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.