The Game Awards 2015 was hosted on December 3, 2015. It featured an acceptance speech from Reggie Fils-Aimé for Splatoon winning Best Multiplayer. Fils-Aimé also held a tribute to the late Satoru Iwata, who passed away earlier that year.
The Breath of the Wild "Life in the Ruins" trailer from 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 Breath of the Wild. Reggie Fils-Aimé also appeared on stage to introduce a video of Bill Trinen and Nate Bihldorff playing Breath of the Wild with a foreword by Eiji Aonuma. In the video, Trinen and Bihldorff play through part of the Shrine Quest, "The Serpent's Jaws".
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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 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate received the award for Best Fighting Game during the pre-show.
A Tweet by Celsius Game Studios featuring a crossover of the Untitled Goose Game and Breath of the Wild was nominated for the 2019 Gaming Tweet of the Year.[2] Additionally, a musical tribute to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's "Lifelight" was performed by The Game Awards Orchestra.
The Game Awards 2020 were hosted on December 10, 2020. It was the first time Tears of the Kingdom, then known as "The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", was nominated for the Most Anticipated Game category.[3] However, it lost to Elden Ring.[4]
The Game Awards 2021 were hosted on December 9, 2021. Once again, Tears of the Kingdom was nominated for Most Anticipated Game as "The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild".[5] Like in 2020, it lost to Elden Ring.[6]
The Game Awards 2022 were hosted on December 8, 2022. This was the first year Tears of the Kingdom 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.[7]
The Game Awards 2023 is an upcoming event to be hosted on December 7, 2023. Following its release in May, Tears of the Kingdom has been nominated for several categories, including Game of the Year.[8] Prior to the ceremony, Nintendo released a special trailer for Tears of the Kingdom to promote these nominations.[9]
THE GAME AWARDS WAS FOUNDED IN 2014 BY MEDIA ENTREPRENEUR GEOFF KEIGHLEY, WHO ALSO HOSTS AND PRODUCES THE PROGRAM.
Over the past two decades, Keighley has served as a journalist, host, and producer of video game programming across multiple platforms, including print, television and digital.
Keighley is best known for his work with Entertainment Weekly, Spike TV, G4, and YouTube, as well as his landmark series of behind the scenes game development stories known as “The Final Hours.” Geoff also currently produces gamescom’s “Opening Night Live” in Cologne, Germany, and “E3 Coliseum” at the E3 gaming event in June." — n.a., About | The Game Awards , The Game Awards, published n.d., retrieved December 12, 2019.