What Time Is The Game Awards 2024?

Really hope SotE doesn't get GotY. It's one of the best expansions to a game I've ever played, but it sets a really bad precedent.

So will this be Friday midnight for those in the UK. I only ask as I have to be up super early on the 12th of Thursday morning

Sorry, I'm confusing myself here too

If Wukong or SoTE win GOTY i'm going to riot, just saying....

Is it usually on so late? (Uk time)

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Yeah because its a US show and they are a good few hours behind us.

@Beerheadgamer82 For UK, it's 12:30 AM on 13/12/24.

A big FU to Europe as always.

Always get crap times for this in europe. Guess I'll just get the highlights in the morning as I expect a snoozfest anyway.

@Oram77 One of those things is not like the other.

One is a full standalone game, one is a paid DLC expansion.

@wildcat_kickz I guarantee you that was the reason for the rule change, i'm afraid.

Don't worry about the precedent though. Prizes by committee are the most meaningless of all prizes as they are just the opinion of a ridiculously small minority as opposed to the overwhelming majority.

I’m one of the weirdos who actually watches them for the awards instead of the announcements. In terms of awards, my biggest hope is that they allow every winner to have a speech and have actual gaming industry people present awards instead of random Hollywood and music celebrities. Theres a 0% chance that actually happens so here are some other award hopes instead
-I don’t want Erdtree to win anything. It would be so boring for it to win the exact same 4 awards the base game won
-I don’t want Wukong to win GOTY and especially direction. It feels like the least inspired title out of all the nominees and represents TGA’s insistence on not straying away from blockbuster style titles
-I want Balatro and Animal Well to both win something. Both of those games are great and individually deserve flowers, which is unlikely considering how many tech and genre categories these games can’t contend with
-I don’t want Silent Hill 2 to win narrative. I would be happy with it winning any other award, but the narrative is mainly just the narrative of a 20 year old game.

@LifeGirl Yeah, no doubt. The cynic in me wonders if its inclusion is a form of engagement rage-bait - get people to tune in, just because they're mad it made the cut at all.

That said, the Game Awards are a bit of a joke anyway. Art is a lie. Birds aren't real.

Shadow of the erdtree winning would be both hilarious and incredibly sad. Wu Kong doesn't really deserve to be up there either... Good luck to everything else though!

@Majin_Deicide yup one is a DLC which shouldn't be on the list, and the other is a over hyped boss rush game 8/10 at best (yes I'm aware of the sales figures)

@DennisReynolds yeah thanks. Got it mixed up with the summer one that’s in Germany

@wildcat_kickz ahh cheers for that can watch it live now. Hopefully Astrobot takes the goty home

I'm rooting for Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth and Astro Bot! I'd be happy with either.

This is actually an interesting year because there was no Elden Ring or Baldur's Gate 3 to embarrass the rest of the industry. The nominations are all of similar quality.

The show is at 02:30 AM in Lithuania well i will have to watch on the next day then..

I know everyone always moans about it but I always quite enjoy the pomp, ceremony… and unbridled advertising I guess.

Imagine if FF7 wins and the Tekken 8 new char is Tifa, wow

I just hope the winners actually get to give speeches this year. If not they need to have a preshow with the less interesting (but still important) awards to be handed out where they can talk, get and give the cred they want.
Other than that, some cool game reveals is always welcome. Im personally looking forward to it and will watch the show live like I always do even if it means I will be tired at work on Friday. I do the same with superbowl.

"It's completely free, so you don't need to pay." 😶
What do you mean? We're paying our time to watch ads on both platforms, to buy more products.. 💳 🕳️

Not gonna stay awake for the Keighley Awards. The absolute cringe... Nah, I'll watch a few trailers in the morning.

I hope astro bot wins goty. I also hope a new sly cooper or spyro 4 gets announced. Both have been rumored by canadian guy eh.

No respect for EU time. I don't expect much from this years show as I am only really interested in GTA 6, anything for Persona 6, Switch 2 or a new hardware announcement. I don't expect any of those.

Much as I love From games I truly hope Animal Well takes some awards home. Also, surprised Caves of Qud isn't up there along with Nine Sols.

All told, Balatro is GOTY for sure. A unique and addictive masterpiece. 2024 was an awesome year.

@MikeOrator this is why democracy fails

Just here for those sweet huhummm -trailer voice- WORLD PREMIERS!

what ones theres loads of them

Who cares about these awards? I have my own opinion, no one has to tell me which games are better.

I still remember when at the DICE awards Untitled Goose Game won the GOTY, I don't think many people remember that game.

12:30am is 12:30 or 0:30??? They should really learn 24hours clock...

I just came on here with that very question.. and there it was

@djlard way I remembered it as a kid was At Morning and Passed Morning. The real meaning is ante meridem (before midday) and post meridem (after midday)... hope that helps.

@Mintie The problem is that 12 because twelve is always after meridem, so logicaly it is 12:30

think of 00:00 as midnight and 12:00 as midday, anything after and including midnight is AM, anything after and including midday is PM... it's a pain in the butt and why most of us have moved to 24hr... it's dumb and I blame analogue clock faces