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Readers were clicking from our story about the nominations through to reviews of some of the games that had been recognized — and they were doing so in surprisingly large numbers. Our review of indie card game Balatro, which was nominated for Game of the Year, was read by more people on Monday than it was in its entire first week of publication in February. Reviews of fellow GOTY nominees Metaphor: ReFantazio and Astro Bot and indie contender Neva all saw significant bumps in readership, too. It seemed like people were more curious than usual about this year’s nominees, and wanted to know more.\nThis is the bonus of a year with a slightly sparse release schedule and no consensus narrative about Game of the Year contenders. If you’d been following the awards race closely, there were few surprises in the Game Awards voting jury’s choices. But if you hadn’t — or if you hadn’t been following video games in general that closely this year — the list of nominations presented a lot of unfamiliar names, and a pile of great games to discover.\nThis was the main takeaway from Monday’s nominations list. TGA’s voting jury is large and internationally diverse, and in the past its collective taste has tended to settle in a rather conservative place. But the industry’s lean year has led the jury to a suite of nominees that is varied, high-quality, and culturally rich.\nLook at the six nominees for Game of the Year. There is only one sequel from a big franchise (Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth). There is a candy-colored, all-ages platformer (Astro Bot). There is an original role-playing epic from a studio operating deep within its niche (Metaphor: ReFantazio). There is an abstract indie card game made by a solo developer (Balatro). There is the first-ever game from China to get a GOTY nomination (Black Myth: Wukong). And — controversially — there is an expansion pack (Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree).\n[Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25538121/astro_bot_kratos.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]\n[Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all]\n[Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/ss_4862112e5030f74a5818cd4c31347d699ac5adf3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]\n[Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]\nSetting aside the downloadable content controversy for a moment, the prevalence of original games in the GOTY lineup is heartening. And quality isn’t an issue. 2021 was the last year the nominees felt this broad and the race this open — which was also the only year that all the GOTY nominees scored 90 or lower on Metacritic. This year, all but one have scores exceeding 90 — and whether you set store in Metacritic’s method of review aggregation or not, it can’t be disputed that these are some genuinely good games. The game industry’s financial health and stability are in question, but if these nominations are anything to go by, its creative health is strong.\nDown the ballot, things are a little less adventurous, but there are still signs of a broadening of the voting jury’s horizons. Two of my favorite games this year were Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess and Pacific Drive — both highly unusual, slightly awkward genre hybrids. I would never have expected either to get nominated at The Game Awards, but they’ve both been recognized (in Best Sim/Strategy and Best Debut Indie, respectively). \nThere are a few other trends worth highlighting. Perhaps most noticeable: 2024 is the year of the role-playing game, while action-adventures are on the wane. These two genre categories have historically been the strongest by far in terms of GOTY nominees and winners at The Game Awards. Typically, at least half the GOTY nominees have been shared with the Best Action/Adventure Game category, but this year there is only one (Astro Bot, which is nominated in Best Family Game, too). Meanwhile, three RPGs are represented. The RPG category itself is so deep that even a big player like Dragon Age: The Veilguard couldn’t score a nomination. Yet over in Best Action/Adventure, room could be found for Ubisoft’s underperforming Star Wars Outlaws, even with its 75 Metascore.\nDespite Balatro’s breakout nominations in Game of the Year and Game Direction, the siloing of indie games continues to be a problem at The Game Awards. There’s quite a lot of room for smaller games to be recognized across the two indie categories and the indie-skewing Games for Impact, but you can count indie nominations across all the other genre and craft categories on the fingers of one hand: Neva in Art Direction, No Man’s Sky in Community Support, The Plucky Squire in Family Game, Frostpunk 2 and Manor Lords in Sim/Strategy. Fantastic, acclaimed games like Arco, Tactical Breach Wizards, Mouthwashing, 1000xResist, and Satisfactory didn’t make the cut. Considering the incredible quantity and quality of indie releases in this and every year, it feels as though the jury’s indie blinkers are still on.\n[Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/arco-screenshot-10.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]\n[Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25482112/1000xresist_principal.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]\n[Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/ss_2862f0012134de2cd564526f4df9fcb77a6075fc.1920x1080.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]\n[Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ss_bf9f8aeca93daffa7a4493d9af8ffc4524cada74.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]\nIt was surprising, perhaps, to see Sony Interactive Entertainment top the nominations table yet again, with 15 — most of them for Astro Bot and Helldivers 2. The company had downplayed its slate for 2024 and perhaps didn’t fully appreciate what it had in these two games before they were released. Microsoft’s aggregate total across Xbox Game Studios, Activision, and Blizzard is not far behind at 12 nominations, though — and this was a year with no qualifying Bethesda releases. Next year, Microsoft’s stacked slate includes Fable, Avowed, and Doom: The Dark Ages, while Sony has Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yotei for starters. The rivalry between these two huge stables of studios is heating up.\nNintendo’s relatively poor performance (six nominations) was to be expected, considering Switch 2’s reported delay into next year. But the Japanese industry as a whole is in rude health as far as the voting jury is concerned, with Square Enix, Sega, and Bandai Namco all boasting major nomination hauls and leaving the likes of Ubisoft, EA, and 2K in the dust. Are Japanese publishers adapting better to the challenges of the moment — in which AAA development is rapidly becoming unaffordable — than their Western counterparts? Creatively, at least, it seems like they might be.