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Game Awards 2026: All Game of the Year front-runners and predictions

By  Oli Welsh
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Analysis

Big Walk's AI controversy is a last-minute GOTY season twist sparking a bigger debate

By  Ari Notis
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Zelda: Ocarina of Time is guaranteed a GOTY nomination. It will never win

By  Oli Welsh
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Cairn ‘belongs’ next to Death Stranding in the ‘history of grand adventure games’

By  Matt Patches
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9 ways Mina the Hollower was as complex and audacious to make as any AAA game

By  Matt Patches
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Phantom Blade Zero just killed Crimson Desert's chance at a GOTY

By  Oli Welsh

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The performances that defined 2026: A video game actors roundtable

Inside the characters of Resident Evil Requiem, Fire Emblem, Cairn, and more

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By  Matt Patches
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Forza might actually lose at The Game Awards for the first time in a decade

The Sports/Racing category is usually one of the dullest, but not this year

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By  Oli Welsh
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America's dominance in The Game Awards is officially over

With a dwindling presence on the jury, American games may start to struggle for recognition

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By  Oli Welsh
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The year's best AAA game is...
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve

This week on Point It Out! We discuss the unfolding news around the GTA 6 Cyberleek leaks, a gaming favorite going to mobile and the sneaky favorite for AAA game of the year. Plus, Polygon Editor-At-Large Giovanni Colantonio holds Simone and Patches hostage with a powerpoint they'll never forget. Point It Out! is a gaming news show for people who already know the news — or think they do. Every week, Polygon host Simone de Rochefort, Editor-in-Chief Matt Patches, and an expert guest yank the biggest stories out of the discourse cycle and unpack them through rowdy, ridiculous PowerPoint presentations. Points are awarded, winners are crowned, and the loser wears a dunce cap. (No, seriously.) The stakes are meaningless, but the insight is real: In true Polygon fashion, Point It Out lovingly lampoons the gaming news show while secretly teaching you everything you need to know about the current state of gaming.

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Star Wars has a real shot at GOTY for the first time in 23 years

But it’s a long shot

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By  Oli Welsh
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Dispatch officially eligible for The Game Awards for a second year

AdHoc's episodic game was released before the 2025 eligibility deadline, but not in time for judges to play the full season

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GOTY 2026’s final nomination is a battleground of 8/10 games

It's been a great year for solidly good, if not spectacular, blockbusters. Meet the 85 Club

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GTA 6 won't break Clair Obscur's big GOTY record

Rockstar's behemoth is ineligible for the Golden Joystick Awards, meaning a Big Five slam is off the cards

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By  Oli Welsh
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Control Resonant has a secret weapon in the GOTY race

Remedy is a perennial underdog, and everyone loves an underdog

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By  Oli Welsh
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Fire Emblem just majorly shook up the 2026 GOTY race

An underdog in any other year, in 2026, Fortune's Weave is one of the strongest contenders yet

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By  Oli Welsh
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Marvel's Wolverine set to end Sony's historic 11-year GOTY run

A nomination for a PlayStation exclusive looks unlikely for the first time since 2014

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GOTY 2026 is the weakest field in years

In the shadow of GTA 6, other contenders keep missing the mark

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By  Oli Welsh
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Big Walk is 2026's unexpected GOTY frontrunner following high Metacritic score

The co-op game is currently the best reviewed new release of 2026

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By  Giovanni Colantonio
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Rockstar's GTA 6 reviews plan puts The Game Awards in a pickle

According to reports, hardly anyone will have played the game in time for GOTY nominations

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By  Oli Welsh
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Game of the Year's fiercest fight has nothing to do with GTA 6

Indie games might serve up the most competitive category at The Game Awards

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By  Oli Welsh
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Summer Game Fest made two big changes to the 2026 GOTY race

Fable out, Ocarina in

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007 First Light's GOTY chances are held back for one major reason

It's because of Bond, James Bond

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By  Oli Welsh
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Forza Horizon 6 is the first racing game to stand a chance for Game of the Year

Is The Game Awards jury about to change its tune?

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By  Oli Welsh
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Mixtape might be too toxic to be a Game of the Year contender

For such a simple proposition, things have gotten awfully complicated

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By  Oli Welsh
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Clair Obscur's astonishing Game of the Year run should change gaming for the better

We shouldn't let the fact it was expected blind us to how surprising it is

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