Palworld Community Manager Responds to Game Awards ‘Snub’ Claims

Posted by By our-little-miss-is-home November 21, 2024 5 Views 6 Min Read
Palworld Community Manager Responds to Game Awards 'Snub' Claims

Key Takeaways

  • Palworld’s absence from The Game Awards nominations has caused some fans to think the game was deliberately snubbed.
  • The Palworld’s Community Manager has weighed in, saying he doesn’t think the game was snubbed.
  • Some of The Game Awards 2024 nominees have caused controversy.



Palworld‘s Community Manager has commented on the claims that the game was deliberately snubbed from the recently announced list of The Game Awards 2024 nominees. Despite being one of 2024’s most popular games, Palworld was not nominated for a single award, leading many fans to assume that the game had been purposefully omitted.

Pocketpair’s Palworld took the world by storm after its early access release in January, quickly selling over eight million copies in six days and claiming its place among some of the bestselling PC games of all time. Palworld is also the third most played game in Steam history in terms of concurrent players, boasting a staggering all-time high of 2,101,867 active players, behind only PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and Game of the Year contender Black Myth: Wukong. Palworld’s absence from any of The Game Awards 2024’s categories left many fans claiming the game was deliberately snubbed from the awards.


forza-horizon-5-the-game-awards

Related
Forza Horizon 5 Throws Shade at The Game Awards

The developers of Forza Horizon 5 throw shade at The Game Awards after the nominations for the popular award show are revealed.

Pocketpair’s Global Community Manager, John “Bucky” Buckley, has now addressed these accusations, humorously implying that gamers must stop reading so much into the game’s lack of nominations. “No, I don’t think Palworld was snubbed,” Bucky revealed on Twitter. “Twitter has become such a banterless place. Stop being so over dramatic gamers. Not everything is a conspiracy.” With typical humor, he then suggested that aside from Palworld, other great games also missed out on The Game Awards 2024 nominations. “That being said,” joked Bucky, “Satisfactory was 1000% snubbed and I’ll be voicing that opinion ad nauseam at The Game Awards in person.”


Pocketpair Claims Palworld Was Not “Snubbed” at The Game Awards 2024


There may be good reasons for Palworld’s lack of TGA nominations. Despite Palworld’s staggering sales figures and recent “overwhelmingly positive” reviews on Steam, Palworld is still in early access and therefore technically unfinished, which could potentially disqualify it from any nominations. Furthermore, until Palworld is officially released, the shadow of Nintendo’s 10 million yen lawsuit leaves the game’s future in a somewhat precarious position. Despite these setbacks, Palworld’s developers seem content for other games to have their moment in the spotlight.


Aside from the issues surrounding Palworld’s surprising omission, some of The Game Award’s chosen nominees have also received their fair share of controversy. Astro Bot, Black Myth: Wukong, Balatro, and Metaphor: Refantazio all battle it out for the prestigious title of Game of the Year, but fellow contenders Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth have raised more than a few eyebrows. Although few gamers would question the quality of these two nominees, their inclusion in the line-up has begun a debate over whether The Game Awards should allow DLC expansions and remakes to compete alongside original titles, or whether the sheer number of high-quality remakes warrants their inclusion in an entirely new category. Gamers can voice their opinion and cast their votes before the winners are announced during The Game Awards livestream on December 12.

Source link