Game of the Year is something of a coveted term during 2020, amid a worldwide pandemic which increased the impact of every release. It’s a miracle that studios continued to release a wide variety of games over the months, refreshing a backlog which has caught up to many gamers at home.

2018 was a banner year for video games, as it featured stunning AAA titles like Spider-Man and Monster Hunter: World, as well as indie darlings like The Messenger and Alto’s Odyssey. It seemed like there was a new, high profile release nearly every week, and the staff at CGMagazine played a ton of games throughout […]

The Game Awards are finally here and this year there are whopping 30 categories up for grabs from all walks of the game industry. From sound design and narrative structure to game of the year, we here at CGMagazine have you covered for every category, both big and small. Also, if you’re looking to keep […]

The Game Awards are happening now at the Los Angeles Microsoft Theatre, where Geoff Keighley is giving well-deserved recognition to developers, streamers, content creators, and players. He is also giving fans a sneak peek into games that will be released in the future. This year, God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 are leading the […]

The nominees for this year’s Game Awards have just been announced and God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 are leading the pack with eight nominations each.

It was hard to know what to expect with 2017 when it came to the games. The PlayStation 4 Pro was just released at the end of 2016, and the age of 4K console gaming was becoming a reality. Yet, with all the potential, it was not the best looking games that drew me in, […]

Picking out a game of the year is a painful and thankless task. There are always so many options, and everyone has different criteria. For some, diving into an open world universe that sucked up the bulk of their life for weeks at a time is the only video game experience to be celebrated. For […]

Every gaming site across the web is likely to preface their Game of the Year awards with a similar statement: 2017 was nuts for video games. That’s because it really was. We saw a plethora of outstanding releases across every platform, both big and small, grand and intimate, spectacular and subdued. It was also the […]

Another year in gaming has come and gone and boy howdy, it was a doozy. It was a year dominated by greedy publishers releasing cynical products in an attempt to fleece as many dollars from consumers as humanly (and possibly, inhumanly) possible. However, despite an avalanche of loot boxes and shoddy business practices, a few […]

The Game Awards 2017 was better than last year’s. Such has been the trend for Geoff Keighley’s pet project – ever since the infamous Spike Video Game Awards first reached saturation, you can practically see Keighley straining against the inherent restraints of his chosen medium.