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#Game awards 2025
leaden needle
yeh i was bout to say
pearl olive
That felt like it should have been a movie trailer
abstract lintel
Btw Epic store is sorta crashing at the moment
fallen mountain
lol
old vessel
LOTF 2 huh
high pulsar
if there will be a new fromsoft game today - i think i will have my triple bingo
fallen mountain
I’m waiting for the new total war announcement
abstract lintel
wow 33 didn't win players choice, WW won
leaden needle
silksong would be cool but i dont see it
pearl olive
Whoa
fallen mountain
WW??
pearl olive
Did not expect WW
leaden needle
it has more players?
old vessel
WuWa is the usual shorthand i know of
fallen mountain
Oh that
abstract lintel
or however it is spelt
fallen mountain
Didn’t that just drop 2 weeks ago
leaden needle
the same guys as returnal?
abstract lintel
just me or does he have a rather large looking bald head?
high pulsar
i get kinda cyberpunk vibes 😄
leaden needle
yeh i like it
abstract lintel
woo Afterlife time
high pulsar
😌 evanescence
abstract lintel
wooo DMC season 2
shame all the way out in May
outlast?
oh, no
phasmaphobia on switch 2
@deft rover guess you can ghost hunt on the go now
marsh flare
ghost hunt while ghost hunting
abstract lintel
holy boots girl
high pulsar
resident evil lady
leaden needle
monster hunter lady as well
high pulsar
and fifth element-er
abstract lintel
Also breifly saw Eminem Vs Slimshady Hitman thing beforehand
high pulsar
if anyone did not have the random celebrity i think its safe to check 😄
or is she connected to somethign here?
abstract lintel
I mean you could have checked that when the whole cast of Street fighter came out
old vessel
yaaay game with ai won.
abstract lintel
or is she connected to somethign here?
yea Hitman is whacking her in an update
old vessel
crowd goes
leaden needle
it genuinely is a good multiplayer game
abstract lintel
Nexon and "unwavering trust" do not belong in the same sentence
old vessel
and it having gen-ai voices drastically knocks it down a bunch of pegs in my book
abstract lintel
hold up.....
leaden needle
ooo total war stuff
abstract lintel
@fallen mountain you wanted total war?
old vessel
Total War...
fallen mountain
YAS'
abstract lintel
total war 40K
high pulsar
theres a buttload of celebrities today xD
old vessel
my phone died and i lost my bingo card i think
abstract lintel
Maybe we can finally get some Votaans in a game
high pulsar
the trailer is strong and punchy
fallen mountain
ok i hope they have some form of space ship combat
if they do it on more then 1 world
leaden needle
YEEEEEEEEEH
leaden needle
i wonder how its going to play
abstract lintel
oh that looked like a whole galaxy map
high pulsar
gamepaly
high pulsar
space stuff
leaden needle
and titans
abstract lintel
Ace combat?
fallen mountain
ACE COMBAT 8
old vessel
NO WAY
fallen mountain
already?!
old vessel
FUNNY PLANE GAME
abstract lintel
in before this is just an ad for the Navy
fallen mountain
it took a while for 7
abstract lintel
@deft rover Pod racing
old vessel
holy crap pod racing?
meager thorn
oh wow ace combat 8 is real
abstract lintel
Starwars Galactic Racers
old vessel
i need less games with O and W as initials
high pulsar
by that introduction i expected kojima 😂
old vessel
Overwatch
outer worlds
outer wilds
out of words
fallen mountain
also will say the divinity trailer was very interesting and good at telling us nothing XD so im hyped about it
high pulsar
also will say the divinity trailer was very interesting and good at telling us n...
i loved the pre-trailer where people floated away 😄
high pulsar
lol this song is great
high pulsar
🤨
old vessel
ENDFIELD WHENFIELD
abstract lintel
1.22.2026 release date
fallen mountain
oooh
high pulsar
yop
old vessel
SHOW ME TES6
abstract lintel
hmmm does this count for the bethesda square if its just todd presenting an award
old vessel
id say yes
abstract lintel
they really did bring enough people in berets to not send one up twice
grand topaz
Oops all expedition 33 
abstract lintel
YET
abstract lintel
wouldnt be the time for it
fallen mountain
SKYRIM SUPER SPECIAL EDITION!
abstract lintel
MEGAMAN?!?!?!
old vessel
MEGAMAN?!?!?!
fallen mountain
HUH?!
high pulsar
lol 😄
fallen mountain
lMAO!
marsh flare
MEGAMAN!!!!
high pulsar
i did kinda get baited a bit - and thought - "no way... halflife?" xD
marsh flare
aka rockman
sour moon
It's been a while since Megaman 11.
