{"id":34752,"date":"2025-02-13T18:40:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T23:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=34752"},"modified":"2025-02-20T18:42:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T23:42:06","slug":"vgu-tv-goty-2024-part-4-game-of-the-year-best-soundtrack-best-moment-games-as-a-helping-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=34752","title":{"rendered":"VGU.TV GOTY 2024 Part 4: Game of the Year, Best Soundtrack, Best Moment, Games as a Helping Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome back to the club, for the first time in 2025!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s right, we\u2019re back after taking January off. Well, that\u2019s not quite true, because that entire time we\u2019ve been recording these Game of The Year deliberations! 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