The Game Awards 2026 will stream live on Disney+
The Game Awards 2026 streams live on Disney+ from 7:30pm ET on December 10 (12:30am UK), with Disney teasing game announcements of its own.
13th Nov 2026 15:15
Image via The Game Awards
The Game Awards 2026 will stream live on Disney+
The Game Awards 2026 streams live on Disney+ from 7:30pm ET on December 10 (12:30am UK), with Disney teasing game announcements of its own.
13th Nov 2026 15:15
Image via The Game Awards
The Game Awards is heading to Disney+ this year, as Disney has announced that the 2026 show will stream live on its platform on Thursday, December 10, with a few game reveals of its own thrown in.
The show starts at 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT (12:30am UK on December 11) from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, and according to reports from Bleeding Cool and BroadwayWorld on November 12, Disney+ will carry it live in North America and select international markets. Disney hasn't named those other markets yet, so we'd hold off on planning a UK watch party around the Disney+ app until it does.
A magical night for trailers
Disney says viewers can expect "major announcements and surprises" from some of its own upcoming games, although it hasn't said which ones, so the guessing game starts here. Disney is also using the tie-up to point fans towards its other gaming-flavoured shows, including Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation and the upcoming Death Stranding Isolations anime, which is heading to Hulu in the US and Disney+ elsewhere.
Disney+ won't be the only place to watch, either, as The Game Awards' official site still says the show "streams live on all platforms", and the reports say its usual streaming partners, including YouTube, Twitch, X and TikTok, are all returning. That's a big crowd to share with, as the organisers say the 2025 show brought in 171 million livestreams.
As usual, the night will mix awards for the year's best games, studios and creators with world premiere game announcements and live music performances, with Geoff Keighley and Kimmie Kim producing. The nominees haven't been revealed yet, but The Game Awards' website says they're coming in mid-November, and fan voting opens on thegameawards.com once they're out.
Awards season is already up and running, mind, as the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 winners were crowned this week, and if you'd like a reminder of how much of your own year went into gaming before the big night, Xbox Playback will happily tell you.
Well, it's not every day the biggest night in gaming shares an app with Frozen, but we suspect the world premieres will still get more rewatches than the acceptance speeches.
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