Hi-Fi Rush award 5 nominates is amazing, congrats to Tango.
It’s a shame that my second best game ever Starfield didn’t get a GOTY nomination, but there were so many great releases this year.
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One of those games should’ve gotten the nom iver Spider-Man. I am still unsure what Spider-Man does differently than first game to get the nom. Imo as an a room game hifi Rush does everything better than Spider-Man
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I posted about this in the other thread and Twitter didn’t disappoint 
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https://twitter.com/JapanLovesXbox/status/1724153199047630943?t=G0GSsko-s64nDv1ftHlNuA&s=19
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Ha! I never know what to vote for in the eSports categories, but I’m definitely voting for XTQZZX this year.
Unlike many here, I actually like TGA but this kind of thing is straight up silly and is an obvious indication that they need to improve their processes. And so voting for someone who shouldn’t even be eligible might help shine a spotlight on it.
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Good idea I’m going to vote for him too 
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After what happened to Forza Horizon 5 in 2021, I have refused to watch the Game Awards and will continue to do so again this year. An Award show that doesn’t nominate one of the highest rated games of the year in the Game of the Year, should not be taken seriously.
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Don’t forget to vote for CS2 in esport game of the year as well because since release it’s a broken mess with infinite bugs and glitches.
I would because it wouldn’t deserve nomination over games like SF6, FF16, Hi-Fi Rush, etc. I don’t think the sequel does enough to get nominated for GOTY
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You pretty much called him a fanboy because he doesn’t think Spiderman should be there, don’t be a 
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I don’t watch them because they’re a waste of time. Better to watch selected trailers afterwards
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That’s a problem I have with the GOTY list in general. Apart from Alan Wake 2 and Baldur’s Gate 3, I don’t feel the nominated games do enough new to justify snubbing the many great new IPs we got this year like Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Stars, Starfield, Lies of P, Dave the Diver, and Pizza Tower.
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Jez is being dumb but there is a valid point in there. Diablo, Street Fighter 6, FF16, and others were arguably worthy of being nominated, but weren’t. At the end of the day there are only 6 slots. It’s not just Starfield that got snubbed.
I definitely won’t be watching this. I’ll wait for the trailers on YouTube.
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I don’t think Jez is being dumb. I think he’s rightfully pointing out that folks are being disingenuous with the Starfield hate. Nick told everyone what the setup was and folks got mad at him. Then it played out just like he said.
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Agreed. Since Starfield was announced as being an Xbox Exclusive at the Games Showcase in 2021, there’s been nothing but 2+ years of negativity towards it from gaming media and months after release, it still keeps going. SMH.
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Oh, I see, I think I misunderstood Jez’s tone. I thought he was trying to be coy about why people are upset about an Xbox exclusive being excluded but not mentioning other worthy games.
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https://twitter.com/PeterOvo5/status/1724387701410165029
He makes a valid point, whether he intended to or not.
When you only engage with a single ecosystem as most of the games media does, you become ignorant to what is happening around you. The fact that every single game on this list is on PlayStation doesn’t surprise me.
Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Sea of Thieves, Grounded, Flight Sim and Age of Empires 4 are all deserving to be on the list, but unless you engage with the Xbox ecosystem, you wouldn’t know that.
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Cyberpunk being on this list is a complete joke.
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Cyberpunk is not even an ongoing game as of today, regardless of one thinks of the game’s patches/updates/add-on, it’s not going to receive feature/content updates anymore.
I don’t know how Halo Infinite stacks up against the other 4 on the list as I don’t play any of them. All I can say is I’ll be incredibly happy if Infinite enjoys the same level of support in terms of frequency and amount of content it’s been getting since June into 2025 and hopefully even longer.
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If Cyberpunk is considered an ongoing game, then most games nowadays would be considered an ongoing game, these awards are just so laughable and amateur
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