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The Game Awards host and producer Geoff Keighley says he’s been considering other awards to add to the show, including Best Remake and Best Supporting Actor.

The Game Awards has considered adding Best Remake and Best Supporting Actor awards | VGC

But producer Geoff Keighley says each has their own pros and…

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During a recent Twitch Q&A, Keighley was asked if there were any plans for new award categories at The Game Awards.

Keighley replied that while there are no new categories this year, the idea of adding new categories is regularly discussed.

“Nothing new this year,” he said. “I’ve seen people online saying ‘why don’t you have a Best DLC category’, which is kind of like the Ongoing Game category.

“Typically that’s been live service games but this year Cyberpunk 2077 is nominated, and when people ask why it’s nominated – well, because they improved the base game in a big way with version 2.0 and Phantom Liberty. So that’s sort of in that category.

“The other thing people always ask is why don’t we have a Best Remake or Remaster category. We’ve talked about it. I think the question is, are there five amazing remakes every year?

“Some years there are – there were some amazing ones this year, obviously Resident Evil 4 is nominated for Game of the Year. Dead Space, a bunch of other good ones that came out this year. And the question also then is would those remakes not be eligible for Game of the Year?

“So yeah, nothing new this year category-wise but it’s definitely something that we talk about every year, and try to evaluate the best way to go about that.”

 

[TommyCronin6969]

Get rid of all the esports shit and make this a thing.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Glorifying remakes is stupid, glad we don't have that shit. Remakes are fine, but lets stick with rewarding creative and unique stuff.

 

[TastyPastry]

people who think RE4 doesn't deserve the nomination because it's a remake are dumb

 

[xrnzaaas]

I don't have anything against remakes, but I don't think every year will have at least 5 worthy of being nominated. This year is kind of an exception with games like Dead Space, RE4 or System Shock receiving good remakes.

 

[Dazraell]

They really should consider one for Best DLC / Expansions, especially for this year as we had some really good ones - Phantom Liberty, Separate Ways, Future Redeemed, Burning Shores, etc

 

[The Cockatrice]

people who think RE4 doesn't deserve the nomination because it's a remake are dumb

It deserves an award just like System Shock does, but in the same category as the other games. Separate "remake" category is idiotic.

 

[Regginator]

Not sure what to think of applauding remakes. Once every blue moon a remake hits all the right marks (like this year's Dead Space and RE4), but what separates a remake from a remaster? Is Metroid Prime Remastered (not regarding its name) a remake or remaster? It's not from the grounds up, but it has significantly more work done than your average remaster. It's a pretty grey area that I can see big publishers taking advantage of.

Let's focus on new things. Like best supporting actor, a shame that didn't make the cut.

 

[Phase]

Stop legitimizing remakes!

 

[AV]

Great, create a whole new category so RE4 can win it. Why? Only seems worth doing if there's actually a competition in the first place. Dead Space remake was great but it doesn't stand any sort of chance against a successful reinvention of RE4.

 

[T4keD0wN]

They have some weird categories.
They have a best action/adventure and best action categories instead of having an action and also an adventure categories. I dont get how they came up with this.

They dont even have a category for shooters and theres hundreds of shooters each year, why do people ask him about adding a category for remakes when not every year even has a remake, let alone five of them?

 

[AJUMP23]

Why? Is this just another reason to give Naughty Dog a trophy or an unnecessary update.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

My vote would go to:

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Best Remake makes sense considering awards shows for other products. The Tony Awards have an award for best Revival. It's really not all that different when you think about it.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Stupid category in my opinion. If a remake or reimagining of an old game is recognised for its quality then it shouldn't be separated. There are plenty of sequels for example that put in far less effort (reusing assets/gameplay/models/environments etc) than a lot of the remade games do, which are usually built from the ground up for new hardware.

 

[Arsic]

Best support is fine. Then Jill could get a win.

 

[timothet]

I feel like there is not enough remade games to currently warrant separate category for them. Making half-assed remake would already put it as "top" contender for the award considering that we only get a handful of them every year. Maybe in the future, but right now it feels too early for that.

Similar how we do not have "best game expansion" category as we do not get much of them.

