Beast Games is a reality competition series, released on Amazon Prime Video on December 19, 2024.

[1][2] The show was announced in March 2024 and the first round was filmed at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, U.S., where the contestants ate, slept, and lived.

[4] The remainder of the show was filmed at Downsview Park Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in August 2024.

[4] Contestants further said that they did not receive adequate amounts of food or medical care throughout the course of the show, despite many participants becoming injured.

[4] As a result of the conditions they faced, contestants alleged that the conduct of the production companies and staff caused them "serious emotional distress".

[19][20] A spokesperson for Donaldson said that:[3][4] The MrBeast promotional video shoot, which included over 2,000 participants, was unfortunately complicated by the CrowdStrike incident, extreme weather, and other unexpected logistical and communications issues, which we are currently reviewing, but we are grateful that virtually all of those invited to Toronto for our next production have enthusiastically accepted our invitation.We have communicated directly with 97 percent of the 2,000 people who attended to ask for feedback, have launched a formal review of the process, and have taken steps to ensure that we learn from this experience and we are excited to welcome hundreds of men and women to the world’s largest game show in history.The three named production companies have been contacted multiple times, including by Variety, the BBC, CNN, and CBS News.