THE GAME AWARDS 2025 Nominees Revealed! - Angry Reaction!
Quick Overview
The content creators react to and predict the nominees for The Game Awards 2025 across various categories, including Best Performance, Best Ongoing Game, Best Mobile Game, Best Art Direction, Best Score & Music, Best Debut Indie Game, Best VR/AR Game, Best Action/Adventure Game, Best Sim/Strategy Game, Best Sports/Racing Game, Best Family Game, Best Esports Game, Best Esports Athlete, Best Esports Team, and Game of the Year, often expressing surprise or agreement with the revealed nominations.
Key Points: The video features a reaction to the revealed nominees for The Game Awards 2025, with the creators making predictions for each category. For Best Performance, nominees included Ben Starr (Expedition 33), Charlie Cox, Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yotei), Jennifer English, and Troy Baker (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle). Best Ongoing Game nominees included Dawn Trail (Final Fantasy XIV), Fortnite, Helldivers II, Marvel Rivals, and No Man's Sky. Best Mobile Game nominees included Destiny Rising, P5X (Persona 5 The Phantom X), Sonic Rumble, Umamusume Pretty Derby, and Wuthering Waves. Best Game Direction nominees included Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Ghost of Yotei, Hades II, and Split Fiction. The Game of the Year nominees included Expedition 33, Hades II, KCD 2, Silksong, and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. The creators noted that the Players' Voice nominees would be revealed on Monday, December 1st.
Context: Three content creators, including Angry Joe, react live to the revealed nominees for The Game Awards 2025, which are presented via a simulated nomination special featuring various game categories. The creators offer immediate commentary, predictions, and opinions on the listed nominees for each award, reacting with surprise, excitement, and occasional frustration to the selections.
Detailed Analysis
The video captures a live reaction from three content creators to a simulated reveal of The Game Awards 2025 nominees. The hosts begin by discussing the general excitement and the timing of the awards (usually December). They proceed through numerous categories, often pausing to react to each nominee reveal. Categories covered include Best Performance, where Troy Baker for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was nominated, and Best Ongoing Game, featuring titles like Helldivers II and Fortnite. The Best Mobile Game category included Destiny Rising and Sonic Rumble. For Best Art Direction, Expedition 33 and Hades II were shown. Best Score & Music featured Christopher Larkin (Hollow Knight: Silksong) and Darren Korb (Hades II). Best Debut Indie Game included Absolum, Ball X Pit, Blue Prince, Expedition 33, Dispatch, Megabonk, and Hollow Knight: Silksong. Best VR/AR Game featured Alien: Rogue Incursion and Marvel Deadpool VR. Best Action/Adventure Game included Death Stranding 2 and Hollow Knight: Silksong, while Best Sim/Strategy Game featured Civilization VI and Jurassic World Evolution 3. Best Sports/Racing Game included FC26, F1 25, Mario Kart World, Rematch, and Sonic Racing Cross Worlds. Best Family Game showcased Donkey Kong Bananza, LEGO Party!, LEGO Voyagers, Mario Kart World, and Sonic Racing Cross Worlds. Best Esports Game nominees were Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, League of Legends, Marvel Rivals, and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. Best Esports Athlete nominees included Brawk, Kai Cenat, MoistCr1TiKaL, Sakura Miko, The Burnt Peanut, Chovy, Forsaken, Kakeru, and Menard. Best Esports Team included Gen.G, NRG Valorant, Team Falcons, Team Liquid PH, and Team Vitality. The Game of the Year nominees included Expedition 33, Hades II, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. The segment concluded with the announcement that Players' Voice nominees would be revealed on Monday, December 1st, and the main show would start at 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET on December 12th.