Published: December 9, 2013 9:00 AM /
By: Stephen Gillespie
The newly branded VGX awards are over, delivering the expected combination of awards, new game announcements, lots of trailers and really cringe-worthypresenters who make frequent jokes about video game players living in their parents basem*nts and wearing adult diapers. Classy stuff as always. That aside, there was some decent stuff on show and some nice surprises.The standout part of this year's show was the game announcements, all of which looked pretty interesting! Of course there was that iOS game announcement from Remedy, which has the brilliantly generic title Agents of Steel and was described as a "reverse tower-defence action-strategy game"... So maybe that one wasn't interesting, but the rest look pretty promising.The first big surprise was the announcement of a new Borderlands game. Though a new entry coming in a popular series is hardly shocking, the game itself is. Tales from the Borderlands is a spin-off title developed by Telltale. That's right Telltale games, the people who brought you the Walking Dead and the recent Sam and Max games. We don't know much about this yet, but apparently it will have an authentic Borderlands feel (in regard to setting and story) but play like a Telltale game. Sounds weird, but maybe it's weird enough to work.
Other awards:Best RPG: Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (... I didn't play it)Best Fighting Game: Injustice God's Among Us (I didn't play it, but I adored MK9. However, this year DiveKick really impressed me be being an accessible fighting game that's also really fun)Best Driving Game: Forza V (People aren't happy about the micro transactions, but when it comes to driving Forza is pretty hard to beat)Best DLC: Far Cry 3- Blood Dragon (Civilization V: Brave New World came out this year... And wasn't nominated... That upsets me as it would be my runaway winner)Best Xbox 360 Game: Brothers (An utterly fantastic game that does innovative things with control and storytelling, very happy to see this win)Best Playstation 3 Game: The Last of Us (No complaints here)Best Nintendo Game: Super Mario 3D World (I want it!)Best PC Game: Gone Home (I'm ecstatic about this, Gone Home is simply one of the best games I've ever played and I'm glad to see it getting the recognition it deserves)Best Handheld Game: the Legend of Zelda- A Link Between Two Worlds (Though I will champion Spelunky on Vita until the day I die, this seems like an excellent choice)Best Casual Game: Animal Crossing- New Leaf (There's nothing casual about the exploitative Tom Nook. I said it)Best Voice Actor: Troy Baker as Joel in the Last of Us (Well, he was excellent!)Best Voice Actress: Ashley Johnson as Ellie in the Last of Us (I think Ellen Page's performance in Beyond: Two Souls was more noteworthy, but Ashley Johnson was brilliant)Best Soundtrack: GTA V (Tangerine Dream... 'Nuff said)Best Song in a Game: Will the Circle be Unbroken performed by Courtnee Draper and Troy Baker (Superbly performed and a beautiful song, but some of the musical moments in Saints Row IV have my heart on this one (Also GTA V had Baker Street in it... Baker Street!!))Most Anticipated Game: Titanfall (That's a funny way to spell Dark Souls 2)Best Mobile Game: Plants vs Zombies 2- It's About Time (This game was a huge disappointment to me, it was structurally busted and lacked the dynamism of the original. Games like Device 6 and Year Walk are being spoken about as game of the year candidates by a number of people, but both got no mention here)
Stephen Gillespie | I'm a game writer at TechRaptor, I like a bit of everything, but I especially like games that do interesting things with the medium. Or just… More about Stephen
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