Here’s the nominees for the 2021 Game Awards

Despite the many game delays of 2021, there’s still a lot of different games that players have enjoyed over the last several months. The nominees for the 2021 Game Awards, hosted by Geoff Keighley, have been revealed, with Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks seeing 20 nominations combined, the most of any publishers at the event. Voting is live right now, so players can take part in determining which of the dozens of games get awarded.

There’s several highlights, with games such as Deathloop and Psychonauts 2 being heavily awarded.

Here’s the full list of nominees:

Game of the Year

• Deathloop – Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks
• It Takes Two – Hazelight, EA
• Metroid Dread – MercurySteam, Nintendo
• Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine, Xbox Game Studios
• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games, PlayStation Studios
• Resident Evil Village – Capcom

Best Performance

• Giancarlo Esposito – Far Cry 6
• Jason E. Kelley – Deathloop
• Ozioma Akagha – Deathloop
• Erika Mori – Life is Strange: True Colors
• Maggie Robertson – Resident Evil Village.

Best Action-Adventure

• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – Eidos Montreal, Square Enix
• Metroid Dread – MercurySteam, Nintendo
• Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine, Xbox Game Studios
• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games, PlayStation Studios
• Resident Evil Village – Capcom

Games for Impact

• Before Your Eyes – Goodbyeworld Games, Skybound Games
• Boyfriend Dungeon – Kitfox Games
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Greg Lobanov, Finji
• Life is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine, Square Enix
• No Longer Home – Humble Grove

Best Audio Design

• Deathloop – Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks
• Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games, Xbox Game Studios
• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games, PlayStation Studios
• Resident Evil Village – Capcom
• Returnal – Housemarque, PlayStation Studios

Best Action Game

• Back 4 Blood – Turtle Rock, WB Games
• Chivalry 2 – Torn Banner Studios, Tripwire Interactive
• Deathloop – Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks
• Far Cry 6 – Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft
• Returnal – Housemarque, PlayStation Studios

Best Art Direction

• Deathloop – Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits – Ember Lab
• Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine, Xbox Game Studios
• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games, PlayStation Studios
• The Artful Escape – Beethoven & Dinosaur, Annapurna Interactive

Best Family Game

• It Takes Two – Hazelight, EA
• Mario Party Superstars – Nocube, Nintendo
• New Pokémon Snap – Bandai Namco/The Pokémon Company, Nintendo
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – Nintendo
• Warioware: Get it Together! – Intelligent Systems, Nintendo

Best Game Direction

• Deathloop – Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks
• It Takes Two – Hazelight, EA
• Returnal – Housemarque, PlayStation Studios
• Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine, Xbox Game Studios
• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games, PlayStation Studios

Best Multiplayer

• Back 4 Blood – Turtle Rock, WB Games
• It Takes Two – Hazelight, EA
• Knockout City – Velant, EA
• Monster Hunter Rise – Capcom
• New World – Amazon Games
• Valheim – Iron Gate Studios, Coffee Stain

Best Narrative

• Deathloop – Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks
• It Takes Two – Hazelight, EA
• Life is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine, Square Enix
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – Eidos Montreal, Square Enix
• Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine, Xbox Game Studios

Best Ongoing

• Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment, EA
• Call of Duty: Warzone – Infinity Ward/Raven Software, Activision
• Final Fantasy 14 – Square Enix
• Genshin Impact – Mihoyo
• Fortnite – Epic Games

Best Role-Playing

• Cyberpunk 2077 – CD Projekt Red
• Monster Hunter Rise – Capcom
• Scarlet Nexus – Bandai Namco
• Shin Magami Tensei V – Atlus, Sega
• Tales of Arise – Bandai Namco

Best Score and Music

• Cyberpunk 2077 – P. T. Adamczyk, Marcin Przybyłowicz, Paul Leonard-Morgan
• Deathloop – Tom Salta
• Nier Replicant – Keichii Okabe
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – Richard Jacques
• The Artful Escape – Johnny Galvatron, Josh Abrahams

Best Sim and Strategy

• Age of Empires 4 – Relic Entertainment/World’s Edge, Xbox Game Studios
• Evil Genius 2 – Rebellion Developments
• Humankind – Amplitude Studios, Sega
• Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games, Devolver Digital
• Microsoft Flight Simulator – Asobo Studio, Xbox Studio Studios

Best Esports team

• Atlanta Faze
• DWG KIA
• Natus Vincere
• Team Spirit
• Sentinels

Best Esports event

• 2021 League of Legends Championship
• PGL Major Stockholm 2021
• PUBG Mobile Global Championship
• The International 2021
• Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters

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