One of the biggest criticisms of The Game Awards last night was that win𓃲ners were played off the stage, and showrunner Geoff Keighley agrees that this is "somethi𝓀ng to address."

"I do agrꦏee that the music was played too fast for award winners this year, and I asked our team to relax that rule as the show went on," Keighley said in a after soliciting feedback on the show. "While no one was actually cut off, it’s something to address going forward."

Awards shows pretty much universally start playing music when the producers feel an acceptance speech is going on too long, and♕ The Game Awards is no exception. The difference with The Game Awards, of course, is that it's as much🌳 marketing palooza as awards ceremony, and time that could've been spent allowing game developers to celebrate their victories was instead allocated to celebrity comedy bits and big budget trailers.

Last year, God of War actor Christopher Judge made a now-infamous eight minute acceptance speech for his best performance award, a moment he got the opportunity to crack some jokes a🎀bout thiꦦs year. This year's uber-fast efforts to get recipients off stage were an apparent response to that, but this was pretty much universally criticized by viewers and attendees. It came to a head when the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Baldur's Gate 3 devs accepted their G♏OTY award and got the 'please wrap it uꦬp' sign as the team was paying tribute to a developer who had passed away. 

Here's hoping that The Game Awards finds a better balance between it🦩s duties as awards show and marketing event next year - but admittedly we've been waiting for that balance to settle in for a full decade now. 

If you missed the show, here's everything announced at The Game Awards 2023.