Game Awards

The Game Awards

Since the 2014 show, Keighley has been able to secure the larger Peacock Theater (formerly Microsoft Theater) in Los Angeles to host the event. He has worked to partner with multiple streaming services around the globe for the show, which has been a move appreciated by several of the Game Awards' partners since the show's inception. Keighley has been approached by broadcast networks offering to air the show, but he had refused these offers, allowing them to keep the freedom of how they present and structure the show. The 2019 show included a simulcast in partnership with Sony Pictures for select Cinemark movie theaters throughout the United States. The Game Awards 2020 was not held in a live theater due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was instead hosted virtually. The 2021 show was held live again at the Microsoft Theater with a reduced audience due to ongoing COVID-19 precautions.