In this set of Ent Dem’s game of the year deliberation we look at Best Innovation, Best Early Access or DLC, Most Disappointing Game and Industry moment. If you want to cheat you can just scroll down and find out who we nominated and who won. If your in the for the long haul you can listen to how we got there in the below podcast:

Best Innovation:

• New World (Complete Player Driven World Economy)
• Changing between standard and alt-fire (Returnal)
• All the Boomerang Technique in Boomerang X
• The Soundtrack Golf Club Wasteland
• Accessibility in Forza Horizon 5

Runner Up: The Narrative Told in Golf Club Wasteland’s Radio Soundtrack.

Winner: Player Driven Economy in New World

Best DLC/ Early Access:

• Valheim
• Doom Eternal: Ancient Gods
• Everspace 2
• Dyson Space Program 
• Wartales
• Animal Crossing 2.0 Patch/Home Paradise DLC

Winner: Valheim

Runner Up:  Dyson Space Program

Winner: Valheim

Most Disappointing Game:

• Back 4 Blood
• Harvest Moon: One World
• GTA the Definitive Collection
• Battlefield 2042
• Twelve Minutes
• Outriders
• Ghosts and Goblins Resurrected
• Humankind

Runner Up: Twelve Minutes

Winner: Grand Theft Auto: The Definitive Collection.               

Most Disappointing Industry Moment:

• Activision/ Blizzard
• Ubisoft NFTS
• Console shortages
• Epic Games vs. Apple

Runner Up and Winner: Activision/ Blizzard