The Game Awards will channel the Emmys for this year's virtual ceremony.
Phil Spencer at The Game Awards
The team behind the annual event has revealed some big changes are planned for the upcoming ceremony on December 10, with host Geoff Keighley explaining how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted everything.
Instead of a single live theatre audience, the event - which is usually held as a free digital livestream - will take place in studios across Los Angeles, London and Tokyo with their own presentations and musical performances.
Geoff told GameSpot: "You look at the way the Emmys did [acceptance speeches] and that'll be similar to some of our thinking now.
"We'll have potentially a live presenter that will introduce the category, but the nominees will join us remotely in most circumstances, I think in terms of being able to accept on video. Because with travel it's tough.
"And we also don't want to have scenarios where it's like one nominee is there and then the other four are on video."
Although the pandemic has also impacted the development and launch of some games, fans can still expect the usual reveals and announcements.
Geoff added: "Very early on, I felt pretty good momentum from the game studios that they thought they would have announcements to share about games.
"And there will be hopefully some big AAA blockbuster games that get announced, but also increasingly our show, we've been doing things with updates on existing live service games.
"Or even a couple of years ago, we announced Joker for Smash Brothers. Or a couple years before we did the Zelda DLC.
"I think in many ways we've probably benefited a little bit from some games that have been delayed a little bit and they were planning to do things earlier this year, but weren't able to, or they got delayed. So like, 'Oh, well, let's do Game Awards.' That becomes the next big moment to do something in the industry."