2025 Hugo Award game finalists include Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Dragon Age: The Veilguard<p>The Hugo Awards began honoring video games for the first time <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/hugo-award-video-games-220425979.html">
back in 2021[/url]. This week, the organization revealed the list of six finalists <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
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for the 2025 awards ceremony[/url]. It’s a cornucopia of critically-acclaimed titles from the past year or so.</p>
<p>Let’s go over the nominations. Two AAA titles are up for the award.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and
Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Echoes of Wisdom changes up the franchise formula, casting players as the titular Zelda. The gameplay involves summoning monsters and items to solve puzzles and do battle. <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-plays-like-a-traditional-zelda-game-remixed-130053301.html">
It’s pretty awesome[/url].</p>
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<p>We especially <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/dragon-age-the-veilguard-is-beautiful-in-every-way-193013807.html">
loved Dragon Age: The Veilguard[/url], calling it "BioWare at its best." The graphics are fantastic and the gameplay is more action-oriented than previous entries in the franchise. It continues the story of the decade-old
Dragon Age Inquisition.</p>
<p>The Hugos are also honoring a spate of smaller titles.
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/lorelei-and-the-laser-eyes-preview-this-may-be-my-goty-140030011.html">
got a nom[/url], and this was <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/engadgets-games-of-the-year-2024-133005519.html">
one of our favorite games of 2024[/url]. It’s a near-perfect puzzle game that subverts the genre at every turn. We said it was the perfect game "for fans of puzzles, narrative twists and David Lynch."</p>
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<p>
Caves of Qud is an incredibly deep and lore-heavy roguelike set in a fantasy realm. It was actually in early access <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/caves-of-qud-review">
for a full 15 years[/url] before getting an official release last year.
1000xRESIST is a sci-fi adventure game that was praised primarily <a data-i13n="cpos:8;pos:1" href="
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/allmother-dead-long-live-allmother-160000163.html">
for its engaging story[/url]. Finally,
Tactical Breach Wizards is a turn-based RPG starring, you guessed it, wizards. Some reviews have called it the best strategy game since
XCOM 2.</p>
<p>The final winner will be announced at the 83rd World Science Fiction Convention in Seattle on August 16. Previous <a data-i13n="cpos:9;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/hades-wins-2021-hugo-award-173943441.html">
winners include Hades[/url] and
Baldur’s Gate 3.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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2025 Hugo Award game finalists include Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Dragon Age: The Veilguard
