GTA 6 Won't Make Game of the Year?

GTA 6 might qualify for Game of the Year by ONE day… and that's not even the real problem. 📅 GTA 6 launches November 19, 2026 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S) 🏆 The Game Awards 2026: December 10. The cutoff for the last four years: Nov 18 (2022), Nov 17 (2023), Nov 22 (2024), Nov 21 (2025). Same pattern this year = November 20 🗳️ Nominees were announced on the Monday before the cutoff each of those years. Same pattern = November 16, three days before GTA 6 is out 🎮 One journalist (Pedro Henrique Lutti Lippe, via Insider Gaming, May 2026) claims Rockstar won't send review copies to anyone 🤠 Red Dead Redemption 2 (Oct 2018, Metacritic 97) lost Game of the Year to God of War ⚠️ The Game Awards hasn't announced its 2026 cutoff or nominee date yet; the dates above follow the last four years' pattern. The review-copy claim is unconfirmed. Let GTA 6 in by one day, or make it wait for 2027? 👇 #GTA6 #TheGameAwards #GamingNews Sources: Rockstar Games (release date) · The Game Awards (show date) · past cutoff and nominee dates: The Game Awards 2022–2025 · Insider Gaming (May 16, 2026) · Forbes (Sep 30, 2026). The Game Awards logo animation used for news commentary (source: The Game Awards' official YouTube channel). Pixel art, voice and sound effects made for this video (AI-assisted).