The Game Awards 2025 live coverage – all the leaks, rumors, and teases ahead of the show
Come one, come all, as we cover everything The Game Awards has to offer, from new game reveals to prize winners
The Game Awards 2025 is nearly here. After weeks of speculation, rumors, and leaks, we're about to see what new game reveals are actually going to happen and what's missed the mark. And, of course, there'll be plenty of prizes to hand out, too.
As ever, The Game Awards is one of the events that brings the year to a close. That means plenty of awards – from the Game of the Year to the Best Debut Indie Game and plenty in between. But it's also one last chance for oodles of game developers and publishers to hit the marketing beat by announcing a new game or something else for those that have already launched. Once all of that comes to a close, the marketing machine will slow down for a while as we all turn our attention to the holidays.
Regardless of what you're here for, we're covering it all – no favoritism here. As we near the Game Awards start time, we'll round up everything that's been announced or speculated on to give you the fullest sense of the picture. Then, once the show kicks off, we'll cover each award winner and announcement so you can stay in the loop – because we're nice like that.
How to watch The Game Awards 2025 and when does it start?
You can watch The Game Awards 2025 by tuning into YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and more at 4:30pm PDT and 7:30pm EDT later today. If you're across the pond, that translates to 12:30am GMT and 1:30am CEST tomorrow.
It's worth noting that the first 30 mins are a pre-show, and that things won't kick off good and proper until after that. It's also a live show, so there's not a set answer to how long The Game Awards 2025 will be, though over the past years it's typically been three hours, so we'd expect roughly the same here.
Watch The Game Awards 2025 stream here
Who do you think is taking the prize?
If you weren't already aware, here are the nominees for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025.
Game of the Year
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
We’re deeply honored that HADES II is in the running for Game of the Year and more at #TheGameAwards tonight, especially since we’re in the company of such an amazing group of wildly different and beautiful games. Congratulations to all our fellow nominees — we salute you!! 🙏👏
— @supergiantgames.bsky.social (@supergiantgames.bsky.social.bsky.social) 2025-12-11T16:33:34.705Z
Speaking of Hell, Hades 2 developer Supergiant has posted some lovely artwork showing protagonist Melinoë with other Game of the Year nominees like Donkey Kong and more. That, or it's a wildly ambitious DLC tease, but I'm sure it's the former.
Me? I'm quite fond of No Man's Sky lead Sean Murray's suggestion that it's either Knack-related or "Geoff is simply opening a hell portal." It's one or the other, surely. No in between.
I put it to you, what would you like to see revealed at The Game Awards?
It's just hit 4pm here in the UK, which is to say we've got quite a while before The Game Awards kicks off good and proper. With a 1am start tomorrow, if you're not watching the pre-show, it's going to be a late one.
And away we go! Welcome on in as we fire up our live blog for The Game Awards. There's still some time before the show kicks off, so there's no better time to catch you all up on what's been happening.
