the ice and blow off some of the pressure... which makes you wonder how much of it was scripted. But considering a couple of the reaction shots, I guess I don't know. There were mild looks of shock to be sure, and there were other things that felt like changes based on past Geoff shows (like giving developers room to speak if they wanted to).

The rest of the event was mostly fine. Games that caught my attention:

Ninja Gaiden Ragebound was kind of surprising. It's got Dotemu's name attached, which is funny, because Dotemu + Lizardcube is who did Streets of Rage 4, and Lizardcube is off doing Shinobi for Sega now.

It's extremely reductive, but I see Rematch and my only thought is "So Rocket League is soccer with cars... and this is Rocket League with human people?

Dispatch looked cool. It actually looked like FMV, to me, to be honest. I wonder if that's live gameplay or not.

It's very funny to me that Borderlands 4 completely avoided showing any humor at all. I am not asking for Borderlands style humor, but it is kind of one of the franchise's signatures.

I'm excited for Onimusha to be next in Capcom's remake series, but I'm bummed for no Code Veronica or Dino Crisis.

I'm happy to see something more bombastic from Naughty Dog with Intergalactic. I saw some people being reductive that it's just their take on Guardians of the Galaxy, but that's not the vibe I got at all. Very weird it's so big on brand deals though.

Kind of wild to see Geoff seemingly get legitimately choked up at the teaser for Okami 2.

Trying to look for the climate change game on their Youtube channel and I'm surprised there's no video for it.

Happy to see Astro Bot win the big final award, mainly because the guy (Nicolas Doucet) took a moment to just, like, be "yeah we won an award, but a lot of outside people helped us make this game, and there are a lot of great platformers out there besides Astro Bot, too." Cool guy.

Interesting show. A little long, but I'd rather it be long than cutting speeches off.

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Here’s the trailer for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, from Koei Tecmo, Dotemu, and the Blasphemous team

Enter and Win Robux Coins NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound is the next item in the expensive action series of slice-em-ups action tonight on Pre-Geoffies. It will arrive in 2025 as a joint effort between Koei Tecmo, creator of The Game Kitchen and Dotemu retro retro revivalists. Trailer below. Continue reading Here’s the trailer for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, from Koei Tecmo, Dotemu, and the…

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