Cast Your Votes
Categories for the best of the year, and a few for the worst. The worst ones get the most votes, every single time.
The Game Awards Show
Not really an event, but we do let you vote on stuff! So it kinda counts? All the best and worst that the year has to offer, all in one 3-hour long podcast.
Hear The Verdict
Three hours of podcast where we read out what you decided, then explain at length why you were wrong.
Nobody Gets A Trophy
No statue, no stage, no orchestra. There is a spreadsheet and a good deal of shouting.
The XboxCast's Game Awards
Every December we put up a poll covering the year. Best game, best surprise, biggest disappointment, the one that ran worst on launch day, and whatever else the year handed us. You vote. We do not tidy up the results, which is how a game almost nobody finished once took three categories.
Then we sit down for the annual awards podcast, read out the lot, and compare it with our own picks. It is meant to run an hour. It has never run an hour.
It is the last episode of the year, so there is usually some reflecting, some genuine praise, and at least one argument that has been building since March.
Rules
One Vote Each
Voting twelve times for your own game of the year is not the spirit of it. It is also extremely obvious.
Games From This Year
Roughly. If it arrived in late December and nobody played it until January, we will allow it.
Bring An Opinion
The episode is better when somebody disagrees. Come to the Discord and disagree.
The Categories
Game Of The Year
The one most people settled on back in October, and will argue about regardless.
Anti-Game Of The Year
The biggest letdown of the twelve months. Reliably attracts more votes than the award above it.
The Odd Ones
Best sound, best surprise, worst launch day, and whatever else the year went and earned for itself.
The Listeners' Picks
Your votes, read out in full. We do not tidy the results, which is exactly how the chaos gets in.
Make December a little more XboxCast.
Vote on the best and worst of the year, then join us for the annual awards podcast.
Join the community in Discord for this year's details and to share what you're playing.
Join our Discord ↗Every year we have argued about this.
No winners, no nominations, no judging panel. Everyone brings their own picks for games they actually played, and then defends them. Here is what has been said so far.
The cast never wrote theirs down this year. 7 listeners did.
Game of the Year
- SimoneOvercooked, you beauty. Now on to Overcooked 2!
Which game is your game of the year for 2023
- SimoneHer StoryThe game was quick enough for me to maintain the plot and interesting enough for me to want to watch every clip available. The game doesn't treat you like a child so when you figure certain things out, you feel like a genius
Which game is your game of the year for 2022
- LeeCyberpunk 2077
The cast never wrote theirs down this year. 8 listeners did.
Which game is your game of the year for 2020
- PaulMinecraft Dungeonsshocking me as I don't like it but it's Diablo for kids and I've seen so many parents play games with their kids for the first time bridging the age gap
Which game is your game of the year for 2019
- KyleThe Outer WorldsCombination - RPG elements of The Outer Worlds is amazing.
- KyleSea of ThievesBut Sea of Thieves' combination of frequent updates and the good group of guys I play with has made it the most fun I've had in gaming all year.
Biggest Surprise of 2018?
- KyleState of Decay 2
GOTY
- SimoneFinal Fantasy XV