Forza Horizon Dev Throws Shade After Being Ignored For The Game Awards 2024

Should FH5 have been nominated?

by Fraser Gilbert 12:45pm

Forza Horizon Dev Throws Shade After Being Ignored For The Game Awards 2024 2

Yesterday brought us the official nominations for The Game Awards 2024, which includes 11 Xbox-owned games in all, but none of them are Forza Horizon 5 - and the game's social media team are clearly a bit annoyed by that fact!

Taking to Twitter just after the the announcement, they made it clear that Forza Horizon 5 deserved to be included in the "Best Ongoing" category, and obviously a lot of FH fans were in agreement! Here's a look:

So, what actually are the "Best Ongoing" nominees? Instead of Forza Horizon 5, we've got Destiny 2, Diablo 4, Final Fantasy XIV, Fortnite and Helldivers 2. All good games, but we understand the irritation about FH5 as well.

Ultimately, there are a lot of titles that could have made this list (including from Xbox Game Studios) but just these five will be up for the award on December 12th. Do you think Forza Horizon deserved to be there? Tell us below!

What do you think of The Game Awards nominations in general? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.

I love it when devs drag the Game Awards lmaoo.

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UBERSICKO
1:03pm

yes it should have, a lot of xbox MP games get snubbed

A bit delusional if you ask me.. it's a good game, but was a bit boring/sameish compared to FH4. Also, nominees are genuine juggernauts compared to FH5..

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Pusher2021
1:27pm

Got my vote! The amount of DLC and effort the put in this title has been great! Still my go to game all year!

It's a very short shortlist and a LOT of good ongoing games are going to miss out.

But most of the big new content in Forza Horizon 5 was added years ago. Expansions were in 2022 and 2023, not sure it deserves an award in 2024 specifically.

Meanwhile Genshin Impact isn't on the list and adds more new content and mechanics every year than many full games, i'd have that well before Forza for 2024. But the reality is not everyone can be nominated. Tough choices, some worthy games will always miss out.

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JoyfulFire
1:45pm

@themightyant I'd agree. Forza is great but it's been fairly stagnant this year.

It is strange that Destiny 2 is on the list. I'm sure they could have replaced that with something more worthy.

@JoyfulFire Destiny is ALWAYS in a love/hate relationship with it's players (to be honest it's the same with a lot of live services... we know we should quit... and yet...). But Final Shape is regarded as one of the best Destiny expansions ever and seems to have delivered a satisfying conclusion to a decade long story. That seems like a good fit to me.

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Balaam_
1:53pm

I’d have nominated it instead of Shadow of the Erdtree. The dlc was a far more rich, fulfilling experience for a die hard souls veteran like myself, but…it’s a dlc. Doesn’t matter how awesome or how big, it should not be included in GotY talks. Ergo, out with Elden Ring, in with FH5. Although in all honesty Silent Hill 2 or Stellar Blade deserve that spot more.

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Markatron84
2:02pm

Is this really "throwing shade"? 🤔

I'll admit it is throwing shade when Playground calls out Keighley for always wearing a suit with trainers like he's a chav at a wedding.

Sorry but Hot Wheels expansion 2.0 was supremely uninteresting. Along with all of Forza 5.

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Krzzystuff
2:10pm

People do understand that this isn't actually an awards show right? It's all about Geoffrey getting his $$. He has no problem showing he's not a fan of Xbox, purposely tries to rile up the fan base for engagement and will shove adds down everyone's throats unless Kojima has something to say.

Good on him for getting a good business running, but it's not actually real and not sure folks realize that. If it's your jam enjoy the show.

@Krzzystuff People do understand that, because every time there's an article about TGA there's some guy reminding us of that, don't worry.

Forza Horizon 4 comes out and "It's not better than 3".
Forza Horizon 5 comes out and "It's not better than 4".
Forza Horizon 6 comes out and "It's not better than 5"...

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StonyKL
53m ago

Just sour grapes - or a good way of making themselves relevant when ignored. Easy PR by getting people talking about FH5 again, even if just for a day or two.
But no - it's no better than any of those games on the list.

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gollumb82
48m ago

I prefer FH4 to FH5, but recently tried the Badlands rally content and I’m loving cruising through those dirt stages in my Focus RS 2001 rally car (complete with McRae/Grist livery). FH5 is a great game and should have been included, I think.