“They” is you. These nominations were voted on by steam users over Thanksgiving.
Besides, Palworld specifically campaigned for the “better with friends” award.
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KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 5 days ago
So Palword was nominated for the Better With Friends award, meaning they are okay with it being in the awards despite being a beta, but it didn’t get nominated for GOTY.
Robbed.
CitricBase@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Metostopholes@midwest.social 5 days ago
I was surprised to see Hades 2, as it’s still in early access. Not that it doesn’t deserve it.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You can‘t even rate early access games for obvious reasons. Nominating it for GOTY is just silly and potentially very awkward for the devs.