The Game Awards are here at last! An annual event giving out awards to this year's best video games, it's also packed full of new reveals for upcoming releases. It's a long show, so expect a night absolutely heaving with enticing teasers of what's to in the near future.

No matter how carefully you play, your avatar will fall countless times, in comically painful-looking ways. The others you meet along the way — sneering would-be guides, alpha-male donkey men with giant dangling members — paint a world of distorted, vicious masculinity that pokes fun at the classic video game power fantasy. (PC, PlayStation 5)

After years of delays and uncertainty, the industry caught up with a blistering and unpredictable schedule of deeply personal indies, surprise hits and long-gestating sequels. Studios that spent years with shifting timelines finally emerged with work that felt expressive and polished.