GONG WRONG

When does a winner not really feel like a winner?

Also absent from proceedings this year were the Game Critics Awards, organised by the omnipresent Geoff Keighley, in which a pool of global media, us included, nominate the best games that were playable at the show. In its place came the official E3 Awards, and in keeping with the broader theme of this year’s E3, they paled against what they were meant to replace. Winners were chosen by just half a dozen participants, with categories limited to the ‘most anticipated’ game shown by each company that held a presentation under the official E3 2021 banner. The most anticipated game overall? Forza Horizon 5, despite Halo: Infinite winning the Xbox/Bethesda category.