The Game Awards return on December 10 across three cities with a new accessibility award
A massive award show in entertainment returns.
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What you need to know
The Game Awards return on December 10. This news comes by way of Geoff Keighley, host of the Game Awards, Opening Night Live at Gamescom and Summer Game Fest. The show will be an all-digital event broadcast in 4K from three studio locations in Los Angeles, London and Tokyo. There are no plans to have a virtual audience.
📣🎉 SAVE THE DATE 🎉📣THE GAME AWARDSThursday, December 10Live from:🔴 Los Angeles🔴 London🔴 TokyoA Multiworld Of Wonder Awaits…#TheGameAwardspic.twitter.com/yMLATPsHCJ📣🎉 SAVE THE DATE 🎉📣THE GAME AWARDSThursday, December 10Live from:🔴 Los Angeles🔴 London🔴 TokyoA Multiworld Of Wonder Awaits…#TheGameAwardspic.twitter.com/yMLATPsHCJ— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley)September 23, 2020September 23, 2020
In addition to the new format, Keighley has confirmed that there will be a new award called Innovation in Accessibility that will recognize “software and/or hardware developers that are pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.”
“We’ve been thinking a lot about accessibility of our show, and I think we’ve seen a trend of developers focusing on accessibility with their games over the past couple years,” Keighley said in an interview withPolygon.
Last year, FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twicewon Game of the Year, with a whole host of other titles like Death Stranding and Remedy Entertainment’s Control grabbing a wide swathe of different awards.
This means The Game Awards will be held just a month after the beginning of the next generation of consoles, with theXbox Series XandXbox Series Sreleasing on November 10. Meanwhile, thePS5is releasing on November 12 in a handful of countries, with a global release on November 19.
The full next-generation experience.
Xbox Series X is Microsoft’s new flagship, as its most powerful console with over 12TF GPU performance and a custom SSD. It boasts up to 4K resolution and 120 FPS, full backward compatibility across four generations, and ray-tracing support.
Experience next-gen gaming for less.
Microsoft serves the next-generation for less with its budget-friendly Xbox Series S. The console packs the same high-performance CPU and SSD technology as Xbox Series X, while scaling back the GPU and removing the disc drive.
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
