I'd bet my entire life savings (about $3) that a bunch of hogs made a concentrated effort to get the Blood Libel Game(TM) nominated. There's no chance it wins against BG or LC but its still bizarre to see
also Starfield got a nom for "Most Innovative Gameplay"
Lmao i mean 90% of prerelease advertisements and previews in press was literally just "Hey Bethesda finally did something in a new setting".
Though i for one am pretty happy with it being rehashed Skyrim, because it could have been much much worse, with the enshittification and actionisation of RPG games i seriously expected just glorified shooter or souls-like shit and was pleasantly surprised it's at least way better than F4.