fallen mountain
i did kinda get baited a bit - and thought - "no way... halflife?" xD
lol hope moment
sour moon
Weird that it's not numbered
marsh flare
I was like I recognize this music but what is it and it was megaman lol
leaden needle
i like the nano machine look
abstract lintel
yea that one is a bit hard since it only completes at the end of the show
Titanfall mentioned?
high pulsar
scifi cowboys
old vessel
Highguard is giving me BR vibes
abstract lintel
new breed of shooter... this is a fukin BR isnt it
old vessel
Not a BR kinda guy
marsh flare
scifi fantasy
high pulsar
i got overwatch clone vibes
old vessel
"Were not like those other games"?
abstract lintel
or wait no moba
grand topaz
Ohhh yay.... Another multiplayer shooter....just want I wanted titan fall devs
abstract lintel
what was that moba with the giants you fought around?
high pulsar
i kinda wonder, if there are circles where people do genuenily get excited by heroshooters anymore
old vessel
Valorant But League of legends
abstract lintel
anyone want to bet agaisnt e33?
abstract lintel
that guy had a transparent trumpet?
leaden needle
YEH FLUTE GUY
fallen mountain
was that a pvc pipe?????
high pulsar
flute guy - look at him go 😄
love to see it every year - just wholesome moment after that first year when he shone 😄
microflute xD
grand topaz
A clear trumpet is a bold move, allowed everyone to see all the collected spit
marsh flare
now he has an ocarina
high pulsar
33
abstract lintel
sweep
old vessel
33 sweep
abstract lintel
trente-trois balayages
fallen mountain
Baguette sweep
abstract lintel
🥖 🧹
abstract lintel
only confetti
high pulsar
either way - excellent show
i liked the pacing + got all i wanted and more 😄
( wanted new larian game + got kotor unexpectedly )
( jingles also worked )
old vessel
was there any AI Slop this year?
high pulsar
someone said that there was in some ads
marsh flare
there was that trash commercial
abstract lintel
New? not noticable
but Arc raiders and Where winds meet both has bits
leaden needle
i hope AI slop never makes it to the awards
high pulsar
but not in games
dreamy wraith
AI dragon in one of the ads
green knot
was there any AI Slop this year?
the gamepass bits that showed amazon's AI slop games
old vessel
hmmm
old vessel
ok i guess ill count it
marsh flare
redsecs commercial probably was
old vessel
any dating sims showed?
abstract lintel
nope
old vessel
damn
green knot
i recognize the AI Court of Law Snoup Dog "game"
old vessel
abstract lintel
dang that lack of dating sim really hurts
old vessel
Yeah...
green knot
waitwaitwait
fallen mountain
There was ai?
old vessel
I counted the ai ads i guess
pearl olive
the where winds meet game uses AI right?
high pulsar
I counted the ai ads i guess
id say it counts even if loosely 😄
i think for me needed to be more in your face slop wise
abstract lintel
There was ai?
Can count the AI ads, Arc raiders aI use, Where winds meets for various character generators
high pulsar
i did count needless remakes
abstract lintel
lol is the show looping the intro
wait they just looping the whole thing?
huh?
fallen mountain
not suprised
just loop the awards a few times for those who missed it
yo tank rat still using ai voices or no?
remember that being its major issue in beta
abstract lintel
not a clue, kinda forgot about that bit with the whole renaming thing
fallen mountain
was most likely their reason for the rename
they removed its use then rebranded to furhter bury it
abstract lintel
well they ditched their tankhead twitter account for a tankrat account
but their youtube channel is still the same
and the old tankhead release trailer I think uses the same voice as the new tankrat trailer
fallen mountain
also question what was the name of the game of the knight that decapitated a demon with chains?
abstract lintel
Think that was the diablo 4 dlc
marsh flare
new Lords of the Fallen
abstract lintel
ahh right 👆
fallen mountain
thank you
meager thorn
had some friends rooting for something new for AC
the other AC, the one with the mechs.
abstract lintel
animal crossing has mechs? 
meager thorn
i'd take that
but no they had some general hope for a fromsoft announcement. expansion for armored core of some kind
high pulsar
old vessel
sour moon
naive torrent
https://fixupx.com/i/status/1999329463142605208
absolutely magnificent.
those catagories probably should be exclusionary though.
(excluding best performance, given thats performer related)
like it was an astounding game but holy crap guys.
dreamy wraith
those catagories probably should be exclusionary though.
Whatcha mean?
