how to watch in Canada and what to expect

The biggest night in gaming is here.

The 2025 Game Awards will take place today, December 11, in Los Angeles at 7:30 pm ET/4:30 pm PT (pre-show), followed by the approximately three-hour main event at 8 pm ET/5:00 pm PT. Hosted by Markham, Ontario native Geoff Keighley, the ceremony will recognize the best games of the year and offer a new perspective on the upcoming games.

As always, the series is quite easy to watch. It will be streamed for free at The Game Awards. YouTube And Twitch platforms. And for the first time, you can also stream it directly from Prime Video.

This year, Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33 leads the way with a record 12 nominations and is a frontrunner for awards, including the coveted Game of the Year (GOTY). We there is a full list of nomineesbut here are all the GOTY titles:

• Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 (Sandbox Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo)
• Hades 2 (Supergiant Games)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)

What to expect

For now, Keighley has hinted at a number of things to expect from the show beyond the awards themselves, including:

• Evanescent perform “Afterlife” from the Netflix series Devil May Cry
• A look at the “future” of the Tomb Raider series
• Mysterious discovery this could be Larian Studios' next Divinity game
• A new look at Exodus, the sci-fi RPG from former BioWare developers Archetype Entertainment.
• A new look at Saros, a new action game for PS5 from the developer Returnal Housemarque.

What are you hoping to see: win awards or reveal on the show? Let us know in the comments.

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