Cyberpunk 2077 Fans Are Upset Over Shadow Of The Erdtree’s GOTY Nomination

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Cyberpunk 2077 Fans Are Upset Over Shadow Of The Erdtree's GOTY Nomination



Key Takeaways

  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree’s nomination for Game of the Year at this year’s Game Awards has ticked off Cyberpunk 2077 supporters.
  • They’re arguing that if DLC has been eligible for GOTY this whole time, Phantom Liberty deserved a nomination in 2023.
  • It’s even caused fans of other games to question previous years too, with The Witcher 3 fans wondering how Blood & Wine wasn’t nominated in 2016.

The Game Awards has now revealed its nominations for Game of the Year, and though there’s always intense debate surrounding which games did and didn’t deserve to make the cut, this year’s conversation is spicy due to the inclusion of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

A clarification to The Game Awards’ FAQ page was the first hint that Shadow of the Erdtree was eligible, as it was claimed that remakes, remasters, and DLC could be crowned Game of the Year. That was enough to get fans speculating, as long debates about whether DLC should actually be eligible dominated social media in the run-up to the nominations reveal. Now that we know Shadow of the Erdtree is in the running, debates have turned into anger.

Cyberpunk 2077 Fans Are Upset Over Shadow Of The Erdtree’s GOTY Nomination

While a lot of gamers out there are fuming about Shadow of the Erdtree’s nomination, fans of Cyberpunk 2077 seem to be angry for an entirely different reason. Rather than take issue with DLC being eligible, many fans (such as Twitter user SynthPotato) feel that this means Phantom Liberty was snubbed back in 2023, as the expansion was placed in the “Best Ongoing Game” category during the awards.

The main argument is that if Shadow of the Erdtree is eligible for this year – and that DLC has always been eligible – then Phantom Liberty should have been nominated for Game of the Year last year, as explained by Twitter user GeoffThew. There are even some claiming that games such as Super Mario Bros. Wonder should have been dropped instead. A lot of people admit that it probably wouldn’t have won, as it would’ve been up against the juggernaut that is Baldur’s Gate 3, but claim that it absolutely deserved to be nominated.

The CD Projekt Red logo, which is a red bird. Characters from Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty can be seen in the background

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In fact, lots of fanbases are now actually looking back to see which DLC or expansions should have been nominated if indeed these were the rules from the start. For example, there are lots of fans of The Witcher 3 (such as Twitter user Gintoxe) now irritated that Blood & Wine wasn’t nominated for GOTY back in 2016, while Final Fantasy 14 fans like DJPrincessK are also wondering why the Shadowbringers and Endwalker expansions weren’t nominated either.

It was always going to be a contentious set of nominations this year, with titles like Black Myth: Wukong, Stellar Blade, and Dragon Age: The Veilguard all at the center of their own culture wars, but The Game Awards and Geoff Keighley definitely haven’t helped themselves by angering Cyberpunk 2077 fans with this Shadow of the Erdtree nomination. Lord help us all if Shadow of the Erdtree actually wins.

cyberpunk 2077 phantom liberty

Phantom Liberty is the first and only major story expansion DLC for Cyberpunk 2077. Return to the game as V as she attempts to protect the NUS president, and meet Solomon Reed, voiced and portrayed by Hollywood star Idris Elba.

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