The Game Awards may not have the perceived cultural cachet of the Academy Awards, but the online telecast certainly has Hollywood power “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot, Keanu Reeves and “Tenet” director Christopher Nolan, as well as the film’s star, John David Washington, presented key awards this year for a powerful viewing base that’s only continuing to grow.
The 2020 telecast, staged this month from a Hollywood soundstage as well as dozens of remote locations, pulled in more than 83 million livestreams, falling just a bit shy of doubling last year’s 45.2 million livestreams, which was itself a sharp increase from the 11.5 million the ceremony garnered in 2017.