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Goodies 2020 Nominees
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Best Original Reporting
"New allegations show the cycle of abuse and misconduct runs deep at Ubisoft" by Chris Kerr at Gamasutra
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/368010/New_allegations_show_the_cycle_of_abuse_and_misconduct_runs_deep_at_Ubisoft.php
"How the Polish Indie Scene Exploded in the Wake of the Witcher" by Cian Maher at Uppercut
https://uppercutcrit.com/how-the-polish-indie-scene-exploded-in-the-wake-of-the-witcher/
"Is the games industry open to working class people?" by Jason Coles at GI.Biz
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-11-02-how-to-break-into-the-industry-from-a-working-class-background
"Black History Month: Where Are Our Black Gaming Journalists?" by Jeffrey Rousseau at USG
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/black-history-month-where-are-our-black-gaming-journalists
"Cynthia Harrell, The Woman Who Sang 'Snake Eater,' Is Ready To Be Heard Again" by Ash Parrish at Kotaku
https://kotaku.com/cynthia-harrell-the-woman-who-sang-snake-eater-is-rea-1845440278
"The Closing Walls Around China’s Independent Game Developers" by Khee Hoon Chan at EGM
https://egmnow.com/the-closing-walls-around-chinas-independent-game-development-scene/
"Here’s how Temtem’s community helped Crema Games strive for inclusive language" by Astrid Johnson at Gayming Mag
https://gaymingmag.com/2020/08/heres-how-temtems-community-helped-crema-games-strive-for-inclusive-language/
"Former employees accuse Cards Against Humanity of a racist and sexist office culture" by Nicole Carpenter at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/23/21300435/cards-against-humanity-max-temkin-report
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Best Ongoing Coverage - Guides, Service Writing, Etc
Fanbyte's Yakuza Like A Dragon guides
https://www.fanbyte.com/tag/yakuza-like-a-dragon/
PC Gamer's Fortnite coverage (2020 only)
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite/
USGamer's Paper Mario guides
https://www.usgamer.net/games/paper-mario-the-origami-king
Can I Play That's? Accessibility reviews (2020 only)
https://caniplaythat.com/category/accessibility-reviews/
GamesIndustry.biz 'Game Changers'
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-12-07-introducing-the-gi-100-game-changers
Patricia Hernandez (Polygon)'s Fallout 76 coverage (2020 only)
https://www.polygon.com/users/patriciahernandez/search?q=fallout&type=Article
Kenneth Shepard's (Fanbyte) TLOU2 coverage (2020 only)
https://www.fanbyte.com/tag/the-last-of-us-part-ii/
Super Parent's Pokemon Sword/Shield coverage
https://superparent.com/topic/pokemon-sword
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Best Criticism / Review
"New Horizons Looks Pretty, But I Just Want My Old Animal Crossing Back" by Dia Lacina at Paste
https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/animal-crossing-new-horizons-/animal-crossing-original-was-better/
"'Watch Dogs: Legion' Promises Revolution, But Mostly Delivers Distraction" by Austin Walker at Vice
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdy5y/watch-dogs-legion-review
"The video game apocalypses are already here - and they're all around us" by Ewan Wilson at Eurogamer
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-05-06-the-video-game-apocalypses-are-already-here-and-its-all-around-us
"A Shallow Understanding" by Haru Nicol at Bullet Points
https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/2020/08/20/shallow-understanding-ghost-of-tsushima
"'Spider-Man: Miles Morales' Dazzles and Disappoints" by Gita Jackson on Vice
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5bb37/spider-man-miles-morales-ps5-review
"Star Wars: Squadrons Explores the Changing Face of Fascism" by Yussef Cole at Wired
https://www.wired.com/story/star-wars-squadrons-changing-face-fascism/
"Yakuza: Like A Dragon Review – Humanizing Me As An Immigrant" by Monti Velez at Uppercut
https://uppercutcrit.com/yakuza-like-a-dragon-review-humanizing-me-as-an-immigrant/
"‘Spiritfarer’: A beautiful adventure about serenity and compassion in the wake of death" by Elise Favis at WaPo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/reviews/spiritfarer-beautiful-adventure-about-serenity-compassion-wake-death/
"The mainstream FPS only knows one kind of Latina" by Natalie Flores at RPS
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-mainstream-fps-only-knows-one-kind-of-latina
"Final Fantasy 7 Remake is a flawed, but fascinating, reimagining of a classic" by Carolyn Petit at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/reviews/2020/4/6/21208806/final-fantasy-7-remake-review-playstation-4
"PS5 — Can I Play That Console Accessibility Review" by Courtney Craven at CIPT?
