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[Arsic]

Lord Geoff has yet to reveal nominees, and with a month left I believe the cut off date is almost upon us.

What's the top 6?

Clair 33
Hades 2
Hollow Knight Silksong
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Death Stranding 2
Donkey Kong Banaza

Me thinks this is the 6. Clair GOTY.

 

[Generic]

Who are the people who vote anyway?

 

[coachmcguirk91]

Lord Geoff has yet to reveal nominees, and with a month left I believe the cut off date is almost upon us.

What's the top 6?

Clair 33
Hades 2
Hollow Knight Silksong
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Death Stranding 2
Donkey Kong Banaza

Me thinks this is the 6. Clair GOTY.

Just because of the politics, I don't think KCD2 has a chance. It is a fringe GOTY contender. I think all the others are pretty much locks

Split Fiction or Ghost of Yotei for final spot

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Clair Obscur is the only worthy contender for 2025.

 

[Arsic]

Who are the people who vote anyway?

 

[Loomy]

Who are the people who vote anyway?

You and other media publications.

As of 2024, there are over one hundred media publications around the world that were chosen as juries. Winners are determined by a blended vote between the voting jury (90%) and public fan voting (10%) via social platforms and the show's website.

 

[Liopleurodon]

What time will be in Germany when it starts?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I'm still in shock that last year... a lousy card game was nominated for game of the year.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Game of the year for me :

Final Fantasy IX

 

[kpopSuperstar]

 

[Liopleurodon]

Arsic Why surprised Pikachu face?

 

[Tobimacoss]

Lord Geoff has yet to reveal nominees, and with a month left I believe the cut off date is almost upon us.

What's the top 6?

Clair 33
Hades 2
Hollow Knight Silksong
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Death Stranding 2
Donkey Kong Banaza

Me thinks this is the 6. Clair GOTY.

Good list, one Sony game, one Nintendo game, one obvious winner, one good runner up, and two good indies.

Metroid Prime won't make the cutoff probably.

Ninja Gaiden 4 deserves some sort of Best Action Combat award.

FortNite the obvious ongoing live service game, hell of a year for FortNite.

 

[Loomy]

Also, Geoff needs to pay someone to rebuild this website.

 

[Mister Wolf]

I hope we get to see more of Exodus.

 

[Durin]

Couldn't care less about the awards, but I'm excited for some trailers.

 

[VolticArchangel]

I think Hades 2 is going to stealth snatch the goty away from Silksong and COE33.

 

[LectureMaster]

Personally hope KCD2 gets more recognitions.

The industry is in fucking dire need of mature writings and characters that KCD2 offers.

 

[Ribi]

Half life 3 trailer+ shadow drop


(Definitely not me posting this for an entire decade every game award)

 

[brock sexy lesnar]

I want Half life 3 trailer.

 

[ADiTAR]

I guess that's the end of my dream epic MP4 trailer shown there.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Arsic Why surprised Pikachu face?

Arsic

What is your answer

 

[Ellis]

Killzone 2 remaster.
Bloodborne PS5/PC.
Ico remake by Bluepoint (exclusive art style butchering).
Motorstorm Pacific Rift remaster.
The Last of Us Part I Remake remaster "Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series".


That's what I'm betting on.

 

[Aressa]

Indie is locked for Silksong.

 

[Wastelander92]

Come on Megabonk and Death Stranding 2

 

[Cakeboxer]

Your lineup isn't bad, but as if Geoff would leave out a Sony game. Ghost of Yotei will probably take the spot of Hades 2 or Kingdom Come.

 

[Generic]

You and other media publications.

10% for public, hmm.

 

[Sticks]

 

[mèx]

If Kingdom Come 2 is not there, the system is rigged.

 

[Oberstein]

Personally hope KCD2 gets more recognitions.

The industry is in fucking dire need of mature writings and characters that KCD2 offers.

Completely agree. Despite a few anachronisms and some misplaced modern touches, the overall result is really solid. It's so rare to see a medieval game that isn't pure high fantasy with Californian-style dialogue.

But Daniel Vávra is still a spineless liar.

 

[SJRB]

New Fromsoftware game reveal is the only thing I want out of this thing.

 

[Portugeezer]

10% for public, hmm.

Honestly, let's not act like gamers make unbiased decisions when it comes to this.

Also, the voting system can be manipulated by bots.

 

[Kurotri]

I NEED Miyazaki to reveal his next big thing I don't care about anything else

 

[ADiTAR]

I NEED Miyazaki to reveal his next big thing I don't care about anything else

You're in luck it was already revealed!

