The Game Awards 2025 date and time: How and when to watch

The Game Awards returns Thursday for its 11th annual awards event and video game trailer extravaganza, once again hosted by Geoff Keighley. As with years past, The Game Awards 2025 aims to celebrate the year’s best and biggest games, while giving viewers sneak peeks of games to come in 2026 (and beyond).

What reveals will be at The Game Awards in 2025? We can definitely expect a few big reveals, including the long-awaited new Tomb Raider game, plus new details and gameplay from Resident Evil Requiem, Lego Batman: Legacy of The Dark Knight, Saros, and Phantom Blade Zero. Rumored to appear are a new Divinity game from Baldur's Gate 3 studio Larian, the next Diablo 4 expansion, a new Total War game, and an update on the long-in-development Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake. Some people are even holding out hope that it's finally time for Valve to reveal Half-Life 3. We'll see about that!

As a reminder, last year's show was full of big reveals: Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, The Witcher 4, an Okami sequel, Virtua Fighter 6, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, and Turok Origins.

Beyond the game reveals and awards, expect some star power. We know that actor Jeffrey Wright (The Last of Us, Dispatch) will be on stage, as will Bethesda Game Studios' Todd Howard and actors Maggie Robertson and Neil Newbon. Of course, there will also be Muppets. Miss Piggy and Rowlf the Dog are confirmed to appear.

This post will be updated with new information about The Game Awards 2025 as it becomes available.

When are The Game Awards 2025?

The Game Awards will be held on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m. EST/4:30 p.m. PST.

What time does The Game Awards 2025 start?

Officially, The Game Awards proper will kick off at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST, but it will be preceded by a 30-minute pre-show that typically hosts smaller, but often very interesting new game reveals. So you'll want to tune in at 7:30 p.m. EST/4:30 p.m. PST, just in case.

Here's when The Game Awards starts across multiple time zones:

• 4:30 p.m. PST on Thursday, Dec. 11 for the west coast of North America
• 7:30 p.m. EST for the east coast of North America
• 12:30 a.m. GMT on Friday, Dec. 12 for the U.K.
• 1:30 a.m. CET for western Europe
• 9:30 a.m. JST for Japan
• 11:30 a.m. AEDT for the east coast of Australia

How to watch The Game Awards 2025

The show will be streamed live across The Game Awards’ official channels: YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, TikTok, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Instagram. For the first time in the show's history, The Game Awards will also be streamed on Prime Video.

How long are The Game Awards 2025?

The shows typically run 3.5 hours, including the 30-minute pre-show. The Game Awards organizers have not announced how long the 2025 event will be, but expect something between three and four hours long.

The Game Awards 2025 nominees

The Game Awards organizers announced the 2025 nominees, including Game of the Year, on Nov. 17. The most-nominated game this year was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which nabbed 12 nominations across 10 categories. Here are the six games up for Game of the Year at the 2025 TGAs:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

Check out the full list of The Game Awards nominees for 2025 to see what else is up for contention this year.

How to vote in The Game Awards

Viewers of The Game Awards can vote for their favorite games at the show's official website. Fans can vote directly to determine the Players' Voice award, and can influence the outcome of Game of the Year. GOTY winners are determined by a blended vote, split between the voting jury (90%) and the public (10%) through social platforms and The Game Awards' website.