The Game Awards 2026 Nominees Confirmed to Be Revealed Next Week

The 13th annual Game Awards ceremony, the biggest gaming event of the year, will take place next month and honor the best games released in 2026. It’s been revealed that an important announcement about the show is coming next week: the nominees.

The Game Awards has confirmed that this year’s nominees will be announced on November 17. Host Geoff Keighley will reveal them at noon ET/ 9 a.m. PT/ 5 p.m. GMT.

The nominees for The Game Awards will be revealed live next Tuesday, November 17.

Join Geoff Keighley for the global nomination announcement special at Noon ET/ 9a PT/ 5p GMT.

Set a reminder to watch: https://bit.ly/tga26noms

The biggest question may not be which games get nominated for Game of the Year, but whether GTA 6, arguably the year’s most anticipated game, will be among them. And it’s most likely that it will. According to the FAQ on the TGA’s website, games must be released no later than November 20 to be eligible. GTA 6 comes out a day before that, and critics received their copies late last month, so that makes the game a likely contender.

What’s more, according to Polymarket, there is also an 86% chance that GTA 6 will win the top prize at The Game Awards 2026. The coming week already looked exciting because of the game’s launch, and the nominee announcement makes it even more interesting.

The Game Awards 2026 will take place on December 10. You can check out the predictions for the winners in the main categories at the show.