Players have mixed feelings about controversial The Game Awards DLC rule ahead of nominations reveal

THE Game Awards are happening adjacent month, and the nominees volition beryllium announced aboriginal today.

With plentifulness of large games this year, fans are anxious to cognize which titles volition get designation astatine gaming’s equivalent to the Oscars.

In a caller trend, this twelvemonth we saw rather a fewer remasters and remakes of beloved games, arsenic good arsenic monolithic expansions and caller seasons to titles that person already received awards.

Elden Ring won Game of the Year successful 2022, and this year, it received its Shadow of the Erdree DLC, which has been arsenic praised by players and critics.

This and different releases had galore fans wondering whether these expansions, DLC packs and seasons tin and should beryllium nominated for Game of the Year.

The Game Awards has stated connected its FAQ leafage that “expansion packs, caller crippled seasons and DLCs, remakes and remasters, are eligible successful each categories.”

The regularisation opens the doorway for Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree enlargement to person a information and triumph successful TGA’s astir coveted category.

Some players spot this arsenic arguable because, contempt its merit, Elden Ring’s fantabulous DLC is not a afloat standalone game.

In a Reddit thread connected the topic, galore players felt the Game of the Year grant should absorption lone connected recognising brand-new titles.

Commenters besides pointed retired that Elden Ring had already received its just stock of accolades by winning successful 2022.

With this regularisation successful place, players foretell that Shadow of the Edtree would beryllium nominated and could apt triumph for Game of the Year, which would beryllium a archetypal successful the grant show’s 10-year history.

User 00nonsense wrote: “Oh it’s 100% winning, I deliberation that’s wherefore they made it a constituent to merchandise a connection astir DLC being eligible for GOTY.”

Fans of Shadow of the Erdtree defended the decision, noting that the enlargement is an fantabulous follow-up to an already large game.

We volition cognize if Elden Ring’s DLC makes it into the database shortly, arsenic The Game Awards 2024 nominees are expected to beryllium revealed aboriginal today.

The information announcement unrecorded watercourse is scheduled for November 18, 2024, astatine 5pm UK clip / 9am PT.

Fans tin tune successful unrecorded connected the grant show's authoritative website oregon YouTube transmission to larn which games volition beryllium nominated.

The Game Awards 2024 ceremonial volition beryllium broadcast unrecorded from Peacock Theater successful Los Angeles connected December 12, 2024, astatine 5pm UK clip / 9am PT.

For much connected Elden Ring's DLC, cheque retired our Shadow of the Erdtree review.