Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards Will Return on 1st December

On every gaming screen and VR

by Sammy Barker Sat 11th Jun 2016

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Oh, great. As we mentally prepare ourselves for a week of exorbitantly late night streams, industry icon Geoff Keighley has revealed that we can look forward to one more on 1st December, when The Game Awards will return. We thought that last year's show was just about as good as one could reasonably expect an awards ceremony based on games to be, so we're sure that this year's edition will maintain that high standard.

One intriguing thing about the show, however – which was spotted on a banner hanging outside the LA Convention Center – is that it will be presented on "every gaming screen and VR". We haven't got a clue how it's going to broadcast the event in virtual reality, but consider our interest very much piqued. Keighley himself is staying tight-lipped for the moment, but we're sure that he'll plug the event during one of his E3 2016 live streams next week.

[source twitter.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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Thegentleman
Sat 11th Jun 2016

Good!

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tabris95
Sat 11th Jun 2016

Jeez, did enough games even come out this year for an awards show? It feels like Uncharted 4 is going to win everything by default but that could just be my inner, bitter Nintendo fan in me thats upset at how little has been released this year.

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Churchy
Sat 11th Jun 2016

Can we have drunk Jade Raymond again?

@tabris95: I'd say there's enough. Uncharted 4, Doom, Dark Souls 3, Overwatch, Banner Saga 2, Stardew Valley, Total War: Warhammer, XCOM 2, Quantum Break, Street Fighter V, Fire Emblem Fates etc. And that's just the first half of the year.

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DietSmile
Sat 11th Jun 2016

Is this the hip tryhard that called out konami awhile ago and created unneeded drama during an award show? This man is literally the Chris Hardwick of video game hosts: unneeded and trying way too hard to be cool for the kidz.

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Churchy
Sat 11th Jun 2016

@Napples I'm not really a Geoff Keighley fan so to speak, but that moment was actually rather uncharacteristic of him. He usually tows the more straight business like approach, but he has been friends with Kojima for a long time and it seemed like an actual genuine moment. And considering the sh*t that Konami have been pulling, that was a refreshing moment.

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themcnoisy
Sat 11th Jun 2016

Cant wait to see which undeserving game wins this year.

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AdamNovice
Sat 11th Jun 2016

I wonder if effectively gives us the date for this year's PSX too since they usually fall on the same weekend as the game awards. I hope not because most of the gaming media spent too much time talking about the awards when PSX should have been the bigger deal. Also PSX conference on PSVR?!