The Game Awards 2021: Nominees, start times, and where to watch - Rock Paper Shotgun

Geoff Keighley’s annual Game Awards show is here once again, with lots of awards to dish out and plenty of (in your best announcer voice) world premieres.

Whether you want to see your favourite games win awards or you’re just here for the big reveals, you’ll want to know how to watch The Game Awards and when it’s all kicking off.

Deathloop currently leads the pack, but Psychonauts 2 and PlayStation exclusive Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart also scooped up plenty of nominations?

Read on below to find out what time The Game Awards start, the full list of nominees, and what else we can expect to see during the show.

The Game Awards 2021 show takes place on Thursday 9th December (or Friday 10th depending on where you live).

These streams are scheduled to begin half an hour earlier than the times listed above, although it's not clear whether there will be a pre-show segment just yet with any extra news or world premieres.

Judging by previous Game Awards and Geoff Keighley's various Summer Games Fest shows, it’s possible there could be some small reveals in these pre-shows, but the big announcements will likely be reserved for the main show.

The main Game Awards show will last 3 hours, taking us UK folk into the early hours of the morning.

You might be mistaken for thinking The Game Awards are just about, well, awards.

There are also lots of announcements about upcoming games, with previous years showing off the Perfect Dark reboot, The Wolf Among Us 2, and the Xbox Series X.

This Twitter exchange between Keighley and the official Sonic account indicates we could see more on the upcoming Sonic game, while this tweet from Xbox Game Pass also teases that we can expect to see plenty of Game Pass PC Day One launches announced at The Game Awards.

You can also expect live musical performances from Sting, Imagine Dragons, and The Game Awards Orchestra.

As mentioned above, Deathloop has the most nominations at The Game Awards 2021, but there are lots of other titles up for consideration across every category.

Psychonauts 2 and It Takes Two both bagged 5 nominations each, while Resident Evil Village is up for 4 awards.

I recently gushed over Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy for the RPS Advent Calendar and it seems the Game Awards jury were equally impressed, as it also bagged 4 nominations.

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