Voting opens for The Game Awards’ Player Voice category

The Game Awards 2025 has officially opened the polls for its Players' Voice category, the only accolade in the upcoming ceremony determined entirely by the gaming community. Unlike the primary categories, where a global jury of media outlets heavily weights the outcome, the Players' Voice award hinges 100% on fan engagement. This year's contest is particularly interesting as it sees the return of the roguelike survival hit Megabonk, which had previously been withdrawn from the Best Debut Indie category by its developer but is now eligible for this community-driven prize.

The voting process for the Players' Voice award is structured as a three-round tournament designed to whittle down the initial pool of 30 nominees. The first round is currently underway and will conclude on December 3rd at 2:00 AM BST. In this initial phase, users can log into the official Game Awards website via their social accounts or email to select their top ten favourites from the longlist. The nominees include heavy hitters such as Battlefield 6, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Death Stranding 2, alongside older live-service titles like Genshin Impact and Warframe.

Once the first deadline passes, the field will be narrowed down to the top ten titles for Round 2, which is scheduled to kick off on December 4th at 5:00 PM BST. At that stage, voters will be limited to selecting just five titles. The competition intensifies for the third and final round, starting December 8th, where the remaining five nominees will face off for the single winning spot. The full list of nominees for the first round of The Game Awards 2025 Players’ Voice Award voting can be found below:

• Arc Raiders

• Battlefield 6

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

• Delta Force

• Dispatch

• Donkey Kong Bananza

• Doom: The Dark Ages

• Elden Ring Nightreign

• Final Fantasy XIV

• Fortnite

• Genshin Impact

• Ghost of Yōtei

• Hades II

• Helldivers 2

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

• Mario Kart World

• Marvel Rivals

• Megabonk

• Ninja Gaiden 4

• No Man's Sky

• Peak

• R.E.P.O.

• Silent Hill f

• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

• Split Fiction

• Warframe

• Wuthering Waves

Historical precedence suggests this award often favours titles with passionate, active communities. Black Myth: Wukong took home the accolade in 2024, following in the footsteps of Baldur's Gate 3 in 2023, Halo Infinite in 2021, and Ghost of Tsushima in 2020. The winner of this year's contest will be revealed live during the main ceremony at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on December 11th.

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