Geoff Keighley has revealed some new details and modifications for The Game Awards this year, including removing the “World Premiere” title, commenting on Dave the Diver being nominated as an independent game, and beefing up security to prevent future stage crashers.
Keighley responded to a viewer’s inquiry regarding how many global premieres will feature at The Game Awards this year in a webcast from yesterday’s Q&A session. Keighley said that he doesn’t have a definite number and that it will be “around the same” but then moved on to debate what makes a world premiere.
“Actually, you’ll see this year that we frequently put up those cards that say ‘world premiere, world premiere’… We’re going away from it because everything is kind of, ‘Is it a first look? “Is it an announcement?” Keighley asked. “So we just treat it all as great game content.”
When asked if they would implement further security measures to prevent stage crashers, Keighley stated that they would but avoided going into specifics (to avoid giving potential stage crashers any revealing information). “Yeah, we are,” he confirmed. “We don’t want to talk about that stuff too publicly, just because it’s security.”
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Keighley’s increased security is unsurprising. At last year’s Game Awards, someone rushed the stage toward the conclusion, approaching the microphone and making the notorious “orthodox rabbi Bill Clinton” remark.
Two people rushed the stage during Keighley’s opening comments for Gamescom Opening Night Live, another event he produced less than a year later. The crusher made allusions to both the Game Awards invader and Grand Theft Auto 6.
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In addition, Keighley addressed the recent controversy surrounding Dave the Diver’s nomination for Best Indie Game, explaining that the Game Awards defer to their jury to determine what constitutes an independent game or not, adding that “independent can mean different things to different people and it’s sort of a broad term, right?”
“All right, Dave the Diver. That game was created by a group called Mint Rocket; it’s a smaller game from a smaller group, but it’s part of Nexon; they work for Nexon, a huge publisher. So, I think it’s a legitimate argument and conversation – is that game genuinely autonomous or not?” Keighley added. “You may argue both sides. It’s independent in spirit, and it’s a modest game with a pretty small budget, but it’s from a larger organization, whereas other titles on that list are from far smaller companies.”
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