There are two reasons why gamers watch the annual Game Awards. The first reason is, of course, to see if their favorite game earned recognition. However, the second reason is to watch all the latest trailers for next year’s upcoming games. In case you missed the recently concluded celebration, here’s a handy recap of what you need to watch.

The Witcher IV

The main portion of The Game Awards started off with a bang. After completing Cyberpunk 2077’s redemption arc, CD Projekt Red has finally unveiled our first look at the upcoming sequel to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. As expected, an all-grown-up Ciri is ready to take on the life of a witcher.

The cinematic trailer shows a village about to sacrifice a girl to a monster, presumably to prevent more death. Ciri, however, takes matters into her own hands and kills the monster herself. The village remain ungrateful and still kills the girl, prompting Ciri to call them monsters too.

Elden Ring Nightreign

No one expected this. Earlier this year, FromSoftware confirmed that the critically acclaimed Elden Ring will no longer get more DLC or a sequel after this year’s Shadow of the Erdtree. Bully for us, FromSoftware meant those words in a literal sense.

Technically, Elden Ring Nightreign is not a sequel or a DLC to the original. Instead, it’s a co-op survival standalone. Though set in the Lands Between, the game will feature a tighter game cycle comprised of three day-night cycles with minor bosses for the first days and a major boss at the end.

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet

Though announced before the end of the show, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet deserves a spot up top. The game kicks off the next franchise from Naughty Dog, the studio behind the Last of Us series.

Reminiscent of dark sci-fi stories like Alien, Intergalactic features Jordan A. Mun, a bounty hunter. However, while pursuing her quarry (a target who looks suspiciously like Kumail Nanjiani ), she finds herself stranded in a desolate planet.

Fumito Ueda’s Project Robot

Are you prepared to cry again? Fumito Ueda, the mind behind Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian, has announced his next project, an untitled game codenamed Project Robot.

Though the trailer doesn’t really show what the game is about, it confirms a sci-fi setting filled with giant robots you can climb.

The Outer Worlds 2

Last year, Starfield opened to a tepid response, owing to a repetitive tedium. Underrated from the years prior, the studio who came up with Fallout: New Vegas already developed a sci-fi game in the same vein as Bethesda’s formula. That game, The Outer Worlds, is about to get a sequel.

The Outer Worlds 2 got its first trailer. The game will retain the humorous flavor enjoyed by its predecessor. Now, the trailer doesn’t really show much of the story, but there are clearly more weapons and more action in the upcoming sequel.

Mafia: The Old Country

Already announced previously, the upcoming prequel to the entire Mafia franchise just got a first look. Though we don’t see much of the gameplay, the trailer previews what’s coming for the narrative-driven game.

Focusing on the origin of the mafia, Enzo finds himself joining an underground crime family in 1900s Sicily. Instead of the open-world nature of the original trilogy, Mafia: The Old Country is more linear, offering a tighter story.

Split Fiction

After dominating the Game Awards with It Takes Two a few years prior, Josef Fares is back to announce his next upcoming game. Split Fiction will once again offer a co-op experience with a compelling narrative.

It’s a genre-bending game, too. In a futuristic world where people can go on realistic simulations of stories they dream up with, two writers find themselves stuck in the same simulation. One is recreating a sci-fi world, while the other is in a fantasy. They must work together to escape the simulation.

Dispatch

A game that came out of nowhere, Dispatch is a smaller title that mixes This is the Police with superheroes and visual novels. Mecha Man, a superhero, loses work after his mech-suit gets destroyed. He finds a job at a dispatch center which assigns superheroes to problems around the city.

The game features a star-studded cast. It has Aaron Paul, Laura Bailey, Matt Mercer, and Jeffrey Wright. Oh, and it has content creators like Jacksepticeye and Moistcr1tikal.

Borderlands 4

Announced earlier, Borderlands finally got a brief preview for its gameplay. Though we still don’t know much of the story, we got sneak peeks at the improved and smoother graphics — which still features Borderlands’s unique design.

We also got glimpses of a few enemies and, of course, Claptrap.

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.

Though Mortal Kombat, Tekken, and Street Fighter are getting all the love for fighting games, Virtua Fighter is one of the original franchises that defined the genre. Today, the classic series is finally getting some modern-day love.

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has announced that Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. is coming early next year. The sequel is bringing back arcade-style fighting to modern systems.

Project Century

Virtua Fighter isn’t the only announcement from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. The studio also announced Project Century, an untitled new IP from the creators of Yakuza. Featuring the latter franchise’s trademark beat-em-up gameplay, Project Century will take players to 1915 Japan.

Though untitled, it looks like the new project features a story outside of the Yakuza and Like a Dragon franchise.

Okami 2

One of the grander announcements of the night, Okami 2 came with a full orchestra at the Game Awards to debut its coming. The upcoming sequel will once again be helmed by Hideki Kamiya and will continue the adventures of Amaterasu.

To celebrate, Capcom will offer a bundle with the original Okami and Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess.