About
The Game Awards recognizes and upholds creative and technical excellence in the global video game industry.
We bring together a diverse group of game developers, game players, and notable names from popular culture to celebrate and advance gaming's position as the most immersive, challenging and inspiring form of entertainment.
We strive to recognize those who improve the wellbeing of the community and elevate voices that represent the future of the medium.
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Host & Creator
GeoffKeighley
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” program and Summer Game Fest in June.
Advisory Board
The advisory board helps guide and advance the mission of The Game Awards.
The Board is not involved in the selection of award nominees or winners and learns of the results of voting at the same time as the general public. The advisory board includes:
Activision
Rob Kostich
President
AMD
Dr. Lisa Su
CEO
EA
Laura Miele
President
Google Play
Albert Cheng
Global Head of Marketing
Kojima Productions
Hideo Kojima
Founder
Microsoft
Asha Sharma
CEO, MICROSOFT GAMING
Nintendo
Devon Pritchard
President and COO
Riot Games
Marc Merrill
Co-Chairman and Co-Founder
Tencent
Steven Ma
SVP
Ubisoft
Yves Guillemot
CEO
VALVE
VALVE
PRESS
The Game Awards Hits Record 85 Million Livestreams
"How Geoff Keighley Created the Oscars for Gaming"
Hollywood Reporter
"How The Game Awards Became the Video Game Industry's Superbowl"
Variety
"The Game Awards 2019 Delivers Record Viewership"
LA Times
"Geoff Keighley's Lifelong Obsession to Create a Video Game Oscars"
Polygon
"I love to create and I will keep creating the game awards until the day I die."
Hollywood Reporter
"... crafting a show that celebrates the gaming industry but isn't afraid to reinvent itself."
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