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The Game Awards 2025 (event)

Event date: 2025.12.11.

Duration: -

Event series: The Game Awards

Place: Peacock Theater (Los Angeles, USA)

Attendance: -

Website: https://thegameawards.com/

 

 


ABOUT THE EVENT

The Game Awards 2025 is the latest awards show to honor the best video games of the year. The latest edition of The Game Awards will be held for the twelfth time, this year at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on December 11, 2025. The event will also be available to watch online worldwide via various platforms. On November 17, 2025, in a special broadcast, the show's host, Geoff Keighley, revealed the nominees. A total of 29 out of 30 categories were revealed (The last Player's Voice will be announced later, on December 1.), featuring various games, voice actors, content creators, eSports athletes, and teams (the full list can be found under the Nominees tab). Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with 12 nominations, while Death Stranding 2: On The Beach and Ghost of Yōtei also made it onto the imaginary podium with 7 nominations each. In terms of publishers, Sony Interactive Entertainment (19), Kepler Interactive (13), and Electronic Arts (10) received the most nominations. 

[2024-12-31]: The date and location for TGA 2025 have also been announced: the 12th annual event will take place on December 11, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, and will of course be available to watch online. | [Source: Official webpage]

The Game Awards 2025 Nominees

Game of the Year

Best Game Direction

Best Narrative

Best Art Direction

Best Score and Music

Best Audio Design

Best Performance

  • Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
  • Charlie Cox (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
  • Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yōtei)
  • Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
  • Konatsu Kato (SILENT HILL f)
  • Troy Baker (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle)

Games for Impact

  • Consume Me
  • Despelote
  • Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
  • South of Midnight
  • Wanderstop

Innovation in Accessibility

Best Ongoing Game

Best Community Support

Best Independent Game

Best Debut Indie Game

  • Blue Prince
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Despelote
  • Dispatch
  • Megabonk (The game developer withdrew the nomination.)

Best Mobile Game

  • Destiny: Rising
  • Persona 5: The Phantom X
  • Sonic Rumble
  • Umamusume: Pretty Derby
  • Wuthering Waves

Best VR/AR Game

  • Alien: Rogue Incursion
  • Arken Age
  • Ghost Town
  • Marvel’s Deadpool VR
  • The Midnight Walk

Best Action Game

Best Action/Adventure Game

Best Role-Playing Game

Best Fighting Game

  • 2XKO
  • Capcom Fighting Collection 2
  • Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
  • Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection
  • Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage

Best Family Game

Best Sim/Strategy Game

Best Sports/Racing Game

Best Multiplayer Game

Content Creator of the Year

  • Caedrel
  • Kai Cenat
  • MoistCr1TiKaL
  • Sakura Miko
  • The Burnt Peanut

Best Esports Game

  • Counter-Strike 2
  • Dota 2
  • League of Legends
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  • Valorant

Best Esports Athlete

  • Brawk
  • Chovy
  • Forsaken
  • Kakeru
  • Menard
  • Zywoo

Best Esports Team

  • Gen.G (League of Legends)
  • NRG (Valorant)
  • Team Falcons (Dota 2)
  • Team Liquid PH (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)
  • Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)

Best Adaptation

  • A Minecraft Movie
  • Devil May Cry
  • Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
  • The Last of Us Season 2
  • Until Dawn

Most Anticipated Game

Player's Voice

  • Revealed on December 11, 2025

LIVESTREAM:


TIMECODES:

0:00:12 - The Opening Act begins with an introduction by Sydnee Goodman.

0:01:34 - Free Shepherd - Announcement Trailer - Coming for PS5 and Steam in 2027.

0:02:35 - Best Family Game category - announcement of the winner.

0:04:10 - Decrepit - Announcement Trailer - Sign up for the playtest and wishlist option is available now.

0:05:11 - AUDIOMECH: your music transformed - Announcement Trailer - New game from creator of Audiosurf and the demo will be out tommorrow!

0:07:18 - Innovation in Accessibility category - announcement of the winner.

0:08:44 - Guild Wars 2 - Vision of Eternity Trailer

0:09:44 - Escape from Duckov - New region unlocking.

0:11:38 - Best Esports Game category - announcement of the winner.

0:12:02 - Best Esports Athlete category - announcement of the winner.

0:12:20 - Best Esports Team category - announcement of the winner.

0:13:11 - Pragmata - Release Date Trailer - In addition, the game will be released on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch 2 on April 24, 2026. Pre-orders are open starting today. A gameplay demo is now available on Steam, and will be available on consoles later.

0:15:06 - Best Mobile Game category - announcement of the winner.

0:16:34 - Solasta II - Release Date Trailer - The game will launch in Early Access on March 12, 2026, on Steam.

0:18:05 - TankRat - Announcement Trailer - The game will be released on PC (Steam, Epic Games Store) and PS5 in Spring 2026.

0:19:44 - Best Independent Game category - announcement of the winner.

0:21:42 - Bradley the Badger - Announcement Trailer - Wishlist option is available on Steam.

0:24:24 - Stupid Never Dies - Announcement Trailer - The game will be released on PC (Steam) and PS5 in 2026. Wishlist option is available on Steam.

0:27:11 - Best Adaptation category - announcement of the winner.