Black Myth: Wukong became the lowest-ranked Game of the Year contender in The Game Awards history

Even if the fantasy action RPG Black Myth: Wukong does not win at The Game Awards 2024, the project from the Chinese studio Game Science will chalk up an unusual achievement.

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Let us remind you that Black Myth: Wukong at The Game Awards 2024 is presented in four categories: “Best Action Film”, “Best Direction”, “Best Visual Style” and the most important one – “Game of the Year”.

As journalists from the Polygon portal noted, Black Myth: Wukong managed to get into the nominations for the title of best game of the year with the lowest average rating on the Metacritic aggregator website in the history of The Game Awards.

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In anticipation of the August release, the PC version of Black Myth: Wukong earned an average of 81% from Western reviewers presented on Metacritic – the PS5 edition with 76% is not taken into account by the aggregator when displaying the game’s rating.

At the same time, until recently, the lowest-rated nominees in the history of The Game Awards were Control (award in 2019) and A Plague Tale: Requiem (2022) – both have 82 out of 100% on Metacritic.

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For comparison, the lowest-rated project that managed to win the Game of the Year category since the first The Game Awards in 2014 remains Dragon Age: Inquisition (85% on Metacritic).

The Game Awards 2024 broadcast will begin on December 13 at 3:30 Moscow time. In addition to awarding the best games of the outgoing year, world premieres and announcements are expected at the ceremony.