{"id":408466,"date":"2025-11-02T04:06:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/the-game-awards-2021-to-feature-40-to-50-games\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T04:06:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:06:53","slug":"the-game-awards-2021-to-feature-40-to-50-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-game-awards-2021-to-feature-40-to-50-games\/","title":{"rendered":"The Game Awards 2021 To Feature 40 To 50 Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/the-game-awards-2021-to-feature-40-to-50-games.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Industry figure Geoff Keighley has revealed that his annual gaming awards show,\u00a0aptly titled The Game Awards 2021, will feature somewhere between 40 to 50 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This news comes by way of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicgames.com\/store\/en-US\/news\/geoff-keighley-details-the-game-awards-2021-and-beyond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news post<\/a> by Epic Games about the awards show and in it, Keighley revealed that he learned from last year\u2019s event that \u201cgames and the trailers\u201d are what drive the show. He also revealed that this year\u2019s show will focus more on said games (and presumably trailers) and less on featured celebrities and musical performances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, it\u2019s great to have celebrities, it\u2019s great to have music, but I think focusing really on games is important,\u201d Keighley said. \u201cEspecially this year, there\u2019ll be a lot of content for 2022 and 2023 that will be showing us our kind of biggest lineup yet of world premieres and announcements. What we learned last year was as that end of the day, it really is the games and the trailers that drive the show.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Keighley continued and revealed his Game Awards hand a bit, stating that he expects to feature 40 to 50 games \u201csome way or another\u201d this year. He then added that the number of new games announced during the show will probably be in the double digits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Game Awards as a whole have drawn criticism from some in the gaming community as being more focused on the game announcements and trailers rather than the actual awards handed out, but it seems that in Keighley\u2019s eyes, they\u2019re necessary in order to put on the show itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/09\/30\/the-game-awards-2021-returns-as-a-live-event-this-december\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This year\u2019s awards show will be held in-person<\/a>, as opposed to last year\u2019s\u00a0mostly virtual event due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. They\u2019ll air on Thursday, December 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While waiting for the show, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/the-game-awards-2020\/2020\/12\/10\/every-winner-from-the-game-awards-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all of the winners from last year\u2019s Game Awards show<\/a> and then read about how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/12\/17\/the-game-awards-2020-shatters-new-record-with-impressive-viewership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Game Awards 2020 broke an impressive viewership record<\/a> after that.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Are you excited about this year&#8217;s show? Let us know in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/11\/10\/the-game-awards-2021-to-feature-40-to-50-games\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry figure Geoff Keighley has revealed that his annual gaming awards show,\u00a0aptly titled The Game Awards 2021, will feature somewhere between 40 to 50 games.\u00a0 This news comes by way of a news post by Epic Games about the awards show and in it, Keighley revealed that he learned from last year\u2019s event that \u201cgames and the trailers\u201d are what drive the show. He also revealed that this year\u2019s show will focus more on said games (and presumably trailers) and less on featured celebrities and musical performances.\u00a0 \u201cYou know, it\u2019s great to have celebrities, it\u2019s great to have music, but I think focusing really on games is important,\u201d Keighley said. \u201cEspecially this year, there\u2019ll be a lot of content for 2022 and 2023 that will&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-game-awards-2021-to-feature-40-to-50-games\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":408467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO 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