https://caniplaythat.com/2020/11/06/ps5-accessibility-review-can-i-play-that/
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Best List
"WHO WON IN THE FIRST GAME AWARDS?" by Kate Willaert at Video Game History Foundation
https://gamehistory.org/first-video-game-awards/
"What Your Favorite Genshin Impact Characters Say About You" by Aiden Strawhun at Fanbyte
https://www.fanbyte.com/lists/what-your-favorite-genshin-impact-characters-say-about-you/
"What the Video Game Monster Girl of Your Dreams Says About You" by Ty-Galiz Rowe at Fanbyte
https://www.fanbyte.com/lists/what-the-video-game-monster-girl-of-your-dreams-says-about-you/
"Editor’s Pick | The Best Indie Games of 2020" by Morgan Shaver at Prima Games
https://primagames.com/feature/editors-pick-best-indie-games-2020
"Every type of Fall Guy, classified" by Jeremy Peel at PC Gamer
https://www.pcgamer.com/every-type-of-fall-guy-classified/
"21 Weird Things That Happened in the Original Final Fantasy 7" by Anthony McGlynn at IGN
https://www.ign.com/articles/21-weird-things-that-happened-in-the-original-final-fantasy-7
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Best Extended Form Piece
"A NEW WAVE OF INDIES ARE USING GAMES TO EXPLORE CLIMATE CHANGE" by Cian Maher at The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/13/21135321/video-games-climate-change-beyond-blue-bee-simulator-temtem-endling
"Exploring gaming’s new generation of elderly protagonists" by Alexander Chatziioannou at Wireframe
https://wireframe.raspberrypi.org/articles/exploring-gamings-new-generation-of-elderly-protagonists
"Jerry Lawson revolutionized video gaming from his Silicon Valley garage. Then the world forgot him" by Annie Vainshtein at SFChronicle
"Ghost of Tsushima, Kurosawa, and the political myth of the samurai" by Kazuma Hashimoto at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2020/7/23/21333631/ghost-of-tsushima-kurosawa-films-samurai-japan-abe-politics
"Street Fighter 3 - An Oral History" by Matt Leone at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/8/22151873/street-fighter-3-an-oral-history
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Experimental Form
"New Jersey Transit" review by Waverly at 100WordGaming
https://100wordgaming.com/2020/08/18/new-jersey-transit/
https://www.flashgamehistory.com/
"DREAM AND THEN A NIGHTMARE" by Ed Smith
https://restlessdreamsbook.com/2020/10/04/dream-and-then-a-nightmare/
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Best Feature or "Other" Written Work
"Essay On Valorant and Transition" by Renata Price on Medium
https://medium.com/@brennanrprice/essay-on-valorant-and-transition-c4e337ba6fea
"The mainstream FPS only knows one kind of Latina" by Natalie Flores on RPS
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-mainstream-fps-only-knows-one-kind-of-latina
"I Love How Yakuza: Like A Dragon Humanizes Homelessness" by Lianna Rupert at GameInformer
https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/11/17/i-love-how-yakuza-like-a-dragon-humanizes-homelessness
"The Last of Us Part II Is the First Blockbuster Game in Which I Can See Myself" by Natalie Flores on Paste
https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/the-last-of-us-part-ii/the-last-of-us-part-ii-romance/
"Get Equipped With Righteous Violence in Treachery in Beatdown City" by Dia Lacina on Paste
https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/treachery-in-beatdown-city/get-equipped-with-righteous-violence-in-treachery/
"MGS3's "Snake Eater" Is Good Enough To Be A Bond Theme" by Ash Parrish at Kotaku
https://kotaku.com/mgs3s-snake-eater-is-good-enough-to-be-a-bond-theme-1845271335
"‘Battle for Middle-earth’ exposed the stresses of game development. They haven’t gone away." by Matt Paprocki at WaPo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/12/03/battle-middle-earth-crunch/
"Battle royales are changing the way we play video games for the better" by Vikki Blake at NME
https://www.nme.com/features/battle-royales-are-changing-the-way-we-play-video-games-for-the-better-2660317
"Shigeru Miyamoto Wants to Create a Kinder World" by Simon Parkin at the New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/shigeru-miyamoto-wants-to-create-a-kinder-world
"It sucks that Cyberpunk 2077’s edgelord marketing worked so well" by Stacey Henley at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/4/22058784/cyberpunk-2077-marketing-cd-projekt-red-transphobia
"Cruelty and Handheld Lo-Fi Filmmaking in Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days" by Cole Henry at Medium
https://inthelobby.medium.com/cruelty-and-handheld-lo-fi-filmmaking-in-kane-lynch-2-dog-days-ed70d93240b4
