Game of the year nominees are:
- Astro Bot
- Balatro
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Metaphor: Refantazio
Yes, DLCs are included in categories. Kind of ridiculous TBH.
How can Shadow of ErdTree be a contender for game of the year when it’s a DLC/expansion pack?
It’s bigger than lots of full games and has a proper beginning/middle/end. In the old days, it would have just been a sequel.
I love Elden Ring, but a lot of the asset work on making a game is done for the devs when they go to work on DLC. Not sure if its right to compare with games that had to make a full game from scratch. Haven’t played shadow of the erdtree yet though, maybe it is transformative.
They adjusted the rules this year I believe, they now allow DLCs in GOTY, and also things like new seasons to games. It is dumb, and I personally think it removes what little credibility the game awards had(which wasn’t a lot to me).
Will catch up on all the adverts that are if interest the next day.
No Satisfactory, V Rising, Core Keeper, Throne and Liberty in any of the categories. Probably because they did not pay to get into the list. But we got remake of Silen Hill 2 in many of them and a DLC as GOTY. Sony will win because they bought the contest after Concord flop or dude from Balatro because he poker played all his earnings to make his dreams come true.
One of these is not like the other…
Kinda rooting for it to win
I would imagine Astro Bot and Balatro would have to be the frontrunners given their reception and popularity.
Balatro really look like clown in that list.
