In what shouldn't be a surprise, The Game Awards will be returning in 2023, according to the end screen card of the 2022 show. The event has become one of the biggest nights in gaming and continues to draw many fans as well as celebrities to honor the titles released that year and see what video games are announced for the future.However, after the events that took place at the end of the 2022 Game Awards show, things may look a little different for people trying to attend the 2023 show in-person. When the team behind Elden Ring went onstage to accept their award for Game of the Year, an unknown person accompanied them. After Director Hidetaka Miyazaki finished his acceptance speech, the stranger approached the mic and mumbled a speech that mentioned Bill Clinton. He was later arrested.The Game Awards is not only a show that hands out awards for a myriad of categories, but it is also a place that honors individuals for their work in the industry and the games released that year and historically. It has also become one of the marquee places where many new games like Death Stranding 2 and new trailers for previously announced titles are debuted. Despite not being the only gaming award show available, it has become one of the biggest. It garners hundreds of thousands of viewers on multiple platforms and takes over social media for hours. For many fans of the show, winning Game of the Year at The Game Awards has become the pinnacle award in the public eye.
Games featured during the 2022 show like Elden Ring which won Game of the Year and its biggest competitor, God of War Ragnarok, and many other moments dominated the Trending Topics slots on Twitter and steadily held concurrent viewing numbers over 400,000 on YouTube and Twitch, thanks in part to various promotions for watching the Game Awards on Twitch, Steam, and YouTube. Host Geoff Keighley has already released a tweet saying that this year's show may also have broken previous viewership records.
2023 will mark the 10th rendition of The Game Awards, and it should be expected that Geoff Keighley could go even bigger with the show to mark the occasion. No date was given on the end stream card, but if tradition is followed, The Game Awards 2023 will try to keep that first Thursday in December slot. It will also likely return to the Microsoft Center in Los Angeles where the show has been held for the last few years unless the show opts for a larger venue.