The nominations for this year's The Game Awards were announced earlier this week, and fans can place their votes on which games they want to see take home this year's awards. The demand for this was strong, so much so that The Game Awards website crashed--now, organizer and host Geoff Keighley has apologized for the website's struggles and said work was done to improve the experience.
"We've seen truly unprecedented levels of global voting activity for The Game Awards this year--tens of millions of votes in the first 24 hours alone. I know some of you have experienced errors and lag while voting, and I want to apologize," he said.
Keighley went on to say that his teams have been "working around the clock" to help "improve the experience" for people looking to cast their vote online. Voting is open until December 10, so no one needs to rush to vote, Keighley reminded people.
"I'll keep you updated as we continue to improve performance. Thank you--from all of us--for your passion, patience, and support for TGA," he said.
Fan-voting makes up 10% of the vote for each category at The Game Awards, with the other 90% coming down to The Game Awards jury. For more, check out GameSpot's breakdown of how The Game Awards winners are decided.
As for the top prize, there are six games up for overall Game of the Year--these include Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II.
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"We've seen truly unprecedented levels of global voting activity for The Game Awards this year--tens of millions of votes in the first 24 hours alone. I know some of you have experienced errors and lag while voting, and I want to apologize," he said.
Keighley went on to say that his teams have been "working around the clock" to help "improve the experience" for people looking to cast their vote online. Voting is open until December 10, so no one needs to rush to vote, Keighley reminded people.
"I'll keep you updated as we continue to improve performance. Thank you--from all of us--for your passion, patience, and support for TGA," he said.
Fan-voting makes up 10% of the vote for each category at The Game Awards, with the other 90% coming down to The Game Awards jury. For more, check out GameSpot's breakdown of how The Game Awards winners are decided.
As for the top prize, there are six games up for overall Game of the Year--these include Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II.
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