The annual Game Awards held on 1st December in Los Angeles, has seen a large increase in viewership in comparison to 2015, with figures rising by 65%.
According to show organisers, a contributing factor to this was the new deal with Tencent to stream the show live in China. This new deal accounted for nearly a million of the new viewers according to reports.
“It was encouraging to see audience growth both domestically and abroad for The Game Awards 2016,” show creator Geoff Keighley told the online publication Polygon. “Our goal is to bring this show to as many gamers as possible, and this unique distribution approach continues to pay dividends. The interest and response to the show in China was especially exciting to see.”
Alongside this, the hashtag #TheGameAwards became the number one worldwide trend on Twitter, attracting users to join in on conversations as the events unfolded. The Game Awards also took on Snapchat, adding a Snapchat story that attracted 5 million viewers on the app alone. Also not forgetting that the The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Game Awards trailer surpassed 1,000,000 views.
If you missed the event, you can catch up on YouTube here.
… Until that band come on stage. WTF
Which one?
Im guessing hes referring to Rae Sremmurd. Im personally glad they showed up, but it was definitely unexpected.
Out of the 3 groups that played, I enjoyed them the most, that’s why I was wondering who he was referring to
Same here, im glad that song is finally getting exposure. Plus its not a bad song at all.
Because of the BOTW announcement!
It will drop by a lot of next year. I’m sick of seeing straight ads the entire show!
I do agree that the Razor Man was too much.
}{ Alas, I was forced to miss it. Based on what I’m seeing in the comments section, I’m guessing I didn’t really miss all that much… Other than a BOTW trailer, which is easily found afterwards… }{
correct, most of the nominees that won were pretty obvious.
since i missed the #GamingAwards on @Xbox Live can someone catch me up on what games won?
Overcrotch won.
And all this thanks to breath of the wild of course.
I just watched it for Zelda.
Whenever they stop giving Game of the Year Awards to games that have performance issues these Awards will be a little more relevant if any at all
This trend of putting mobile & handheld games into one category needs to fucking die in a ditch. Great full fledged games are getting railroaded by mobile mini-games on phones & tablets because of this bullshit.