The 2025Canadian Game Awardsare coming soon, and fans can watch along from home. Celebrating Canada’s rapidly developing video game industry, the Canadian Game Awards were founded in 2020. The ceremony honors games developed in Canada, along with Canadian voice/motion capture actors, content creators, streamers, and esports players annually.
The Canadian Game Awards are open to nominated developers, the press, and the public - but for those who can’t attend in person,The Canadian Game Awards are also available to watch online. For anyone who wants to follow along with the ceremony, here’s everything to know about when and where to stream the 2025 Canadian Game Awards.
What To Expect From The Canadian Game Awards 2025
GOTY Nominees & More
The Canadian Game Awards will be held on August 12, 2025, at 8 PM EST. Hosted by actor Naomi Kyle, the ceremony is located at the TIFF Lightbox in Toronto. The Awards are focused on the best of the Canadian video game industry, with categories for games, studios, and content creators throughout Canada.Categories at the Canadian Game Awardsinclude Best Game Design, Best Performance, Best Content Creator, and, of course, the coveted Game of the Year. This year’s GOTY nominees include an excellent selection from across the industry, ranging from indie hits to massive triple-A epics.
Game of the Year nominations kick off withBiomorph, a dark metroidvania set in the ruins of a once-sprawling city. They also includeLil' Guardsman, aPapers, Please-inspired indie in which players solve deductive puzzles to decide which of over 100 fantasy creatures to admit into a castle. There’s also the evocative watercolor-styled gameÉté, in which players paint the city of Montréal, exploring its streets and meeting its people. Bioware’s expansive RPGDragon Age: The Veilguardalso makes the list, as does the sci-fi adventure game1000xResist. Finally, thesmash hit poker rogueliteBalatrorounds out the bunch.
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Winners will join the esteemed company ofprevious Canadian Game Awards winners, which include the isometric action-adventure gameTunicand the side-scrolling run-and-gunCuphead. Other categories include Best Game Design, Most Innovative Studio, Best Technology or Innovation, Best Debut Studio, Best Narrative, and Best Esports Org,covering a wide breadth of topics in the video game industry.
How & Where To Watch The Canadian Game Awards 2025
The Canadian Game Awards Will Be Livestreamed
Again, the Canadian Game Awards begin at 8 PM EST on Jul 12, 2025. To watch along,fans can join the stream via the official Canadian Game AwardsTwitchpage. Fans located in the Toronto area can also purchase tickets to see the show live. See the officialCanadian Game Awardswebsite for more details.
And that’s everything to know about how to watch this year’s Canadian Game Awards. With such incredible games, studios, and creators nominated, this year promises to be a big one, full of excitement and appreciation for a unique group of games. To see more, tune into theCanadian Game Awardson July 02, 2025.
