Technology history for thegameawards.com

2026 1 dropped

• dropped YouTube Feb 2026 · Video players

2025 10 added · 4 dropped

• added Cloudflare Turnstile Dec 2025 · Security
• added YouTube Dec 2025 · Video players
• added Open Graph Nov 2025 · Miscellaneous
• added BugHerd Sep 2025 · Issue trackers
• dropped Open Graph Sep 2025 · Miscellaneous
• dropped YouTube Sep 2025 · Video players
• added Apollo Aug 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• added Firebase Aug 2025 · Databases
• added GraphQL Aug 2025 · Programming languages
• added Next.js App Router Aug 2025 · JavaScript frameworks
• added Priority Hints Aug 2025 · Performance
• added TypeScript Aug 2025 · Programming languages
• dropped MailChimp Mar 2025 · Marketing automation
• dropped Howler.js Feb 2025 · JavaScript libraries

2024 7 added · 1 dropped

• added Tailwind CSS Dec 2024 · UI frameworks
• added YouTube Dec 2024 · Video players
• added Cookiebot Nov 2024 · Cookie compliance
• added Microsoft Advertising Nov 2024 · Advertising
• dropped YouTube Oct 2024 · Video players
• added Google Cloud CDN Jul 2024 · CDN
• added Hotjar Jun 2024 · Analytics
• added Cloudflare Browser Insights May 2024 · Analytics

2023 7 added · 2 dropped

• added YouTube Dec 2023 · Video players
• dropped YouTube Nov 2023 · Video players
• dropped Google Cloud CDN Jul 2023 · CDN
• added Google Cloud CDN May 2023 · CDN
• added HSTS May 2023 · Security
• added HTTP/3 May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added Cloudflare Apr 2023 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Apr 2023 · Security
• added YouTube Jan 2023 · Video players

2022 22 added · 4 dropped

• added core-js Dec 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Facebook Pixel Dec 2022 · Analytics
• dropped Google App Engine Dec 2022 · Web servers
• dropped GSAP Dec 2022 · JavaScript frameworks
• dropped YouTube Dec 2022 · Video players
• added MailChimp Sep 2022 · Marketing automation
• added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Google Analytics Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added Google App Engine Aug 2022 · Web servers
• added Google Cloud Aug 2022 · IaaS
• added Google Cloud Trace Aug 2022 · Performance
• added Google Tag Manager Aug 2022 · Tag managers
• added Google Workspace Aug 2022 · Webmail
• added GSAP Aug 2022 · JavaScript frameworks
• added Howler.js Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Next.js Aug 2022 · Web frameworks
• added Node.js Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added OneSignal Aug 2022 · Marketing automation
• added React Aug 2022 · JavaScript frameworks
• added Typekit Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Webpack Aug 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added YouTube Aug 2022 · Video players
• added YouTube Jul 2022 · Video players
• added Google Cloud Apr 2022 · IaaS
• added Google Cloud Trace Apr 2022 · Performance
• dropped YouTube Mar 2022 · Video players

2021 3 added · 4 dropped

• added YouTube Dec 2021 · Video players
• dropped core-js Nov 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Wheelio Nov 2021 · Widgets
• dropped YouTube Nov 2021 · Video players
• added Howler.js Jul 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added GSAP Jun 2021 · JavaScript frameworks
• dropped GSAP Apr 2021 · JavaScript frameworks

2020 4 added · 3 dropped

• added YouTube Dec 2020 · Video players
• dropped Babel Nov 2020 · Miscellaneous
• dropped Facebook Nov 2020 · Widgets
• added GSAP Nov 2020 · JavaScript frameworks
• dropped YouTube Nov 2020 · Video players
• added Babel Mar 2020 · Miscellaneous
• added YouTube Jan 2020 · Video Players

2019 26 added · 19 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped FancyBox Dec 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• dropped Font Awesome Dec 2019 · Font Scripts
• dropped Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce Dec 2019 · Analytics
• dropped GSAP Dec 2019 · JavaScript Frameworks
• dropped jQuery Dec 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• dropped jQuery Migrate Dec 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• dropped MailChimp Dec 2019 · Marketing Automation
• dropped MySQL Dec 2019 · Databases
• dropped Nginx Dec 2019 · Reverse Proxy
• dropped particles.js Dec 2019 · JavaScript Graphics
• dropped Twitter Dec 2019 · Widgets
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Dec 2019 · Miscellaneous
• dropped Typekit Dec 2019 · Font Scripts
• dropped WordPress Dec 2019 · Blogs
• dropped Yoast SEO Dec 2019 · SEO
• added Google App Engine Nov 2019 · Web Servers
• added Next.js Nov 2019 · Web Servers
• switched PHP → Node.js Nov 2019 · Programming Languages
• added React Nov 2019 · JavaScript Frameworks
• added Webpack Nov 2019 · Miscellaneous
• dropped YouTube Nov 2019 · Video Players
• dropped WP Engine Oct 2019 · PaaS
• added WP Engine May 2019 · PaaS
• dropped Ubuntu Apr 2019 · Operating Systems
• dropped Varnish Apr 2019 · Cache Tools
• added Facebook Mar 2019 · Widgets
• added FancyBox Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added Font Awesome Mar 2019 · Font Scripts
• added Google Analytics Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added Google Tag Manager Mar 2019 · Tag Managers
• added GSAP Mar 2019 · JavaScript Frameworks
• added jQuery Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added MailChimp Mar 2019 · Marketing Automation
• added MySQL Mar 2019 · Databases
• added Nginx Mar 2019 · Web Servers
• added particles.js Mar 2019 · JavaScript Graphics
• added PHP Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
• added Twitter Mar 2019 · Widgets
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2019 · Miscellaneous
• added Typekit Mar 2019 · Font Scripts
• added WordPress Mar 2019 · Blogs
• added Yoast SEO Mar 2019 · SEO
• added YouTube Mar 2019 · Video Players
• added YouTube Jan 2019 · Video Players

2018 1 added

• added particles.js Dec 2018 · JavaScript Graphics