The Game Awards 2016
| The Game Awards 2016 | |
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2016 Logo used for The Game Awards
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| Date | December 1, 2016 |
| Venue | Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, United States |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | Geoff Keighley |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | Overwatch |
| Most nominations | Uncharted 4: A Thief's End |
| Game of the Year | Overwatch |
| Best Studio/Game Direction | Blizzard Entertainment |
| Industry Icon Award | Hideo Kojima |
| Official website | thegameawards |
The Game Awards 2016 took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 1, 2016, and streamed across several video sharing sites, including for the first time to audiences in China. The ceremony honored the best video game achievements of 2016, with Overwatch named Game of the Year, Blizzard Entertainment as Best Studio, and game director Hideo Kojima honored with the Industry Icon Award.
The Game Awards broadcast was streamed on December 1, 2016 at 5:30 pm PST across several video sharing sites, including YouTube and Twitch.tv, as well as on the gaming services Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Steam. For the first time, the YouTube stream included options for virtual reality and 4K resolution. Keighley and other event organizers worked with Tencent QQ to have the show live-streamed and translated for Chinese viewers using Tencent's QQ and WeChat clients, and to participate in the Fans Choice Awards; the two services combined had potential for more than 1.5 million additional viewers. Keighley identified that with China's ban on video games having been lifted in 2015, it has become one of the fastest growing markets for video games, and obtained the Tencent deal was "really an experiment" to see how well the awards presentation would be taken there.
Keighley served at the host of the live event from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The event featured live performances by Run The Jewels the Doom soundtrack by Mick Gordon, and Rae Sremmurd.
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