Andy Cortez

As a result, Megabonk will be removed from the category.

He'll share more about his story when he's ready, but we respect that he didn't want to take recognition away from other debut teams, even though the game itself is outstanding.

And then we have the tweet from Megabonk Game.

The official Megabonk Twitter account says...

I'm withdrawing from the Game Awards.

It's an honor and a dream for Megabonk to be nominated for the Game Awards.

But unfortunately, I don't think it qualifies for the category debut indie game.

I've made games in the past under different studio names, so Megabonk is not my debut game.

Followed by the little emoji of the glasses and the mustache.

He's under disguise of somebody else.

Yeah, I can't imagine the... Like, oh my god, they actually did it.

Yeah.

What's the backstory here?

Is this a...

wanting to be under the name of a new developer?

Like Jonathan Blow?

It's the dude who made Fez.

Here's an aside right here.

Oh, Danny Dev is his old name.

Tommy Tallarico is a fantastic one, Mr. Hawks.