Summary
Open worldHarry Pottergame and one of 2023’s highest-rated new releases,Hogwarts Legacy, now has no chance of winning an award at The Game Awards 2023.Hogwarts Legacyreleased in early 2023 to widespread acclaim, but despite this, it wasn’t nominated for a single award at The Game Awards 2023.
ManyHogwarts Legacyfans were shocked when the game wasn’t nominated for a singlecategory at The Game Awards 2023. But even though the game wasn’t going to get recognition in any of the jury-voted categories at the big show, there was still a chance that it would be nominated for the Players' Voice award. Unlike the other categories at The Game Awards, Players' Voice is entirely voted on by fans.
It seems not enough fans cared to seeHogwarts Legacymake it to thefinal list of Players' Voice nominations. The Game Awards 2023 has recently confirmed that the final lineup for the Players' Voice category consists ofBaldur’s Gate 3,Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty,Genshin Impact,Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, andThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Some fans may be raising their eyebrows at a couple of the games listed, likeCyberpunk 2077: Phantom Libertysince it’s an expansion andGenshin Impactsince it launched three years ago, but fans ultimately get the final say on what is included in the category.
The Game Awards 2023 Players' Voice Nominees
It will be interesting to see which game takes home the Players' Voice prize at The Game Awards 2023.Baldur’s Gate 3earned a ton of goodwill with gamers and seems like it could very easily win, but there’s also a high chance thatGenshin Impactwill win yet again.Genshin Impactplayers are often rewarded with free Primogemswhenever the game wins something, and so they have extra motivation to ensure that it beats the other nominated games.
As far asHogwarts Legacygoes, it seems that the game is ultimately destined not to feature at The Game Awards 2023 at all.Hogwarts Legacy’s divisivenessalways made it questionable that the game would be featured at the event, though it was given another chance through the Players' Voice voting. The fact thatHogwarts Legacyfailed to make it to the final round suggests that the game may not have stood a chance against the other big Game Awards 2023 nominees anyway, though the lack of a nomination for certain categories, like Best Art Direction, Best Score & Music, Best Audio Design, and Best Role Playing Game, is still likely to cause some fans to scratch their heads.
