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The Dogfather 21 hours ago

GOTY 2025 nominees

We are very close to The Video Game Awards announcing all the nominees in their respective categories but today lets focus on the actual nominees for the Game of the Year award. As you know, there are six slots open to be filled, and this year has been absolutely stacked with some really good ones.

So...lets speculate (remember this is all subjective so lets be civil and polite in the discussion) and lock in your six nominees and see who got the closest on Awards Nomination morning.

Now some Naysayers will say awards don't really matter, but in some small way the big accolades do as many titles have reported a jump in sales after winning this award award (hell just being nominated has seen spikes in sales for many). Also it's the prestige a development studio can attach to itself after winning. Having said, speculating is just fun and not seeing someones beloved title on a list does NOT mean Armageddon is on its way.

My six locks for Game of the Year 2025

1. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2. Hollow Knight: Silksong
3. Kingdom Come 2: Deliverance
4. Blue Prince
5. Donkey Kong Bonanza
6. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Bubble of possibility of being included in Game of the Year 2025

1. Split Fiction
2. Elden Ring Nightreign
3. Hades II

Unlikely to be nominated for Game of the Year 2025

01. Ghosts of Yotei
02. The Outer Worlds 2
03. Silent Hill f
04. Mario Kart World
05. Monster Hunter Wilds
06. Ninja Gaiden 4
07. Assassin's Creed Shadows
08. Doom: The Dark Ages
09. Vampires The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2
10. Borderlands 4
11. Battlefield 6
12. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
13. Chronos: The New Dawn
14. Hell is Us

You think I've called it or is there a game that should be bumped up or down? Perhaps I missed a game.

Let me know in the comments below

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Ogami 21 hours ago

Dont think that "Kingdom Come Deliverance 2" or "Blue Prince" have any chance to be nominated for GOTY. Both are way too niche especially with Expedition 33 going to dominate the RPG category. Kingdom Come was too early in the year and a month after release basically nobody talked about it anymore. I actually forgotten it came out this year.
Replace those two with Split Fiction and Hades 2/Ghost of Yotei and thats my prediction.
The rest i agree with.

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The Dogfather 21 hours ago

They usually like to throw in a low key indie like Balatro last year, that is why I have included Blue Prince I really have a strong feeling that Blue Prince will be this years Belatro. Also Blue Prince is a really good game, for those that took time to play it.

Interesting pick for Yotei. If anything Split fiction does have a better chance of knocking out Blue Prince but my only concern there is Hazelight has already won for It Takes Two and Split Fiction, while brilliant, didn't evolve the formula much in the same way It Takes Two did. But hey lets see.

You could be 100% right.

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SLAYER187 21 hours ago

Awards do mean nothing, you either like the game or you do not, awards are just fluff and nothing more. https://www.thegamer.com/i-dont-have-any-hope-left-that-the-game-awards-can-change/

The Dogfather 21 hours ago

That is just one opinion of many , does not make it true, but it it's your truth then so be it.

I do agree with that writer that the show is pretty much a slog and should focus less on marketing and hype for upcoming games and should rather focus on the games nominated for that year.

But we are not really discussing the show :)

I normally just watch an edited down version of it the next morning. I ain't got the time for that 4 hour slog.

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ValentB 20 hours ago

My six locks for Game of the Year 2025

1. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2. Hollow Knight: Silksong
3. Kingdom Come 2: Deliverance
4. Blue Prince
5. Donkey Kong Bonanza
6. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

The most bland generic and overhyped AF normie junk.

rawWwRrr 20 hours ago

Originally posted by ValentB:
The most bland generic and overhyped AF normie junk.

Originally posted by ValentB:
The proper GoTYs are:

Always someone who can't accept the opinions of others.

Originally posted by ValentB:
super kawaii chill game which Steam decided not to have because of anti-Japanese xenophobia.

Still looking for evidence of this. I look on the Store and see a lot of Japanese games. Odd given we are meant to believe that Steam (which is not a person but a service) is somehow anti-Japanese.

The Dogfather 20 hours ago

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:
Originally posted by ValentB:
The most bland generic and overhyped AF normie junk.
Originally posted by ValentB:
The proper GoTYs are:
Always someone who can't accept the opinions of others.

