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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.

  • vane@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    9 hours ago

    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.

  • Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    91·
    11 hours ago

    How can Shadow of ErdTree be a contender for game of the year when it’s a DLC/expansion pack?

    • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 hours ago

      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.

      • overloadEnglish
        2·
        6 hours ago

        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.

        • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          6 hours ago

          Assets get reused all the time. Elden Ring base game is reusing assets from Sekiro and Dark Souls 3. I haven’t played Rebirth but I’m pretty sure it’s also reusing assets from the previous Final Fantasy remake.

  • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    15 hours ago

    One of these is not like the other…

    Kinda rooting for it to win

  • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    11 hours ago

    So they will let a DLC be nominated for GOY but not Palworld because it’s early access.

    Also, where is Satisfactory.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      6·
      11 hours ago

      I assume that early access games are in the running when they exit EA. Presumably, that’s when they’re at their strongest. Doesn’t seem to me like it’d be fair to treat them as being entered when they enter EA, as they aren’t fully developed yet.

  • Grangle1@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    17 hours ago

    I would imagine Astro Bot and Balatro would have to be the frontrunners given their reception and popularity.

      • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        11 hours ago

        Considering it’s a press award, I’d be shocked if one of the lowest reviewed games ever to get nominated won. Feels like compensating for none of these being huge sellers (which might also be part of the reason that DLC is in there). And even then, BM:W only sold one out of four outside of China. Says a lot about the state of Western AAA gaming this year.

        • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 hours ago

          The state of AAA gaming is that releases slowed way down, resulting in way less output, which means you’re going to have fewer winners, by the numbers. Not every year can be like last year.