The 2021 Game Awards was held last night. With a lot of secrets, news and trailers, the awards were awarded.
This year’s game of the year nominations are Deathloop, It Takes Two, Metroid Dread, Psychonauts 2, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Resident Evil Village.
Deathloop, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, It Takes Two and Psychonauts 2 led the way with the most nominations.
You will find the complete list of nominations below, with the winners in bold.
Winner of 2021 Game Awards
Game of the Year
- Endless loop
- Need two
- Metroid Fear
- Spirit Flyer 2
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Valley
- Resident Evil Village
Best Game Instruction
- Endless loop
- Need two
- return
- Spirit Flyer 2
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Valley
Best narrative
- Endless loop
- It needs Tw
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Spirit Flyer 2
Best Art Direction
- Clever escape
- Endless loop
- Keena: The Bridge of Spirit
- Spirit Flyer 2
- Ratchet & Clanl: Rift Apart
Best score and music
- Clever escape
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Endless loop
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Neil Copies
Best audio design
- Endless loop
- Forza Horizon 5
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Valley
- Resident Evil Village
- return
Best performance
- Erika Mori as Alex Chen-Life is Strange: True Colors
- Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo-Far Cry 6
- Jason E. Kelley as Colt Vahn-Deathloop
- Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu-Resident Evil Village
- The Gospel of Juliana Black-Deathloop
Impact games
- before your eyes
- Boyfriend dungeon
- endive
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Never go home
Best in progress
- Apex Legend
- Call of Duty: War Zone
- Final Fantasy 14 online
- Fort night
- Primordial shock
Best indie music
- 12 minutes
- Death’s door
- Keena: The Bridge of Spirit
- encryption
- Cycle hero
Best mobile game
- Fantasia
- Primordial shock
- League of Legends: Wild Rift
- Marvel’s future revolution
- Pokemon United
Best community support
- Apex Legend
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy 14 online
- Fort night
- Unmanned sky
Barrier-free innovation
- Far Cry 6
- Forza Horizon 5
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Valley
- Valley: Shadow of the Crown
Best augmented reality/virtual reality
- Killer 3
- I expect you to die 2
- Echoes of Lonely 2
- Resident Evil 4
- Sniper Elite VR
Best Action Game
- 4 blood back
- Knight 2
- Endless loop
- Far Cry 6
- return
Best Action Adventure
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Metroid Fear
- Spirit Flyer 2
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Valley
- Resident Evil Village
Best role play
- Cyberpunk
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Scarlet Center
- Shin Goddess Rebirth 5
- Rise story
Best sports/racing
- F1 2021
- FIFA 22
- Forza Horizon 5
- Hot Wheels Release
- Cavaliers Republic
Best fighting
- Demon Slayer -Kimetsu No Yaiba –The Hinokami Chronicles
- Guilty Gear Struggle
- Melty Blood-Lumina type
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
- Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown
Best family
- Need two
- Mario Party Superstar
- New Pokemon Snapshot
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
- Warioware: Put it together
Best simulation/strategy
- Age of Empires 4
- Evil Genius 2: Rule the World
- Humanity
- encryption
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
Best multiplayer game
- 4 blood back
- Need two
- Knockout city
- Monster Hunter Rise
- New world
- Wallheim
Best debut
- Keena: The Bridge of Spirit
- sable
- Clever escape
- Forgotten city
- Wallheim
The most anticipated game
- Eldon Ring
- Ares Gods Twilight
- Horizon Forbidden West
- The Legend of Zelda: The Sequel to Breath of the Wild
- Star field
Content Creator of the Year
- dream
- Fosley
- Gauls
- Ibai
- Grave
Best e-sports game
- call of Duty
- Counter Strike: GO
- Dota 2
- League of Legends
- Appraisal
Best e-sports player
- Chris “Simp” Lyle
- Pig “ShowMaker” Sue
- Magomed “crash” Khalilov
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
- Tyson “TenZ” Ngo
Best eSports Team
- Atlanta Fazer (COD)
- DWG Kia (laughs)
- Born for victory (CS:GO)
- Sentinel (value)
- Teamwork (DOTA2)
Best eSports Coach
- Eilat “silent” Gaziev
- Andrei “ENGH” Sholokhov
- Andrei “B1ad3” Horodensky
- James “Crowder” Crowder
- Kim “kkOma” Zheng Kyun
Best eSports event
- 2021 League of Legends World Finals
- PGL Main Stockholm 2021
- 2020 PUBG Mobile Global Championship
- International 2021
- Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters