Sadly, this status quo remains for this year’s TGA, with the 90/10 split still in place and over 20% of the jury once again made up of corporate news magazines and websites, raising the question of what qualifies them to judge the best video game.
The list of such publications includes The New York Times, NPR, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Pride.com, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Metro, The Mirror, Wired, Variety, The Times, Het Nieuwsblad, Folha De S.Paulo, Le Devoir, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, ETC, La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, Die Zeit, and BFM TV – a mix of outlets both mainstream and obscure that share one common trait: video games are not their primary focus.
Feel free to check out the full list of 2025’s TGA jurors over on the event’s official website.