The Game Awards Player’s Voice Nominees Include Black Myth: Wukong And Palworld

Key Takeaways

The Game Awards Player’s Voice award nominees have been revealed, which include 30 of this year’s best titles.
All the games nominated for Game of the Year are included, as well as high profile snubs like Stellar Blade and Silent Hill 2.
Voting is now open for the first round, and will close in just two days on December 4.

The Game Awards nominations for all the various categories have drawn quite a lot of ire this year, whether it was down to Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree’s inclusion for the grand prize, or the disrespect shown to various other titles like Silent Hill 2 and Stellar Blade. Sure, players can vote on what should win, but our votes don’t determine the final outcome.

Nope, that’s for The Game Awards’ Player’s Voice award to decide, the one award during the show that is 100 percent decided by gamers across the globe. Earlier today, the 30 games nominated for the first round of the Player’s Choice award were revealed by host Geoff Keighley, which you can view below.

The Game Awards Player’s Voice Nominees Include Black Myth: Wukong And Palworld

Of course, the six games that make up the overall Game of the Year nominees are all there, including Astro Bot, Black Myth: Wukong, Balatro, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and, unfortunately, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. This is also where some of the games that people consider snubbed have shown up too, including Stellar Blade and Silent Hill 2. Other games included in this list that launched this year include:

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
Dragon’s Dogma 2
Helldivers 2
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Palworld
Persona 3 Reload
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Sonic x Shadow Generations
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Wuthering Waves
Zenless Zone Zero

Just like previous Player’s Voice awards in the past, also included in the list are several live service games, whether we like them or not. Genshin Impact’s inclusion means Genshin and Sonic fans can have a rematch of the hotly contested fight back in 2022, while Fortnite, Final Fantasy 14, League of Legends, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, No Man’s Sky, Valorant, and Warframe are all there too.

It’ll definitely be a close contest this year, with various games all fighting for top spot. Black Myth: Wukong recently won its first Game of the Year award at the Golden Joysticks – which is also determined via players – so that might give us an early idea as to who will win. You can vote for which games you think should advance to the next round on The Game Awards website, with voting closing on December 4.