So yeah, I agree with Keighley here. There is not enough quality contenders for those categories to warrant them. Currently.

 

[SlimySnake]

Nah fuck that. Most remakes are lazy. The good ones will rise to the top like Resident Evil 4, RE2 and FF7 did and get themselves nominated. The mediocre ones like TLOU1 and metroid Prime with just some texture enhancements dont deserve to be rewarded with their own category.

if you are not changing the level layout, adding new boss fights, and retelling the story, you are not a remake, you are a glorified remaster.

Best supporting actor/actress is fine. One award for all actors in a year is nuts. Movies have 4 of them.

 

[deriks]

In a year with some notable remakes, it should be a thing. Not for GOTY per se

 

[El Muerto]

They should. Remakes shouldnt compete with regular games. If you lost the first GOTY award the first time, then you're not allowed to compete again with the same entry, make a new game.

 

[Bloobs]

Daniel Radcliffe wouldve liked that...

 

[Represent.]

How about something obvious like "Best Visuals - Technical" aka best graphics. come on now

 

[Robb]

I think maybe they should start with trying to understand/define the categories they already have before adding more.

They’ve already nominated a non-indie game for an indie category and a ”e-sports coach” who wasn’t even active for the ”e-sports coach” category etc.

It’s pretty clear they don’t have a clue what they’re even doing.

 

[R6Rider]

I'd be fine a remake category if it was a year where enough remakes released for it to make sense.

 

[Perrott]

They have a best action/adventure and best action categories instead of having an action and also an adventure categories. I dont get how they came up with this.

Because action/adventure (Uncharted, The Last Of Us, God of War, Red Dead...) is a dramatically different genre than action (Devil May Cry, Doom, Titanfall, Armored Core...) or adventure (Detroit, Until Dawn, Monkey Island, Gone Home...).

 

[Portugeezer]

How about something obvious like "Best Visuals - Technical" aka best graphics. come on now

Nah, gotta suck actors dicks for clout. Don't really care about rewarding game developers' work.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Definitely makes more sense than some of the categories that are currently present, especially the e-sports related ones as they're honestly pretty niche. I wouldn't be surprised if majority of the voters have no clue who's who.

 

[LakeOf9]

Won’t add awards for best mechanics or level design, but sure, let’s add ones for best supporting actor, why not

 

[Fake]

Unecessary. A good Remake is a good game.

 

[adamsapple]

RE4 remake deserves to be in the game of the year discussion regardless of whether its a remake or not. As does Dead Space, but to a lesser extent.

Would be a pointless category, IMO.

 

[Lupin25]

There’s already too many categories, so it just prolongs the show.

I guess, adding “Best Remake” is fine, considering there’s SO many these days

 

[BouncyFrag]

ND be like…

 

[Hypereides]

Stop this nonsense. Remakes are not an innovation nor a new genre despite the industry business folks wanting to pretend they are.

 

[Dynasty8]

Yeah, get rid of best esports team and best "content creator" awards. Focus should be on games and the development/creation behind it.

 

[64bitmodels]

Is Metroid Prime Remastered (not regarding its name) a remake or remaster? It's not from the grounds up, but it has significantly more work done than your average remaster. It's a pretty grey area that I can see big publishers taking advantage of.

Remake, but also still not in the same tier of remake as something like RE4.

One overhauls a game's graphics. The other does that and far more.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

The hate on remakes is hilarious.

Not everyone had the opportunity to play all of these games in the past. Gaming is much larger now than when a lot of these games came out.

In some cases, the remakes go on to sell more the original games, especially if they were exclusive to one platform before.

You don't have to buy a game if you're not interested

 

[Blindy]

I am stunned they don't have a best male & female voice actor award, I thought they had it in the past? Did they lump this into 1 award to avoid controversy from gender identification?

 

[Poplin]

maybe add awards that celebreate the actual devs?

best combat design
best level design
best UI/UX
Best lighting
Technical award for innovation rendering
Technical award for innovation in streaming/loading

and cut all the esports/influencer nonsense.

 

[TGO]

Is this to give those "exemplary original IP's" a chance