these are the nominees for the best of the year

2020 is about to come to an end. It’s the perfect time to look back at the best the gaming industry has to offer this year. For that reason, PS5 brings once again The Golden Poporo to reward the best games of 2020.

Below, you can see the candidate games for all the categories of the Poporo de Oro 2020. While some categories from the first edition remain, others have been omitted. Of course, some completely new ones have also been added.

Which games will take the glory in the Poporo de Oro 2020, the second edition of the Colombian awards for the best of video games? They will soon find out!

Best Action / Adventure Game

• Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition
• Nioh 2
• The Last of Us Parte II
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
• Huntdown

Best Open World Game

• Watch Dogs: Legion
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
• Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Ghost of Tsushima
• Saints Row: The Third Remastered

Best Platformer Game

• Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s about time
• Super Mario 3D All-Stars
• Shantae and the Seven Sirens
• Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection
• Super Crush K.O.

Mejor beat ‘em up

• Uppers
• Battletoads
• Streets of Rage 4
• Code Shifter

Best Game Compilation

• Yakuza Remastered Collection
• Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle
• Super Mario 3D All-Stars
• Samurai Shodown: NeoGeo Collection
• Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection

Best Fighting Game

• Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme vs Maxiboost On
• Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late [cl-r]
• Samurai Shodown: NeoGeo Collection
• Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe
• My Hero One’s Justice 2

Best puzzle game

• Filament
• Carrion
• Manifold Garden
• Mr. Driller DrillLand

Best Role Playing Game (RPG)

• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Genshin Impact
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon
• Person 5 Royal
• Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

Best Game Based on ‘Anime’

• Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
• Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme vs Maxiboost On
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
• Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions
• My Hero One’s Justice 2

Best graphic adventure

• Chicken Police
• The Dark Pictures: Little Hope
• Paradise Killer

Best Sports Game

• UFC 4
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2
• Skater XL

Best Strategy Game

• Gears Tactics
• Command & Conquer: Remastered Collection
• Crusader Kings III

Best Shooting Game

• Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
• Serious Sam 4
• DOOM Eternal

Best soundtrack

• The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]
• Genshin Impact
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Paradise Killer

Best Artistic Presentation

• West of Dead
• No More Heroes 1 & 2
• Battletoads
• Paradise Killer
• The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]

Best performance

• Kerry Shale as Sonny (Chicken Police)
• Ron Perlman como William Mason (West of Dead)
• Laura Bailey como Abby (The Last of Us Parte II)
• Darren Korb as Zagreo (Hades)
• John Erick Bentley as Barret (Final Fantasy VII Remake)

Best Multiplayer Game

• Among Us
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
• Predator: Hunting Grounds
• Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Best Independent Game

• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
• Hades
• Paradise Killer
• Carrion
• What the Golf?

Best remastering / ‘remake’

• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Resident Evil 3
• Command & Conquer: Remastered Collection
• Saints Row: The Third Remastered
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated

Best Virtual Reality Game

• Iron Man VR
• Dreams
• Star Wars: Squadrons

Best social simulator

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
• Among Us

Best horror game

• Resident Evil 3
• Amnesia: Rebirth
• Carrion
• The Last of Us Parte II
• The Dark Pictures: Little Hope

Best free-to-play game

• Genshin Impact
• Among Us (mobile)
• Fortnite
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• Spellbreak

Mejor ‘roguelike’

• Hades
• Spelunky 2
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
• West of Dead

Game of the year

• Yakuza: Like a Dragon
• Hades
• The Last of Us Parte II
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Final Fantasy VII Remake

The 2020 Gold Poporo Editors ‘Pick winners will be revealed on Wednesday December 16 on the official PS5 Facebook page along with the Readers’ Choice winners! Don’t miss the second edition of the Poporo de Oro!