The Game Awards are once again bearing down on us, bringing with it the usual year-ending slurry of announcements, trailers, random bits of awkwardness, and other such surprises as God and Geoff see fit. Oh, and some awards too, scattered here and there amidst the sound and fury, including one for Most Anticipated Game.
This year's winner will be Grand Theft Auto 6—it won't be official for a couple weeks yet, but who are we trying to kid?—but also in the running, and a likely second-place finisher, is The Witcher 4 from CD Projekt Red. That game is a pretty big deal in its own right, and given CD Projekt's own occasional penchant for surprises (recall Keanu Reeves "breathtaking" moment at E3 2019), optimistic Witcher fans may have been hoping for a fresh look at Ciri's big adventure at some point during the show.
