Game Rant Recap for 12/04/23 – 12/10/23

Highlights

• Grand Theft Auto 6's reveal trailer was released early, causing excitement among fans.
• Baldur's Gate 3 won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023.
• Arkane Lyon's next game, Marvel's Blade, was announced at The Game Awards 2023 and features a stylish, dystopian Paris setting.

The Game Awards 2023 aired this week with some exciting reveals, though the event was highly criticized for how little time it seemed to afford its actual award winners. Not too far behind it, Grand Theft Auto 6’s hand was forced and it revealed its first trailer early. Today, Game Rant’s weekly recap takes a look at some of the most notable headlines from the past week.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is appeasing fans with a post-launch story option that is sure to delight, Arkane’s newest game is revealed to be a stunning adaptation of a Marvel icon, and the developer behind Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps reveals its new action-RPG. All that and more in this week’s roundup of games industry news.

Grand Theft Auto 6 Reveal Trailer

Almost immediately after its leak, Grand Theft Auto 6’s official reveal trailer released a day ahead of schedule.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Awarded Game of the Year at TGA 2023

Baldur’s Gate 3 swept The Game Awards, beginning with Neil Newbon’s win for Best Performance as Astarion, and that dominoed into a Game of the Year win by the end of the show.

Marvel’s Blade Announced at TGA 2023

In what looks to be a stylish, dystopian Paris, it was revealed at The Game Awards 2023 that Arkane Lyon’s next game will be Marvel’s Blade.

Ori Developer’s Next Game Revealed at The Game Awards 2023

No Rest for the Wicked, a top-down action-RPG from Moon Studios, looks to put all the practice put in place for the Ori franchise and give it a medieval, fantastical twist with a new IP.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Confirms Post-Launch Offline Story Mode

One of the biggest gripes about Rocksteady’s upcoming live-service game is that it requires constant internet connectivity. That said, Rocksteady recently shared that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will get an offline story mode at some point in 2024.

Features

It was previously announced that the remaster of The Last of Us Part 2 will have a roguelike mode, and with God of War Ragnarok’s Valhalla DLC having its own it would appear as if PlayStation has a hankering for post-launch roguelikes at the moment.

• PlayStation is Going All-in on Roguelike Gameplay

Movies & TV

It’s currently unclear what shape the newly announced live-action Zelda movie may take, but there’s an argument to be made about it having an original story that doesn’t necessarily clash nor run parallel to any Zelda stories that have come before it.

• Should the Legend of Zelda Movie Have an Original Story?

Guides

With each new Marvel Snap season comes at least one or two interesting challenges to the previous meta, and Sebastian Shaw is only one of many new changes this season alongside the mobile game’s latest patch.

• Marvel Snap: Is Sebastian Shaw Worth It?

Game Rant Exclusives

Avatar has been ripe with entertainment adaptations that revel in the CGI-laden world’s spectacle, despite there only being two movies actually out for the property. Regardless, Avatar’s latest adaptation, Frontiers of Pandora, seemingly misses the mark on what makes the IP meaningful and special.

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Review