Originally posted by ValentB:
super kawaii chill game which Steam decided not to have because of anti-Japanese xenophobia.
Still looking for evidence of this. I look on the Store and see a lot of Japanese games. Odd given we are meant to believe that Steam (which is not a person but a service) is somehow anti-Japanese.

Miserable people will be miserable people. They always want you to join them in their misery. Just block them and move on :), not worth the energy to be wasting on.

They clearly didn't understand the assignment - "(remember this is all subjective so lets be civil and polite in the discussion) " and "speculating is just fun and not seeing someones beloved title on a list does NOT mean Armageddon is on its way."

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salamander 20 hours ago

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3373660/Look_Outside/

my GOTY by far at the moment. was a massive surprise, incredible game.

The Dogfather 20 hours ago

Originally posted by salamander:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3373660/Look_Outside/

my GOTY by far at the moment. was a massive surprise, incredible game.

Oh wow thanks for the recommendation , I had no idea that game even existed. Adding to wishlist.

5liron4 19 hours ago

no Valorant goty2025

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salamander 17 hours ago

Originally posted by The Dogfather:
Originally posted by salamander:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3373660/Look_Outside/

my GOTY by far at the moment. was a massive surprise, incredible game.

Oh wow thanks for the recommendation , I had no idea that game even existed. Adding to wishlist.

its an incredible game. i love rpgmaker titles in general because they seem to bring out the best in indie development, but even among them this one is pretty incredible. amazing art, amazing music, amazing story.

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The Dogfather 16 hours ago

Thanks for recommending I will pick it up end of the month pay day

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RPG Gamer Man 14 hours ago

Originally posted by The Dogfather:
They usually like to throw in a low key indie like Balatro last year, that is why I have included Blue Prince I really have a strong feeling that Blue Prince will be this years Belatro. Also Blue Prince is a really good game, for those that took time to play it.

Interesting pick for Yotei. If anything Split fiction does have a better chance of knocking out Blue Prince but my only concern there is Hazelight has already won for It Takes Two and Split Fiction, while brilliant, didn't evolve the formula much in the same way It Takes Two did. But hey lets see.

You could be 100% right.

Yea, i have a feeling blue prince will win something. Clair Obscura will probably win RPG. I agree with your observations.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/04/16/blue-prince-is-obviously-goty-possibly-even-with-a-2025-gta-6/

Hades 2 is actually still being worked on, so that may effect it being in the GOTY stuff. They just changed the ending too in the last patch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozcwav8aygo

I think this may negatively effect it in the game awards as now people have to replay the whole game to see this new ending(s).

Hollow Knight Silksong got alot of hate for the movement from people, still i believe it will be nominated at least, but not win.

Both hollow knight silksong and Hades 2 are technically fully not done as how i see it when the game is still getting worked on in patches. Again, these may effect them negatively in the gaming awards. Put it this way, if a game is still getting patches to add stuff to it like a live service game, is it considered a full game, or one still being worked on? A good example of this is like Cities Skylines 1. Although many people considered it to be fully done, they are still adding new DLC to it. I honestly believe this game is still not fully done until they say "this is the last patch/DLC". This is my personal opinion about it. What about you Dogfather? How do you see games that are still being worked on being nominated in the games awards?

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Wolfpig 14 hours ago

Originally posted by The Dogfather:
That is just one opinion of many , does not make it true, but it it's your truth then so be it.

That show is just a big paid advertisment show.... everyone who thinks those awards have any meaning....... they just could go after units sold to determine the winner and nothing would be different.

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RPG Gamer Man 14 hours ago

Originally posted by Wolfpig:
Originally posted by The Dogfather:
That is just one opinion of many , does not make it true, but it it's your truth then so be it.

That show is just a big paid advertisment show.... everyone who thinks those awards have any meaning....... they just could go after units sold to determine the winner and nothing would be different.

LOL..i don't really care for them myself, but i do look at the nominations and who wins and see if im actually interested in it, like how i put games i am interested in on my wishlist. Sometimes i buy them, sometimes i remove them.

Actually reminds me how every restaurant always have signs saying they were the best restaurant in 2XXX year hanging out in the open to all customers can see. Who cares if you got restaurant of the year from experion?

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