The top prize of the night is, of course, Game of the Year — and there are clear indicators of what makes a Game of the Year at The Game Awards, based on eleven years of data. Update (Dec. 9): In our final update before the awards ceremony, we predict the winners of the genre categories: Best Action Game, Action/Adventure Game, Role-Playing Game, Fighting Game, Family Game, Sim/Strategy Game, Sports/Racing Game, and VR/AR Game. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's defensible, but still controversial, inclusion in the indie categories raises an interesting question: Will the jury risk the illogic of the presumptive Game of the Year not winning in these categories in order to shine a light on other games like Hades 2 or Silksong?