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The show included musical performances from French indie pop band Phoenix and The Game Awards Orchestra, a mixed group consisting of an orchestra and other guest musicians, such as Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates and cellist Tina Guo, who performed music from a number of the nominated games.

Alongside a mini-documentary shown at the show, a special Industry Icon award was given to Carol Shaw, who was one of the first female video game designers in the industry. During the event, sales on some of the nominated games were held across numerous game distribution platforms, such as the PlayStation Network and Steam.

Ī month before the show, Facebook began presenting a five-part making-of documentary series on it via its Watch video service, known as "The Road to The Game Awards". Certain streaming platforms also incentivized viewers to watch the Awards presentation through their specific service by entering those viewers into raffles for free games. An integrated public voting system was included on Google Search and Twitter and on Twitch, the show had an interactive overlay that allowed viewers to predict award winners before they are announced, the first such use of one on the platform. The presentation was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Decemhosted by Geoff Keighley, and live streamed across sixteen different content platforms worldwide. Two indie games, Cuphead and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, also won three awards each. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won three awards, including Game of the Year. The event was hosted by Geoff Keighley, and was live streamed around the world across various platforms, with 11.5 million viewers in total watching the event. The Game Awards 2017 was an award show that honored the best video games of 2017, and took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 7, 2017.