The Game Awards 2019 kick off tonight in Microsoft Centre, Los Angeles. This year we’ll see the biggest news in exclusive premieres, live performances and a handful of awards for best audio, best visuals, best gamer and of course, best gamer of the year.
Stay updated with breaking news and current events here:
- 0:00 CHVRCHES open with a moving, inspiring performance that sets an exuberant tone for the evening- it’s going to be exciting!
- 9:00 WINNER: Disco Elysium bag the award for Best Narrative Award “it’s absolutely surreal to be here, honestly it makes me really speechless”
- 9:00 Twitch already has 9,000 streamers watching in its first 10 minutes. of broadcast.
- 11:11 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: XBOX announce world exclusive of upcoming games, including a new game for Fifa.
- 11:16 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Hellblade: Senuas Sacrifice premiered it’s first trailer, it’s narrative will tackle mental health stigmas and make waves amongst the gaming community
- 11:23 Basketball alumni Stephen Curry announces nominees
- 11:24 WINNER: Youtuber and Twitch streamer BUGHA wins ESports ‘Gamer Of The Year.’ “Thank you to my friends and family” the gamer says.
- 11:28 WINNER: Best Audio Design goes to Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare
- 11:29 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Bravely Default premieres its world exclusive premiere, taking the world by storm with its immersive fantasy role-play experience and immersive storyline.
- 11:41 WINNER: CONTROL takes home by Best Art Direction “I can’t imagine a better group of creative artists to work with, thank you”
- 11:50 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: League of Legends announce their first single-player experience in its 10 years of existence, this is a completely new direction from the franchise.
- 11:57 Grimes debuts an eccentric, technological based performance that feels fitting to the space-themed, out-of-this-world games this year.
- 12:04 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Dungeon and Dragons have announced their latest addition ‘Dark Alliance’, “we wanted to put the action back in RPG”
- 12:16 The Muppets will have the first RPG game!
- 12:20 WINNER: Gris takes home Games For Impact Award
- 12:22 WINNER: Call Of Duty take home another award, Best Mobile Game
- 12:24 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: MAGIC LEGENDS premiere trailer for next game in their series
- 12:33 WINNER: Apex Legends take home a well-deserved Best Multi-player Game Award, the free-to-play battle royale game made up to $90 Million by 2019.
“Thank you to the fan! {…} we changed the genre, we changed our business model” - 12:35 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Ghost Of Toshima trailer makes its exclusive premiere
- 12:44 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Gear Tactics debuts its firs trailer for 2020. This will be the first game from the Gear of Wars franchise to branch off into a five part series. Instead of a third person shooter game, Epic Games latest game will turn into a strategy based game. Coming out April 28.
- 12:51 WINNER: ESports Best Game of the Year is claimed by repeated winners of the night, League of Legends. With a franchise spanning just over 10 years, it feels fitting for this multi-player strategy game to bag more than one win.
- 12:51 WINNER: Best AR/VR Game goes to Beat Saber!
- 13:03 Green Day hit the stage and take it all the way back to 1991 with ‘Welcome to Paradise’ and ‘Father of All’. The american rock band feel like the perfect fit for the game awards, rock and metal have always had a loving relationship with games over the decades. No better way to play epic games without some epic rock music!
- 13:13 Reggie Fills gives inspiring speech about indie brands as he announces the Fresh Indie Game Award. “I think indie creators are the most important in the industry […] everyone was one a kid sketching a superhero.”
- 13:14 WINNER: Best Fresh Indie Game Award bagged by reoccurring underdogs of tonight, Disco Elysium.
- 13:23 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Wolf Among Us 2 gives first world exclusive premiere
- 13:25 WINNER: Best Game Direction bags Death Stranding
- 13:33 Vin Diesel and Michelle share a warm embrace on stage as they come to announce Game Of The Year
- 13:35 WINNER: Game Of The Year taken by Sekiro “we’re both surprised and overjoyed at the reaction we receive […] i’d like to share this award with all the staff who helped make this game.”
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