"Chasing the Anti-Colonial Video Game" by Zeb Larson at Uppercut
https://uppercutcrit.com/chasing-the-anti-colonial-video-game/
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Best Sports Game Coverage
"FIFA 21 review: high-scoring fun marred by pay-to-win loot boxes - again" by Wesley Yin-Poole at Eurogamer
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-06-fifa-21-review-high-scoring-fun-marred-by-pay-to-win-loot-boxes-again
"An absurdist baseball game is tearing up the internet, thanks to fans" by Sam Greszes at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/features/2020/8/6/21357131/blaseball-fans-absurd-baseball-sim-the-game-band
"THPS 1 + 2 Remastered Is About A New, Diverse Era Of Skating, Too" by Michael Higham
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/thps-1-2-remastered-is-about-a-new-diverse-era-of-/1100-6481848/
"Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater remake reflects the changing culture of skateboarding" by Cole Henry at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/18/21440136/tony-hawks-pro-skater-1-and-2-remake-skateboarding-culture-boys-club
"NHL 21 Review: This Year's Entry Struggles to Light the Lamp" by Kat Bailey at USGamer
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/nhl-21-review
"How Blaseball Became a Collaborative Sports League of Peanuts and Hellfire" by Eric Van Allen at USGamer
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/blaseball-interview-feature-making-of-peanuts-and-hellfire
"Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure removed the toxicity from my workouts" by Sam Grezses at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/25/21266228/ring-fit-adventure-quarantine-fitness-toxicity-nintendo-switch
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Best Indie Game Coverage
"Get Back To Work" by Kaile Hultner at NoEscape
https://noescapevg.com/get-back-to-work/
"‘Soon, Only the Ocean’ is One of the Best Games of 2020, But You Can’t Play It" by Jack Yarwood at Fanbyte
https://www.fanbyte.com/features/soon-only-the-ocean/
"In stunning indie visual novel If Found..., you must erase to rebuild" by Nicole Carpenter at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/reviews/2020/5/19/21263553/if-found-dreamfeel-annapurna-interactive-visual-novel-review
"Where Are All The Fat Queer Video Game Characters?" by Aimee Hart at Gayming Mag
https://gaymingmag.com/2020/10/where-are-all-the-fat-queer-video-game-characters/
"The next chapter of Indigenous representation in video games" by Molly C. Beer at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/features/2020/2/25/21150973/indigenous-representation-in-video-games
Service Jobs in Video Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdrsoAYK69g&feature=emb_logo
The System Behind Hades' Astounding Dialogue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwdYL0KFA_U&t=26s
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Best Family Gaming Content
"Tom Nook, Take Me Away! 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Is A Perfect Escape" by Kaity Kline at NPR
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/24/820271472/tom-nook-take-me-away-animal-crossing-new-horizons-is-a-perfect-escape
"The Secret Land of Horses" by Lavinia Liang at Catapult
https://catapult.co/stories/the-secret-land-of-horses-horse-isle-class-race-the-internet-lavinia-liang
"PAPER MARIO: STICKER STAR, THE MOST UNDERRATED POP GAME OF THE 2010S" by Jed Pressgrove
https://gamebias.wordpress.com/2020/10/29/paper-mario-sticker-star-the-most-underrated-pop-game-of-the-2010s/
"Pokemon Sword & Shield Expansion Pass (Isle of Armor/The Crown Tundra) Review" by James Galizio at RPGSite
https://www.rpgsite.net/review/10413-pokemon-sword-shield-expansion-pass-isle-of-armor-the-crown-tundra-review
"17 awesome video games to play with your kids" by Mark Serrels at cnet
https://www.cnet.com/pictures/17-awesome-video-games-to-play-with-your-kids/
"Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics review: an embarrassment of riches" by Ben Kuchera at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/reviews/2020/6/1/21274434/clubhouse-games-51-worldwide-classics-review-ninintendo-switch
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Best Gamedev Piece
"Is the games industry open to working class people?" by Jason Coles at Gi.biz
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-11-02-how-to-break-into-the-industry-from-a-working-class-background
"How Blaseball Became a Collaborative Sports League of Peanuts and Hellfire" by Eric Van Allen at USGamer
