
It's that time once again, everyone. The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley's big, year-ending awards ceremony and pseudo-E3 conference, in nearly upon us.
However, before we get there, we need to know which games are up for what awards.
On Monday 17th November, all the nominees will be revealed in a special announcement presentation:
The nomination show begins at the following times:
- North America: 9am PST / 10am MST / 11am CST / 12pm EST
- UK/Ire: 5pm GMT
- Europe: 6pm CET / 7pm EET
- Asia/Oceania: 2am (Tue) JST / 1am (Tue) AWST / 4am (Tue) AEDT
Obviously, we won't know which games are getting nods and which aren't until Monday, but it's always fun to speculate.
A hot ticket title this year will very likely be Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which surprised everyone earlier this year and won the hearts of many. We'd be very surprised if it isn't shortlisted for a few awards.
PlayStation is always present at these things, so we reckon Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yotei are also likely to receive nominations across numerous categories.
Split Fiction was an early-year banger that may have slipped under the radar for some. However, It Takes Two won Game of the Year in 2021, so we wouldn't count out Hazelight's co-op adventure from some nominations.
We can't forget about Hollow Knight: Silksong either, which dropped at the end of the summer like it was no big deal. Given all the excitement and the critical acclaim, you're probably looking at a couple of nominations here.
We don't really have time to run through every last game worthy of being nominated, but it's safe to say the jury isn't starved for choice this year.
What games do you want to see nominated for some Game Awards this year? Tell us in the comments section below.
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My GOTY predictions:
Expedition 33
Donkey Kong Bananza
Death Stranding 2
Ghost of Yotei
Hades 2
Hollow Knight Silksong
Competition is tough this year
Expedition 33 for GOTY and best music for me. 🤷♂️
Arc raiders has to win best multiplayer at least
GOTY - E33
RPG of the year - KCD2
Best Sound track - E33
Best Narrative - Silent Hill f
Best Indie - Silk Song
Multiplayer - Arc Raiders
Best Action/Adventure - Ghost of Yotei
Voice actor - Konatsu Kato
Kojima award - Hideo Kojima
E33 should win every category it's nominated for
KCD2 is the only choice for game of the year
I’ll be shocked if Clair Obscur isn’t literally everywhere on the list. Can’t wait for 2026, so the GotY discussion can go to other games. Never been so burned out over discussion on a single game in a year.
I'm sure everyone will act normally and rationally when these are announced....that being said if KCD2 doesn't at least get nominated for goty I will burn the theater down.
@ShadowRJ I feel like KCD 2 should be somewhere in that list, possibly at the expense of Ghost of Yotei. Expedition 33 is the big favourite of course.
The indie category is the one to watch for me personally. You'd think in the year Silksong finally released there wouldn't be that much competition, but with the likes of Hades 2, Blue Prince and surprise hit Ball X Pit it's been a really strong year.
@somnambulance The glaze has won unfortunately...
@Jayslow Any other year KCD2 would have walked these awards.
I just want to see the game announcements lol
Silent Hill f, Expedition 33, Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2... but yeah, I'm only here for the world premieres.
I will be super disappointed if Trails in the Sky Remake gets nothing, easily the best jrpg this year.
The nominees should be
@Ainu20 I feel that KCD2 came out too soon in the year to be remembered, but I would not be surprised at all if that or Split Fiction get nominated
Team DS2! Haven’t played Yotei and felt like E33 was a very good, very derivative product. The Trails Remake feels fresher even being a remake and I even liked Fantazio better, though it had a lot of triteness to it.
I need the lot of you hardcore PS fanboys to realize that Yotei isn’t gonna got a GOTY nomination. The 6 nominees are gonna be
Split Fiction
Hollow Knight Silksong
Donkey Kong Bonanza
Hades 2
Death Stranding 2
And the winner is gonna be Expedtion 33.
Just prepare yourselves and don’t b i t c h about it.
GOTY is gonna be a warzone, let's be honest.
@ShadowRJ Possibly, though we've had nominees with February releases before. Spare a thought for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle by the way, which released after the cut-off last year but is eligible for this one, despite releasing back in 2024.
