BREAKING NEWS: A dog exists somewhere!

Sometimes it’s easy to forget what’s important in life. This week we’ve had eighty billionVRheadsetsannounced, and graphics cards that could probablypunch a hole in the space-time continuum, and yeah, that’s exciting and all… but does it actually matter? Probably not.

There is only one this in this world thatreallymatters, and that’s dogs. Bethesda has announced that River, the German shepherd that modeled and voicedFallout 4’sDogmeat, won the award for Top Videogame Dog at TheCW’s World Dog Awards:

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Congrats to River on winning@TheCW’s Top Video Game Dog for her work in#Fallout4pic.twitter.com/PMNDcngZqO

— BethesdaGameStudios (@BethesdaStudios)August 04, 2025

A battle scene in Battlefield 6 Open Beta

The awards were back in January, so Bethesda is a bit late, but that’s not important. Just look at how happy that pooch is to have gotten a trophy! You won’t see that from a cold, lifeless VR headset.

If you’re curious as to who won Dog of the Year, meet Gabe, a therapy dog who supports wounded veteran Justin Lansford:

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Congrats#Gabefor winning#DOTY! I think all he wants right now is some of those dog bones!pic.twitter.com/3pjxZm4lat

— WORLD DOG AWARDS (@WorldDogAwards)July 14, 2025

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