With the 2024 edition of The Game Awards officially in the rearview, as expected, there has been some fallout. In the time since Thursday's show, we've learned more details about Mafia: The Old Country, as well as The Witcher 4.
That said, not every bit of fallout has been peachy. In particular, the CEO of Game Science, the studio behind Game of the Year nominee, Black Myth: Wukong, took to Chinese social media site, Weibo, to air out his frustrations over his title seemingly not winning the year-end award.
Was it nominated because it was truly excellent, or because it made a lot of money?
To start, it's important to note that Wukong did not leave the show empty-handed. Entering the event, the game had been nominated for five awards (Best Art Direction, Players' Choice, Best Action Game, Best Game Direction and Game of the Year). It left the event having won two (Players' Choice, Best Action).
Additionally, entering the event, Wukong stood as the lowest-rated game on Metacritic to ever be nominated for GOTY.
With that said, via the post, which can be found here, and has been roughly translated via Google and edited for clarity,...