@Fishmasterflex96 PlayStation single player focussed first party games have a tremendous track record at the Game Awards, and the first GOT game got nominated for GOTY even though the competition for that award was equally as strong
Removed - trolling/baiting
The only game I liked this year that has the chance of making the geoffies goty short list is kcd2.
@Ainu20 if it’s any consolation neither KCD2 or Yotei are gonna get a GOTY nomination.
@ShadowRJ just cause Tsushima got a GOTY nomination doesn’t mean anything. Outer Worlds got a GOTY nomination, OW2 isn’t gonna get one. Doom eternal got a GOTY nomination but Dark Ages isn’t gonna get one. This year has so many great games that a lot of games just aren’t gonna make the cut and in reality Yotei isn’t even in just outside of the top 6, it’s lower than that. Games like KCD2 and Blue Prince have better odds of getting a nomination then Yotei does.
Lowkey want arc raiders to win it. Definitely won't because E33 exists but man Arc has me thinking about it all the time
I feel like any game that was released in the first half of the year is going to be snubbed in the GOTY category.
@Fishmasterflex96 I wasn't aware I needed any consolation. I do think KCD 2 will get a nomination though, even if I haven't quite mastered the art of clairvoyance as much as you have.
@SaltySpitoon957 to get a nomination yes, the actual winner is almost guaranteed to be Expedition 33
@Ainu20 just saying neither are gonna get a nomination
@Oh_fiddlesticks mean Expedition 33 is literally gonna win but ok lol
@Fishmasterflex96 well I’ve never even heard of Blue Prince, and my favourite game of the year is The Hundred Line. I doubt enough of the voters are going to know what it is in order for it to get a nomination that prestigious.
@Fishmasterflex96 Didn't people say Wukong was "guaranteed" to win and look what happened...
Expedition 33 will definitely be on there and will almost certainly win. Only other game that could take it is Silksong.
As for the other four...
Split Fiction seems very likely,
Death Stranding 2 does to, it's Kojima and the obligatory Sony pick.
Donkey Kong Bananza has a decent shot cause they typically have a obligatory Nintendo pick too. Maaaaybe Mario Kart, but that game's reception went off a diving board (for good reason it sucks) so I doubt it.
Last one will either be KCD2 or Yotei due to recency. Can't really think anything else that would feasibly be there, so that's my prediction.
@Oram77 main difference is that E33 has the review scores to back it up
@Fishmasterflex96 I agree, Wukong was the most overhyped game of last year imo
@ShadowRJ enough of the judges have heard of the games I mentioned and gave them better review scores then Yotei to get in.
@Oram77 I think it was a good game and can understand why it got a nom with it doing so well in China but I just thought other games should have gotten a nomination over Wukong.
I hope to see big wins for E33 and Trails in the Sky. Those are my favorite releases this year along with Ivalice Chronicles, but I don't see that being nominated for anything.
@Fishmasterflex96 I’m not denying it’s quality, I just don’t think it’s going to have enough people backing it
@ShadowRJ more so used Blue Prince as an example of a game more likely to get a nomination then Yotei is. I don’t think it’s gonna get a nomination cause Silksong and Hades 2 took all the mindshare of indie games this year. More so saying that Yotei realistically isn’t gonna get a nomination. Think KCD2 stands a much better chance then Yotei at being an alternative nominee from the ones I listed
I doubt NG Ragebound or Shinobi: Art of Vengeance gonna win something let alone got nominated.
I guess i'll vote either DS 2, Yotei, or NG 4 to win GotY or whatever category they got nominated. But i doubt they win something either since the media hyped a lot of Expedition 33, Silk Song, and Kingdom Deliver 2 which i don't play nor care about them.
Sooo...meh. Just give me a new trailer of VF 6, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, and Intergalactic.
My favs this year have been Split Fiction, E33, Blue Prince and GoY. BallxPit is currently an almost unhealthy addiction for me lol. Been tired as ***** at work all week lol. "Just one more run".... lol yea right
Talking about Yotei in any category (apart from art direction) when KCD2 exists is disgraceful.
