The Game Awards 2022: How To Watch, Start Times, And What To Expect

The calendar has flipped to December, and in the video game world that means all eyes turn to The Game Awards, the annual end-of-year celebration that mixes honors for Game of the Year with trailers and reveals for potential future GOTY award winners.

The Game Awards and Keighley himself will be teasing what's to come at this year's event via their social media accounts, so far including a live presentation by Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida and a live performance of "Blood Upon The Snow" from God of War Ragnarok by popular musician Hozier.

The Game Awards 2022 Start Time

The official livestream for The Game Awards 2022 begins December 8 with a 30-minute pre-show at 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET, followed by the main show at 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET. Award winners will be announced from over 30 categories across general gaming and esports including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, and a new award for Best Adaptation of a video game IP into another form of media. The event will also feature announcements involving "40 to 50 games" according to an Epic Games interview with Keighley, who calls this year's event the "biggest show yet."

• 5:00 PM PT
• 7:00 PM CDT
• 8:00 PM ET
• 2:00 AM GMT
• 12:00 PM AET (December 9)

How To Watch The Game Awards 2022 Stream

The Game Awards will be streaming live on its official YouTube and Twitch channels, along with direct feeds on social media sites like Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter and right here on GameSpot in the embed above. The YouTube channel will also offer a separate audio descriptive feed for extra accessibility.

Steam will also be showing the event, and those who plan to watch on Steam can register to win a free Steam Deck--one of which will be given away by Valve during every minute of the livestream.

Below is a running list of everything that has been teased for the show so far, both by The Game Awards and by the companies themselves.

The Game Awards 2022 Confirmed Appearances

• Hozier, performing "Blood Upon The Snow" from God of War Ragnarok
• Josef Faris
• Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey
• Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson
• Animal from The Muppets
• Ken and Roberta Williams
• Daniel Craig, Rian Johnson, and Jessica Henwick
• Reggie Fils-Aime
• Valkyrae
• Fuslie
• Keegan-Michael Key
• Rahul Kohli

The Game Awards 2022 Confirmed Announcements

• The pre-show--called TGA Opening Act--will be hosted by Sydnee Goodman and contain "awards and a dozen world premieres - including multiple new game announcements."
  • New Among Us news will be unveiled during the pre-show.
• A live presentation from Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida
• A mystery project from 505 Games involving Michael Madsen has been confirmed for the show.
• A picture of a Tekken 8 themed package tweeted by Twitch streamer Aris--and Keighley's eye emoji reply--hint at a reveal.
  • UPDATE: The official Tekken Twitter has confirmed Tekken 8's presence at the event.
• Airship Syndicate--developer of Battle Chasers: Nightwar and Ruined King: A League of Legends Story--will be revealing its new MMO, which is being co-developed by Warframe developer Digital Extremes.
• A gameplay demo of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has been confirmed by EA.
• A new trailer for Baldur's Gate 3 will be shown, as confirmed by Larian Studios.
• Thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen will be showing the new musical update for Sky: Children Of The Light--and he will be joined by Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora.
• Wild Hearts will unveil a new monster enemy.
• Bungie has confirmed a new trailer for Destiny 2: Lightfall.
• The official Crash Bandicoot Twitter account tweeted "what's everyone doing tomorrow night?" almost exactly 24 hours before the show is scheduled to begin.