We’re now on the tail finish of the yr, and you recognize what meaning, proper? It is time to prepare for The Recreation Awards.
The annual present, hosted by creator Geoff Keighley, is going down on tenth December 2026, and can announce the nominees for every award “dwell” subsequent week on seventeenth November 2026.
Though the highly-anticipated launch Grand Theft Auto 6 is not out till nineteenth November 2026, it will likely be eligible for nomination. This implies the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for Change 2, which at the moment has a critic rating of 96/100 on Metacritic, will also be nominated.
Here is the rundown about eligibility for nomination through The Recreation Awards FAQ and guidelines pages:
What’s the Cutoff Date for Eligibility?
Video games should be made commercially accessible to clients on or earlier than Friday, November 20, 2026, at 9 p.m. PT. Within the Gamers’ Voice class, video games should ship on or earlier than November 30, 2026.
Whereas GTA 6 and Zelda are certain to steal at the very least among the highlight, there have been loads of different superb video games launched this yr. Capcom’s knocked it out of the park with Resident Evil Requiem and video games like Pragmata & Onimusha: Approach of the Sword. And Pokémon additionally shocked us with the stress-free life sim Pokopia.
As soon as once more, The Recreation Awards will stream dwell on tenth December 2026 from the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. As standard, you can tune in on YouTube and varied different streaming platforms. For the primary time, the present can even be streamed within the online game Roblox.