\nAs for Shadow of the Erdtree’s nomination: This appears to have blindsided the public, leading to a lot of angry reactions. An eleventh-hour clarification about its eligibility from The Game Awards didn’t seem to help. There are valid debates to be had about the creative merit of expansions versus original games or iterative sequels. There are also valid questions to be asked about the extent to which The Game Awards outsources tricky delineations like this to a large, diverse jury that likely doesn’t see them all the same way.\nBut The Game Awards has at least been consistent in its messaging to both the jury and the public that “creative and technical excellence” is what matters, regardless of the wrapper it comes in. That stance suits a medium as multifaceted and constantly evolving as video games. It’s also what allows a pixelated card game made by one person to take its place on the roll of honor alongside mega-budget blockbusters, and to reach crowds of curious new players in the process. 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He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div id="zephr-anchor" class="_11x6rb9z"><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9i ku7vx12 ku7vx10 ku7vx17 ku7vx15 t0irya1 ku7vx1b">Not long after the <a href="/480312/game-awards-2024-nominees-list-game-of-the-year">Game Awards nominations</a> were announced on Monday, we at Polygon noticed something interesting happening in our web traffic. Readers were clicking from our story about the nominations through to reviews of some of the games that had been recognized — and they were doing so in surprisingly large numbers. Our <a href="/reviews/24084564/balatro-review-poker-game-deck-building-roguelite">review of indie card game <em>Balatro</em></a>, which was nominated for <a href="/awards/450195/game-of-the-year-game-awards-frontrunners">Game of the Year</a>, was read by more people on Monday than it was in its entire first week of publication in February. Reviews of fellow GOTY nominees <em>Metaphor: ReFantazio</em> and <em>Astro Bot</em> and indie contender <em>Neva</em> all saw significant bumps in readership, too. It seemed like people were more curious than usual about this year’s nominees, and wanted to know more.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9i ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya1">This is the bonus of a year with a slightly sparse release schedule and <a href="/24209076/game-of-the-year-2024-unclear">no consensus narrative</a> about Game of the Year contenders. If you’d been <a href="/awards/450737/goty-watch-2024">following the awards race closely</a>, there were few surprises in the Game Awards voting jury’s choices. But if you hadn’t — or if you hadn’t been following video games in general that closely this year — the list of nominations presented a lot of unfamiliar names, and a pile of great games to discover.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9i ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya1">This was the main takeaway from Monday’s nominations list. TGA’s voting jury is large and internationally diverse, and in the past its collective taste has tended to settle in <a href="/awards/450688/what-makes-game-of-the-year-tgas">a rather conservative place</a>. But the industry’s lean year has led the jury to a suite of nominees that is varied, high-quality, and culturally rich.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9i ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya1">Look at the six nominees for Game of the Year. There is only one sequel from a big franchise (<em>Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth</em>). There is a candy-colored, all-ages platformer (<em>Astro Bot</em>). There is an original role-playing epic from a studio operating deep within its niche (<em>Metaphor: ReFantazio</em>). There is an abstract indie card game made by a solo developer (<em>Balatro</em>). There is the first-ever game from China to get a GOTY nomination (<em>Black Myth: Wukong</em>). And — controversially — there is an expansion pack (<em>Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree</em>).</p></div><div class="duet--article--block-placement bj4i1k3 bj4i1k0 duet--article--article-body-component"><div id=":R2irarr6:" class="duet--article--image-gallery-four-up _11x6rb9j"><div class="x3y21z6"><div class="x3y21z7"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-image:none" class="duet--media--content-warning _183zwwq0"><div class="duet--article--image-gallery-image x3y21z0 _11x6rb9w"><a class="x3y21z1" href="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25538121/astro_bot_kratos.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125,0,84.375,100" data-pswp-height="1440" data-pswp-width="2160" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img alt="A screenshot of God of War’s Kratos as an Astro robot character in a screenshot from Astro Bot" data-chromatic="ignore" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="bdxwne0" 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src="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25538121/astro_bot_kratos.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400"/></a></div></div></div><div class="duet--media--caption ogfo6w0"><figcaption class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup t0irya2 ogfo6w2"><em>Astro Bot</em>.</figcaption> <cite class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup t0irya2 ogfo6w1">Image: Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment</cite></div></div></div><div class="x3y21z9"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-image:none" class="duet--media--content-warning _183zwwq0"><div class="duet--article--image-gallery-image x3y21z0 _11x6rb9w"><a class="x3y21z1" href="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125,0,84.375,100" data-pswp-height="1080" data-pswp-width="1620" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img alt="The protagonist of Metaphor: ReFantazio faces a Homo Fulqiolo (a human, bird hybrd monster) in battle" data-chromatic="ignore" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="bdxwne0" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(max-width: 639px) 100vw, (max-width: 1023px) 50vw, 700px" srcSet="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=384 384w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=415 415w, 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https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400 2400w" src="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400"/></a></div></div></div><div class="duet--media--caption ogfo6w0"><figcaption class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup t0irya2 ogfo6w2"><em>Metaphor: ReFantazio</em>.