The Game Awards take place next week and they will be celebrating the biggest and best games of the year. But more than that, the Geoff Keighley-hosted event will also feature some major reveals for some of the most highly anticipated games.

While the full slate of surprises and announcements won't be clear until the event kicks off, a new trailer for the awards show has provided some pretty big hints. One person who features in the trailer a few times is Hideo Kojima, the Metal Gear Solid creator who is now working on a brand new, ambitious IP named Death Stranding.

At around 32 seconds into the trailer, a clip from a previous Death Stranding trailer can be seen. The character played by Norman Reedus is looking at his hands which are covered in some sort of black substance that looks a little bit like tar. Then, towards the end of The Game Awards trailer, viewers can see a clip of Hideo Kojima picking up the icon award from last year's Game Awards event.

The Game Awards has a long history of working with Hideo Kojima and the famed game developer is also quite close with Geoff Keighley. It was during an interview with Keighley that Kojima revealed how difficult the working conditions at Konami had been.

Moreover, Kojima presented a new Death Stranding trailer at The Game Awards 2016. As the game skipped E3 2017 in the summer, last year's Game Awards is the last time that fans had gotten to see Death Stranding and it would make sense if it made a return to the event one year later. All signs point to there being another major Death Stranding reveal at The Game Awards 2017.

Death Stranding co-star Guillermo del Toro recently revealed that Kojima was preparing to show him some Death Stranding gameplay. Although it's unclear whether that gameplay footage is fit for public consumption, fans could potentially be about to see a glimpse of the game in action.

It's also possible that Kojima will reveal a brand new character for the game. Rumors have been circulating for quite some time that Emma Stone is in Death Stranding, but will Kojima confirm the speculation at The Game Awards 2017? Fans will have to tune in to next week's awards show to find out.

The Game Awards 2017 take place on Thursday, December 7.

Source: Geoff Keighley - Twitter