It’s been months now that the very talkative Geoff Keighely has spent part of his days preparing the Game Awards cremonia, which will be held on December 9. In the meantime, here is the hour of the nominees. Drum roll !
Did you want them? Here they are ! After a selection that mobilizes industry players like every year, the long list of games named for the many categories sometimes sent between two advertising inserts has fallen, and the list goes on. To all lord, all honor: let’s start with the very popular game of the year award. Who to succeed The Last of Us Part II? The bets are open, in the absence of votes, since the Game Awards website was simply knocked out at the time of the announcements.
GAME OF THE YEAR
BEST ARTISTIC DIRECTION
- Deathloop
- It Takes Two
- Returnal
- Psychonauts 2
- Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart
BEST ACTION / ADVENTURE GAME
GAMES FOR IMPACT
BEST AUDIO DESIGN
- Deathloop
- Forza Horizon 5
- Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart
- Resident Evil Village
- Returnal
BEST ACTION GAME
BEST ESPORT TEAM
- Atlanta faze
- DWG KIA
- Natus Vincere
- Team Spirit
- Sentinels
BEST SPORT EVENT
- 2021 League of Legends World Championship
- PGL Major Stockholm 2021
- PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020
- The International 2021
- Valorant Champions Tour Stage 2 Masters
BEST ARTISTIC DIRECTION
BEST FAMILY GAME
BEST ACHIEVEMENT
- Deathloop
- It Takes Two
- Returnal
- Psychonauts 2
- Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart
BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
BEST NARRATION
- Deathloop
- It Takes Two
- Life is Strange True Colors
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Psychonauts 2
BEST CURRENT GAME
BEST PERFORMANCE
- Erika Mori (Alex Chen in Life is Strange True Colors)
- Giancarlo Esposito (Anton Castillo in Far Cry 6)
- Jason Kelley (Colt Vahn in Deathloop)
- Maggie Robertson (Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village)
- Ozioma Akagha (Julianna Blake in Deathloop)
BEST ROLE PLAYING
BEST SOUNDTRACK
BEST STRATEGY GAME
BEST SPORTS / RUNNING GAME
BEST VR / AR GAME
BEST “CONTENT CREATOR”
- Dream
- Fuslie
- GAules
- Ibai
- GregF
INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY
- Far cry 6
- Forza Horizon 5
- Marvel’s Guardian of the Galaxy
- Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart
- The Vale Shadow of the Crown
MOST EXPECTED GAME
BEST SPORT ATHLETE
- Chris “Simp” Lehr
- Heo “Showmaker” Su
- Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
- Tyson “TenZ” Ngo
BEST SPORT GAME
- Call of Duty (yes, short)
- CS GO
- DOTA 2
- League of Legends
- Valuing
BEST MOBILE GAME
BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
As soon as the Game Awards site is up and running, you can go to at this address to vote for all your favorite games! In the meantime, the organization has done the math, and the giant Microsoft now in possession of the entire Bethesda catalog is doing very well:
