'More than 10' new games are debuting at The Game Awards this week, but it looks like a few have already leaked

EA's BioWare division is responsible for major franchises like "Mass Effect," the upcoming "Anthem," and — most importantly in this case — "Dragon Age."

The role-playing series has been dormant for years at this point, but work on a new game in the franchise has been ongoing at BioWare. EA hasn't officially announced as much, and it sounds like The Game Awards is where that's going to happen.

"'Dragon Age' is an incredibly important franchise in our studio, and we’re excited to continue its legacy," BioWare lead Casey Hudson said on the BioWare blog in late November. "Look for more on this in the coming month."

As you might have already guessed, The Game Awards seems to be the planned location of the big reveal. And, according to a report in VentureBeat, the game may still be years away. "At least" three years away, according to "sources familiar with the studio."

That makes "Dragon Age 4" (or whatever it might be called) a likely candidate for being on the next iterations of the PlayStation and Xbox consoles — the "PlayStation 5" and whatever the successor the Xbox One is called.

What is "Metroid Prime 4"?

Beyond the logo seen above, and Nintendo confirming it as a game headed for the Nintendo Switch, we know next to nothing about it.

We can infer at least two things from the logo screen of course:

- It's a direct sequel to "Metroid Prime 3," or at least of the same first-person lineage.
- It's currently in development for the Nintendo Switch.

Of course, given what we know about the previous trilogy of "Metroid Prime" games, we can expect this one to be another combination of first-person shooting, exploration, and puzzle solving — all set within the trappings of the classic "Metroid" universe.

It wouldn't be a huge surprise to see "Metroid Prime 4" show up in some form at the show given that we haven't heard anything since it was unveiled in June 2017. A few notable folks in the world of games are seemingly excited about exactly that, but it reads more like a groundswell of hope rather than insider information.

Maybe.

Though it would make logical sense for Nintendo re-release the "Metroid Prime Trilogy" from the Nintendo Wii (and Wii U) as a package on the Nintendo Switch, the only evidence pointing to its existence is a very sketchy Swedish listing.

It'd be cool to get "Metroid Prime Trilogy" on the Switch, and it could happen, but the evidence here is thin enough that it seems very unlikely.

Like "Dragon Age 4," the concept of "Borderlands 3" is more or less an open secret at this point. Short of outright announcing the game, Gearbox Software have done a lot of talking around it.

A recent series of tweets from Gearbox Software head Randy Pitchford has some folks thinking a "Borderlands 3" announcement is in the works, or nearly at hand.

"My To Do list today has just 3 things on it. But I also have 3 meetings scheduled before 3pm. Is the universe telling me something?" he said on November 29. A day later: "Fun fact - Today is day number 334 (number of days that have elapsed in the year). Yesterday was 333. It’s really interesting how human minds take so much meaning in arbitrary numbering systems and coincidence. People will lose their minds when the calendar flips to year 3000."

Does that lead you to believe that "Borderlands 3" is on the verge of being officially unveiled? It's certainly something!

Nearly two years ago, a new collaboration was announced between Marvel and Square Enix — the two were teaming up, like a bunch of superheroes, to create a series of games based on "The Avengers." Better yet, the studios working on the new games were Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal — the studios behind "Tomb Raider" and "Deus Ex."

Nearly two years later, and we've heard nothing about the first game in that collaboration. It was expected to show up at the annual video game trade show, E3, back in June — but it wasn't there.

Could it show up at The Game Awards? It could! But I'm speculating based solely on its disappearance.

With "more than 10 new game announcements" promised for the show on Thursday evening, what's certain is we're going to see at least a few cool new games.

The Game Awards airs on YouTube, Twitch, and a variety of other platforms on Thursday, December 6 at 8:30 ET / 5:30 PT.