Hey, this is going up a little earlier than usual, isn't it?
It certainly is! Welcome, once again, Chatty, because it's time to get YOUR Game of the Year! The Shacknews staff is going to spent the early portion of December deliberating across different categories and debating over our choices for 2021's Game of the Year. However, I'm going to give you guys MUCH more time than I have in the past. Remember that not only are we naming the Chatty Game of the Year, but your collective vote also counts towards the overall Shacknews Game of the Year. So yes, your vote counts!
Below' you're going to find a Google Form for your Top 5 of 2021. I don't even know what the state of the pandemic is anymore, but I hope the pandemic has meant you've had more time to play video games... unless you've come out of it, in which case, who knows? Regardless, I'm going to make this very easy. Give me YOUR Game of the Year and YOUR runner-up. You can give me all the way up to your Top 5, but I will not require it.
Here's the scoring system:
- #1 - 10 points
- #2 - 8 points
- #3 - 5 points
- #4 - 3 points
- #5 - 1 point
There is a Chatty handle question at the end. Duplicate votes will be tossed.
Restrictions apply. No DLCs, no Early Access, no last-gen remasters, no episodic games that have not ended by the end of 2021, and only games originally released this year! Because Microsoft are a bunch of jerks who decided to complicate things, I am going to make Halo Infinite eligible. Games released during the voting period (Fights in Tight Spaces coming out of Early Access, Big Brain Academy coming to Switch, and the aforementioned Halo Infinite) are also eligible.
If you forgot what came out this year, here's our 2021 Video Game Release Dates Calendar.
You have until FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10 at 11:59PM ET, so you have a few weeks to think about this. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE RIGHT AWAY, so if you want to wait to play some of the newer releases, you've got time.
The form awaits! Get in there!
