The nominees for The Game Awards 2023 have finally been announced. The Game Awards 2023 will be held on December 7, 2023, at Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Prior to the actual awards night, the organizers held a livestream to officially announce the nominees for the awards.
The nominees were announced across several categories. Among them, Baldur’s Gate 3 scored big with the most number of nominations. Similarly, Alan Wake 2 also received a recorded number of nominations. Both these games received eight nominations each.
The Game Awards 2023 nominations leaves Starfield fans upset
Starfield had been a long-standing title from the hood of Bethesda Studios. The game had been in the making for almost 25 years before finally released on September 6, 2023. The hype around the game was considerably huge. The community thought it could be a tough contender for Game of the Year, but somehow, the Space Odyssey failed to deliver.
No one thought it would. It’s a good game, but not GOTY worthy
— Darth (@Darth_124) November 13, 2023
It was, in fact, surprising to see Starfield missing from the nominations. In fact, the game was nominated in just one category from more than 20 categories. Obviously, the community noticed this, and the fans of the game were left frowning.
Experts think the game was hampered by “boring” quests and progression bugs, leading to a dead popularity of the game post-release. Additionally, after the game’s official release, the fans of the game also felt somewhat neglected by Bethesda due to a lack of updates and communication. Although a DLC named Shattered Space is announced it is yet to see the light of the day.
On the other hand, Bethesda’s titles usually have a long shelf life. However, Starfield lacked in that aspect too, which more or less explains its unliking at the Game Awards nominations.
An outpour of gamer reactions was seen on social media. Several users made fun of the game and took this as an opportunity to criticize the game. A user named ‘thatbouleric_’ commented, “Starfield not even nominated.” Another user, ‘CEOofturtles’ expressed, “I love Starfield, but it is far from a game of the year.”
Starfield was NOT nominated for Game of the Year at The Game Awards.
byu/annarborjack inStarfield
A user ‘Moogie’ took a dig at the game, saying, “U mean Loading screen field? It doesn’t deserve a spot.” A user named ‘Darth’ wrote, “No one thought it would. It’s a good game, but not GOTY worthy”
Although Starfield has one nomination in the Best RPG category at the Game Awards, the chances of it winning look considerably bleak. 2023 has been an impressively loaded year for gaming, with a notable amount of small-time games taking the gamers and industry by surprise. In such a year, experts believe Starfield was below par and that maybe in some other year, Starfield would have made some more noise.