Megabonk Developer vedinad has announced that it is withdrawing its indie hit from consideration for Best Debut Indie Game. The Game Awards 2025. The announcement comes just one day after The Game Awards 2025 nominees were revealed on November 17. Here, fans can begin voting to choose the winner of each award category.
Released last September, Megabonk “Illustrated in 3D. vampire survivorThe “-like” game quickly became a standout entry in the popular Survivor-like genre. As a solo developer, vedinad's impressive achievements include: MegabonkSteam concurrent player count peaked at over 117,000 in October. with Mega Bonk Withdrawing the nominations, the remaining nominees for Best Debut Indie Game are:
- blue prince
- Claire Obsker: Expedition 33
- Deathpelott
- let go
Megabonk Withdraws Nomination for Best Debut Indie Game from The Game Awards 2025
In an article posted on Mega Bonk's official vedinad appreciates the community's support in nominating this candidate, but believes it is unfair to the other candidates. Mega Bonk It is considered a debut indie game, as other games have been developed under different names in the past. This post goes on to encourage fans to support other Best Debut Indie Game nominees instead.
Hopefully, vedinad added that players can look forward to new updates. Mega Bonk Coming soon. Players disappointed by this Megabonk It wouldn't be considered the best debut indie game. This little teaser gets us excited about the future of gaming.
The Game Awards 2025 is already causing controversy in several other categories, with some fans believing the title: ARC Raiders It didn't win awards like Best Audio Design and Game of the Year. Opinions were divided on the Best Performance nominations as well, with some fans feeling that three nominations were too many. Claire Obsker: Expedition 33 Must be in one category. Despite these controversies, Megabonk's withdrawal from consideration is the only one among this year's nominees to date.
It was nominated for Best Debut Indie Game, Mega Bonk It was not nominated for Best Independent Game. There is some overlap between these two categories, and candidates include:
- Absolum
- ball x pit
- blue prince
- Claire Obsker: Expedition 33
- hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
both Claire Obsker: Expedition 33 and blue prince It was nominated for Best Debut Indie Game and Best Independent Game. Fellow Best Debut Indie Game Nominee Deathpelott It was also nominated for a Games for Impact award.
Unfortunately, Best Debut Indie Game was the only award. Megabonk I was nominated. This means that if you withdraw from this category, your game will no longer be eligible to win the current award category. There is still some hope left. Megabonk That's because fans have the opportunity to win Player's Voice awards, which are determined entirely by player votes. Voting for the Player's Voice award is not currently open, so there's still a chance that the Megabonk community will rally around this game and win the award.
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