</figcaption> <cite class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup t0irya2 ogfo6w1">Image: Studio Zero/Atlus</cite></div></div></div></div><div class="x3y21z6"><div class="x3y21z8 x3y21z7"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-image:none" class="duet--media--content-warning _183zwwq0"><div class="duet--article--image-gallery-image x3y21z0 _11x6rb9w"><a class="x3y21z1" href="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/ss_4862112e5030f74a5818cd4c31347d699ac5adf3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125,0,84.375,100" data-pswp-height="1080" data-pswp-width="1620" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img alt="A screenshot from Balatro, where a hand of cards lay on a purple background." data-chromatic="ignore" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="bdxwne0" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite 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https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/ss_4862112e5030f74a5818cd4c31347d699ac5adf3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/ss_4862112e5030f74a5818cd4c31347d699ac5adf3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400 2400w" src="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/ss_4862112e5030f74a5818cd4c31347d699ac5adf3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400"/></a></div></div></div><div class="duet--media--caption ogfo6w0"><figcaption class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup t0irya2 ogfo6w2"><em>Balatro</em>.</figcaption> <cite class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup t0irya2 ogfo6w1">Image: LocalThunk/Playstack</cite></div></div></div><div class="x3y21za x3y21z9"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-image:none" class="duet--media--content-warning _183zwwq0"><div class="duet--article--image-gallery-image x3y21z0 _11x6rb9w"><a class="x3y21z1" href="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125,0,84.375,100" data-pswp-height="1080" data-pswp-width="1620" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img alt="A warrior leaps toward another in a snowy landscape in Black Myth: Wukong" data-chromatic="ignore" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="bdxwne0" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='/%3E%3C/svg%3E")" sizes="(max-width: 639px) 100vw, (max-width: 1023px) 50vw, 700px" srcSet="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=256 256w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=376 376w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=384 384w, 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https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=828 828w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400 2400w" src="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400"/></a></div></div></div><div class="duet--media--caption ogfo6w0"><figcaption class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup t0irya2 ogfo6w2"><em>Black Myth: Wukong</em>.</figcaption> <cite class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup t0irya2 ogfo6w1">Image: Game Science</cite></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9i ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya1">Setting aside the downloadable content controversy for a moment, the prevalence of original games in the GOTY lineup is heartening. And quality isn’t an issue. 2021 was the last year the nominees felt this broad and the race this open — which was also the only year that all the GOTY nominees scored 90 or lower on Metacritic. This year, all but one have scores exceeding 90 — and whether you set store in Metacritic’s method of review aggregation or not, it can’t be disputed that these are some genuinely good games. The game industry’s <a href="/opinion/446844/two-ways-to-save-a-video-game-industry-on-fire">financial health and stability are in question</a>, but if these nominations are anything to go by, <a href="/gaming/449809/astro-bot-inspirations-influences-nintendo-platformers">its creative health is strong</a>.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9i ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya1">Down the ballot, things are a little less adventurous, but there are still signs of a broadening of the voting jury’s horizons. Two of my favorite games this year were <em>Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess</em> and <em>Pacific Drive</em> — both highly unusual, slightly awkward genre hybrids. I would never have expected either to get nominated at The Game Awards, but they’ve both been recognized (in Best Sim/Strategy and Best Debut Indie, respectively). </p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9i ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya1">There are a few other trends worth highlighting. Perhaps most noticeable: 2024 is the year of the role-playing game, while action-adventures are on the wane. These two genre categories have historically been the strongest by far in terms of GOTY nominees and winners at The Game Awards. Typically, at least half the GOTY nominees have been shared with the Best Action/Adventure Game category, but this year there is only one (<em>Astro Bot</em>, which is nominated in Best Family Game, too). Meanwhile, three RPGs are represented. The RPG category itself is so deep that even a big player like <a href="/awards/481109/game-awards-2024-nominees-snubs-surprises"><em>Dragon Age: The Veilguard </em>couldn’t score a nomination</a>. Yet over in Best Action/Adventure, room could be found for Ubisoft’s underperforming <em>Star Wars Outlaws</em>, even with its 75 Metascore.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9i ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya1">Despite <em>Balatro</em>’s breakout nominations in Game of the Year and Game Direction, the siloing of indie games continues to be a problem at The Game Awards. There’s quite a lot of room for smaller games to be recognized across the two indie categories and the indie-skewing Games for Impact, but you can count indie nominations across all the other genre and craft categories on the fingers of one hand: <em>Neva</em> in Art Direction, <em>No Man’s Sky</em> in Community Support, <em>The Plucky Squire</em> in Family Game, <em>Frostpunk 2 </em>and <em>Manor Lords </em>in Sim/Strategy. Fantastic, acclaimed games like <a href="/gaming/475119/arco-review"><em>Arco</em></a>, <a href="/gaming/441617/tactical-breach-wizards-review"><em>Tactical Breach Wizards</em></a>, <a href="/impressions/460243/mouthwashing-horror-game-steam-itchio-narrative"><em>Mouthwashing</em></a>, <a href="/2024/6/11/24173823/1000xresist-impressions"><em>1000xResist</em></a>, and <em>Satisfactory</em> didn’t make the cut. Considering the <a href="/459580/too-many-video-games">incredible quantity and quality</a> of indie releases in this and every year, it feels as though the jury’s indie blinkers are still on.