Hades<\/em> took home the first-ever Hugo Award for Best Game last night. The Hugo Awards are one of the most notorious accolades for works of fiction, and Hades<\/em>‘ victory was the first time a video game won the trophy. The Last of Us II<\/em>, Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/em>, Final Fantasy VII Remake<\/em>, Spiritfarer<\/em>, and Blaseball<\/em> were also in line for the award.<\/p>
The Best Video Game category was added specifically for the 2021 ceremony. Each year, a Worldcon can add a one-off special category, according to its bylaws, <\/a>and organizers honored video games with their own category in November 2020<\/a>.<\/p>
\u201cSince early 2020, many of us have spent more time gaming than we ever expected,” DisCon III co-chair Collette Fozard said<\/a>. \u201cThis innovative and interactive genre has brought us new ways of story-telling as well as new stories to tell and we are glad to honor them.\u201d<\/p>
The 2021 ceremony was the first time a video game won the trophy, but “a committee of the WSFS Business Meeting has been studying the possibility of adding such a category for several years now,” according to the announcement<\/a>. On Twitter, the WorldCon official account added that “the Hugo Study Committee is also considering Best Game or Interactive Experience as a potential permanent category.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
