“No Viking Heaven for This Guy” Internet Mocks as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Gets Wrongly Pronounced at the 2023 Grammys

Published 02/07/2023, 9:10 AM EST

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The Grammy Awards for 2023 are out, and a silver feather is now added to the crown of the gaming community. The Ubisoft published Assassin’s Creed Valhalla from 2020 won the Grammy at the 65th annual ceremony of the prestigious event.

The game was selected for the category of ‘Best soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media”. This is a proud moment for the Esports community. But there was something else that caught the eye of many during the announcing ceremony. And now it has become the talk of the town.

Grammy Announcement: Assassin’s Creed spelled wrong

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This year’s Grammy is groundbreaking. Mainly because of the very fact that a dedicated category was made for video games. The recognition by the Grammy’s board regarding video games surely is a breath-taking moment for the Esports community.

But what caught the eyes of many was rather funny during the award announcement ceremony.

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The popular artist Randy Rainbow, who has been an Emmy and Grammy-nominated personality, was announcing the award for the popular game. Unfortunately, he misspelled the last bit of the title. Instead of pronouncing Valhalla, he mumbled something, and this caught the eagle eyes of the community.

And as expected, the video of his announcement error went viral, with many making a meme out of an honest mistake.

The internet came together to make fun of and take a dig at the actor-comedian, who made the slight mistake of mispronouncing a fan-favorite AAA title.

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The internet is taking turns mocking Randy

The proud moment of getting recognized on a prestigious stage as the Grammy’s soon also became a place where people could laugh at the honest mistake that the announcer made. The pronunciation error did not go unnoticed, and many took this opportunity to share it across social platforms.

The videos regarding it went viral, and many were seen mocking the 41-year-old personality. Some even went to the extreme to taunt about how he was unable to spell something as simple as Valhalla during his announcement.

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The whole situation has become the talk of the town. A one-second wording debacle has now left a long-lasting impression on the internet. Randy Rainbow yet have not posted anything in regard to the video going viral.

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The 2023 Grammy’s will go down in gaming history as the first step for gaming titles to get recognized for prestigious awards in the future.

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Aravind Menon

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Aravind Menon is an eSports content writer at EssentiallySports. With a graduate degree in English Honours and post graduate degree in Literary and Cultural Studies, writing has always been a passion for Aravind. He has a keen interest in sports and occasionally enjoys watching sporting events.
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Debmallya Chakraborty