The Game Awards Should Happen After The Year Is Over, Like Every Other Award Show

In case you missed it, the nominees for the 10th annual Game Awards, set to air on December 12, have been announced. Some frontrunners were predictably nominated in multiple categories, such as Astro Bot and Metaphor: ReFantazio, which scored seven and six nominations, respectively. But there were some pleasant surprises, too, like indie darling Balatro also being nominated for the show’s top award. But after all these years, the timing of the award show confounds me, especially as I see it unintentionally sabotage games that are eligible for nomination, but release too close to the cut-off date to get a proper shot at consideration. Yes, I’m talking about BioWare’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard. – Kenneth Shepard Read More