Overview
- Round one of Players' Voice voting opened Dec. 1 on The Game Awards website, with the first cutoff on Dec. 2.
- Developer Vedinad announced the ballot placement on X and posted "WE'RE SO BACK" as fans rallied support.
- Megabonk remains withdrawn from Best Debut Indie after the creator disclosed prior game releases.
- Players' Voice is decided entirely by the public through three elimination rounds starting from a large slate.
- The field features major AAA and live-service contenders such as Helldivers 2 and Fortnite, leaving Megabonk as an underdog.