The Game Awards is always a great occasion. As well as announce the very best titles of the year, it debuts a host of new, exciting trailers for games coming up over the next few months – years even.
Hosted by Geoff Keighley, it’s certainly one to put in your calendar. It is even opening its doors to the public for the first time in three years, so there’ll be plenty of whooping and hollering.
It’ll kick off with a nomination special stream live today.
Here’s when and how to watch it and The Game Awards ceremony itself.
When do The Game Awards 2022 start?
The Game Awards live nomination special will take place today, Monday 14 November 2022. It starts at the following times (depending on your region):
US west coast: 09:00 PSTUS east coast: 12:00 ESTUK: 17:00 GMTCentral Europe: 18:00 CETIndia: 22:30 ISTJapan: 02:00 JST (15 November)Australia: 04:00 AEDT (15 November)
The Game Awards 2022 main show will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday 8 December 2022. The start time is yet to be revealed, but last year it aired from 20:00 PST (local time). Sadly, if that’s the case again, it means it’ll begin at 04:00 on 9 December in the UK.
How to watch The Game Awards 2022
You can watch the nominations special via the video at the top of this page.
The Game Awards 2022 main show will also be streamed online – likely in 4K as it was last year. We hope to host it here on Pocket-lint closer the time.
It will also no doubt be hosted on the Awards’ official YouTube and Twitch channels.
What to expect
There’s no word yet on any specific games that may debut or feature during the 2022 Awards. There will be a new award category though – Best Adaptation, which will be given to a “creative work that authentically adapts video game intellectual property to other popular media, including but not limited to theatrical movies, streaming shows, podcasts, novels, and comic books.”
Hosted annually by Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards always attracts big name stars and highlights games coming up the following year.
We’ll update when we hear more about actual titles that might premiere.