The Game Awards 2024: live stream with awards and new trailers tonight 35 comments
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The Game Awards 2024 live stream will begin in a few hours tonight at 1:30 a.m. In addition to prizes in different categories, many new game announcements and trailers are also expected.
Dozens of prices and announcements
The Game Awards – not to be confused with the Steam Awards, currently in the nomination phase – have now existed for ten years. The focus is on the video game awards ceremony in a total of 29 categories, with all nominations available on the Game Awards website.
The Game Awards 2024 – the key datesWhen? On the night of December 12 to 13 at 1:30 a.m. Central European Time – so right away! How long? The event is expected to run until 4:30 a.m. Or ? Live streaming via YouTube and Twitch
It’s the prices that count
This time, Sony‘s platformer Astro Bot, roguelike deck-building game Balatro, Chinese souls like Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring expansion Shadow of the Erdtree, the second part of Final Fantasy are fighting for the crown for best game of the year. Remake of the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth trilogy and the JRPG metaphor: ReFantazio distributed by Sega. In other categories, such as “Best Story”, “Best Music and Music” and “Best Community Support”, many other well-known games are nominated, including Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Star Wars Outlaws . , Helldivers 2, Baldur’s Gate 3 and Manor Lords.
This is how the winners are chosen
The winners are chosen by a jury of experts from the editorial offices of the world’s leading video game magazines. Previously, gamers could participate in a public vote, but the result only counts for a small 10 percent in the final ranking.
On the one hand, it is well known that awards based purely or heavily on audience ratings invite abuse in the context of the phenomena of review bombing and vote throttling that occur again and again in the entertainment media. On the other hand, last year’s Steam Awards showed how easily audience awards can be ridiculed. The rating system for this year’s Game Awards is nevertheless controversial.
Game Awards with new games
The event follows the tradition of the Spike Video Game Awards, where Canadian industry insider and presenter Geoff Keighley presented awards from 2003 to 2013. Since 2019, it has also organized the Summer Game Fest, which is seen as a replacement for the now different E3. . And as in the same format at the beginning of summer, the Game Awards at the beginning of winter also serve as a show for announcements and trailers of new games. Some titles have already been confirmed as participants:
Borderlands 4Double DragonDying Light: The BeastHazelightMafia: The Old CountryMecha BreakPalworldStalcraft: XTekken 8Warframe
Rumors leading up to the event also suggest that Star Wars: Eclipse, Death Stranding 2, the remakes of Max Payne 1 and Max Payne 2, as well as Marvel’s Wolverine will also be shown. There are also vague rumors about Resident Evil 9 and a new installment in the God of War series. Speculation about a Bloodborne remaster or even a Half-Life 3 is of course again raised, but these are not particularly likely and rather fall into the “meme” category.
Updated December 13, 2024 at 1:52 a.m.
The Game Awards 2024 live stream has now begun.
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A lifelong video game enthusiast, Julien reviews the latest releases and explores the technologies transforming the gaming world.
