Even Mortal Kombat 1's Fans Don't Think It Should Have Won A Best Multiplayer Award
Mortal Kombat 1 managed to win the Golden Joysticks award for "Best Multiplayer Game" last night, but even its own community and players don't think it was deserving.
Yesterday marked the 41st Golden Joysticks event, and boy was it a doozy. We already knew that this year's awards season was going to have to make a lot of tough calls with games like Alan Wake 2, Tears of the Kingdom, Spider-Man 2, and Baldur's Gate 3, but it seemed that most of the decisions were easy ones last night as Baldur's Gate 3 won nearly all of the big categories by a landslide.
Baldur's Gate 3 managed to win seven whole awards last night, including Studio of the Year, Game of the Year, Best Storytelling, and Best Visual Design, just to name a few.
Although you'd think that Larian's beloved RPG coming away with so many awards would be the most noteworthy thing to happen at the Golden Joysticks, it was actually another game's victory that got everyone talking, although perhaps not for the best reasons. One of the most surprising moments of the night was when Mortal Kombat 1 was awarded the "Best Multiplayer Game" award, something that's proven to be a controversial move.
The official Golden Joysticks Twitter page shared Mortal Kombat 1's victory, but it looks like a lot of people aren't happy about the decision. Pretty much all of the comments underneath the announcement post for the victory are calling out the decision, with one of the most upvoted posts pointing out all of the multiplayer features that Mortal Kombat 1 is still missing, like crossplay, online lobbies, online training modes, and a whole lot more.
Most of the other comments underneath the post are pointing to what many players consider to be a more worthy victor for Best
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