Game Awards 2021 date announced, to be held in person in LA

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An invite-only event for in-person attendees, but we've still got 40 ways to livestream.

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The Game Awards 2021, Geoff Keighley's annual videogames award show, will premiere this year on December 9. The event will be held in-person at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, and will be livestreamed across more than 40 different platforms.

With COVID-19 and the delta variant still posing a threat to large public gatherings, Game Awards organizers say they'll be sharing additional health and safety protocols for the invite-only in-person event in the coming weeks.

Aside from the expected "best of" awards, the Game Awards has also previously featured awards for "Games for Impact," "Innovation in Accessibility," best indie, best performance, and content creator of the year, among others.

The 2020 Game Awards ceremony attracted 83 million viewers on livestreams, a dramatic 84% jump from 2019. Last year's show wasn't held before a live audience last December, of course, due to greater concerns about COVID, so we'll see how an invite-only audience shakes things up.

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