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The Game Awards Puts Future Class on Hold, Scraps 2025 Cohort

The decision leaves honorees without organized support or oversight.

Overview

  • Future Class organizer Emily Weir told alumni there will be no 2025 cohort and no active programming for past or future honorees.
  • The alumni Discord server will remain online, though Weir said neither she nor Geoff Keighley is actively monitoring it.
  • Reporters noted the program’s webpage has been removed from The Game Awards site, eliminating an official public record of honorees.
  • Several former honorees, including Emma Kidwell and Anna Webster, criticized the lack of communication and follow-up support over the past year.
  • The program was absent from 2024’s show, following a 2023 cohort letter urging a Gaza ceasefire that drew no on-air response, and outlets have requested further comment from organizers.