The Game Awards 2018: Epic Store Goes Live, New Far Cry Game and Mortal Kombat 11

The Game Awards 2017 Featured

The Game Awards 2018 team just wrapped up an eventful night celebrating the biggest games of 2018. The big winners were God of War, Fortnite and Red Dead Redemption 2, and you can see the full list here.

However, The Game Awards is more than just an award ceremony. It’s grown to become a popular platform for game developers to show off their developments. And this year was no different, as we got to see some new game trailers, game announcements, and other surprises. Here’s a quick round up of everything –

Epic Game Store Is Now Live

Epic probably made the biggest splash at The Game Awards this year with the launch of its digital storefront for PC and Mac. Epic did say that it would share more details about the store at the event, but I am sure nobody was expecting a full-fledged launch of the store with a slew of high-profile titles like Darksiders 3, World War Z, etc.

The Game Awards 2018: Epic Store Goes Live, New Far Cry Game and Mortal Kombat 11

You can check out the Epic Store here.

New Far Cry Game

Earlier this week Ubisoft teased a new Far Cry game hinting at a post-apocalyptic sequel. Well, the Game Awards was were the company unveiled ‘Far Cry: New Dawn’, Ubisoft’s next installment in the open-world series.

Fry Cry: New Dawn will be set after the events of Far Cry 5, in which the villain Joseph Seed sets off a nuclear bomb. Yes, it’s as exciting as it sounds, and I just can’t wait to play it. The game is set to launch on February 15th on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Mortal Kombat 11 is Official

Also announced at the Game Awards 2018 was the new Mortal Kombat 11, which is all set to debut on April 23 2019. Sadly, we still don’t know  anything about this game at point, but we hope to learn more in the near future, so stay tuned.

Besides these titles, we also got to see some other surprises including Nintendo’s Marvel exclusive title, Obisdian’s new game called the outer worlds, and more. You can head over to the Game Awards 2018’s official site to either watch the stream or lean more about the announcements in detail.

 

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