The Game Awards 2021: Livestream date and how to watch

The Game Awards is always a great occasion. As well as announce the very best titles of the year, it debuts a host of new, exciting trailers for games coming up over the next few months - years even.

Hosted by Geoff Keighley, it's certainly one to put in your calendar. And, for the first time in a while, it will actually have a live audience this year.

Here's when and how to watch it.

When do The Game Awards 2021 start?

The stream will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles today, Thursday 9 December 2021. It will start at 8pm PST (local time). Sadly, that means it'll be 4am in the UK.

Here are the times for your region:

• US west coast: 8pm PST
• US east coast: 11pm EST
• UK: 4am GMT
• Central Europe: 5am CET
• India: 9.30am IT

How to watch The Game Awards 2021

The show will be streamed online - in 4K, no less. You can watch right here via the embedded video at the top of this page.

It will also be hosted on the Awards' official YouTube and Twitch channels.

What to expect

Keighley revealed to Epic Games (for a blog post) that there will be the return of a live orchestra, plenty of celebrity guests, but the focus will be on the games - 40 to 50 of them: "You know, it's great to have celebrities, it's great to have music, but I think focusing really on games is important," he said.

"What we really learned last year was at the end of the day, it really is the games and the trailers that drive the show."

He also added that among the scores of game trailers, there will be many premieres, the amount of which could be in the "double digits".

There's also The Game Awards themselves, with the nominees having been announced and public voting having taken place over the last couple of weeks. You can check out the 30 categories on the official site here.

The nominations for the main award - Game of the Year - are Deathloop, It Takes Two, Metroid Dread, Psychonauts 2, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Resident Evil Village. There are plenty of individual categories too.

Other confirmed highlights will include the debut of the Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 demo, plus a new trailer for Rocksteady's Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

Last year's event was virtual only due to the pandemic, but was still a star-studded extravaganza that lasted over three hours and featured appearances by Keanu Reeves, Christopher Nolan, Gal Gadot, Tom Holland, Brie Larson, and The Muppets. You can watch it below to get a taste of what to expect this time.

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