</p></div><div class="duet--article--block-placement bj4i1k3 bj4i1k0 duet--article--article-body-component"><div id=":R52rarr6:" class="duet--article--image-gallery-four-up _11x6rb9j"><div class="x3y21z6"><div class="x3y21z7"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-image:none" class="duet--media--content-warning _183zwwq0"><div class="duet--article--image-gallery-image x3y21z0 _11x6rb9w"><a class="x3y21z1" href="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/arco-screenshot-10.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125,0,84.375,100" data-pswp-height="1440" data-pswp-width="2160" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img alt="" data-chromatic="ignore" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="bdxwne0" 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class="duet--media--caption ogfo6w0"><figcaption class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup t0irya2 ogfo6w2"><em>1000xResist</em>.</figcaption> <cite class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup t0irya2 ogfo6w1">Image: sunset visitor 斜陽過客/Fellow Traveller</cite></div></div></div></div><div class="x3y21z6"><div class="x3y21z8 x3y21z7"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-image:none" class="duet--media--content-warning _183zwwq0"><div class="duet--article--image-gallery-image x3y21z0 _11x6rb9w"><a class="x3y21z1" href="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/ss_2862f0012134de2cd564526f4df9fcb77a6075fc.1920x1080.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125,0,84.375,100" data-pswp-height="1080" data-pswp-width="1620" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img alt="A screenshot from the first mission of Tactical Breach Wizards" data-chromatic="ignore" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="bdxwne0" 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https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ss_bf9f8aeca93daffa7a4493d9af8ffc4524cada74.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400 2400w" src="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ss_bf9f8aeca93daffa7a4493d9af8ffc4524cada74.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400"/></a></div></div></div><div class="duet--media--caption ogfo6w0"><figcaption class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup t0irya2 ogfo6w2"><em>Mouthwashing</em>.</figcaption> <cite class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup t0irya2 ogfo6w1">Image: Wrong Organ/Critical Reflex</cite></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9i ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya1">It was surprising, perhaps, to see Sony Interactive Entertainment top the nominations table yet again, with 15 — most of them for <em>Astro Bot</em> and <em>Helldivers 2</em>. The company had <a href="/24072730/no-new-ps5-games-exclusives-2024-release">downplayed its slate</a> for 2024 and perhaps didn’t fully appreciate what it had in these two games before they were released. Microsoft’s aggregate total across Xbox Game Studios, Activision, and Blizzard is not far behind at 12 nominations, though — and this was a year with no qualifying Bethesda releases. Next year, Microsoft’s stacked slate includes <em>Fable</em>, <em>Avowed</em>, and <em>Doom: The Dark Ages</em>, while Sony has <em>Death Stranding 2</em> and <em>Ghost of Yotei </em>for starters. The rivalry between these two huge stables of studios is heating up.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9i ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya1">Nintendo’s relatively poor performance (six nominations) was to be expected, considering <a href="/nintendo/23899504/nintendo-switch-2-release-date-power-name-games">Switch 2</a>’s reported delay into next year. But the Japanese industry as a whole is in rude health as far as the voting jury is concerned, with Square Enix, Sega, and Bandai Namco all boasting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Awards_2024#Multiple_nominations">major nomination hauls</a> and leaving the likes of Ubisoft, EA, and 2K in the dust. Are Japanese publishers adapting better to the challenges of the moment — in which AAA development is <a href="/24086441/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-sony-layoffs-death-of-aaa">rapidly becoming unaffordable</a> — than their Western counterparts? Creatively, at least, it seems like they might be.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9i ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya1">As for <em>Shadow of the Erdtree</em>’s nomination: This appears to have blindsided the public, leading to a lot of angry reactions. An <a href="/awards/480437/tgas-game-awards-elden-ring-dlc-goty-rules-change">eleventh-hour clarification about its eligibility</a> from The Game Awards didn’t seem to help. There are valid debates to be had about the creative merit of expansions versus original games or iterative sequels. There are also valid questions to be asked about the extent to which The Game Awards outsources tricky delineations like this to a large, diverse jury that likely doesn’t see them all the same way.</p></div><div class="duet--article--article-body-component"><p class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9i ku7vx11 ku7vx10 ku7vx1a t0irya1">But The Game Awards has at least been consistent in its messaging to both the jury and the public that “creative and technical excellence” is what matters, regardless of the wrapper it comes in. That stance suits a medium as multifaceted and constantly evolving as video games. It’s also what allows a pixelated card game made by one person to take its place on the roll of honor alongside mega-budget blockbusters, and to reach crowds of curious new players in the process. Maybe a bit of confusion and controversy is a price worth paying for that.