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".
The Game Awards 2017[]
Nominations[]
The Legend of Zelda Games[]
Games with The Legend of Zelda Content[]
The Game Awards 2018[]
Nominations[]
The Legend of Zelda Games[]
Games with The Legend of Zelda Content[]
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 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.