I will admit, as happy as I am for them, it got a lil tiring at some point.
meager thorn
Whatcha mean?
if you get an award for GOTY you can't also get everything else too, probably
or just a limit to how many you can win outright
dreamy wraith
if you get an award for GOTY you can't also get everything else too, probably
Yeeeaaah, I gotta agree. Like, good game, but it really just steal every category..
naive torrent
Whatcha mean?
I mean like as Boring said, if you get GOTY, like, you probably shouldnt be able to ALSO win best indie, and best debut, and best debut indie, and....
although I feel the one that the VA won would be fine to also have as while tied to the game its not directly awarded TO the game.
dreamy wraith
Yeeeaaaaaaa
meager thorn
yeah that sounds fair
naive torrent
and further down "best debut indie" probably shouldn't be winnable by the people who win "best independent"
dreamy wraith
Like GOTY is technically the 'best' and theoretically means your best in those categories anyway.
naive torrent
like. its fun seeing a really good game SHOWERED in awards, its wonderful, but it also its a little stagnant.....
dreamy wraith
I dunno, I feel like a jerk complaining about it, but it did really make it boring at some point..
meager thorn
i bet people would've been a lot less pissed at clair if it didn't mean that 9 slots would just be clair again
naive torrent
look I aint goin to the wide internet with it, Im hiding in my nice little bubble and saying "hey maybe too much of a good thing exists"
old vessel
and further down "best debut indie" probably shouldn't be winnable by the people...
small disagree. E33 is sandfalls first and only game so far.
They also do not have a publisher, it very much falls under both catagories
dreamy wraith
Granted I'm more sour that Sonic 3 wasn't in that show-related category
naive torrent
I mean I love that my favorite game of this year did really well but. yeah.
old vessel
the game also had a budget of less than 10 mil
dreamy wraith
And that Mario Kart World won in the racing category when Sonic Crossworlds or literally anything else was right there.
naive torrent
small disagree. E33 is sandfalls first and only game so far.
They also do not h...
I mean. again. you arent wrong. Sandfall and Ex33 WON those awards. fair and square. by right of conquest and emotional trauma.
its merely. herm.
it kinda choked everything out?
an awards show is to celebrate those that did well. and by only celebrating one group.... over and over again.... it. I am failing to find the words.
stagnation? strangling?
meager thorn
i've seen maybe 45 seconds of footage of clair obscur so i have no stake in it, so it's a little disappointing seeing the same game win everything—even if that's a little petty
naive torrent
Ive put hundreds and hundreds of hours into Ex33 and it did win those awards. it deserved em but. I feel conflicted.
dreamy wraith
Like one reward? Okay, heck I'd argue it earns GOTY, but after the third.. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
meager thorn
it's repetitive even if deserved. it's more the fault of the award show itself than clair
naive torrent
yes.
dreamy wraith
Like just say its GOTY, give the other 'lesser' games some trophy.
old vessel
thats a good way to put it
naive torrent
I am complaining about TGA, NOT Clair Obscur Expedition 33.
boring put it very well.
meager thorn
if you let the goty game get some more praise/special show then you can exclude the goty winner from the individual categories
it's goty it's got to be good in those categories anyway
dreamy wraith
I kinda just started to tune it out after a certain amount of rewards. Not aided by the fact that they kept playing that one song every time and thus made that lose it's charm
naive torrent
if nothing else I do feel GOTY should exclude from other catagories.
old vessel
the one and only song every time was a bit annoying, true
an entire OST and they chose just one
naive torrent
an entire OST and they chose just one
Im guessing its an organizational thing, in which each studio submits a song they'd like played.
and then
if one studio wins A LOT
here we are
dreamy wraith
I dunno how they work, but if they know they are gonna get a ton, they should at least spice up the variety.
dreamy wraith
Or maybe.. instead of getting a ton, they just get GOTY so there's less boredom?
Granted that implies the game is super good but
I dunno
naive torrent
I dunno how they work, but if they know they are gonna get a ton, they should at...
so, as far as I know, studios don't actually know at TGA before they are told with everyone else
old vessel
Or maybe.. instead of getting a ton, they just get GOTY so there's less boredom?
then we would've only heard Skon music
naive torrent
hell the NMS team left early the year they won and got dinner because they thought they werent gonna get anything.
old vessel
i do remember that
naive torrent
so. I think its a web of wants and needs at an organizational level.
honestly though one song?
really?
out of the ENTIRE OST?
like. they made an entire soundtrack of bangers.
and they only got to play one. on loop.
just disapointing. and I dont know who to be disapointed in but Im just gonna throw it at TGA's feet.
green knot
Tbh Kojima was a bit sick to see E33 sweeping so many awards
fallen mountain
hell the NMS team left early the year they won and got dinner because they thoug...
