The Game Awards 2024 live report – all announcements as they happen

Here we are again. Geoff Keighley climbs out of his cryogenic chamber for another Lord of the Rings -length show where new games will be announced, people will be awarded prizes and there will probably be plenty of advertising. It’s the Game Awards 2024 and you can’t miss it. Or, well, you can – you can go to bed, but don’t do that. Don’t leave us alone.

The show starts tonight at 12:30 GMT and there will be a 30 minute pre-show followed by a main show of indeterminate length. These things usually take quite a long time, so be warned – I wouldn’t expect to go to bed much before 2:30, if not 3am. But don’t worry, that’s what we’re here for. We’ll keep you updated on everything that happens, just in case you doze off for a moment.

You can either watch the Game Awards 2024 video stream here, embedded in the article, or display it on the TV and wake everyone else in your house.

So: what do we expect tonight? Some pretty exciting things, actually. Naughty Dog, maker of The Last of Us, is expected to unveil their big new thing, which I assume is a new IP, and CD Projekt Red is rumored to be bringing The Witcher 4 to the show . Josef Fares is already in full Josef Fares mode with his new game being revealed tonight, with Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country also scheduled for tonight.

There’s also the actual awards portion of the awards, for which Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth lead the nominees. Can Balatro beat its blockbuster brethren and win Game of the Year? We’ll have to wait and see.

See you later?