When is The Game Awards 2023? Date, time & where to watch revealed

Announced during Gamescom: Opening Night Live, the question of when The Game Awards 2023 is happening, such as the date, time, and where to watch, is back on the minds of gamers all around.

Despite a packed night of new trending game trailers and incidents like the Gamescom stage being stormed by a heckler, the annual resurgence of one of the industry’s biggest events already has viewers looking towards the end of the year as well. 

When is The Game Awards 2023? Date, time & where to watch revealed

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Viewers won’t have to wait long, because The Game Awards 2023 is taking place on the date and time of Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 4:30PM (PT) / 7:30PM (ET) / 12:30AM (GMT) – with a live broadcast of approximately three hours long from the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. 

Whilst you’ll be able to watch the ceremony at its official website like last year, you can also watch The Game Awards on various platforms like its YouTube channel, Twitch, Twitter, Facebook Live, Steam, TikTok LIVE, Instagram Live, and more. 

The Game Awards 2023 categories & nomination process

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Although we won’t see the complete list of The Game Awards 2023 categories until the nominees are revealed later in the year, these categories are generally the same each year, albeit some smaller awards being newly added or removed. 

Going off the below list of 2022 categories, it’s likely we’ll be seeing almost the same list of categories for The Game Awards 2023: 

• Game of the Year
• Best Game Direction
• Best Narrative
• Best Art Director
• Best Score and Music
• Best Audio Design
• Best Performance
• Games for Impact
• Best Ongoing
• Best Indie
• Best Mobile Game
• Best Community Support
• Innovation in Accessibility 
• Best VR/AR
• Best Action Game
• Best Action/Adventure
• Best Role Playing
• Best Fighting
• Best Family
• Best Sim/Strategy
• Best Sports/Racing
• Best Multiplayer
• Content Creator or the Year
• Best Indie Debut
• Best Adaptation
• Most Anticipated Game
• Best Esports Athlete
• Best Esports Team
• Best Esports Coach
• Best Esports Event

As to how each Game Awards nominee for each category is decided, all are chosen by “an international jury of over 100 global media and influencer outlets, selected for their history of critical video game evaluation”, as stated by The Game Awards FAQ section.

To be eligible, all nominees for The Game Awards need to have been made “available for public consumption on or before” a particular November 2023 date. The said cut-off date is yet to be announced, but last year’s was Friday, November 18, 2022 at 9pm (PT) whilst the year before’s was November 20, 2021.

From the announcement of this year’s nominees until Wednesday, December 7 at 6pm (PT), The Game Awards 2023 winners will be decided by a blended vote between the aforementioned jury – accounting for 90% of said vote- and a public vote accounting for 10%.

That’s everything you need to know about when The Game Awards 2023 takes place with its date and time, along with where you can watch the event. For more of what’s been revealed at a Geoff Keighley event, find out about the latest of the Tekken 8 character roster. 

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