All right, we're back here at the Game Awards, and we have so much more to share with you.
Now, when we created the TGA in 2014, I wanted to celebrate the people who devote their lives to entertaining and sometimes comforting or affecting us through video games.
In fact, 25 years ago back in college, I started writing a series of articles called Behind the Games, chronicling the development of games like Half-Life and Metal Gear Solid 2, because I knew games were nothing without the people behind them.
Now, the sad reality is that over the past few years, the gaming industry has suffered significant and unprecedented industry-wide layoffs.
Those affect the games we get to play, and even more importantly, the people who make the games we love.
We can debate and certainly disagree with the reasons why, and honestly, as a show, we kind of struggle with how to address these topics in a constructive way.
But this year, inside of these challenges, we found greatness.
I'm proud to share with you the story of a single individual who saw developers in need and did something truly extraordinary.
Meet TGA's first ever Game Changer.
Starting in early 2023, significant waves of layoffs started in the games industry.