That incident is why I’m fairly certain now they tell the winners who they are before hand
humble harbor
Tbh Kojima was a bit sick to see E33 sweeping so many awards
Bohooo
Sorry but if a game is better in a category then so be it
If it does sweep 9/13? then thats it
My only gripe as always is with „indie“ games
as that definition is just horridly wrong in modern times
15-20 years ago yes
but they try to cling to that definition
95+% of all our videogames are „indie“
So to me the categories for debut indie game and best indie are outdated
its AAA from the big studios ( EA , Ubi and co ) that should be put into their own „best game“ category
fallen mountain
I personally find it fun when a game sweeps
Except the last of us 2 that was a paid sweep
humble harbor
So best indie game should be transformed into „best AAA“ or whatever you wanna call that class and then „best debut game“
high pulsar
So to me the categories for debut indie game and best indie are outdated
in practice, its that there arent really specific restrictions to qualify - you are nominated if enough reviewers agree that you fit the category
its not perfect, but on avg its mostly fine
we do get these situations quite often tho
and makes it harder to shine with tiny teams ( still possible )
fallen mountain
I’d say 33 people is small
humble harbor
also
high pulsar
I’d say 33 people is small
for me under 10 is small, under 3 is tiny indie
humble harbor
the amount of people is the least valid indicator for quality of the product
high pulsar
for me under 10 is small, under 3 is tiny indie
33 is a proper studio 😄
fallen mountain
Isn’t a indie game just game made independently with no publisher
high pulsar
the amount of people is the least valid indicator for quality of the product
i think thats part of the issue, there are no specific guidelines on "whats indie" and there are like tens of definitions 😄
high pulsar
Isn’t a indie game just game made independently with no publisher
for some it is, for some it isnt
fallen mountain
Like size of team is irrelevant
humble harbor
the definition generally is asinine
high pulsar
larian is super indie
in that sense ( 0 publisher involvement )
but the sheer scale of larian imo brings it out of that category
humble harbor
Many say if you dont publish self you arent indie
Thats why I am of the opinion to just remove that
deft rover
How big is larian now? Employee wise
fallen mountain
Indie is independent so all independent game is indie
humble harbor
we have the super giants of old
fallen mountain
How big is larian now? Employee wise
Few hundred maybe
humble harbor
and the rest
high pulsar
How big is larian now? Employee wise
last i remember - hundreds of employees
humble harbor
Yes they arent a small studio anymore
but also nowhere near competitive zo the giants
fallen mountain
Larian also rarely talks about there employee status and such they just make game and have fun
high pulsar
Thats why I am of the opinion to just remove that
i do feel that there should be categories, that celebrate the spirit of games by smaller/more independent teams, but how to formulate it best is the question.
theres also the angle that with each category there will be an ammount of people that say that "that game does not fit here"
high pulsar
Tbh Kojima was a bit sick to see E33 sweeping so many awards
https://fxtwitter.com/beebomgaming/status/1999325872558620743/photo/1 this is the reaction, not too ellaborate tbh 😄
( there wasnt anythign outside of that it seems )
fallen mountain
Yea
Just a whole damnit wasn’t me moment
Also are t sweeps like this super uncommon
Like at most you usually have games getting 2-3 awards
true wagon
It's a good thing they brought so many people otherwise all the walking back up would be awkward
humble harbor
would be award
young walrus
Me being mad that ai slop won instead of PEAK (the game)
For multi-player game of the year
I am glad no man sky won something
fallen mountain
weegy i dont know how to tell you this but that is EXACTLY what the game will do
deft rover
Yeah
You’re right
I would love to see their teams inbox after the Ukraine drone carriers however
Just all the western intelligence agencies “okay how did you predict this nearly a decade beforehand?”
Also just realized
No light no fire
abstract lintel
someone had brought it up, but anyone else concerned about the consoles listed during total war 40k?
RTS controls on console
it never ends well
deft rover
I don’t think it matters much anymore
Especially with both having keyboard support
If you want the granular support a mouse and keyboard offer, you can get it one way or another on consoles
They also have the processing power now
rain wraith
RTS controls on console have worked well before
Battle for Middle Earth 2 comes to mind
deft rover
I was gonna say halo wars
rain wraith
Halo wars was good for HW1, I think it was a bit clunky with 2 but I never got to play it
fallen mountain
Just all the western intelligence agencies “okay how did you predict this nearly...
We’ve wanted drone carriers for years by then and it was a fairly common concept well drones were so just taking it one step further and using scrapped Lockheed ideas you get the arsenal bird
fallen mountain
No light no fire
Also I feel like their team is going to stay quiet about light no fire until they are ready for release and timeframe given how rocky NMS was on launch