Who is Geoff Keighley? – Explained

A very influential person, that's for sure!

Geoff Keighley is a video game journalist from Canada, known for various gaming-related events and TV shows that happened over the past few decades, some of them being high-profile. The Game Awards 2022 spotlighted Geoff, and Prima Games provides the basics about Geoff Keighley since the Internet has gone ham after this famous gentleman.

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Geoff Keighley’s Biography and The Game Awards

When we mentioned the spotlight, we were thinking about this Tweet right here (which most of you thought of as well, probably):

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Geoff Keighley was born in 1978 and graduated from the University of Southern California. His parents are highly positioned in IMAX, which obviously influenced him to grow fond of the Oscars and other award shows. Eventually, he became a crucial part of many awards shows in his career.

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Geoff Keighley is known for:

  • The Final Hours
  • The Game Awards
  • Summer Game Fest
  • Rise of the Video Game
  • The Bonus Round
  • Gamescom
  • YouTube Live
  • E3
  • GTTV
  • Producing launch ceremonies for many AAA games, such as Madden NFL, Halo, Tomb Raider, Uncharted, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Gears of War, and even Call of Duty: Black Ops II in Times Square in New York!

If you want to know more about Geoff Keighley, we have included some helpful links you can explore, including his Twitter, Website, IMDB page, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

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If you want to know more about our The Game Awards report, head to our The Game Awards tag here at Prima Games. Until next time!


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Nikola L

Nikola has been a Staff Writer at Prima Games since May 2022. He has been gaming since being able to hold an Amiga 500 joystick on his own, back in the early 90s (when gaming was really good!). Nikola has helped organize dozens of gaming events and tournaments and has been professionally attached to gaming since 2009.