Congratulations @thechineseroom.co.uk ! VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE – BLOODLINES 2 has been nominated for: ✅ Most Hated Game Of The Year ✅ Worst Gameplay ✅ Worst Writing / Story in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @irongalaxystudios.com ! TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 3 + 4 has been nominated for: ✅ Most Pointless Remake/Remaster in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @cdprojektred.com ! THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT has been nominated for: ✅ Most Hated Game That Won The Least Worst Award in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @obsidianent.bsky.social! THE OUTER WORLDS 2 has been nominated for: ✅ Worst Visual Aesthetics ✅ Worst Writing / Story in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @11bitstudios.bsky.social ! THE ALTERS has been nominated for: ✅ Best New IP in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @compulsiongames.bsky.social ! SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT has been nominated for: ✅ Most Pretentious Indie Game ✅ Worst Visual Aesthetics in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @lizardcube.bsky.social ! SHINOBI: ART OF VENGEANCE has been nominated for: ✅ Best Visual Aesthetics ✅ Best Implementation Of An Old Franchise in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @rare.co.uk ! SEA OF THIEVES has been nominated for: ✅ Best Water In A Video Game Of All Time in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @fizzd.bsky.social @7thbe.at @rd.7thbe.at ! RHYTHM DOCTOR has been nominated for: ✅ Best Game Nobody Played in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations #AliceSoft! RANCE 03: THE FALL OF LEAZAS has been nominated for: ✅ Best Eroge ✅ Best Representation Of Men in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @capcomusa.com ! PRAGMATA has been nominated for: ✅ Most Anticipated Game Of 2026 And Beyond in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @goonswarm.bsky.social! POSTAL: BULLET PARADISE has been nominated for: ✅ Most Pointless Controversy (for using AI assets) in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @pockettrap.bsky.social ! PIPISTRELLO AND THE CURSED YOYO has been nominated for: ✅ Best Game Nobody Played in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social @landfall.se ! PEAK has been nominated for: ✅ Most Blatantly Promoted Game in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @thegamekitchen.com ! NINJA GAIDEN: RAGEBOUND has been nominated for: ✅ Best Implementation Of An Old Franchise in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @en.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp! METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE has been nominated for: ✅ Most Hated Game That Won The Least Worst Award in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @insomniac.games ! MARVEL'S WOLVERINE has been nominated for: ✅ Least Anticipated Game Of 2026 And Beyond in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @tributegames.com ! MARVEL COSMIC INVASION has been nominated for: ✅ Best Game Nobody Played in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @frankiepixel.bsky.social ! LOOK OUTSIDE has been nominated for: ✅ Best Visual Aesthetics ✅ Best New IP in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @naughtydog.com ! INTERGALACTIC: THE HERETIC PROPHET has been nominated for: ✅ Least Anticipated Game Of 2026 And Beyond in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @christopherlarkin.bsky.social @teamcherry.bsky.social ! HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG has been nominated for: ✅ Best Visual Aesthetics ✅ Best Character (Hornet) ✅ Best Character (Sherma) ✅ Best Gameplay ✅ Best Soundtrack ✅ Best Writing / Story ✅ Best Implementation Of An Old Franchise

Congratulations @valvesoftware.com ! HALF-LIFE 3 has been nominated for: ✅ Most Anticipated Game Of 2026 And Beyond in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @valvesoftware.com ! HALF-LIFE 2 has been nominated for: ✅ Best Beach In A Video Game Of All Time (Highway 17) in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @darrenkorb.bsky.social! HADES II has been nominated for: ✅ Best Visual Aesthetics ✅ Best Gameplay ✅ Best Soundtrack ✅ Best Writing / Story ✅ Least Worst Game Of The Year ✅ Most Pretentious Indie Game ✅ Best Representation Of Men ✅ Best Representation Of Women in the 2025 /v/GAs!

