The Game Awards heads to the Microsoft Theatre on Dec. 9 to decide 2021’s best games
The Game Awards is unsurprisingly returning for another year.
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What you need to know
The Game Awards is a yearly event that helps to decide what the best games of that year were, often sparking a ton of post-show internet discussion. It’s been confirmed today that The Game Awards is officially returning on Dec. 9, 2021, once again taking place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, to evaluate this year’s most popular and beloved titles for a variety of awards and honorifics.
The winners from last year’sThe Game Awards 2020were fairly standard, and we expect more of the same from this year’s rendition of the event. Expect to see big releases likePsychonauts 2,Deathloop,Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, and many more all make an appearance or be nominated for an award.
We won’t know which games are walking away with an award until the event on Dec. 9, but it’ll be interesting to see how many of thebest Xbox gamesthat released throughout 2021 make the cut. Unfortunately, one of this year’s most anticipated titles,Halo Infinite, likely won’t be eligible this year since it releases right before The Game Awards on Dec. 8, 2021. Still, there’s plenty to look forward to when returning host Geoff Keighley takes the stage for The Game Awards 2021.
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