Its just people with wishful thinking, even thought DOA is a complete wildcard of an announcement. So its not going to be announced whenever there are Events going on.
KT wouldn't pay those prices for a DOA announcement at Game Awards. People asked for it to be at the State of Play, but it's more than likely going to be the Venus Vacation stream where it is pushed. I don't see it, but the push for DOA has been strong AF on Twitter.
I'm pretty sure that Venus Vacation is more popular in terms of the players who do play it (big emphasis on the play it part), as for KT related announcements, if it isn't one of their partnership games or "AAA" titles or titles that did very well then chances are it'll get announced either close to a big event or iirc during TGS, we can next expect something aroundside TGA but don't get your hopes up.