6 Calon Penerima Game of the Year 2025: Donkey Kong dan Game Indie Tuai Kontroversi

Mengutip TechPowerUp dan forum game Reddit, kredit akhir Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 mengungkapkan lebih dari 224 orang terlibat, belum termasuk pekerjaan yang dialihdayakan.

Game ini juga mendapat suntikan dana masif dari investor kaya, memungkinkannya membayar pengisi suara kelas Hollywood.

Fakta tersebut dianggap mencederai semangat developer indie sejati yang berjuang dengan sumber daya terbatas.

Nominasi The Game Awards 2025 memang menyajikan pertarungan sengit antar judul berkualitas, tetapi juga membuka diskusi penting tentang definisi "game indie" dan pengaruh opini publik dalam sebuah penghargaan.

Berikut 6 judul game calon penerima Game of the Year 2025:

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Donkey Kong Bananza
Hades II
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Best Game Direction

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Ytei
Hades II
Split Fiction

Best Adaptation

A Minecraft Movie
Devil May Cry
The Last of Us: Season 2
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
Until Dawn

Best Narrative

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Ytei
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Silent Hill f

Best Art Direction

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Ytei
Hades II
Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score And Music

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hades II
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Ghost of Ytei
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Best Audio Design

Battlefield 6
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Ytei
Silent Hill f

Best Performance

Ben Starr
Charlie Cox
Erika Ishii
Jennifer English
Konatsu Kato
Troy Baker

Innovation In Accessibility

Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Atomfall
Doom: The Dark Ages
EA Sports FC 26
South of Midnight

Best Mobile Game

Destiny: Rising
Persona 5: The Phantom X
Sonic Rumble
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Wuthering Waves

Best Action Game

Battlefield 6
Doom: The Dark Ages
Hades II
Ninja Gaiden 4
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Best Action Adventure Game

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Ytei
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Split Fiction

Best Debut Indie Game

Blue Prince
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Despelote
Dispatch
Megabonk

Best Sports/Racing

EA Sports FC 26
F1 25
Mario Kart World
Rematch
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Best Multiplayer

Arc Raiders
Battlefield 6
Elden Ring Nightreign
Peak
Split Fiction

Best Esports Game

Counter-Strike 2
Dota 2
League of Legends
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Valorant

Best Esports Team

Gen.G - League of Legends
NRG - Valorant
Team Falcons - DOTA 2
Team Liquid PH - Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Team Vitality - Counter-Strike 2