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It’s early December, and that means it’s time for The Game Awards, the annual Geoff Keighley-hosted video game news and awards extravaganza. Yes, one title will be crowned the game of the year (personally, my pick is Tears of the Kingdom or Alan Wake 2), but we can also look forward to tons of game announcements and trailers previewing what’s next for the video game industry in 2024 and beyond.
There’s often major news at the show. In 2019, Microsoft surprise-announced the Xbox Series X. Last year, the show had reveals like Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, the Horizon Forbidden West expansion, Hades II, and Death Stranding 2. And there’s likely to be a story or two about something unexpected, like 2022’s flute guy and the stage crasher.
The Game Awards 2023 kicks off on December 7th at 7:30PM ET, and you can watch it on YouTube, Twitch, and more.
The Game Awards is about to start, but The Game Awards’ website is down.
Fortunately, the show is streaming on other platforms, so it’s not the end of the world. Hopefully things get fixed before the event starts at 7:30PM ET.
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What to expect from tonight’s Game Awards
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Geoff Keighley’s Happy Holiday Game-a-palooza, also known as The Game Awards (but that’s less fun), kicks off Thursday, December 7th, at 7:30PM ET / 4:30PM PT. You can watch the show on just about anything that permits livestreaming events. The list of participating platforms is actually pretty impressive. There are the standards, like Twitch and YouTube. TikTok makes an appearance, along with X / Twitter (enjoy watching in 720p, though). Then there are platforms like Kick, Instagram Live, and... Google Play (no, seriously).
Regardless of where you decide to watch, your experience watching The Game Awards will be reminiscent of Mr. Keighley’s summertime Game-a-palooza, Opening Night Live. There will be a lot of advertisements for games, awards will occasionally be doled out, the words “World Premiere” will flash on the screen a bunch, and Geoff will pal around with his gaming friends before — by god, it’s Hideo Kojima with a steel chair!
Lenovo is hopping on The Game Awards giveaway train.
Shortly after Geoff Keighley announced Valve will give away 100 Steam Deck OLEDs during the event, Lenovo piped in with a giveaway for its competing handheld: the Legion Go. The company will hand out 100 free devices during The Game Awards, which you can enter to win starting tomorrow at 7:30PM ET.
Valve will give away 100 Steam Deck OLEDs during The Game Awards.
The giveaway will include the most expensive 1TB model of Valve’s updated handheld, which costs $649. You can enter for a chance to win during The Game Awards on December 7th from 7:30PM ET to 11:00PM ET.