Only a few days left until the celebration The game prizesthe most important gala each year in the video game industry, where the best titles in each category are confirmed, as well as the GOTY.
Looking ahead to the 2025 edition, which will take place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on the night of December 11th to 12th, with Geoff Keighley as master of ceremonies, we already know all the nominees.
However, there is another prize that had not yet been mentioned: the Player voicethat is delivered best game chosen by users themselvesseparate from the award chosen by specialized critics.
For example, Astro Bot was the GOTY at The Game Awards 2024, but Gamer’s Voice went to Black Myth: Wukong. What surprises will we have in 2025?
For now, The Game Awards has confirmed the 30 games nominated for Player’s Voice in the first roundof which 20 will be eliminated in the next few hours before tomorrow, Tuesday, December 2nd.
This will be when the 2nd round will begin and, finally, the third round will leave the finalists for Player’s Voice before the gala on December 11th-12th.
Nominees for Player Voice at The Game Awards 2025
A total of 30 games were nominated for the Player’s Voice Award in the first round. Only 10 will advance to the next stage, based on votes collected on the official website.
You can now go to The Game Awards website, log in and vote for your top 10 favorites. Hurry up, because the deadline is tomorrow, although In Spain it will be active until 3am on December 3rd.
Below is the list of the 30 nominated games:
- Arc Invaders
- Battlefield 6
- Clair Obsur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Delta Force
- Expedition
- Donkey Kong Banananza
- Perdition: The Dark Ages
- Elden Ring Nightrein
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Genshin Impact
- Yotei’s Ghost
- Hades II
- hell divers 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Kingdom Come: Liberation II
- Mario Kart World
- Marvel Rivals
- Megabonk
- Ninja Gaiden 4
- No Man’s Sky
- PEAK
- REPO
- Silent Hill f
- Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
- Divided fiction
- Exoskeleton
- Howling Waves
Be careful, because Player’s Voice award winner may coincide with GOTY winneralthough it is not usual. Additionally, it is the home for all games as a service which, Although they were not launched this year, they received important news.
In this list we find major absences of the 6 GOTY nomineessuch as Arc Raiders, Dispatch, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Ghost of Yotei, Mario Kart World, Ninja Gaiden 4, Silent Hill for Split Fiction.
Which ones will make it to the second round? We will know on December 3rd, when the next phase of the fight for the Player’s Voice, another award from The Game Awards 2025, will begin.