@ShadowRJ And that ain't the half of it, Split-Fiction, Blue Prince, KCD2, Seance of Blake Manor, Dispatch, Despolte, Sword of the Sea, and others all scored as much or higher than Yotei's 86.
@Oram77 GOTY E33 but not best RPG? That makes no sense.
@Ainu20 Indiana Jones could have won several awards last year... this year not so much. Troy Baker for best VA maybe.
@themightyant But they're different catagories no? But yes as an actual RPG KCD2 is better the game
@themightyant "others all scored as much or higher than Yotei's 86" and Wukong got an 81 and was up for GOTY, so that arguement doesn't hold much water.
I've been lost in 2024 most of this year!! Have only played one game (& really enjoyed it) that was released this year - Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon.
@Oram77 I'm not saying Yotei shouldn't be in the list, was just agreeing with the other OP that "competition is tough this year".
Wukong never should have been nominated for GOTY imo, but that's OK we all like different things.
@themightyant I said the same thing about Wukong don't worry, my predictions were only light hearted, so I was surprised by your reaction to it... Unless you meant it in the same way, it's hard to tell through text as you know lol
Does Keighly tell his photographers "Make he look like Max Headroom come to life."🤷♂️
Congratulations in advance to Clair Obscur for all it's wins, well deserved.👍
@themightyant Even Troy Baker as best performance seems unlikely to me, I think Jennifer English will almost certainly win that. He should get a nomination though.
I haven’t played many 2025 games but my top 2 that I’ve played so far are 1 donkey kong bananza and 2 sonic racing crossworlds. It’s been a great year for games, so many interest me that I just haven’t gotten around to yet.
I don't care who wins what, or who gets nominated. I'm a video game fanatic and hope everyone's fave game gets some love at the show. All I do care about though is hopefully getting a 2nd Intergalactic trailer and 1st real look into what its all about!
I see these nine as having the best chance:
-Expedition 33
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Death Stranding 2
-Ghost of Yotei
-Hades 2
-Hollow Knight Silksong
-Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
-Blue Prince
-Split Fiction
Fans will inevitably be upset by the three excluded assuming six are chosen.
@rjejr lol max headroom. i haven't heard that name in many decades haha
@Ainu20 That's what I meant. Nomination only, last year he might have won. (Although I would have given it to Alec Newman for Still wakes the Deep)
Also completely agree for English / Maelle
Of all the games I’ve played this year Death stranding 2 certainly deserves best graphics and soundtrack.
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Ok wild to hear the thought that Ghost of Yotei won't get a nomination. It's unlikely to win GOTY, yes, but a nomination at the very least, I'd wager money on that. I guess anything is possible, but that would be a shock to me.
Anyway, like others, I expect E33 to get a lot of love here. Think it has a pretty strong shot for GOTY but you never know. Hope it happens but we'll see. Hope Hades 2 gets one of the lesser awards as well.
@Oram77 I sort of hope literally anything else wins GotY at this point. If CO: E33 wins, which I suspect it will, it will be the most overrated game I’ve ever seen win in my 3+ decades of gaming! 😵💫
I think the competition will be more interesting for the Pushsquare staff since it sort of feels like there’s potentially a more diverse opinion on the game with staff. We’ve seen things like Spider Man 2 beating Baldur’s Gate 3. Anything is possible on Pushsquare!
The timezones aren't fully accurate. It'll be 5pm for my family and many of my friends, and they're in Europe.
@StitchJones "haven't heard that name in many decades"
Hope I can say the same about GK some say.😂
@rjejr I'm not a fan of his, but he doesn't bug me either. He's not a dev, so he's like whatever to me. He's just kind of there. But what I will say is, since we have no more E3 which I think is still ashame. If it takes GK to put together shows where we can still get Barn burner announcements like last years Intergalactic trailer, then I say, just let him do his thing
I can't wait to hear less about how E33 is the "best game ever".
Also, watch Split Fiction get nominated and win lol.
