The Game Awards 2026 will stream live on Disney+ on December 10, alongside YouTube, Twitch and the usual spots

Gaming’s biggest night just picked up one of the biggest streaming services on the planet. Disney+ announced that it will stream The Game Awards live on Thursday, December 10, at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT, straight from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. It’s the first time the show has been on Disney+, and Geoff Keighley shared the news on X on November 12.

It’s an extra place to watch, not a new home

This isn’t an exclusive. Keighley’s wording was that you can “also watch” the show on Disney+, and Disney says all of last year’s streaming partners are coming back. According to Variety, the 2026 show will stream on Disney+, YouTube, Twitch, Steam, TikTok Live, X, Kick, Facebook and Instagram Live. Disney+ will carry it in the U.S. and in select international markets. So if you watch on YouTube or Twitch every year, nothing changes for you.

Why Disney wants in

Disney’s press release says the 2025 show pulled in more than 171 million livestreams across all platforms, so it’s easy to see the appeal. Disney is also using the night to promote its own gaming slate. The release mentions Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation and the upcoming anime series Death Stranding Isolations (on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ elsewhere), and it says viewers “can expect major announcements and surprises from some of Disney’s most anticipated titles in gaming.” Disney didn’t say which games. Nominations haven’t been announced yet, and voting will open on the official site once they are.

Keighley and Kimmie Kim are executive producing again, and the format stays the same: awards, world-premiere game announcements, and live music.

PPR take: I like this for one simple reason: reach. Plenty of people who love games but never open Twitch already have Disney+ on their TV, and putting the show one click away for them is good for the whole industry. The “surprises from Disney’s titles” line is the part to watch, though. Disney owns Marvel and Lucasfilm, and that’s a lot of games in the pipeline, so I’d expect at least one big licensed reveal to be part of the deal. The usual Game Awards worry still applies. The show already gets knocked for rushing winners off stage to make room for trailers, and a big streaming partner with its own games to sell won’t make that any easier. Still, it’s a free extra way to watch, and that’s a win for us. December 10, 7:30 ET. Set the reminder.