Almost all of the nominees for each and every award at The Game Awards are selected by a jury of over 100 gaming outlets, but the Players' Voice Award hands its voting process over to the public across a series of rounds. And with the show just a few days away now, that procedure has reached the final round of voting, revealing the five titles that could win the award. They are Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite, It Takes Two, Metroid Dread, and Resident Evil Village.
You can cast your final vote now on The Game Awards website, which shows that at the time of writing, Halo Infinite is already in the lead with 37 per cent of the overall vote. Of course, these statistics will change between now and the big show on Thursday night, but PlayStation 5 titles It Takes Two and Resident Evil Village currently sit on 21 per cent and 12 per cent respectively.
Just in case you're wondering, PS5 exclusive Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart bowed out in the second round of voting while Returnal couldn't even get past the first. It deserves better, we know. While you're in the mood for voting, don't forget to select your PS5, PS4 Games of the Year for 2021 here on the site. Your votes will factor into the site's overall top 10 list.
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I don't get it, Halo infinite isn't even out yet apart from the free to play multiplayer part, how is it winning? Seems to me xbox trolls spamming the voting polls just so it wins. Forza 5 deserves it more so atleast vote for that game lol
Shocking about Returnal !
R&C too.
It Takes Two is incredible, deserves all the accolades it's been nominated for IMO
My horse from the very beginning was Village and I'm gonna stick with it till the end 🤞
No final for Psychonauts 2 either !!!
Gamers have little taste these days.
Thanks for the reminder! 🙏
@oconnoclast Yeah I agree I don’t either when people can vote without proving, but my wife and I was absolutely stunned how charming and fun this game is, let alone the incredible variety and surprisingly deep commentary on relationships and the collateral damage relationship tension can cause to children.
Hilarious that Halo (only one biome) Infinite is winning when it's not even out yet, is being released in bits with no coop campaign or forge modes, heck you can't even replay campaign missions. But is also plagued by microtransaction issues. Xbots are so desperate these days that their trying to take any kind of "victory" no matter how frivolous it is.
@BrockSmith It is definitely my game of the year. The only games that really come close for me are RE Village and GOTG, and It Takes Two beats both of them by a pretty significant margin in my book
Nothing for me, all my favorites (Ratchet & Clank, Returnal, Guardians of the Galaxy, Tales of Arise and Lost in Random) are absent.
Not really surprised, these awards' worth is only the announcements during the ceremony...
FH5 will get my vote, none of the others come close. Though unfortunately sitting dead last atm. Glad people are seemingly enjoying the MP portion of Halo
Ah I missed the second round of votes. Shame.
Halo infinite isn't out yet & while the multiplayer is technically out they've called it a beta until December 8th I don't see how it's eligible 🤷♂️
It is a little weird seeing Halo in considering the campaign isn't out yet. That said the MP is absolutely fantastic enough to where I can see people voting for it in that respect. I know it has had its hooks in myself since it launched. Probably where my vote is going of this bunch honestly.
@AdamNovice You could have left the fanboy nonsense at the door, you know.
I think it's fair that Infinite is eligible given December releases always seem to get forgotten about when they're eligible for the following year's awards with the exception of Smash. Next year's awards will likely be BotW 2, Horizon Forbidden West, God of War Ragnarok, Elden Ring, Starfield and an unannounced game being nominated for all the awards.
@LiamCroft Lol you could have said that to a whole truck load of commenters over the past year on here.
Also I'm calling it how it is, Xbox fans desperate for a win so are voting on mass.
@AdamNovice Hate to be pedantic - I don't really, I love it.
It's 'En masse'.
Perhaps people are enjoying the Halo multiplayer that much, they're voting for it?
Just a thought.
Hard to take this seriously when a game that HASN'T EVEN RELEASED YET is in a commanding lead while games like Returnal get the snub.
It just damages the credibility of the award show.
Halo infinite is leading .. and its not even out yet… this players voice thing is a joke.
@AdamNovice Yeah, it is a bit dodgy that a game that technically hasn't been released yet is leading, but maybe, just maybe, people are simply voting for what they enjoy. If the campaign is just as good as the multiplayer, Halo Infinite is my GOTY too. Leave the fanboyism out of it.
Do awards really matter ?
Look at The Oscars - After his 'I didn't pull the trigger' performance, Alec Baldwin has got more chance of winning game of the year rather than best actor !
@AdamNovice @LiamCroft @UltimateOtaku91 I don’t think it is Xbox fanboys storming it (I could be wrong). I don’t think it’s a surprise though.
Halo isn’t just on GamePass it is also free for PC and Xbox and I know a lot of non Xbox players who have tried it out on PC.
Also, I think if this was an Xbox fanboy vote then it would be split between FH5 and Halo, so I don’t really see that argument holding much weight. I just think it’s a great game and many others will agree.
Now, if I could have chosen Psychonauts 2, I would have. But Halo is the best game (imho) of those five.
@Kienda but that doesn't exclude the fact that the campaign isn't even out yet so shouldn't of been nominated, the game doesn't release until this Thursday, people should be voting on which game has been the best, not on popularity because they liked previous halo games.
@LiamCroft 'Yeah, it is a bit dodgy that a game that technically hasn't been released yet is leading, but maybe, just maybe, people are simply voting for what they enjoy.'
But how do you know you enjoy it, if you haven't played it?
Come on this is crazy talk. I know it's the 21st century and anything goes. But just imagine an Oscar going to Prometheus pre release as it was set in the Alien franchise. See, crazy.
@AdamNovice is right. A game which hasn't been released shouldn't be included. Maybe in the most exciting prospect category or something. But this just stinks. Especially when full on boss games which have released are getting jibbed.
Ghost of Tsushima is the best game I’ve played this year (a little late to the party), but from this list, Halo would get my vote. The mp is outstanding.
@themcnoisy - "But just imagine an Oscar going to Prometheus pre release as it was set in the Alien franchise. See, crazy."
Except we have been able to play the MP, so it's not like they're basing it purely off of it being a Halo game, but their actual experience with what parts of the game they've been able to access.
A more apt comparison would probably be giving the Best Picture Oscar to The Dark Knight based purely off of the prologue bank heist sequence that was released prior to the movie. Still a bit iffy, but it's at least based off of something tangible as opposed to just "oh it's part of this franchise, I'll vote for it".
I guess this gives an idea of how many people enjoy multiplayer? I wasn't expecting a multiplayer other than the likes of Fortnite to get this kinda reaction.
@themcnoisy We’ve been able to play the multiplayer for the past few weeks, so essentially half the game. It’s excellent.
@UltimateOtaku91 well I agree they probably shouldn’t have included it because the campaign could be bad. But what I’ve played of the Multiplayer is enough of a game for me. And I’ve played it more than some complete games that are fully released that I’ve already judged (if that makes sense).
However, this ‘Players Choice’ award is quite literally a popularity contest and like with any of these award shows just because something wins doesn’t make it the right choice.
It is what it is though.
@FullMetalWesker much better comparison thanks Wesker.
Resident Evil for sure!
Can't believe Halo has such a lead. Well, I can... It's has such a large playerbase already.
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