@Fishmasterflex96 "i need the lot of you hardcore PS fanboys to realize that Yotei isn’t gonna got a GOTY nomination"
We'll wait until monday. But if it received GotY nomination then what are you gonna do, sucker punch yourself? Sell all your PS console & games collection? Or what?
It's just funny to see some people have a lot of hate and anger over a fking video game 🤣
@PuppetMaster buddy I bought Yotei and love it. If it gets it great. I’m just saying that there are a lot of delusional fanboys that act like just cause Yotei is a PlayStation game then that’s a guarantee that it’s gonna be a GOTY contender. The reality is that there’s a lot of games that reviewed better then Yotei and it probably won’t get in.
@somnambulance yes cause a PlayStation website isn’t more biased towards a PlayStation studios game at all….
@Oram77 Wukong is the exception not the rule. Wukong also sold 20 million copies in a month vs Yotei. Not exactly the same thing with capturing the moment.
@PuppetMaster buddy out here acting like I’m the crazy one but has takes like this lol
@Fishmasterflex96 "buddy I bought Yotei and love"
Sure buddy.
"The reality is that there’s a lot of games that reviewed better then Yotei and it probably won’t get in"
What reality are you talking about here buddy when there's no announcement what games who got in or out.
"buddy out here acting like I’m the crazy one but has takes like this lol"
Buddy, you sound insecure af for a guy who claim bought and love Yotei. You calling names and even go this far to reply me twice for your baseless prediction. Are you okay buddy?
It a award show none get anything out of this anything wons it just a awards just like Oscars and emmays
@Oram77 made me laugh. Thanks a lot.
@Fishmasterflex96 They also gave Resident Evil Village GotY over Ratchet and Clank and Returnal. It’s not really a bias. Pushsquare is unique. All of the contributors have their own voice. While I know some of them loved BG3, for instance, others didn’t click with it, and the site was pretty honest about that. I think that’s great that they don’t just give GotY to whoever is trendiest game on the block, even when they get flack about it. Expedition 33 may yet still win here, but I wouldn’t say it’s a certainty. It seems we’re about to get some really diverse staff lists soon.
@somnambulance Bruh I'm still salty that FF7 Rebirth got robbed last year...
Another clown show.
@PuppetMaster it’s not a baseless prediction when looking at the best rated games of the year and yes Wukong got a nom but it’s the exception not the rule.
@Oram77 Rebirth is arguably Game of the Generation for me so far. It was a travesty it basically got NOTHING. That said, I also loved Astro Bot. Last year was sort of weak altogether, but it had those two and Balatro
@Oram77 it wouldn’t have even beat Metaphor buddy.
@Veritas7Ax it’s not even gonna get a nomination realistically. There’s just too many other games that reviewed better.
I think E33 will win and I’m ok with that because it really was a great game. My most enjoyable game this year though has been Cronos The New Dawn. That game nails exactly what it sets out to be. The sound design and music are so good.
Ah yes, I can't wait for the meltdown the Internet will have for mid games that don't deserve to be nominated to begin with
@Oram77 I am still not over it, too. Rebirth is just AMAZING.
Having played like 260 hours of Metaphor and 300 hours of Rebirth, the second is just a better videogame but like...it exists on a whole other dimension Lmao. Not hating metaphor, after getting it to a stable frame-rate I played the heck out of it and even unlocked all the archetypes for all the cast to get the ultimate weapons.
@Nei I whole heartily agree with you, Rebirth literally had everything you want from a video game (maybe minus Chadley). But I have faith that when part 3 comes out in will win GOTY to redeem this robbery!
@PuppetMaster @Veritas7Ax @ShadowRJ
There it is boys. No Yotei
@Fishmasterflex96 very well, I’ll fall on my sword, you were right. Well done.
@ShadowRJ thank you. I’ll take my win lol. This is meant in all good fun by the way in case if that wasn’t clear.
@Fishmasterflex96 Sure and it still nominated for 7 category. But hey, congrats for your win buddy. Your parents must be proud of you 👏
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