LogInThe showrunner revealed that the team considered such categories as Best Remake and Best Supporting Actor.
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Ahead of the upcoming The Game Awards 2023, Geoff Keighley, the host and producer of the event, held a Q&A session on Twitch, providing insights into TGA and addressing some burning questions from the community.
During the session, among many other topics, Keighley was asked about the potential introduction of new categories for The Game Awards. He responded by stating that, although this year's event will not include any additional awards, the team regularly discusses the possibility of introducing new categories.
Over the years, the team has contemplated such categories as Best DLC, Best Remake or Remaster, and Best Supporting Actor, which come with their own sets of advantages and disadvantages and require thorough consideration before potential introduction.
"I've seen people online saying 'Why don't you have a Best DLC category', which is kind of like the Ongoing Game category," commented Keighley (via VGC). "Typically that's been live service games but this year Cyberpunk 2077 is nominated, and when people ask why it's nominated – well, because they improved the base game in a big way with version 2.0 and Phantom Liberty.
The other thing people always ask is why don't we have a Best Remake or Remaster category. We've talked about it. I think the question is, are there five amazing remakes every year? Some years there are – there were some amazing ones this year, obviously Resident Evil 4 is nominated for Game of the Year. Dead Space, a bunch of other good ones that came out this year. And the question also then is would those remakes not be eligible for Game of the Year?
We've talked about [the Best Supporting Actor category]. There are lots of great performances. On the other side, we do have some people who say 'You guys focus a bit too much on the narrative aspects of games', and 'You're too much like the Oscars, you have writing and acting and those types of awards, and you should be focused more on gameplay driven things'."
At the Q&A session, Keighley also discussed the security measures for The Game Awards 2023, mentioning that the team is adopting additional precautions this year to prevent interruptions similar to the ones that took place at The Game Awards 2022 and gamescom 2023.
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