What to Expect for The Game Awards 2022

 

As December approaches, all eyes in the video game industry are focused on The Game Awards, an annual end-of-year event that combines Game of the Year awards with trailers and reveal of potential future GOTY award winners.

Through their social media accounts, The Game Awards and Keighley will be teasing what will happen at this year's event. So far, this has included a live presentation by Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida and a live performance of the song "Blood Upon The Snow" by well-known musician Hozier from God of War Ragnarok.

Start Time for The Game Awards in 2022

The 30-minute pre-show for The Game Awards 2022 kicks off the official broadcast on December 8 at 4:30 PT/7:30 ET, followed by the main program at 5 PT/8:00 ET. Over 30 award categories for both general gaming and esports, including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, and a new award for Best Video Game IP Adaptation into Another Form of Media, will have winners announced. According to an Epic Games interview with Keighley, who calls this year's event the "biggest show yet," the event will also include announcements involving "40 to 50 games."

12:00 PM AET 

2:00 AM GMT

 5:00 PM PT

 7:00 PM CDT

 8:00 PM ET

How To Stream The Game Awards in 2022

The Game Awards will be broadcast live on its own Twitch and YouTube channels, as well as through direct streams on Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok, as well as right here on GameSpot. The event will also be broadcast on Steam, where viewers can sign up to win a free Steam Deck that will be given away by Valve every minute of the livestream.

The Game Awards and the companies themselves have both teased the show thus far, and the full list of announcements is below:

Producer of Final Fantasy XVI Naoki Yoshida's live presentation

Hozier's live rendition of the God of War Ragnarok song "Blood Upon The Snow"

a 505 Games mystery project starring Michael Madsen

the pre-New show's Among Us news

It Takes Two's principal developer Josef Faris has been confirmed to appear at the event.

An image of a package themed after Tekken 8 tweeted by Twitch streamer Aris and a response from Keighley with an eye emoji hint at a reveal.

UPDATE: Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson from the video games, as well as Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey from HBO's The Last of Us, have all been confirmed to attend the event by the official Tekken Twitter.

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