</p></div><span class="g6d1ps6 _1vkemlx2 _1vkemlx0 _1vkemlx6"><a class="duet--article--comments-link g6d1ps9" href="/awards/481955/game-awards-goty-nominations-2024-analysis#comments"><span class="coral-count" data-coral-id="cGcyOnBvc3Q6NDgxOTU1" data-coral-url="https://www.polygon.com/awards/481955/game-awards-goty-nominations-2024-analysis"></span></a></span><div class="f3z7ks0"><span class="f3z7ks1">See More:<span class="f3z7ks2"> </span></span><ul class="_8fautte"><li class="_8fauttc _9qk41d0"><a href="/analysis" class="_8fautt8">Analysis</a></li><li class="_8fauttc _9qk41d0"><a href="/gaming" class="_8fautt8">Gaming</a></li><li class="_8fauttc _9qk41d0"><a href="/awards" class="_8fautt8">GOTY Watch</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="duet--layout--header-pattern _11x6rb9z sv096s0"><div class="dzgq433"><div class="_10q7nu00 _10q7nu01"><div class="_10q7nu0h _10q7nu0f"><h2 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announced, led by Astro Bot, Black Myth: Wukong</a></div></div><div class="azbawxe azbawx0"><span class="iosqxe0">By </span><span class="iosqxe2 t0irya5"><span><span>Maddy Myers</span></span></span><span class="g6d1ps4 _11x6rb9r"><a class="duet--article--comments-link g6d1ps9" href="/awards/515505/game-developers-choice-2025-gdc-nominees#comments"><svg class="g6d1psa" width="12" height="12" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 12 12" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><title>Comments</title><desc>Comment Icon Bubble</desc><path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M2.8999 2.10001C2.76729 2.10001 2.64012 2.15268 2.54635 2.24645C2.45258 2.34022 2.3999 2.4674 2.3999 2.60001V9.3929L3.6928 8.10001H9.8999C10.0325 8.10001 10.1597 8.04733 10.2535 7.95356C10.3472 7.85979 10.3999 7.73261 10.3999 7.60001V2.60001C10.3999 2.4674 10.3472 2.34022 10.2535 2.24645C10.1597 2.15268 10.0325 2.10001 9.8999 2.10001H2.8999ZM1.83924 1.53935C2.12055 1.25804 2.50208 1.10001 2.8999 1.10001H9.8999C10.2977 1.10001 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https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25550589/24hkvhjq.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400 2400w" src="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25550589/24hkvhjq.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400"/></div><div class="_15wud5k1"><div class=""><div class=""><div><div class="t0irya9 _1bjmacx4 _1bjmacx2"><a class="cmuha61" href="/awards/523302/astro-bot-sony-family-games-awards">PlayStation says it wants more award-winning family games like Astro Bot. Good luck with that</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="_15wud5k0 cmuha60 _2a4uof3"><div class="azbawx4 azbawx0"></div><div class="_15wud5k2 _2a4uof3"><img alt="Astro Bot wins big at DICE as Indiana Jones takes home 3 awards" data-chromatic="ignore" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="bdxwne0" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage 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https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11415315/ASTRO_BOT_Screenshot_02.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11415315/ASTRO_BOT_Screenshot_02.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400 2400w" src="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/11415315/ASTRO_BOT_Screenshot_02.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400"/></div><div class="_15wud5k1"><div class=""><div class=""><div><div class="t0irya9 _1bjmacx4 _1bjmacx2"><a class="cmuha61" href="/awards/515505/game-developers-choice-2025-gdc-nominees">Game Developers Choice Awards nominees announced, led by Astro Bot, Black Myth: Wukong</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="_15wud5k0 cmuha60 _2a4uof3"><div class="azbawx4 azbawx0"></div><div class="_15wud5k2 _2a4uof3"><img alt="Critics all seem to agree: Astro Bot is GOTY" data-chromatic="ignore" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="bdxwne0" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' 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href="/gaming/511954/astro-bot-2024-goty-critics-new-york-game-awards">Critics all seem to agree: Astro Bot is GOTY</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="_15wud5k0 cmuha60 _2a4uof3"><div class="azbawx4 azbawx0"></div><div class="_15wud5k2 _2a4uof3"><img alt="Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a GOTY front-runner at the DICE Awards" data-chromatic="ignore" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="bdxwne0" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' 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class=""><div><div class="t0irya9 _1bjmacx4 _1bjmacx2"><a class="cmuha61" href="/awards/506810/dice-awards-nominations-2025">Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a GOTY front-runner at the DICE Awards</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="_28o2012"><div class="duet--content-cards--content-card _15ic40z3 _15ic40z0 cmuha60 _15ic40zj"><div class="_15ic40z9 _15ic40z6 _15ic40zc _15ic40zh _2a4uof3"><img alt="PlayStation says it wants more award-winning family games like Astro Bot. 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class="duet--article--timestamp _1hf1ass2 _1hf1ass0 t0irya5 _11x6rb9r"><time dateTime="2025-02-14T12:04:43+00:00">Feb 14</time></span></div><div><div class="t0irya9 _1bjmacx5 _1bjmacx2"><a class="cmuha61" href="/awards/523903/dice-awards-winners-2025-astro-bot">Astro Bot wins big at DICE as Indiana Jones takes home 3 awards</a></div></div><div class="azbawxe azbawx0"><span class="iosqxe0">By </span><span class="iosqxe2 t0irya5"><span><span>Oli Welsh</span></span></span><span class="g6d1ps4 _11x6rb9r"><a class="duet--article--comments-link g6d1ps9" href="/awards/523903/dice-awards-winners-2025-astro-bot#comments"><svg class="g6d1psa" width="12" height="12" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 12 12" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><title>Comments</title><desc>Comment Icon Bubble</desc><path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M2.8999 2.10001C2.76729 2.10001 2.64012 2.15268 2.54635 2.24645C2.45258 2.34022 2.3999 2.4674 2.3999 2.60001V9.3929L3.6928 8.10001H9.8999C10.0325 8.10001 10.1597 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dateTime="2025-01-28T20:42:43+00:00">Jan 28</time></span></div><div><div class="t0irya9 _1bjmacx5 _1bjmacx2"><a class="cmuha61" href="/awards/515505/game-developers-choice-2025-gdc-nominees">Game Developers Choice Awards nominees announced, led by Astro Bot, Black Myth: Wukong</a></div></div><div class="azbawxe azbawx0"><span class="iosqxe0">By </span><span class="iosqxe2 t0irya5"><span><span>Maddy Myers</span></span></span><span class="g6d1ps4 _11x6rb9r"><a class="duet--article--comments-link g6d1ps9" href="/awards/515505/game-developers-choice-2025-gdc-nominees#comments"><svg class="g6d1psa" width="12" height="12" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 12 12" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><title>Comments</title><desc>Comment Icon Bubble</desc><path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M2.8999 2.10001C2.76729 2.10001 2.64012 2.15268 2.54635 2.24645C2.45258 2.34022 2.3999 2.4674 2.3999 2.60001V9.3929L3.6928 8.10001H9.8999C10.0325 8.10001 10.1597 8.04733 10.2535 7.95356C10.3472 7.85979 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https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Astro-Bot-Announce-Screenshot-03.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Astro-Bot-Announce-Screenshot-03.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400 2400w" src="https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Astro-Bot-Announce-Screenshot-03.