We’ve summarized everything you need to know about The Game Awards 2024.

We’re about to close out 2024. In the video game industry, this can only mean one thing: The Game Awards 2024 is coming up! The Geoff Keighley-hosted awards show is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a lineup of celebrity guests, exciting world premieres, and, of course, honouring the most important releases of the past twelve months. For this reason, and given the importance of the event for companies, developers, and gamers, we’ve created this article to summarize everything you need to know about the conference.

The Game Awards 2024 Date and Time

Due to its gala nature, The Game Awards 2024 is known for always honouring the year’s video game crop in December. According to information shared by those responsible for the event, this year’s edition of the TGA will take place on December 12. However, in Europe (CET), this is specifically on December 13, at 1:30 am.

How long does the presentation last? The length of the Game Awards gala can only be determined approximately in advance. It is expected to end at 5 am here (approximately 3 and a half hours), traditionally with the award for the best game of the year (GOTY 2024).

Where can I watch TGA 2024?

As always, the entire The Game Awards 2024 gala can be followed live. Geoff Keighley’s live presentation is in Los Angeles, USA, but gamers from all over the world can also watch the event via streaming.

In addition, the organization will also present its gala via traditional social media; that is why the presentation will also be available on Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, X, TikTok, Steam, Kick and YouTube. In case you are unable to follow the gala live, remember that our editorial team will report on all the news. Here you will find the most important news from TGA 2024 along with the details.

What do we know about the nominees?

To build anticipation for the big show, Geoff Keighley has already shared the list of nominees for The Game Awards 2024 – we also reported on it, here. As is customary at this gala, the most significant titles of the year will compete in categories ranging from best game director to best music and so on. But it will come as no surprise to anyone that all eyes will be on the choice of GOTY 2024, the best game of the year. Here are the nominations for this title:

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
• Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
• Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

What new titles will be presented at The Game Awards 2024?

Beyond the nominations and awards, gamers usually follow The Game Awards for announcements, trailers, and world premieres. In fact, Geoff Keighley has already dropped some news ahead of his big presentation that helps us understand which titles will be featured during the event.

On the one hand, one of the biggest surprises of 2024 is making a comeback at The Game Awards. We’re talking about Mafia: The Old Country, which will also appear at Keighley’s conference, hopefully in the form of a trailer. On the other hand, it is worth noting that one of the heavyweights of 2025 has also confirmed its participation at the gala: Borderlands 4.

As if that were not enough, the news about Dying Light has also been confirmed, which intends to be connected to the next part of Dying Light: The Beast. To keep the community’s attention after becoming one of the biggest releases of 2024 in the field of survival games, Palworld is preparing some kind of surprise in Los Angeles…

As for the guests, Keighley has already announced some celebrities, including Hideo Kojima, Swen Vinke (director of Baldur’s Gate 3), Ella Purnell (Lucy in Amazon Prime’s Fallout and the voice of Jinx in Arcane), Snoop Dogg and famous extras such as Pedro Eustache (Flute Guy, the musician who charmed many gamers with his flute skills in previous editions of The Game Awards).

Source: Polygon