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Viewers Can Tune-In on Thursday, December 9th At 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 Pm PST with Ways Than Ever to Watch and Interact with The Game Awards
December 8, 2021
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[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Author: The Game Awards
LOS ANGELES — Dec. 8, 2021 — The Game Awards, the video game industry’s biggest annual year-end celebration, will welcome the top names in entertainment to the stage at the Microsoft Theater on Thursday, December 9 for an evening honoring the innovative games, studios and creatives who moved the games industry forward in 2021, streaming live and free across more than 40 platforms globally, which begins tomorrow at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT. You can find the full list of platforms at https://thegameawards.com/watch.
The Game Awards will feature special musical performances by Sting and Imagine Dragons, along with appearances by (in alphabetical order) Ashley Johnson, Ben Schwartz, Giancarlo Esposito, Guillermo del Toro, Jim Carey, Laura Bailey, Keanu Reeves & Carrie-Anne Moss, Ming-Na Wen, Paul George, Simu Liu and more surprise guests. Additionally, Lorne Balfe is returning as the Music Director and conductor of The Game Awards’ Orchestra.
Viewers of The Game Awards will have more ways than ever before to watch and interact with the show throughout the livestream, including:
Axial Tilt – The Game Awards will debut its first official metaverse experience on Core, where fans will be able to watch and interact with the awards show from inside of Axial Tilt, an interactive world that serves as a metaverse hub for programming and events hosted by Geoff Keighley. Viewers will be able to watch the show live and simultaneously play to win exclusive prizes that are only available during the broadcast. Unique experiences include a red carpet walk with selfie opportunities beginning at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT the day of show, and an afterparty immediately following the ceremony.
The Game Awards Microverse – The Game Awards will debut a new streaming experience for fans, designed and produced by creative digital experiences agency Active Theory’s Dreamwave Platform, which specializes in building socially connected online spaces, or microverses, for brands. During the show, an immersive 3D microverse watch party will open to fans to create avatars, explore the environment and hang out with others while watching the stream on both mobile and desktop devices.
This year’s Game of the Year nominees are Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda), It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA), Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo), Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios), Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE) and Resident Evil Village (Capcom). Spotlighting the leading games, studios and creatives from 2020-2021 that propelled the games industry forward, this year’s impressive list of nominees includes 107 different games, individuals, teams and events spanning across a multitude of gaming genres and platforms.
The Game Awards’ 2021 “Innovation in Accessibility” award is sponsored by Chevrolet and General Motors. The Innovation in Accessibility category recognizes software and/or hardware developers who are pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience. The 2021 nominees for The Game Awards’ Innovation in Accessibility category include, Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft), Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios), Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/SQUARE ENIX), Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE) and The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Creative Bytes Studios/Falling Squirrel).
Produced by Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards is one of the widest distributed digital events on the planet, with a record setting 83 million livestreams in 2020. The Game Awards brings together game industry creators, esports champions, digital influencers and Hollywood names for a night of awards, exclusive game world premieres, announcements and musical performances, including the return of The Game Awards Orchestra, conducted by acclaimed composer Lorne Balfe.
For more information and to stay up to date on the latest The Game Awards announcements, please visit: www.thegameawards.com or contact: [email protected].
About The Game Awards
Delivering over 83 million livestreams in 2020 and hailed as “the Oscars for gaming world” by the New York Times, The Game Awards is one of the largest live streamed events of the year on the Internet. The show brings together game creators, esports athletes, digital influencers, fans and Hollywood for a night of awards, exclusive game world premieres and musical performances that celebrate gaming as the most powerful, inspiring and immersive form of entertainment. The Awards airs live and free across more than 40 digital video networks including Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and globally digital networks in countries including China and India.
The Game Awards is guided by an advisory board that includes the executive leadership teams from Activision (Rob Kostich, President), AMD (Dr. Lisa Su, CEO), Electronic Arts (Laura Miele, Chief Studios Officer), Google (Phil Harrison, VP and GM, Stadia), Microsoft (Phil Spencer, EVP of Gaming), Nintendo of America (Doug Bowser, President), Riot Games (Marc Merrill, Co-Chairman and Co-Founder), Rockstar Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Ubisoft (Yves Guillemot, CEO), Valve, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (David Haddad, President) and Tencent (Steven Ma, Senior Vice President).
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