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400"/></div><div class="_15ic40zi"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="azbawx4 azbawx0"><span class="t0irya7 t0irya5 azbawxb">GOTY Watch 2024</span><span class="duet--article--timestamp _1hf1ass2 _1hf1ass0 t0irya5 _11x6rb9r"><time dateTime="2025-01-22T14:30:00+00:00">Jan 22</time></span></div><div><div class="t0irya9 _1bjmacx5 _1bjmacx2"><a class="cmuha61" href="/gaming/511954/astro-bot-2024-goty-critics-new-york-game-awards">Critics all seem to agree: Astro Bot is GOTY</a></div></div><div 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Readers were clicking from our story about the nominations through to reviews of some of the games that had been recognized — and they were doing so in surprisingly large numbers. Our \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygon.com/reviews/24084564/balatro-review-poker-game-deck-building-roguelite\"\u003ereview of indie card game \u003cem\u003eBalatro\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, which was nominated for \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygon.com/awards/450195/game-of-the-year-game-awards-frontrunners\"\u003eGame of the Year\u003c/a\u003e, was read by more people on Monday than it was in its entire first week of publication in February. Reviews of fellow GOTY nominees \u003cem\u003eMetaphor: ReFantazio\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAstro Bot\u003c/em\u003e and indie contender \u003cem\u003eNeva\u003c/em\u003e all saw significant bumps in readership, too. It seemed like people were more curious than usual about this year’s nominees, and wanted to know more."},"dropcap":true,"endmark":false,"lead":true},{"__isBlockType":"CoreParagraphBlockType","__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockType","contents":{"html":"This is the bonus of a year with a slightly sparse release schedule and \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygon.com/24209076/game-of-the-year-2024-unclear\"\u003eno consensus narrative\u003c/a\u003e about Game of the Year contenders. If you’d been \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygon.com/awards/450737/goty-watch-2024\"\u003efollowing the awards race closely\u003c/a\u003e, there were few surprises in the Game Awards voting jury’s choices. But if you hadn’t — or if you hadn’t been following video games in general that closely this year — the list of nominations presented a lot of unfamiliar names, and a pile of great games to discover."},"dropcap":false,"endmark":false,"lead":false},{"__isBlockType":"CoreParagraphBlockType","__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockType","contents":{"html":"This was the main takeaway from Monday’s nominations list. TGA’s voting jury is large and internationally diverse, and in the past its collective taste has tended to settle in \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygon.com/awards/450688/what-makes-game-of-the-year-tgas\"\u003ea rather conservative place\u003c/a\u003e. But the industry’s lean year has led the jury to a suite of nominees that is varied, high-quality, and culturally rich."},"dropcap":false,"endmark":false,"lead":false},{"__isBlockType":"CoreParagraphBlockType","__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockType","contents":{"html":"Look at the six nominees for Game of the Year. 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And — controversially — there is an expansion pack (\u003cem\u003eElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree\u003c/em\u003e)."},"dropcap":false,"endmark":false,"lead":false},{"__isBlockType":"CoreGalleryBlockType","__typename":"CoreGalleryBlockType","imagesOrientation":"horizontal","images":[{"alt":"A screenshot of God of War’s Kratos as an Astro robot character in a screenshot from Astro Bot","hideCredit":false,"credit":{"plaintext":"Image: Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment"},"caption":{"html":"\u003cem\u003eAstro Bot\u003c/em\u003e."},"image":{"id":"cGcyOmltYWdlOjIxMDU1","originalWidth":2560,"originalHeight":1440,"thumbnails":{"horizontal":{"originalHeight":1440,"originalWidth":2560,"url":"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25538121/astro_bot_kratos.jpg?quality=90\u0026strip=all\u0026crop=7.8125,0,84.375,100","cropCoordinates":{"height":100,"width":84.375}},"vertical":{"originalHeight":1440,"originalWidth":2560,"url":"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25538121/astro_bot_kratos.jpg?quality=90\u0026strip=all\u0026crop=27.5,0,45,100","cropCoordinates":{"height":100,"width":45.00000000000001}}}}},{"alt":"The protagonist of Metaphor: ReFantazio faces a Homo Fulqiolo (a human, bird hybrd monster) in battle","hideCredit":false,"credit":{"plaintext":"Image: Studio Zero/Atlus"},"caption":{"html":"\u003cem\u003eMetaphor: ReFantazio\u003c/em\u003e."},"image":{"id":"cGcyOmltYWdlOjQ0NDg3Mg==","originalWidth":1920,"originalHeight":1080,"thumbnails":{"horizontal":{"originalHeight":1080,"originalWidth":1920,"url":"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90\u0026strip=all\u0026crop=7.8125,0,84.375,100","cropCoordinates":{"height":100,"width":84.375}},"vertical":{"originalHeight":1080,"originalWidth":1920,"url":"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Metaphor_Screen_Boss_Homo_Fulquilo.jpeg?quality=90\u0026strip=all\u0026crop=27.5,0,45,100","cropCoordinates":{"height":100,"width":45.00000000000001}}}}},{"alt":"A screenshot from Balatro, where a hand of cards lay on a purple background.","hideCredit":false,"credit":{"plaintext":"Image: LocalThunk/Playstack"},"caption":{"html":"\u003cem\u003eBalatro\u003c/em\u003e."},"image":{"id":"cGcyOmltYWdlOjQ0ODMzNQ==","originalWidth":1920,"originalHeight":1080,"thumbnails":{"horizontal":{"originalHeight":1080,"originalWidth":1920,"url":"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/ss_4862112e5030f74a5818cd4c31347d699ac5adf3.jpg?quality=90\u0026strip=all\u0026crop=7.8125,0,84.375,100","cropCoordinates":{"height":100,"width":84.375}},"vertical":{"originalHeight":1080,"originalWidth":1920,"url":"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/ss_4862112e5030f74a5818cd4c31347d699ac5adf3.jpg?quality=90\u0026strip=all\u0026crop=27.5,0,45,100","cropCoordinates":{"height":100,"width":45.00000000000001}}}}},{"alt":"A warrior leaps toward another in a snowy landscape in Black Myth: Wukong","hideCredit":false,"credit":{"plaintext":"Image: Game Science"},"caption":{"html":"\u003cem\u003eBlack Myth: Wukong\u003c/em\u003e."},"image":{"id":"cGcyOmltYWdlOjQ0MzYyMA==","originalWidth":1920,"originalHeight":1080,"thumbnails":{"horizontal":{"originalHeight":1080,"originalWidth":1920,"url":"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90\u0026strip=all\u0026crop=7.8125,0,84.375,100","cropCoordinates":{"height":100,"width":84.375}},"vertical":{"originalHeight":1080,"originalWidth":1920,"url":"https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/black-myth-wukong-secret-ending-guide-6.jpg?quality=90\u0026strip=all\u0026crop=27.5,0,45,100","cropCoordinates":{"height":100,"width":45.00000000000001}}}}}],"placement":"wide"},{"__isBlockType":"CoreParagraphBlockType","__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockType","contents":{"html":"Setting aside the downloadable content controversy for a moment, the prevalence of original games in the GOTY lineup is heartening. And quality isn’t an issue. 