The GOTY 2025 race has remained surprisingly static for six months

At the start of 2025, it was unanimously expected that one game was set to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards, and there was nothing anybody else could do about it. That game was Grand Theft Auto 6. In May, Rockstar’s opus was delayed into 2026 and out of contention for this year’s award. In theory, the GOTY race was blown wide open.