Congratulations @suckerpunchprod.bsky.social ! GHOST OF YŌTEI has been nominated for: ✅ Most Hated Game Of The Year ✅ Most Blatantly Promoted Game ✅ Worst Visual Aesthetics ✅ Worst Character (Atsu) ✅ Worst Writing / Story in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @rare.co.uk ! DONKEY KONG COUNTRY has been nominated for: ✅ Best Tropical Themed Video Game Of All Time in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @larianstudios.com ! DIVINITY has been nominated for: ✅ Most Anticipated Game Of 2026 And Beyond in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @adhocstudio.com ! DISPATCH has been nominated for: ✅ Best Visual Aesthetics ✅ Best Character (Robert Robertson III) ✅ Best New IP ✅ Best Writing / Story ✅ Least Worst Game Of The Year ✅ Most Pretentious Indie Game ✅ Best Representation Of Men ✅ Best Representation Of Women

Congratulations @eidosmontreal.com @nixxessoftware.bsky.social ! DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION has been nominated for: ✅ Most Hated Game That Won The Least Worst Award in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @aspyr.com @eidosmontreal.com ! DEUS EX REMASTERED has been nominated for: ✅ Least Anticipated Game Of 2026 And Beyond in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @despelote.game ! DESPELOTE has been nominated for: ✅ Most Pretentious Indie Game in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @albasoup.itch.io! DELTARUNE: CHAPTERS 3 & 4 has been nominated for: ✅ Best Soundtrack ✅ Best Writing / Story ✅ Most Pointless Controversy (Noelle Weird Route) ✅ Most Pretentious Indie Game in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @en.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp @ludvigforssell.bsky.social ! DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH has been nominated for: ✅ Best Visual Aesthetics ✅ Best Soundtrack ✅ Best Writing / Story ✅ Least Worst Game Of The Year ✅ Best Representation Of Men ✅ Best Representation Of Women

Congratulations @ciaran-games.bsky.social! CAPTAIN WAYNE - VACATION DESPERATION has been nominated for: ✅ Best Game Nobody Played in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @ravensoftware.com @treyarch.com! CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 7 has been nominated for: ✅ Crimes Against Gaming (Secure Boot, AI textures, $70, SBMM) ✅ Most Hated Game Of The Year ✅ Biggest Technical Blunder ✅ Most Blatantly Promoted Game ✅ Worst Visual Aesthetics

Congratulations @dogubomb.bsky.social @blueprincegame.bsky.social ! BLUE PRINCE has been nominated for: ✅ Best Gameplay ✅ Best New IP ✅ Best Writing / Story ✅ Least Worst Game Of The Year ✅ Most Pretentious Indie Game in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @nightdivestudios.bsky.social ! BLOOD: REFRESHED SUPPLY has been nominated for: ✅ Most Pointless Remake/Remaster in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @larianstudios.com ! BALDUR'S GATE 3 has been nominated for: ✅ Most Hated Game That Won The Least Worst Award in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @obsidianent.bsky.social ! AVOWED has been nominated for: ✅ Most Hated Game Of The Year ✅ Worst Visual Aesthetics in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @rare.co.uk ! BANJO-KAZOOIE has been nominated for: ✅ Best Beach In A Video Game Of All Time (Treasure Trove Cove) in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @localthunk.com ! BALATRO has been nominated for: ✅ Most Hated Game That Won The Least Worst Award in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @ubisoft.com ! ASSASSIN'S CREED SHADOWS has been nominated for: ✅ Crimes Against Gaming ✅ Most Hated Game Of The Year ✅ Most Pointless Controversy (Yasuke, historical inaccuracy, etc.) ✅ Biggest Technical Blunder ✅ Most Blatantly Promoted Game ✅ Worst Visual Aesthetics

Congratulations @embark-studios.com ! ARC RAIDERS has been nominated for: ✅ Best Gameplay ✅ Best New IP ✅ Most Blatantly Promoted Game ✅ Worst Visual Aesthetics in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @geoffkeene.bsky.social ABIOTIC FACTOR has been nominated for: ✅ Best New IP ✅ Least Worst Game Of The Year in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Congratulations @ioi.dk ! 007 FIRST LIGHT has been nominated for: ✅ Least Anticipated Game Of 2026 And Beyond ✅ Most Anticipated Game Of 2026 And Beyond in the 2025 Vidya Gaem Awards!

Sending nominations on here! We may be rate limited, in which case we'll pick up later.

Voting has landed. vgas.xyz/vote

Nominations have landed. vidyagaemawards.com

Our interview with one of the developers of Wanderburg (@randwerk.com) is now up, and you can view it here: youtu.be/ul9r2ygOlb4 (It's in German, with subtitles.)

Our interview with Greg from Forever Skies (@foreverskies.bsky.social) is now up, and you can view it here. youtu.be/PgCIJV81FyQ