2021 was the last year the nominees felt this broad and the race this open — which was also the only year that all the GOTY nominees scored 90 or lower on Metacritic. This year, all but one have scores exceeding 90 — and whether you set store in Metacritic’s method of review aggregation or not, it can’t be disputed that these are some genuinely good games. The game industry’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygon.com/opinion/446844/two-ways-to-save-a-video-game-industry-on-fire\"\u003efinancial health and stability are in question\u003c/a\u003e, but if these nominations are anything to go by, \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygon.com/gaming/449809/astro-bot-inspirations-influences-nintendo-platformers\"\u003eits creative health is strong\u003c/a\u003e."},"dropcap":false,"endmark":false,"lead":false},{"__isBlockType":"CoreParagraphBlockType","__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockType","contents":{"html":"Down the ballot, things are a little less adventurous, but there are still signs of a broadening of the voting jury’s horizons. Two of my favorite games this year were \u003cem\u003eKunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePacific Drive\u003c/em\u003e — both highly unusual, slightly awkward genre hybrids. I would never have expected either to get nominated at The Game Awards, but they’ve both been recognized (in Best Sim/Strategy and Best Debut Indie, respectively). "},"dropcap":false,"endmark":false,"lead":false},{"__isBlockType":"CoreParagraphBlockType","__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockType","contents":{"html":"There are a few other trends worth highlighting. Perhaps most noticeable: 2024 is the year of the role-playing game, while action-adventures are on the wane. These two genre categories have historically been the strongest by far in terms of GOTY nominees and winners at The Game Awards. Typically, at least half the GOTY nominees have been shared with the Best Action/Adventure Game category, but this year there is only one (\u003cem\u003eAstro Bot\u003c/em\u003e, which is nominated in Best Family Game, too). Meanwhile, three RPGs are represented. The RPG category itself is so deep that even a big player like \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygon.com/awards/481109/game-awards-2024-nominees-snubs-surprises\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDragon Age: The Veilguard \u003c/em\u003ecouldn’t score a nomination\u003c/a\u003e. Yet over in Best Action/Adventure, room could be found for Ubisoft’s underperforming \u003cem\u003eStar Wars Outlaws\u003c/em\u003e, even with its 75 Metascore."},"dropcap":false,"endmark":false,"lead":false},{"__isBlockType":"CoreParagraphBlockType","__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockType","contents":{"html":"Despite \u003cem\u003eBalatro\u003c/em\u003e’s breakout nominations in Game of the Year and Game Direction, the siloing of indie games continues to be a problem at The Game Awards. There’s quite a lot of room for smaller games to be recognized across the two indie categories and the indie-skewing Games for Impact, but you can count indie nominations across all the other genre and craft categories on the fingers of one hand: \u003cem\u003eNeva\u003c/em\u003e in Art Direction, \u003cem\u003eNo Man’s Sky\u003c/em\u003e in Community Support, \u003cem\u003eThe Plucky Squire\u003c/em\u003e in Family Game, \u003cem\u003eFrostpunk 2 \u003c/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eManor Lords \u003c/em\u003ein Sim/Strategy. 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The company had \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygon.com/24072730/no-new-ps5-games-exclusives-2024-release\"\u003edownplayed its slate\u003c/a\u003e for 2024 and perhaps didn’t fully appreciate what it had in these two games before they were released. Microsoft’s aggregate total across Xbox Game Studios, Activision, and Blizzard is not far behind at 12 nominations, though — and this was a year with no qualifying Bethesda releases. Next year, Microsoft’s stacked slate includes \u003cem\u003eFable\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAvowed\u003c/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDoom: The Dark Ages\u003c/em\u003e, while Sony has \u003cem\u003eDeath Stranding 2\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGhost of Yotei \u003c/em\u003efor starters. The rivalry between these two huge stables of studios is heating up."},"dropcap":false,"endmark":false,"lead":false},{"__isBlockType":"CoreParagraphBlockType","__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockType","contents":{"html":"Nintendo’s relatively poor performance (six nominations) was to be expected, considering \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygon.com/nintendo/23899504/nintendo-switch-2-release-date-power-name-games\"\u003eSwitch 2\u003c/a\u003e’s reported delay into next year. But the Japanese industry as a whole is in rude health as far as the voting jury is concerned, with Square Enix, Sega, and Bandai Namco all boasting \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Awards_2024#Multiple_nominations\"\u003emajor nomination hauls\u003c/a\u003e and leaving the likes of Ubisoft, EA, and 2K in the dust. Are Japanese publishers adapting better to the challenges of the moment — in which AAA development is \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygon.com/24086441/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-sony-layoffs-death-of-aaa\"\u003erapidly becoming unaffordable\u003c/a\u003e — than their Western counterparts? Creatively, at least, it seems like they might be."},"dropcap":false,"endmark":false,"lead":false},{"__isBlockType":"CoreParagraphBlockType","__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockType","contents":{"html":"As for \u003cem\u003eShadow of the Erdtree\u003c/em\u003e’s nomination: This appears to have blindsided the public, leading to a lot of angry reactions. An \u003ca href=\"https://www.polygon.com/awards/480437/tgas-game-awards-elden-ring-dlc-goty-rules-change\"\u003eeleventh-hour clarification about its eligibility\u003c/a\u003e from The Game Awards didn’t seem to help. There are valid debates to be had about the creative merit of expansions versus original games or iterative sequels. There are also valid questions to be asked about the extent to which The Game Awards outsources tricky delineations like this to a large, diverse jury that likely doesn’t see them all the same way."