Subj : Geoff Keighley says Best Independent Game is a really complicated
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Date : Mon Nov 27 2023 15:45:05

Geoff Keighley says Best Independent Game is a really complicated category to 
define

Date:
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:41:32 +0000

Description:
The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley says that Best Independent Game is a 
"really complicated" category to give strict rules to.

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The host of The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley, has acknowledged the confusion 
surrounding which games can be considered eligible for the Best Independent 
Game category, and says its its a really complicated thing to figure out. 

This came up during a livestream on Twitch yesterday (November 26), in which 
one fan asked Keighley what the thought process was behind Dave the Diver s 
Best Independent Game nomination. For context, the underwater adventure game 
is developed by Mintrocket, a subsidiary of the large South Korean game 
publisher Nexon, which has prompted many to question if it should have been 
eligible for nomination in the first place. 

Its a great question. Independent can mean different things to different 
people, and its sort of a broad term, Keighley said. You can argue does 
independent mean the budget of the game? Does independent mean where the 
source of financing was, is it based on the team size? Is it the kind of 
independent spirit of the game, meaning a smaller game thats sort of 
different? I think everyone has their own opinion about this, and we really 
defer to our jury, 120 global media outlets, that vote on these awards, to 
kind of make that determination of is something independent or not. 

He continued, adding that the conversations over whether Dave the Diver is 
truly independent or not is a fair debate and discussion. He also 
acknowledged that there are other games on [the Best Independent Game list] 
that are from much smaller studios. 

Its a really complicated thing to figure out and come up with strict rules 
around it, so we kind of let people use their best judgment, and you can 
agree or disagree with the choices, he explained. But the fact that Dave the 
Diver was on that list meant that out of all the independent games that the 
jury looked at, or what they thought were independent games, that was one of 
the top five that they looked at this year. 

Before wrapping up his response, Keighley added: Were open to thinking, 
moving forward, how do you define that category, but you have to come up with 
a criteria. 

The other games nominated for The Game Awards Best Independent Game this year 
are Geometric Interactives puzzle game Cocoon , Sabotage Studios role-playing 
game Sea of Stars , Sad Owl Studios puzzle-platformer Viewfinder , and Black 
Salt Games fishing game Dredge . 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/geoff-keighley-says-best-independent-game-is-
a-really-complicated-category-to-define


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