The Game Awards 2026 nominations dropped this Monday, with Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 leading the pack with a whopping 12 nods (a brand-new record, by the way).
As always, the reveal sparked an immediate wave of discussions and that good old social-media chaos regarding each category, surprises, snubs, and so on – a situation that will also be repeated when the winners are revealed on December 11, so we’re just getting started.
In any case, one of the most talked-about topics right now is about Megabonk, a wildly fun and dangerously addictive indie, showing up in the “Debut Indie Game” category. Because, plot twist: it apparently isn’t the developer’s debut at all.
Developer Says Nomination Doesn't Feel Right as Megabonk Wasn’t His First Game
I get the hype around Megabonk, since it is basically a quite weird Vampire Survivors in full 3D space (which I love!), so I totally understand how some voters might have been eager to spotlight it somewhere on the TGA roster.
However, there is a tiny little problem: that spotlight landed on “Debut Indie Game,” alongside Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (don’t even get me started on this one being considered indie),...
