"The Game Awards website states that an international jury of more than 100 media and influencer sources--including GameSpot--form a coalition that votes to decide on the nominees. "Each voting outlet completes a confidential, unranked ballot based on the collective and diverse opinion of its entire editorial staff, listing out its top five choices in each category," reads a line from the website."
"Ballots are counted and the five games that appear the most on ballots get selected as the nominees. Any category that comes up tied gets pushed to six (or more) nominations. This year, there were six nominees for multiple categories, including Game of the Year, Best Performance, Best Independent Game, and Best Family Game. For the eSports, accessibility, and Best Adaptation categories, a "specialized" jury comes together to select those categories."
Games must be available for public consumption on or before Friday, November 21 to be eligible for the current Game Awards; releases after that date are eligible next year. Games released on or after November 22, 2024 are eligible for this year's event. Live-service games from prior years can qualify for categories if the voting jury deems new content, improvements, or service updates justify inclusion, and a Best Ongoing Game category exists for such titles. An international jury of more than 100 media and influencer outlets votes to determine nominees via confidential, unranked ballots listing each outlet's top five choices. The five games appearing most across ballots become nominees, with ties expanding nominee counts. Specialized juries select eSports, accessibility, and Best Adaptation categories. Winners are decided by the voting jury with public fan voting also factoring into outcomes.
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