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Valve has announced the finalists for its Steam Awards, with community voting set to begin on Thursday, December 20. You'll be able to cast your ballots in eight categories, and just in case you need to catch up with some of the nominees, it will come alongside the Steam Winter Sale.The Game of the Year nominees are PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Monster Hunter World, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Hitman 2, and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. A separate VR GOTY category includes Skyrim VR, VRChat, Beat Saber, Fallout 4 VR, and Superhot VR.The other categories capture more esoteric aspects of games, like Best Environment, Better With Friends, and Best Alternate History. A special "Labor of Love" category celebrates older games that have continued to get attention from their respective studios. Best Developer is the single largest category, and Valve ultimately decided to expand the nominee list to 10 (up from five) to include many of the top nominees. Plus, Valve recused itself from the vote. … [Read more...] about Steam Winter Sale Starts Soon, As Steam Award Nominees Revealed

Valve has announced the finalists for its Steam Awards, with community voting set to begin on Thursday, December 20. You'll be able to cast your ballots in eight categories, and just in case you need to catch up with some of the nominees, it will come alongside the Steam Winter Sale.The Game of the Year nominees are PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Monster Hunter World, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Hitman 2, and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. A separate VR GOTY category includes Skyrim VR, VRChat, Beat Saber, Fallout 4 VR, and Superhot VR.The other categories capture more esoteric aspects of games, like Best Environment, Better With Friends, and Best Alternate History. A special "Labor of Love" category celebrates older games that have continued to get attention from their respective studios. Best Developer is the single largest category, and Valve ultimately decided to expand the nominee list to 10 (up from five) to include many of the top nominees. Plus, Valve recused itself from the vote. … [Read more...] about Valve Announces 2018 Steam Award Nominees

The latest Devil May Cry 5 trailer shines a spotlight on the mysterious V. He's debuting in this installment as the third playable character and his play-style looks a good bit different than the other two. Rather than a quick and agile fighter, he saunters around the battlefield with a series of summoned beasts.The trailer shows V summoning three creatures, called Shadow, Griffon, and Nightmare. He uses the creatures to do the fighting for him, as he stands nearby or even atop them. It's a different kind of graceful fighting than the one we've become accustomed to from Dante and Nero's acrobatic style.V also appears to have an axe to grind against the hero, saying Dante should never have existed while holding a sword precariously over his head.Despite their differences, V and Dante can work together with the game's just-announced co-op play. DMC5 recently surprised us with pre-loading available five months before its planned release. Capcom has been slowly feeding new details about … [Read more...] about Devil May Cry 5 Trailer Shows Off V In Action

Over the next few days, we will reveal what we believe are the 10 best games of 2018, organized by release date. Then, on December 19, we will reveal which of the nominees gets to take home the coveted title of GameSpot's Game of the Year. So be sure to come back then for the big announcement, and in the meantime, follow along with all of our other end-of-the-year coverage collected in our Best of 2018 hub.Over 70 unique characters from nearly 30 different video game franchises, with more to come. A refined combat system that is still exciting, still accessible, and still has a high skill ceiling. A number of varying modes to enjoy on your own or with others. An immense library of great video game music. There are so many wonderful things packed into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that, even in the short time between its release and our Best Of The Year discussions, it has filled us with an immense amount of joy.The fact that this game exists is still unprecedented. In no other game can … [Read more...] about Best Games Of 2018: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

We're giving away free PC codes for Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 Battle Edition to thirty (30) lucky fans! Scroll down to enter.This is not an instant win. No purchase necessary. Competition ends at 12:00 PM PT on December 19, 2018, in which 30 winners will be chosen at random and emailed a code for the full game (MSRP: $30).Enter below: Got a news tip or want to contact us directly? Email [email protected] … [Read more...] about Last Chance: Free Codes For Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 Battle Edition Giveaway