We won’t have to wait much longer to find out which game will follow the amazing astro botVictory at last year’s edition of The Game Awards. The 2025 ceremony will take place on December 11 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. In between video game trailers and announcements, the show will also include some actual awards. Following the announcement of the nominees on Monday, we now know who the contenders are for The Game Awards 2025.
The people competing for the top game of the year award are:
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Claire Obscure: Campaign 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Donkey Kong Bananza – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
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Hades II – Supergiant Games
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Hollow Knight: Silksong – Team Cherry
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
Half of them are also up for Best Game of the Year at the Indie Game Awards. Those three games (Claire Obscure, Hades II And Hollow Knight: Silksong) is also up for a Best Independent Game award at the event Absolum, ball x pit And blue prince,
With a total of 12 nods – including three in the Best Performance category – claire vague It’s not the most nominated game of the year. It is the most nominated game in the ceremony’s 12-year history. death stranding 2 And yotei’s ghost Eight nods each, Hades II there are seven more silksong There are five. Sony Interactive Entertainment leads among publishers with 19 nominations.
A whole bunch of high-profile games missed out on nominations for the main prize. However, the choice of Ark Raiders, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Mario Kart World, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Elden Ring: Nightrain, Battlefield 6, Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds And silent hill f Approval has been received in other categories. like watching games consume me, Desploterematch And dispatch Get nominations this year too. During this time, Marvel’s Deadpool VRA game that won’t end until tomorrow gave a nod.
Fan voting for this year’s edition of The Game Awards begins today on the TGA website and social platforms. Public ballots account for 10 percent of the final vote, with the remaining 90 percent going to a jury consisting of dozens of media outlets. Nominees for the Players’ Voice Awards – which are determined entirely by fans – will be announced on December 1.
The Game Awards (which has faced criticism over its handling of the discontinued Future Class program) will be streamed for the first time on multiple platforms, including Prime Video. As always, we’ll keep up with all the big news from the event, so stay tuned to Engadget for all the interesting details. Now place your bets on what will be announced. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll get a glimpse of it half life 3,