The Game Awards

The Game Awards are an annual award show hosted and produced by.

Overview
The Game Awards are hosted each December in the in,.

The Game Awards 2014
The Game Awards 2014 was the inaugural show that was co-hosted by Reggie Fils-Aimé and featured appearances from Shigeru Miyamoto and Koji Kondo. It was hosted on December 5, 2014. For mutual promotion, The Game Awards and Nintendo shared a video of a demo build of the then-unnamed played by Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma from Nintendo's headquarters in,. This demo featured footage from BotW:, the road between BotW: and BotW:, the woods surrounding BotW:, as well as BotW:, BotW:, and BotW:.

At the end of the show, performed "Series:". They were followed by Koji Kondo performing piano renditions of "Series:" and "Series:".

The Game Awards 2015
The Game Awards 2015 was hosted on December 3, 2015. It featured an acceptance speech from Reggie Fils-Aimé for  winning Best Multiplayer. Fils-Aimé also held a tribute to the late Satoru Iwata, who passed away earlier that year.

The Game Awards 2016
The Game Awards 2016 was hosted on December 1, 2016. During the pre-show stream, Bill Trinen revealed the "Life in the Ruins" trailer for. Reggie Fils-Aimé also appeared on stage to introduce a video of Bill Trinen and Nate Bihldorff playing with a foreword by Eiji Aonuma. In the video, Trinen and Bihldorff play through part of the BotW:, "BotW:".

The Game Awards 2019
The Game Awards 2019 was hosted on December 12, 2019. It featured an acceptance speech from the President of Nintendo of America, Doug Bowser, after received the award for Best Fighting Game during the pre-show.

A Tweet by Celsius Game Studios featuring a crossover of the  and was nominated for the 2019 Gaming Tweet of the Year. Additionally, a musical tribute to 's "Lifelight" was performed by The Game Awards Orchestra.

The Game Awards 2020
The Game Awards 2020 were hosted on December 10, 2020. It was the first time, then known as "The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", was nominated for the Most Anticipated Game category. However, it lost to .

The Game Awards 2021
The Game Awards 2021 were hosted on December 9, 2021. Once again, was nominated for Most Anticipated Game as "The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild". Like in 2020, it lost to Elden Ring.

The Game Awards 2022
The Game Awards 2022 were hosted on December 8, 2022. This was the first year was nominated under its own name, and due to the release of its competitor Elden Ring, it was able to win the Most Anticipated Game category.

The Game Awards 2023
The Game Awards 2023 is an upcoming event to be hosted on December 7, 2023. Following its release in May, has been nominated for several categories, including Game of the Year. Prior to the ceremony, Nintendo released a special trailer for to promote these nominations.