The Game Awards 2021 took a different direction this year and announced six awards during the pre-show, along with some first-seen game trailers. The categories that won an award during the pre-show received no stage time and did not collect a trophy on-air. When announcing these pre-show awards, the nominees were not even read aloud, making it feel like The Game Awards isn't an awards show anymore.
The fans did receive many announcements like Slitterhead from Bokeh Game Studio and Wonder
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