The Game Awards 2024

he Game Awards is the biggest night celebrating the best games, creators, performances and moments from the past year. It’s an award show spectacle hosted by Geoff Keighley featuring awards presentations, exclusive game world premieres, musical performances, special guests, and more.

While the awards themselves are the marquee attraction, The Game Awards has evolved into a major platform for world premiere game reveals and announcements from major publishers and developers. Fans tune in hoping to get first looks at the biggest upcoming games for the next year and beyond.

The awards cover a wide range of categories honoring the top games across genres like action, role-playing, sports, indie, mobile, and more. There are also awards for best performance, score, narrative, art direction, and other creative achievements. A Game of the Year award caps off the night.

In addition to the awards presentations, The Game Awards features an extensive world premiere pre-show packed with new game trailers and announcements. Major publishers like Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and more use it as a platform to build hype for 2025 and beyond.

The main show itself is an extravagant production packed with exclusive game reveals from developers, musical performances, comedy segments, special guests and more. Developers take the stage to unveil new games with exclusive trailers and first-look demos.

Past Game Awards have featured massive game reveals like the Star Wars Eclipse trailer, the Dead Space remake announcement, a look at the next Mass Effect game, and more shocking surprises. Performers like Sting, Imagine Dragons, and The Game Awards Orchestra provide live music.

It’s a celebration of gaming’s biggest achievements from the past year, while also providing a major look ahead at the future with all the exclusive game reveals and announcements. The Game Awards has truly become gaming’s biggest annual night.