I know the Game Awards are not exactly some longstanding institution with precedents set in bedrock, but it feels weird seeing a DLC/Expansion in contention for “Game of the Year.” Especially when the game the DLC is for already won Game of the Year.

I agree that Shadow of the Erdtree was a massive “game-sized” expansion, and I’m certainly not trying to minimize the work that went into it. But at the same time, DLC (as good as it might be) tends to build upon foundations already laid in the core game. Foundations that, in this case, were already considered and judged for this category.

The Diablo 4 expansion was pretty great, and while I haven’t played them, I’ve heard good things about the Factorio expansion and what Destiny has put out. Do you think it would make more sense to create a category for expansions to existing games, so they could be judged along similar criteria? Is it unfair to simply add more content to a game that has already garnered critical and commercial success and take a GOTY nomination spot from a game that hit the shelves this year?

Thanksgiving tomorrow, no comic Friday. Back on Monday!