And of course, the ceremony wouldn’t be complete without some HUGE announcements regarding upcoming games. Last year’s event brought us the reveal of the Xbox Series X. How will The Game Awards top itself this year? Fans will just have to wait and see! Gamers can watch the festivities live in the stream below: Favorites at this year’s award ceremony include The Last of Us Part II (11 nominations), Hades (9 nominations), Ghost of Tsushima (8 nominations), Doom Eternal (5 nominations), Fall Guys (4 nominations), Half-Life: Alyx (4 nominations), and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (3 nominations).
Game of the Year
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) DOOM Eternal (id Software/Bethesda) Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE) Hades (Supergiant Games)
Best Game Direction
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE) Hades (Supergiant Games) Half-Life: Alyx (Valve) The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE) Final Fantasy VII Remake (Kazushige Nojima, Motomu Toriyama, Hiroki Iwaki, Sachie Hirano) Ghost of Tsushima (Ian Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs, Jordan Lemos) Hades (Greg Kasavin) The Last of Us Part II (Neil Druckmann, Halley Gross)
Best Art Direction
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) Hades (Supergiant Games) Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios) The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)
Best Score and Music
DOOM Eternal (Mick Gordon) Final Fantasy VII Remake (Nobuo Uematsu, Masahi Hamauzu, Mitsuto Suzuki) Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Gareth Coker) The Last of Us Part II (Gustavo Santaolala, Mac Quale)
Best Audio Design
DOOM Eternal (id Software/Bethesda) Half-Life: Alyx (Valve) Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE) The Last of Us Part 2 (Naughty Dog/SIE)
Best Performance
Ashley Johnson as Ellie, The Last of Us Part II Laura Bailey as Abby, The Last of Us Part II Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima Logan Cunningham as Hades, Hades
Games for Impact
If Found… (DREAMFEEL/Annapurna Interactive) Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition (Cardboard Computer/Annapurna Interactive) Spiritfarer (Thunder Lotus Games) Tell Me Why (Dontnod Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios) Through the Darkest of Times (Paintbucket Games) Destiny 2 (Bungie) Call of Duty Warzone (Infinity Ward/Activision) Fortnite (Epic Games) No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Best Indie
Carrion (Phobia Game Studio) Hades (Supergiant Games) Spelunky 2 (Mossmouth) Spiritfarer (Thunder Lotus Games)
Best Mobile
Among Us (InnerSloth) Call of Duty Mobile (TiMi Studios/Activision) Legends of Runeterra (Riot Games) Pokémon Café Mix (Genius Sonority)
Best Community Support
Apex Legends (Respawn/EA) Destiny 2 (Bungie) Fall Guys (Mediatonic/Devolver) No Man’s Sky (Hello Games) Valorant (Riot Games)
Innovation in Accessibility
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft) Grounded (Obsidian/Xbox Game Studios) HyperDot (Tribe Games) Watch Dogs Legion (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft)
Best VR/AR
Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE) Half-Life: Alyx (Valve) MARVEL’s Iron Man VR (Camoflaj/SIE) STAR WARS: Squadrons (Motive Studios/EA)
Best Action
DOOM Eternal (id Software/Bethesda) Hades (Supergiant Games) Half-Life: Alyx (Valve) Nioh 2 (Team Ninja) Streets of Rage 4 (DotEmu)
Best Action/Adventure
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft) Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE) MARVEL’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games/SIE) Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios) Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn/EA) The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)
Best Role Playing
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) Genshin Impact (miHoYo) Persona 5 Royal (Atlus, P Studios) Wasteland 3 (inXile Entertainment/Koch) Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)
Best Fighting
Granblue Fantasy: Versus (Arc System Works/Cygames) Mortal Kombat 11/Ultimate (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games) Street Fighter V: Champion Edition (Dimps/Capcom) One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai-Namco) UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe: Late[cl-r] (French Bread/Arc System Works)
Best Family
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (Toys for Bob/Activision) Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver) Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Velan Studios/Nintendo) Minecraft Dungeons (Mojang/Double Eleven/Xbox Game Studios) Paper Mario: The Origami King (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
Best Sim/Strategy
Crusader Kings III (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox) Desperados III (Mimimi Games/THQN) Gears Tactics (Splash Damage/The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios) Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo/Xbox Game Studios) XCOM: Chimera Squad (Firaxis/2K)
Best Sports/Racing
Dirt 5 (Codemasters Cheshire/Codemasters) F1 2020 (Codemasters Birmingham /Codemasters) FIFA 21 (EA Vancouver/EA Sports) NBA 2K21 (Visual Concepts/2K) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 (Vicarious Visions/Activision)
Best Multiplayer
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) Among Us (InnerSloth) Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision) Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver) Valorant (Riot Games)
Best Debut Game
Carrion (Phobia Game Studio/Devolver) Mortal Shell (Cold Symmetry/Playstack) Raji: An Ancient Epic (Nodding Heads Games) Röki (Polygon Treehouse/CI Games) Phasmophobia (Kinetic Games)
Content Creator of the Year
Alanah Pearce NickMercs TimtheTatman Jay Ann Lopez Valkyrae
Best Esports Game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision) Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve) Fortnite (Epic Games) League of Legends (Riot Games) Valorant (Riot Games)
Best Esports Athlete
Ian “Crimsix” Porter / Call of Duty Heo “Showmaker” Su / League of Legends Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu / League of Legends Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro / Call of Duty Matthieu “ZywOo” Herbaut / CS:GO
Best Esports Team
DAMWON Gaming / League of Legends Dallas Empire / Call of Duty San Francisco Shock / Overwatch League G2 Esports / League of Legends Team Secret / DOTA2
Best Esports Event
BLAST Premier: Spring E2020 European Finals (CS:GO) Call of Duty League Championship 2020 IEM Katowice 2020 (CS:GO) League of Legends World Championship 2020 Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020
Best Esports Host
Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere Alex “Machine” Richardson Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez James “Dash” Patterson Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden
