The Game Awards 2018 will soon be upon us, and this year's event sounds bigger than ever. Primarily an awards ceremony to celebrate the year's best titles, the creator of the show Geoff Keighley has been boasting about a record number of new game announcements during the presentation. But when is The Game Awards, and what time is it showing? What games will be shown? You'll find answers to all these questions below.
What date is The Game Awards 2018?
The Game Awards 2018 gets started on 6th December 2018. In some parts of the world, the broadcast time means it could technically fall on 7th December 2018 for some -- see below for local times.
What time is The Game Awards 2018?
Thursday 6th December 2018 / Friday 7th December 2018
- North America: 5:30pm PST / 6:30pm MST / 7:30pm CST / 8:30pm EST
- UK/Ire: 1:30am GMT
- Europe: 2:30am CET / 3:30am EET
- Asia/Oceania: 10:30am JST / 9:30am AWST / 12:30pm AEDT
What new games will be shown at The Game Awards 2018?
Almost all the new game announcements are being kept secret, of course, but that hasn't stopped Geoff Keighley and his crew from teasing some stuff ahead of time. As well as brand new games, the show will also host new trailers and announcements for games we already know about. Games we know will feature during the show are ANTHEM, Fortnite, Rocket League, and RAGE 2. We also know a brand new Far Cry game will make its debut.
A game by the name of Alien: Blackout has been heavily hinted at making an appearance. The Russo brothers have been announced as award presenters at the show, fuelling rumours that Square Enix' Avengers game will be formally shown off for the first time. The next game from Obsidian Entertainment will also be announced during The Game Awards 2018. Finally, it's a possibility we'll see an announcement for a Crash Team Racing remake.
What are the award nominees at The Game Awards 2018?
We won't list them all here, as there are a huge number of awards to go through. However, the nominees for Game of the Year include:
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey
- Celeste
- God of War
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Monster Hunter: World
- Red Dead Redemption 2
For the full list of all awards and nominees, click here.
Where can I watch The Game Awards 2018?
The Game Awards 2018 is being broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. You'll be able to watch it live on Twitch, YouTube, and all manner of other streaming services.
You'll also be able to watch it with us right here on Push Square, as we'll be hosting a live blog during the event.
Are you excited to watch The Game Awards 2018? What games are you hoping to see? What will pick up the award for Game of the Year? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below.
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I doubt I'll make time to watch it like I did last year, as I just don't care about almost any of the nominees.
give me syphon filter.parasite Eve.metal slugs.dragon dogma 2.vanquish 2.dragon age 4.bioshock 4.the darkness 3. max Payne 4.sly Cooper 5.ninja garden 4.word up son
Don't know why I'm so excited.
Can we still vote?
@playstation1995 Sly 5 would be great.
Red Dead Redemption 2
@AFCC you still can.
Both God of War and Spider-Man deserve to win the Game of the Year award.
I will be pretty disappointed if some of the other games win it.
Too late for me. I'll just catch up on any new game announcements the next day.
''2:30am CET''
I value my sanity and well being, so no, thank you.
My expectations are unreasonably high now. Such as Kojima piloting a mech and marching it in mid show causing collateral damage as he accidentally destroys the stage and several walls.
I'm genuinely looking forward to it.
Andrew Wilson and Todd Howard will be in the stocks for the duration of the awards, you can throw rotten fruit at them for the price of an FUT Gold Pack or 500 Fallout 76 Atoms.
1:30 am, once again it's on at a stupid time when hardly anyone in the UK can watch it
guess i'll catch up the following morning
Background noise for while I play Smash after finishing work at midnight.
@IBeAGamer we need more sly Cooper word up son
I'm personally hoping for Celeste to win. Wouldn't mind God of War or Red Dead Winning. The others honestly don't deserve it imo.
Isn't there a corresponding sale on psn that follows?
Will probably watch the highlights the following day as it starts way too late for most UK (and European) viewers. Actually got around to voting this year too, so will be looking forward to this site's articles covering it on Friday! The games I've spent the most amount of time playing this year are probably RDR2, AC Odyssey, NNK2, and DQXI, but I voted for God of War in many categories as I feel that it deserves the win so much for the innovation of the series alone (not to mention all the other stuff it does so well, as well as the lack of MTX); I think GoW is my personal 2018 GOTY. I voted for Celeste in the social message(?) category as I think that game deserves much appreciation too.
Really excited for this and the Kinda Funny Games Showcase on Saturday. Feels like a mini E3 week!
Would have loved to watch and but it's just too early for me on a Friday! Will have to watch it when I get up
Randy Pitchford has been teasing the heck out of Borderlands 3. It has to be revealed SOMETIME, why not Thursday?
How long will the stream be available here after release?
I prefer to watch it here instead of YouTube if I can,since the comments are more friendly then YouTube comments.
You'd think they would stream it through PlayStation 4 directly or is this an option without using twitch etc, I wish the PS4 would have direct streaming like they do for there own PSX events
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Yeah and the fruit and bricks are stored in the canvas bags that should have come with the £200 collector's editions of 76.
@TeslaChippie With tiny writing at the bottom that's says "This Trailer was Funded by Sega"
I only want to see new games trailer, I don't care much about the award.
All I want out of this is a release date for 1 of these 2 games I will mention,either 1 will be fine. Either a date for man of medan,or ghosts of tsushima. Im not greedy, either 1 will be fine.
Hopefully public transportation doesn't let me down and I will be home in time to watch the stream live...
Who am I kidding, it's almost guaranteed that it will let me down. Took almost 4 hours to get home last night!
Oh well, maybe I'll have to catch it on replay tomorrow...
Or invest in a new pair of roller blades.
@Turismo4GT on the bright side if you do miss it,you can indeed watch it the next day but just skip to the good parts leaving all the possible cringe behind.
@jdv95 oh, so I can safely skip like half the show then? Gotcha, thanks 😂
Thanks for ignoring South America.
@Turismo4GT tbh i'm just interested in the reveals.
would be nice if there was a separate stream/video for that.
perhaps some youtube video will be made containing only the reveals.
@jdv95 Oh undoubtedly there will be an edited video with just the game reveals. It just won't be made by or posted on The Game Awards official channel
I'll just Push Square it all tomorrow. At 1:30am I'll be tucked up snug in bed.
I won't be watching since it's on after my bed time.
Also I can't even pretend to care.
WHY so early... fantastic :/
Ok I slept 4h30 last night so this will be a struggle! How long will the show last?
I'll get all the news in the morning so. 1.30am I'll just be turning over. Lol
@paulo1manso
EST is the same as UTC -5 (ACT/EASST/COT/ECT/PET). Not sure where you’re located, but that should give you a reference point.
@AFCC no. It closed Wednesday night
@AFCC I think 2 and a half hours
@Suren1998 I will die tomorrow..thanks!
I'll do you one better. Why is Game Awards?
Why do I need an award to validate how I feel about a game
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