The Game Awards 2021 includes 30 awards categories, such as Innovation in Accessibility, Best Narrative, Best Esports Team, and Most Anticipated Game. The Game Awards founder and host Geoff Keighley has been sharing gradual updates to the physical awards stage as well as his own excitement. Now, the show's hype trailer has been revealed.
The Game Awards' presenters include names such as Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey, and Simu Liu. Rumors and speculation are never in short supply as to what world premieres may be shared, especially for such a renowned platform as The Game Awards. But Keighley hopes to amplify excitement further with an edited trailer that has become his own personal tradition.
Keighley has recently shared a personally edited "hype trailer" that celebrates the nominee candidates who are up for awards this Thursday. Spotted in The Game Awards' cinematic montage trailer is Resident Evil Village, Life is Strange: True Colors, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Psychonauts 2, and It Takes Two among several other landmark nominees from across many different awards categories. Keighley's trailer is also punctuated by Martin Waves' rework of Hayley Williams' KYRH.
Keighley's "hype trailer" determines that the countdown for the awards show has officially started with only four days until The Game Awards premieres. Halo Infinite's appearance in Keighley's "hype trailer" is interesting since the game itself is not up for any awards, which seems to suggest that something will be shared as an announcement, or perhaps simply a momentous celebration of Halo Infinite's launch.
Similarly, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League makes a short blink-and-miss-it appearance despite not having nominations. So perhaps fans can expect an announcement from it or even a long-awaited gameplay trailer for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, but only time will tell at this point. Because nominees have been announced for respective categories, games that lack nominations stand out, hinting they will appear at The Game Awards.
Elden Ring's nomination for Most Anticipated Game is highlighted in the trailer, so it is unlikely that more content may be shown for it, particularly after Elden Ring's gameplay demonstration recently released. But whether it is because of world premieres or the celebration of awards nominees, fans will be able to enjoy this spectacle as such at this year's The Game Awards when it debuts on Thursday.
The Game Awards streams live on December 9, from 5 p.m. PST / 8 p.m. EST.