GOTY 2026’s Final Nomination Is a Battleground of 8/10 Games

By Oli Welsh · Polygon · Sunday, 4 October 2026 at 10:00 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

One rung below this level, though — alright, maybe two rungs below, after the likes of Resident Evil Requiem and Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave — exists a mass of big games that were solid, impressive, and roundly satisfying, all of which got good-but-maybe-not-great reviews from critics. This is where we find all of 2026's blockbuster hopefuls that aren't Grand Theft Auto 6 on one side, or critical misfires like Marvel's Wolverine and Crimson Desert on the other. There are loads of them. And they're all pretty great.

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