"Best Adaptation was added to the Game Awards' categories in 2022, rewarding TV and film adaptations of video games for finally getting off of the Uwe Boll assembly line and sometimes being things worth watching. Now that pretty much every company from Nintendo to Sony is trying to get into streaming services and multiplexes, it's a worthwhile category to have at a video game award show."
"This year's nominees range from forgettable to absolute dogshit. Here's what we're working with: First of all, don't even get me started on The Last of Us season two; you can read literally thousands of words I wrote on it earlier in the year. Meanwhile, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 , the movie that currently holds the highest Rotten Tomatoes score of any video game adaptation , is nowhere to be seen."
The 2025 Game Awards Best Adaptation nominations reuse many of the same high-profile entries and omit notable films such as Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which holds a top Rotten Tomatoes score among video game adaptations. Best Adaptation began in 2022 to recognize TV and film adaptations as major publishers pursue streaming and theatrical releases. Sonic the Hedgehog 3's late-December release likely caused it to be overlooked for the 2024 cycle and forgotten by the jury, allowing less-acclaimed entries like The Last of Us season two to dominate consideration and prompting criticism of nomination choices.
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