The Game Awards 2023 under fire for rushing every single winning speech Larian Studios, TGAsGame Awards 2023 host Geoff Keighley has addressed complaints that winning speeches were constantly rushed throughout the show. The annual Game Awards typically receive some form of ire from spectators. Many dislike that not every category gets the spotlight on the main stage. The number and frequency of ads regularly serve as a topic of discussion during and after each year\u2019s ceremony, as well. But the 2023 show specifically hit a nerve because of the minimal time allotted to each recipient\u2019s speech. A 30-second timer counted down the seconds as developers and other industry professionals thanked their teams, families, and fans. If they ran over the set time, \u2018wrap it up\u2019 music started playing accompanied by a notice on the teleprompter. It seemed especially egregious early on, with Neil Newbon\u2019s Best Performance win for Astarion in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. Viewers also took umbrage with the organizers hurrying Alan Wake 2\u2019s Sam Lake and BG3\u2019s Swen Vincke off stage during their heartfelt speeches. Fortunately, show host Geoff Keighley has acknowledged the problem. Keighley addresses Game Awards 2023 speech timer criticism Countless developers, pundits, and enthusiasts called out The Game Awards for limiting how much time each award winner had to deliver their acceptance speeches. Developer Rami Ismail noted the discrepancy in the show \u201cplaying Sam Lake off stage,\u201d while Kojima participated in a minutes-long segment for a game \u201cthat has literally nothing to show yet.\u201d YouTuber Benjamin Breuer also commented on the issue: \u201cThe Game Awards really looked at the critiques about Christopher Judge\u2019s really long speech from last year and learned the wrong lesson from it.\u201d In addressing the critiques, Geoff Keighley agreed the \u2018wrap it up\u2019 music played too quickly. He continued, \u201cI asked our team to relax that rule as the show went on. While no one was actually cut off, it\u2019s something to address going forward.\u201d Responses to Keighley\u2019s post note that while recipients weren\u2019t cut off, they were most certainly \u201cplayed over.\u201d Apex Legends developer Tyler Owens wrote, \u201cIn the crowd you could barely hear Sam Lake speak as you played him off stage, drowning him out with the music from AW2.\u201d Interestingly, a YouTuber compiled a video featuring every Game Awards 2023 speech. It runs just over 10 minutes long. As one Twitter user put it, speeches took up only five percent or so of a three-hour show. At least it seems Keighley\u2019s set on rectifying this problem for future ceremonies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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