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GOTY 2026’s Final Nomination Is a Battleground of 8/10 Games - Polygon.com
Publisher description: This year has seen a ton of blockbuster video games hovering around 85 on Metacritic, like Control Resonant and Gears of War: E-Day.
NewsAPI | Oct 4, 2026 | Oli Welsh
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Meet the 85 Club Has 2026 been a vintage year for games? But otherwise, they are (mostly) all perfect Game Awards GOTY bait. I call them the 85 Club, after their average score — a spot where game after game after game just kept landing this year.
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