An unidentified person tumbled onto The Game Awards stage Thursday night afterward Elder Ring won the evening’s game of the year award. He has since been arrested after being led off the stage by security. according to host Geoff Keighley.
The person seemed to follow Elder Ring Game director Hidetaka Miyazaki and his translator walk up the aisle of the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles after host Josef Fares announced the win. After taking the stage, he appeared to congratulate the developers before largely unnoticed standing behind Miyazaki as the creative director accepted the award. After this Elder Ring
He was quickly pulled off the stage when FromSoftware developers and host Fares realized he wasn’t actually part of the group. A group of security personnel arrived to cut him off and take him off the stage. Keighley showed up to wrap up the show shortly after, looking shaken by the event. Minutes later, he tweeted that “the person who interrupted our Game of the Year moment has been arrested.”
Polygon has contacted Geoff Keighley and the Los Angeles Police Department for more information. Rumors have since circulated as to the identity of the person, but nothing has been confirmed at this time.