[Update 2: After a three-part audience vote with game-of-the-year contenders,Halo Infinitewasdeclared the winnerof the Players’ Voice award at The Game Awards 2021.]
[Update: The list of nominees for the Players’ Voice award started at 30 games, then it was whittled down to ten, and now there are just five finalists left at The Game Awards 2021. The polls are still open, and the winner will be eitherHalo Infinite,It Takes Two,Metroid Dread,Resident Evil Village, orForza Horizon 5. We’ll find out on December 8.]
With constantly shifting results, it’s fun to keep tabs on the audience vote at The Game Awards. 2021 has no shortage of potential game-of-the-year contenders vying for the top spot, and if you want to help your favorites — or if you’re just curious to see what other folks are rallying behind — then thePlayers’ Voice sectionis worth a look.
Public voting opened on December 2 with 30 games in the running and 10 votes available, so fans can cast a pretty wide net right now. Here’s the nominee list, which is a mix of games that launched in 2021 and some unshakable giants that are still hanging on:
At the time of writing,Halo Infiniteis at the top with eight percent of the Players’ Voice vote.Resident Evil VillageandForza Horizon5are right behind it at seven percent, followed byIt Takes Twowith six percent, and several great titles at five percent:Psychonauts 2,Metroid Dread,Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, andRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart.
From here,round twoof The Game Awards audience voting will begin on December 5 (with ten nominees and five votes to cast), and then thethird and final roundwill start on December 7 (with five nominees and a single vote). Then it’s thelive showon Dec. 9.
Again, it’s just the first round of voting at The Game Awards 2021, so expect big shifts as the nominee pool continues to shrink and fandoms rally. Last year’s Players’ Voice award ultimatelywent toGhost of Tsushima, which seemed spot-on. It’s a well-liked game!
As forHalo Infinite, the campaign isn’t out yet, but a ton of us surelove the multiplayer.