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/blaseball-interview-feature-making-of-peanuts-and-hellfire
"A tour of the perfect world-building behind Disney’s Tower of Terror" by Ryan Benno at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/8/21272212/tower-of-terror-disney-world-building-environmental-storytelling-games
"Railroading is Good, Actually" by Evan Horner at Knucklebone (PAYWALL)
https://knucklebonemag.itch.io/knucklebone-issue-1
"Street Fighter 3 - An Oral History" by Matt Leone at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/8/22151873/street-fighter-3-an-oral-history
"Hard Lads is an important failure" by Robert Yang
https://www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2020/06/hard-lads-as-important-failure.html
"Eight years at Roblox" by Arseny Kapoulkine
https://zeux.io/2020/08/02/eight-years-at-roblox/
"Feature: The Making Of Star Fox Command" by Damien McFerran at Nintendo Life
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/12/feature_the_making_of_star_fox_command
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Accessibility & Inclusion
"The Last of Us Part II Accessibility Consultants — Advancing The Industry" by Ben Bayliss at CIPT?
https://caniplaythat.com/2020/06/23/the-last-of-us-2-accessibility-consultants-advancing-the-industry/
"How a visually impaired streamer hunts shiny Pokémon" by Ben Sledge at Eurogamer
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-01-how-a-visually-impaired-streamer-is-hunting-shiny-pokemon
"PS5 — Can I Play That Console Accessibility Review" by Courtney Craven at CIPT?
https://caniplaythat.com/2020/11/06/ps5-accessibility-review-can-i-play-that/
"Black 'The Sims 4' Players Are Changing One of the World’s Biggest Games" by Gita Jackson at Vice
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ay5a9/black-the-sims-4-players-are-changing-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-games
"How accessibility consultants are building a more inclusive video game industry behind the scenes" by Grant Stoner at WaPo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/02/25/how-accessibility-consultants-are-building-more-inclusive-video-game-industry-behind-scenes/
"Cyberpunk 2077 Epileptic PSA" by Liana Rupert at Game Informer
https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/12/07/cyberpunk-2077-epileptic-psa
"How Supergiant Games made the hack’n’slash accessible with Hades" by Ruth Cassidy at RPS
https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/12/07/cyberpunk-2077-epileptic-psa
Video Games Keep Hiding Their Accessibility Settings - Access-Ability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFL_47--Z48&feature=youtu.be
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eSports
"Nero’s New Routines Are Helping Him Adjust to Life Abroad" by Aron Garst at Overwatch League
https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/23426172
"Two Decades Later, There Simply Can't Be Another Marvel Vs. Capcom 2" by Eric Van Allen at USGamer
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/two-decades-later-there-simply-cant-be-another-marvel-vs-capcom-2
"An Esports Team Signed An 8 Year Old, But Nobody Is Sure If It’s Legal" by Nathan Grayson at Kotaku An Esports Team Signed An 8 Year Old, But Nobody Is Sure If It’s Legal
https://kotaku.com/an-esports-team-signed-an-8-year-old-but-nobody-is-sur-1845898629
"They dreamed of esports glory. Then their bodies broke down" by Chris Baraniuk at WIRED
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/esports-injuries-mental-health
"Rand: The RunAway roster was wasted on the Vancouver Titans" by Emily Rand at ESPN
https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/29143693/emily-rand-runaway-roster-was-wasted-vancouver-titans
How CS:GO's Dirtiest Cheater Inspired the Game's Most Ridiculous Meme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tZo5N5hQrs
"The Esports Empire You’ve Probably Never Heard Of" by Elizabeth Henges at EGM
https://egmnow.com/the-esports-empire-youve-probably-never-heard-of/
"Why These Players Are Making it Their Mission to Succeed Outside the All-Powerful Metagame" by Luke Winkie at USGamer
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/why-these-players-are-making-it-their-mission-to-succeed-outside-the-all-powerful-metagame
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Tabletop
"“We had to quarantine our games”: Friendly local game stores’ struggle to survive during coronavirus" by Matt Thrower at Dicebreaker
https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/board-game/feature/flgs-pandemic-survival-struggle
