Twitch streamer Michael "Shroud" has called The Game Awards "rigged" as he continues advocating for Arc Raiders as the 2025 Game of the Year. On November 10, 2025, the former esports athlete quote-tweeted X user @ShroudUpdate's post, which included a video from last year.In the video, Shroud had stated that Black Myth Wukong deserved to win the Game of the Year 2024 award, and that if the title did not win, the event hosted by Geoff Keighley would be deemed "rigged":"I don't want to say this because it might piss you off. But it's going to win Game of the Year. It's going to! 100%. 1,000%! It's going to. It has to! There's just, like, if it doesn't, it's rigged. Simply put. 'What's the competition?' (Warhammer 40,000:) Space Marine (2), but I doubt it. How is a Warhammer game going to win? I don't know... f**king Helldivers (2). Palword. I don't know. I think it clears hard!"This time, sharing his thoughts on The Game Awards, the Canadian personality wrote:"last year was rigged"Shroud says he did not "berate" Expedition 33, as he pushes for Arc Raiders to win Game of the Year 2025Shroud has been making headlines since November 6, 2025, after a video went viral in which he stated that Arc Raiders deserves to win this year's Game of the Year award and told his fans "not to let that Expedition game" win the title.The former Counter-Strike pro had said:"Dude, we've got to make sure that this game wins Game of the Year, by the way. Do not let that Expedition game win Game of the Year. Do not let it! Absolutely, do not! We all have to band together to make this game win. Us, multiplayer gamers, are the minority. Okay? We are the minority being the multiplayer gamers, but I believe we can win. I believe. Just need to tell everybody. I've never voted for anything ever. But I think I'm going to vote this year for this game."During a recent livestream, Michael's attention was drawn to a live viewer's comment that accused him of "berating" Expedition 33. While claiming that "single-player games always win" Game of the Year award, the Twitch streamer replied:"'Hey, bro, Expedition 33 is Game of the Year, actually play the f**king game before berating it. F**k a** b**tch, s**k my b*lls.' I didn't even berate it. I just think single-player games always win Game of the Year, and it's bulls**t. F**king, like, what? A couple of million played that game? Cool, bro. Where's the tens of millions? Where's the Marvel Rivals 50+ million people? F**king s**k my d**k!"In addition to Shroud, Ali "Myth" has also shared his opinion that Arc Raiders deserves to win Game of the Year 2025.