The GOTY 2025 Awards, also known as The Game Awards, are once again crowned as the most influential international event in the video game world. The ceremony, hosted since its inception in 2014 by Geoff Keighley, brings together millions of viewers around the globe to celebrate the year’s most outstanding titles, studios and creators. Since that first winner, Dragon Age: Inquisition, the awards have established themselves as the “Oscars of gaming”, combining recognition, exclusive announcements and previews of future releases.
In this edition, awards will be presented in 29 categories, including the coveted award for Best Video Game of the Year, where six particularly acclaimed works are competing: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. The selection makes for one of the most diverse and highly anticipated lists in recent years, reflecting the cultural and creative reach that the industry continues to gain.
Date and time of the GOTY Awards 2025
The Game Awards 2025 ceremony will take place on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. For viewers in Spain (Spanish mainland time), the gala will be broadcast in the early hours of Thursday to Friday, December 12, starting at 1:30 a.m. (CET).
Nighttime has never dampened the enthusiasm of the Spanish public, who year after year follow the live broadcast to find out the winner of the GOTY 2025 Award, discover unreleased trailers or watch the announcement of new release dates.
Where to watch the GOTY Awards 2025 live from Spain
The Game Awards will once again offer its worldwide broadcast in high quality and totally free of charge. From Spain, it will be possible to follow the gala live through:
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YouTube (official channel of The Game Awards)
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Twitch (official event channel)
For the first time, the gala will also be available to Amazon Prime Video subscribers, further expanding the options for international audiences.
The organization maintains the multiplatform format to ensure that viewers can replay the gala on any device: smart TV, computer, mobile or console.
GOTY 2025 nominees: the most eagerly awaited category
Among the 29 categories that make up the GOTY 2025 Awards, the award for Best Video Game of the Year is undoubtedly the most hotly debated. The list of contenders is made up of six titles with very different proposals:
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
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Donkey Kong Bananza
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Hades II
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Their presence confirms a particularly plural edition, where blockbusters, long-awaited sequels and projects with artistic ambition coexist.
Other categories: technique, art, narrative and creativity
The GOTY 2025 Awards not only crown the best video game of the year. The gala also recognizes the diversity of disciplines that make an interactive work possible. Categories such as:
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Best Game Direction, which rewards the creative vision and leadership of the project.
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Best Narrative, focusing on deep, coherent and well-constructed stories.
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Best Art Direction, which celebrates visual excellence.
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Best Soundtrack, one of the most awaited sections by the community.
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Best Acting, which values the acting work of actors and actresses in video games.
Each of these awards underscores the maturity of an industry that brings together technology, art, music, screenwriting and acting performance.
A gala that marks the future of gaming
The GOTY 2025 Awards not only crown the best of the year: they also anticipate trends and set the global conversation in the industry. The Game Awards has become a prime stage for exclusive announcements, new project reveals and previews of highly anticipated titles.
With more than a decade of history, the awards are presented once again as the great night of video games. And from Spain, thanks to its various broadcasting platforms, it will be possible to follow live everything that happens in Los Angeles.
Whether it’s the excitement of the nominees, the magnitude of the show, or curiosity about the announcements Geoff Keighley may have in store, the countdown to the GOTY Awards 2025 has already begun.