},"dropcap":false,"endmark":false,"lead":false},{"__isBlockType":"CoreParagraphBlockType","__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockType","contents":{"html":"But The Game Awards has at least been consistent in its messaging to both the jury and the public that “creative and technical excellence” is what matters, regardless of the wrapper it comes in. That stance suits a medium as multifaceted and constantly evolving as video games. It’s also what allows a pixelated card game made by one person to take its place on the roll of honor alongside mega-budget blockbusters, and to reach crowds of curious new players in the process. 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Readers were clicking from our story about the nominations through to reviews of some of the games that had been recognized — and they were doing so in surprisingly large numbers. Our review of indie card game Balatro, which was nominated for Game of the Year, was read by more people on Monday than it was in its entire first week of publication in February. Reviews of fellow GOTY nominees Metaphor: ReFantazio and Astro Bot and indie contender Neva all saw significant bumps in readership, too. It seemed like people were more curious than usual about this year’s nominees, and wanted to know more.\nThis is the bonus of a year with a slightly sparse release schedule and no consensus narrative about Game of the Year contenders. If you’d been following the awards race closely, there were few surprises in the Game Awards voting jury’s choices. But if you hadn’t — or if you hadn’t been following video games in general that closely this year — the list of nominations presented a lot of unfamiliar names, and a pile of great games to discover.\nThis was the main takeaway from Monday’s nominations list. TGA’s voting jury is large and internationally diverse, and in the past its collective taste has tended to settle in a rather conservative place. But the industry’s lean year has led the jury to a suite of nominees that is varied, high-quality, and culturally rich.\nLook at the six nominees for Game of the Year. There is only one sequel from a big franchise (Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth). There is a candy-colored, all-ages platformer (Astro Bot). There is an original role-playing epic from a studio operating deep within its niche (Metaphor: ReFantazio). There is an abstract indie card game made by a solo developer (Balatro). There is the first-ever game from China to get a GOTY nomination (Black Myth: Wukong). 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And quality isn’t an issue. 2021 was the last year the nominees felt this broad and the race this open — which was also the only year that all the GOTY nominees scored 90 or lower on Metacritic. This year, all but one have scores exceeding 90 — and whether you set store in Metacritic’s method of review aggregation or not, it can’t be disputed that these are some genuinely good games. The game industry’s financial health and stability are in question, but if these nominations are anything to go by, its creative health is strong.\nDown the ballot, things are a little less adventurous, but there are still signs of a broadening of the voting jury’s horizons. Two of my favorite games this year were Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess and Pacific Drive — both highly unusual, slightly awkward genre hybrids. I would never have expected either to get nominated at The Game Awards, but they’ve both been recognized (in Best Sim/Strategy and Best Debut Indie, respectively).\u0026nbsp;\nThere are a few other trends worth highlighting. Perhaps most noticeable: 2024 is the year of the role-playing game, while action-adventures are on the wane. These two genre categories have historically been the strongest by far in terms of GOTY nominees and winners at The Game Awards. Typically, at least half the GOTY nominees have been shared with the Best Action/Adventure Game category, but this year there is only one (Astro Bot, which is nominated in Best Family Game, too). Meanwhile, three RPGs are represented. The RPG category itself is so deep that even a big player like Dragon Age: The Veilguard couldn’t score a nomination. Yet over in Best Action/Adventure, room could be found for Ubisoft’s underperforming Star Wars Outlaws, even with its 75 Metascore.\nDespite Balatro’s breakout nominations in Game of the Year and Game Direction, the siloing of indie games continues to be a problem at The Game Awards. There’s quite a lot of room for smaller games to be recognized across the two indie categories and the indie-skewing Games for Impact, but you can count indie nominations across all the other genre and craft categories on the fingers of one hand: Neva in Art Direction, No Man’s Sky in Community Support, The Plucky Squire in Family Game, Frostpunk 2 and Manor Lords in Sim/Strategy. Fantastic, acclaimed games like Arco, Tactical Breach Wizards, Mouthwashing, 1000xResist, and Satisfactory didn’t make the cut. Considering the incredible quantity and quality of indie releases in this and every year, it feels as though the jury’s indie blinkers are still on.\n[Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/arco-screenshot-10.jpg?quality=90\u0026strip=all]\n[Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25482112/1000xresist_principal.jpg?quality=90\u0026strip=all]\n[Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/ss_2862f0012134de2cd564526f4df9fcb77a6075fc.1920x1080.jpg?quality=90\u0026strip=all]\n[Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/ss_bf9f8aeca93daffa7a4493d9af8ffc4524cada74.jpg?quality=90\u0026strip=all]\nIt was surprising, perhaps, to see Sony Interactive Entertainment top the nominations table yet again, with 15 — most of them for Astro Bot and Helldivers 2. The company had downplayed its slate for 2024 and perhaps didn’t fully appreciate what it had in these two games before they were released. Microsoft’s aggregate total across Xbox Game Studios, Activision, and Blizzard is not far behind at 12 nominations, though — and this was a year with no qualifying Bethesda releases. Next year, Microsoft’s stacked slate includes Fable, Avowed, and Doom: The Dark Ages, while Sony has Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yotei for starters. The rivalry between these two huge stables of studios is heating up.\nNintendo’s relatively poor performance (six nominations) was to be expected, considering Switch 2’s reported delay into next year. But the Japanese industry as a whole is in rude health as far as the voting jury is concerned, with Square Enix, Sega, and Bandai Namco all boasting major nomination hauls and leaving the likes of Ubisoft, EA, and 2K in the dust. 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