Not only are The Game Awards still happening this year — they’re taking place in three different locations. The 2020 ceremony will stream live from Los Angeles, London and Tokyo on Dec.…
going to happen regardless, even if it had to just be him presenting awards from his home set-up. But once he reached out to his board, made up of the heads of the top game companies, the message was clear: do it, and do it big.
Keighley says he previously played with the idea of having the show, which has taken place at L.A.’s Microsoft Theatre for the past five years, in a different city, similar to the Olympics. Once it became clear that the state of the COVID-19 pandemic still wouldn’t allow for large, in-person events by December, it enabled a different kind of opportunity.
The Game Awards certainly isn’t the first awards show to happen amid the pandemic. There’s been the Video Music Awards, virtual conventions for San Diego Comic-Con and DC FanDome and even this past weekend’s Emmy Awards, which Keighley praised for its ability to connect everyone technically. And Keighley himself even hosted Gamescom Opening Night Live, which took place late last month, as well as the Summer Game Fest.
“We look at some of the issues and some of the concerns around Ubisoft and the culture there — you look at some of the challenges in the streaming world and all that, some of the challenges this industry has had this year,” he says. “How do you be aware of that and reflect that in the show in the right way? I feel as a show, we have an obligation. We have so many people watching the show.
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