Dragon Age: The Veilguard snubbed, even from the RPG category

This year, Bioware put out Dragon Age: The Veilguard and it might be one of the company’s best games since the original Mass Effect trilogy. We here at Kotaku really like it. I’m currently in the middle of a 40+ hour playthrough and I’m loving it. Sure, it’s not perfect and some might miss the darker tone of the older Dragon Age games, but what’s here is a very good RPG that expertly balances combat, exploration, and narrative.

And yet, Veilguard only got one nomination at this year’s Game Awards. The new RPG from Bioware was nominated for “Innovation In Accessibility,” a very important category, and the devs should be proud. Still, it’s a bit wild that Veilguard failed to receive any other nominations at this year’s Game Awards. Perhaps the game was too new and too big, and so too few jurors had gotten a chance to finish it and vote for it. Or maybe it had some support, but it was too divisive to get enough votes in any one category. It’s a shame that one of the best BioWare RPGs in years won’t have a chance to win in the RPG category, yet a DLC for Elden Ring is in there. Strange year. — Zack Zwiezen