Geoff Keighley announces The Game Awards 2022 date and introduces a new category

The host has announced the ‘Best Adapted’ category, which will feature awards for movies, series, podcasts and more.

Geoff Keighley Gamescom is gearing up for its Live Opening Night, which will serve as the kickoff signal for 2022. However, the well-known presenter is already pulling the strings to celebrate one of the most famous events of her career: Game Awards 2022. And to encourage the public for her next celebration, Keighley didn’t hesitate to share her release date.

The Game Awards will air on December 8In this way, the pro places The Game Awards 2022 premiere on Thursday. December 8. “The Game Awards will bring together the biggest names in gaming and pop culture to celebrate the best games of 2022 and highlight the future of media with new games. billboards and world premieres” reads a press release sent to 3DJuegos.

Beyond that, the event also confirms an innovation: the promotion of the category. Best Adaptation “Recognize creative work that uniquely adapts game idea features to other popular media, including but not limited to feature films, streaming shows, podcasts, novels, and comics.”

Games confirmed for Gamescom 2022

The Game Awards 2022 is still months away, so players are already looking forward to the Live Opening Night tomorrow. August 23. Geoff Keighley was responsible for raising the public’s expectations with some of the games to appear at the event, which include highly anticipated installments like Hogwarts Legacy or The Callisto Protocol.

And that’s not the only thing that will be released during the event hosted by Keighley. After all, professional too confirmed the existence of other titles Like the next game from the creators of Return to Monkey Island, Goat Simulator 3, Lies of P, High on Life and Subnautica. If you want to be aware of all the presentations that will take place at Gamescom 2022, feel free to check out our article with all the confirmed conferences.

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