The Game Awards will take spot in-individual in L.A. on December 9

Geoff Keighley‘s The Game Awards will take spot as a live, in-individual ceremony in Los Angeles on December 9.

The celebration of video game culture will take spot at the Microsoft Theater, the usual venue that holds about 5,000 men and women in downtown Los Angeles. On prime of that, the awards occasion will be broadcast extensively more than the world wide web.

The Game Awards set a major record last December as an on-line-only occasion, with 83 million livestreams, up 84% from the preceding year. The Game Awards will when once again be distributed as a free of charge international 4K UHD livestream to fans about the world across more than 40 international video, social and gaming platforms.

Once once again, the show will bring collectively the greatest names in gaming and preferred culture for a celebration of video game culture with awards, 1st-look world premieres and new game announcements, plus musical performances, like The Game Awards Orchestra live on stage at Microsoft Theater, carried out by Lorne Balfe.

“We are very excited to return to the Microsoft Theater for a special night to celebrate the past, present and future of video games,” said  Keighley, creator, executive producer, and host of The Game Awards, in a statement. “Our goal is to bring the entire community together to celebrate the most powerful form of entertainment in the world, and recognize emerging voices that represent the future of the medium.”

Additional specifics on overall health and security protocols for the invite-only, in-individual occasion at Microsoft Theater will be shared in the coming weeks. I spoke with Keighley about that in the previous and he stated the show would adhere to the ideal practices and guidance from neighborhood overall health officials and the venue itself. He stated he wanted to do it in-individual as men and women are so hungry to get back to a social life. and meet with their business good friends.

The Game Awards will provide free of charge, playable game content and interactive extensions on major streaming platforms, like complete assistance for co-streaming. The Game Awards is executive created by Keighley and Kimmie Kim. LeRoy Bennett is inventive director, and Richard Preuss is director.

The Game Awards is guided by an advisory board that consists of the executive leadership teams from Activision (Rob Kostich, president), AMD (Lisa Su, CEO), Electronic Arts (Laura Miele, chief studios officer), Google (Phil Harrison, vice president of Stadia), Microsoft (Phil Spencer, executive vice president of gaming), Nintendo of America (Doug Bowser, president), Riot Games (Marc Merrill, co-chairman), Rockstar Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Ubisoft (Yves Guillemot, CEO), Valve, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (David Haddad, president), and Tencent (Steven Ma, senior vice president).

Originally appeared on: TheSpuzz