"What can board game Pandemic teach us about the real thing? We played with a disease expert to find out" by Jamie Taylor at Dicebreaker
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/pandemic/feature/pandemic-board-game-real-life-comparison
"One Good Thing: It’s witches vs. the patriarchy in this endlessly fun storytelling game" by Emily VanDerWerff at Vox
https://www.vox.com/culture/21499495/great-american-witch-rpg-game-witch-week
"AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER-INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE AND IMAGERY IN TOP-RANKED BOARD GAME RULEBOOKS" by Shelly Jones and Tanya Pobuda at Analog Game Studies
https://analoggamestudies.org/2020/12/an-analysis-of-gender-inclusive-language-and-imagery-in-top-ranked-board-game-rulebooks/
"Commander: The definitive history of Magic’s most popular format" by Charlie Hall at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/28/21266763/magic-the-gathering-commander-origins-elder-dragon-highlander-alaska-menery
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Best Series - Comic, Column, Video Series, Podcast, etc
"Killing Our Gods" by Grace Benfell at Uppercut
https://uppercutcrit.com/category/columns/killing-our-gods/
Party of One Podcast
https://www.partyofonepodcast.com/
Game Makers Toolkit
https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkBrownGMT
Retronauts
https://retronauts.com/topic/podcast/
"How Games Are Changing The World"
https://howgameschangetheworld.com/
Archipel Caravan
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8ITSuuvJQLc7zn-MdFc09Zu1QkFS20G1
Restless Dreams Book by Ed Smith
https://restlessdreamsbook.com/
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A/V Content - Individual
Life in the Shadow of Final Fantasy 7's Midgar by Jacob Geller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQAQ92dsOw4
Are Lives Outdated Game Design? by Game Maker's Toolkit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2CLO8CcBjg
The Feature That Almost Sank Disco Elysium | Audio Logs at GameSpot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X0-W5erEXw&feature=emb_title
A Lesson in Blackness by Spawn on Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SOlT1x8WXs&feature=youtu.be
Fodlan FM The Ingrid Controversy ft Hier
https://fodlanfm.podbean.com/e/episode-4-the-ingrid-controversy-ft-hier/
Video Games Keep Hiding Their Accessibility Settings - Access-Ability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFL_47--Z48&feature=youtu.be
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Special Award: Global Pandemic Writing
"The DeanBeat: What we’ve learned about pandemic gaming" by Dean Takahashi at VentureBeat
https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/07/the-deanbeat-what-weve-learned-about-pandemic-gaming/
"The Pandemic Could Be the End of Your Favorite Arcade" by Mathew Olson at USGamer
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/arcades-covid-19-coronavirus-shutdowns-fundraisers-livestreams-donations
"The pandemic canceled their wedding. So they held it in Animal Crossing." by Aron Garst at WaPo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/04/02/animal-crossing-wedding-coronavirus/
"A Pandemic, Seen From Rainbow Road" by Stephen K Hirst at EGM
https://egmnow.com/a-pandemic-seen-from-rainbow-road/
"Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure removed the toxicity from my workouts" by Sam Grezses at Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/25/21266228/ring-fit-adventure-quarantine-fitness-toxicity-nintendo-switch
"Islands Apart" by Renate at Video Dame
https://videoda.me/islands-apart-56eb5e4ba09
"How Animal Crossing’s fake industries let players afford real rent amid COVID-19" by Alexis Ong at Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/05/how-animal-crossing-has-become-an-experimental-playground-for-irl-business/
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IMPACT Award - the game that created the best critical discussions
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The Last of Us Part II
Ghost of Tsushima
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Cyberpunk 2077
Blaseball
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Indie Publication of the Year
Into the Spine
Uppercut
Bullet Points Monthly
Can I Play That?
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Major Publication of the Year
GameSpot
Polygon
Fanbyte
USGamer
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Games Writer of the Year
Kat Bailey
Natalie Flores
Cian Maher
Yussef Cole
Michael Higham
Nicole Carpenter
Stacey Henley
Courtney Craven
Elise Favis
Aron Garst
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