The Duskbloods for Nintendo Switch 2

The moontears will flow for one and one alone in The Duskbloods, a brand-new multiplayer title from the creators of DARK SOULS and ELDEN RING, FromSoftware.

www.nintendo.com

 

[yogaflame]

Death stranding 2 is my game of the year. Very beautiful and cerebral game. I hope they finally show Half life 3.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Whose that Pokemon ?

 

[jshackles]

Whose that Pokemon ?

The reverend Bill Clinton!

 

[tylrdiablos]

I'd rather go to work that watch this advertisement-infested garbage.

 

[Elios83]

Clair Obscur will be the likely GOTY.
But Geoff will find a way to award all the publishers that support him and allow the circus to go on.
Looking forward to the world premieres, hopefully Naughfy Dog or Santa Monica will throw Geoff a bone.

 

[Kurotri]

You're in luck it was already revealed!

The Duskbloods for Nintendo Switch 2

The moontears will flow for one and one alone in The Duskbloods, a brand-new multiplayer title from the creators of DARK SOULS and ELDEN RING, FromSoftware.

www.nintendo.com

I said next big thing. This is smaller than my nutsack.

 

[PeteBull]

Personally hope KCD2 gets more recognitions.

The industry is in fucking dire need of mature writings and characters that KCD2 offers.

Woke journos will not vote for kcd2, on top we got exp33 already which will get goty with ease(its totally fine, game is pure fire), u are based guy so i know u understand some things arent just very improbable, some are just impossible =D

Stuff like that makes feminist cuckholds burn on the spot like demons sprinkled with holy water

 

[Ar¢tos]

The Last of Us Part I Remake remaster with game characters replaced by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey models


That's what I'm betting on.

FTFY
(it's the only way to keep milking it)

 

[Neon Xenon]

Couldn't care less about the awards, but I'm excited for some trailers.

Same. For me, it goes all the way back to the leak of that Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance trailer from years back, where there was virtually no point in sitting with then-named VGAs for a few trailers that show up online anyway (one way or another).

As I don't particularly like awards shows, I'm fine with just not engaging with TGA at all.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Couldn't care less about the awards, but I'm excited for some trailers.

This is also the only thing I take away from the awards. But somehow, they still managed to make most gamers take this joke event seriously and consider the winners there as Game of the Year, while completely ignoring all the other awards or even giving any importance to such events in the first place. In the end, only your own taste matters, not what some maybe even biased or paid experts or wannabe experts try to feed you.

 

[Norse]

For me it was Expedition 33. That game just had a great story, characters, voice acting, etc etc...loved it.

 

[Arsic]

Arsic Why surprised Pikachu face?

I'm surprised he didn't state the time in his tweet. Only the date.

 

[DragoonKain]

I said when Clair Obscur came out it'll get GOTY. I wavered a bit in my confidence when Death Stranding 2 and Donkey Kong Bonanza came out. But as time has passed, I don't think any game will resonate with people like Clair Obscur did, so I remain confident.

For me personally, Clair Obscur and Hollow Knight are my favorite two from this year. I tend to lean Metroidvania as it's become my favorite genre over the years, but I have to admit, Silksong was a little long for my liking. I don't like my Metroidvanias 90+ hours to do everything. That's RPG territory.

Sucks Metroid Prime 4 comes out in December. Even if it's amazing, it will be in 2026's Game Awards, and everyone will have forgotten or moved off of it by then so in terms of Game Awards, MP4 is gonna get a raw deal. But I suspect that will be in my top 3 games of the year if it's as good as I hope. I absolutely love Metroid Prime games.

 

[Durin]

This is also the only thing I take away from the awards. But somehow, they still managed to make most gamers take this joke event seriously and consider the winners there as Game of the Year, while completely ignoring all the other awards or even giving any importance to such events in the first place. In the end, only your own taste matters, not what some maybe even biased or paid experts or wannabe experts try to feed you.

I think it's honestly because the awards are at the end of the year, it's really the only non-industry awards event with a budget, and the trailers get actual eye-balls. There isn't anything better, and people want an excuse to argue about their favorite stuff of the year.

 

[PatientGamer]

Clair 33, Hades 2 and Donkey Kong will leave no crumbs. DS2/Yotei will pick up some strange award too like Audio design or something.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Best games I've played this year were KCD2, Silksong and Fantasy Life i. Hope they get some recognition.

In any case, all I want out of this is some cool videogame reveals.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

I think Hades 2 is going to stealth snatch the goty away from Silksong and COE33.

As big of a deal as Hades 1 was, I barely see people speaking about Hades 2. Not gonna happen.