GambinoMakeItWork
Royalty
Y’all gonna be mad when hades 2 takes home the trophy
I expect the nominees to be
Hades 2
E33
KC2
Silksong
Yotei
I’ll be very surprised if Nintendo doesn’t get representation via DK Bananza
Y’all gonna be mad when hades 2 takes home the trophy
I expect the nominees to be
Hades 2
E33
KC2
Silksong
Yotei
I forgot about that one. It didn’t have the hype of the other games but I’m sure it will make the listI’ll be very surprised if Nintendo doesn’t get representation via DK Bananza

Death Stranding absolutely deserves a spot over Yotei, I enjoyed Yotei..but it doesn’t do anything particularly great outside of its combatMy prediction:
Clair Obscur
Hades 2
DS2
DK Bananza
Split Fiction
Clair Obscur & Hades 2 are locks
Yotei & DS2 won't both make it, I'm leaning towards DS2
I know ppl swear by KCD2 but I don't think it stands a chance, there's too much star power this year
Blue Prince - bad timing lil bro
ARC Raiders - AI VA controversy + competition's too tight for a multiplayer game to get in
DK Bananza - legit a great game + Nintendo stimulus + no way they go back to back years without a nomination
Split Fiction - elite co-op gaming + Josef Fares is only second to Kojima in the Keighley power rankings
Silk Song & Yotei end up the 2 big snubs of the year and the gaming world goes up in flames
Ppl that didn't play DS2 proceed to attack Kojima by default and make 6 year old FedEx jokes
Death Stranding absolutely deserves a spot over Yotei, I enjoyed Yotei..but it doesn’t do anything particularly great outside of its combat
Fair pointThat can prob be said for most games on that list outside of E33