“Expansion packs, new game seasons, DLC, remakes, and remasters are eligible” for this year’s Game Awards.

The Game Awards has confirmed that DLC, remakes and remasters are eligible for all categories of its awards, including Game of the Year.

The shortlist is expected to be announced tomorrow, Monday 18 November, at The Game Awards’ website The FAQ page has been updated with new information to confirm that TGA judges now consider “expansion packs, new game seasons, DLC, remakes, and remasters” as eligible for consideration.

The website now says, “The goal of the Game Awards is to recognize the best creative and technical work each year, regardless of the format of release of that content.” “Expansion packs, new game seasons, DLC, remakes and remasters are eligible in all categories, if the jury deems new creative and technical work worthy of nomination.

“Factors such as the novelty of the material and its price/value should be taken into account.”

Now that means like a remake silent hill 2 remake Might be in contention, might as well like DLC alden ringOf Shadow of ErdtreeAlden Ring wins TGA Game of the Year award in 2022.

This also means seasonal content like games top legendsDestiny and other live-service games are also eligible, even if the base game was released several years ago.

last year, Baldur’s Gate 3 takes top prizewith alan wake 2 Also snatched many awards. The Game Awards 2023 breaks its own viewership recordNearly 118 million livestreams were viewed.

With 103 million global livestreams in 2022, this is a 15 percent year-over-year increase for the show.