The Game Awards nominees web page was up to date to take away two of the 4 initiatives nominated for ‘Best Fan Creation’.
Last week, The Game Awards organisers revealed the full list of nominees for this yr’s present, within the numerous classes. The ‘Best Fan Creation’ class included nominations for mods and fan-made initiatives, however two specifically have since been eliminated.
Spotted by NeoGAF members, the poll web page now solely reveals Brutal Doom 64 and the Skyrim mod Endreal: The Shards of Order.
The two lacking initiatives are the celebrated Metroid 2 remake, Project AM2R, in addition to Pokemon Uranium, the fan mission within the type of the traditional Game Boy Pokemon video games. Of course, these initiatives have on factor in widespread: they’re each based mostly on Nintendo IPs.
At this stage, neither Nintendo nor The Game Awards have formally acknowledged the transfer, nevertheless it’s not laborious to see why this occurred. Nintendo is infamous for cracking down on fan-made video games and different related initiatives, as long as they’re based mostly on any of its IPs.
Both of those initiatives obtained stop and desist orders the identical week they appeared on-line and garnered fan appreciation, so there’s no shock there.
Meanwhile, the official Twitter account for Doom developer id Software is celebrating Brutal Doom 64’s nomination.
The Game Awards ceremony takes place December 1.
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