Everything you need to know about the Games Awards

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Myles

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Its almost that time again for the Game Awards! Well when I mean almost I mean tomorrow. But here is everything you need to know about it!

What devices and consoles you can watch it on: Go90, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, Wii U, Steam, Twitch, YouTube, IGN, Polygon, Gamespot, Kotaku, Niconico, MLG, Azubu, Hitbox, UOL.

Note: I couldn’t find the specific webpage for most of these links. You might have to download a app, Use your specific console, Access a app on the console, or go on a website.

Time when its live: Thu, Dec 3, 2015 – 6:00PM UTC

Jury & Advisors

Nominees for The Game Awards 2015 are selected by a jury of 30 international media. In some cases, the jury is provided advanced review code of upcoming games in order to meet the Game Awards 2015 judging deadlines. Games must have been commercially released by Tuesday, November 24 to be eligible for awards. eSports nominees were voted on by an advisory panel consisting of eSports media and sites.

Lou Kesten
ASSOCIATED PRESS – USA
Stephen Farrelly
AUSGAMERS – AUSTRALIA
Federico Cella
CORRIERE DELLA SERA – ITALY
Tony Mott
EDGE – UK
Victor Lucas
ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND – CANADA
Darren Franich
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY – USA
Jean-Marc Wallimann
EXTRALIFE – FRANCE
Katsuhiko Hayashi
FAMITSU – JAPAN
Andy McNamara
GAME INFORMER – USA
Ben Howard
GAMESPOT – USA
Ludwig Kietzmann
GAMESRADAR – USA
Brandon Jones
GAMETRAILERS – USA
Jeff Gerstmann
GIANT BOMB – USA
Tal Blevins
IGN – USA
Frédéric Goyon
JEUXVIDEO – FRANCE
Todd Martens
L.A. TIMES – USA
Jorge Arellano
LEVELUP – Mexico
Chelsea Stark
MASHABLE – USA
Nacho Ortiz
MERISTATION – SPAIN
Malik Forté
NERDIST INDUSTRIES – USA
Tyler Wilde
PC GAMER – USA
Robert Khoo
PENNY ARCADE – USA
Megan Farokhmanesh
POLYGON – USA
Joachim Hesse
SPIELETIPPS – GERMANY
Theo Artioli Azevedo
UOL JOGOS – BRAZIL
Jeremy Parish
US GAMER – USA
Brett Molina
USA TODAY – USA
Mike Diver
VICE – UK
Chris Kohler
WIRED – USA
Ben Silverman
YAHOO! – USA

eSports Advisory Panel

Richard Lewis
Brietbart – UK
Michal Blicharz
ESL – USA
Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner
Gfinity – UK
Kevin Knocke
IGN – USA
Travis Gafford
GameSpot – USA
Radoslav Kolev
GosuGamers – BGR
Rob Simpson
Redbull eSports – USA
Kevin Morris
The Daily Dot – USA
Marcus ‘djWHEAT’ Graham
Twitch – USA
Lester Chen
YouTube Gaming – USA

Advisory Board

For one night all of the major game platforms and publishers put competition aside to celebrate the power of gaming. The Game Awards 2015 is produced by Geoff Keighley, and guided by an advisory board of some of the game industry’s leading business and creative minds.

Eric Hirshberg

CEO
Activision Publishing

Peter Moore

COO
Electronic Arts

Hideo Kojima

Kojima Productions

Phil Spencer

Head of Xbox
Microsoft

Reggie Fils-Aime

President and COO
Nintendo of America

Rockstar

Shawn Layden

CEO
Sony Computer Entertainment America

Valve

Yves Guillemot

CEO and Co-Founder
Ubisoft

David Haddad

President
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment