Starting now, fans will have an opportunity to award Sonic Frontiers an accolade from The Game Awards
Sonic Frontiers and four other games are one step closer to win The Game Awards' popular vote category. With the third and final round open for voting, Frontiers' destiny is rested entirely on the hands of the fans.
The open zone game qualified as the most voted title in the second round, which consisted of ten candidates. With ~17% of the vote, it fought for the first position against the popular "Genshin Impact" for several hours, before Sonic fans provided an extra last-minute push to put Frontiers on top.
As one of the initial 30 nominees, Frontiers comfortably qualified out of the first round with ~9% of the vote, besting titles like the highly anticipated "Pokémon Scarlet and Violet", and provided competition against two acclaimed contenders like "Elden Ring" and "God of War: Ragnarök" - both of which qualified to the third round.
Many passionate fans perceived that the "Players' Voice" category could be the one and only chance to directly award Sonic Frontiers, with a common perception that the game has been "snubbed" out of nominations that highlighted excellence in gameplay, story, or soundtrack.
Now, fans hold a unique opportunity to potentially award the Sonic the Hedgehog game series its first ever accolade from The Game Awards, following up on Sonic Mania's previous attempt in 2017.
To refresh, Sonic Frontiers will be facing against the following titles in the final round. Unlike the previous sets, fans can only vote for one title.
Elden Ring (From Software, Bandi Namco)
Genshin Impact (Hoyoverse)
God of War: Ragnarök (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Stray (Bluetwelve, Annapurna)
Voting for the final round begun Monday 5 December and will wrap up before the ceremony kick-off on Thursday 8 December 2022.
Vote on the official website here.
