Elden Ring DLC Not Eligible for BAFTA's Best Game Award

"Full games" only.At this point, it's possible the whole Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree expansion probably taking home Game of the Year at Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards thing may have gotten under our skin. We're all FromSoftware fans here, but at the end of the day, DLC does not a full game make. Maintaining some sense of sanity in this world, Shadow of the Erdtree will not be eligible for the BAFTA's coveted Best Game Award, which is reserved for "full games" only.Finally, order to the chaos. The prestigious British Academy of Film and Television Arts confirmed to Eurogamer that DLC and updates are eligible for consideration as part of its Evolving Game category but are ineligible for Best Game. Last year, Baldur's Gate 3 unsurprisingly took home five awards, including Best Game, and is up for consideration for Evolving Game; well deserved, as anyone who has followed Larian's unbelievably generous free post-launch support can attest. Clear, concise, and logical.Read the full article on pushsquare.com

At this point, it's possible the whole Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree expansion probably taking home Game of the Year at Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards thing may have gotten under our skin. We're all FromSoftware fans here, but at the end of the day, DLC does not a full game make. Maintaining some sense of sanity in this world, Shadow of the Erdtree will not be eligible for the BAFTA's coveted Best Game Award, which is reserved for "full games" only.

Finally, order to the chaos. The prestigious British Academy of Film and Television Arts confirmed to Eurogamer that DLC and updates are eligible for consideration as part of its Evolving Game category but are ineligible for Best Game. Last year, Baldur's Gate 3 unsurprisingly took home five awards, including Best Game , and is up for consideration for Evolving Game; well deserved, as anyone who has followed Larian's unbelievably generous free post-launch support can attest.

Clear, concise, and logical. Sadly, the BAFTA's aren't revealed until April, missing the end-of-the-year hype train that has become Geoff's exclusive province. And let's be honest with ourselves: we all know Keighley's got the goods .

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