Highlights
- The Game Awards 2023 will be held on December 7 in Los Angeles, featuring big game reveals and shock announcements.
- The event is expected to be the biggest iteration yet.
- Viewers can watch the show on various platforms, such as Twitch, YouTube, Steam, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and more, with musical performances and celebrity appearances to be expected.
The Game Awards 2023 will take place on Thursday, December 7 in Los Angeles, California at the Peacock Theater. Since its beginnings in 2014, The Game Awards has become a massive annual event for the gaming industry. Not only does The Game Awards pay tribute to the biggest new game releases of the past year, but it is also home to big reveals and shock announcements from some of the industry's biggest players.
The Game Awards gets bigger every year, as millions tune in to see the explosive world premieres as well as which game takes home the coveted Game of the Year prize. If the trend continues, The Game Awards 2023 will be the biggest iteration of the event to date, so fans should definitely be sure to mark their calendars.
When The Game Awards 2023 goes live on December 7, fans will have a ton of options to watch. The event will be viewable on Twitch, YouTube, Steam, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, with "many more" to be announced. As usual, fans can expect musical performances and celebrity appearances on top of all the big game reveals. It remains to be seen which games will be featured at this year's event, but when it comes to potential Game of the Year candidates, there are some titles that stand out as obvious possibilities.
When is The Game Awards 2023?
- Thursday, December 7, 2023
At the time of this writing, Baldur's Gate 3 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom seem to be the front-runners when it comes to the Game of the Year category, though Street Fighter 6 and Final Fantasy 16 will likely get nominated as well. There are many other big games on the horizon for 2023 that could potentially find themselves nominated for Game of the Year too, with Starfield right around the corner along with Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and other major new releases.
Not only will there be major new game releases between now and when The Game Awards 2023 takes place on December 7, but there will be some major gaming events, too. In the more immediate future, Gamescom Opening Night Live is taking place on August 22, hosted by Game Awards host Geoff Keighley. Gamescom Opening Night Live isn't expected to have many big reveals, but it is expected to provide fans with updates on some of the hottest upcoming games for 2023. The big reveals are likely being saved for The Game Awards in December.