The Game Awards 2021 nominees announced

As promised The Game Awards 2021 nominees have been announced and there’s quite a few categories this year. The masterful Metroid Dread is up for Game of the Year, which is great news as we awarded Samus’s latest space adventure a 9.5/10 upon release. However, some gamers on social media are miffed as PlayStation 5 exclusive Returnal wasn’t included in the Game of the Year 2021 nominees along with Xbox exclusive Forza Horizon 5, which scored well with critics. You can vote for your favourite games of 2021 right here!

Game of the Year:

• DEATHLOOP
• It Takes Two
• Metroid Dread
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank
• Resident Evil Village

Best Game Direction:

• DEATHLOOP
• It Takes Two
• Returnal
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank

Best Art Direction:

• The Artful Escape
• DEATHLOOP
• Kena
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank

Best Narrative:

• DEATHLOOP
• It Takes Two
• Life is Strange: True Colors
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Psychonauts 2

Best Score:

• The Artful Escape
• Cyberpunk 2077
• DEATHLOOP
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• NieR Replicant

Best Audio Design:

• DEATHLOOP
• Forza Horizon 5
• Ratchet & Clank
• Resident Evil Village
• Returnal

Best Performance:

• Erika Mori as Alex Chen (Life is Strange: True Colors)
• Giancarlo Esposito as Antom Castillo (Far Cry 6)
• Jason Kelley as Colt Vahn (DEATHLOOP)
• Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu (Resident Evil Village)
• Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake (DEATHLOOP)

Best Indie:

• 12 Minutes
• Death’s Door
• Kena
• Inscryption
• Loop Hero

Best Action:

• Back 4 Blood
• Chivalry 2
• DEATHLOOP
• Far Cry 6
• Returnal

Best Action/Adventure:

• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Metroid Dread
• Ratchet & Clank
• Resident Evil Village
• Psychonauts 2

Best Role Playing Game:

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Monster Hunter Rise
• Scarlet Nexus
• Shin Megami Tensei V
• Tales of Arise

Best Sports/Racing:

• F1 2021
• FIFA 22
• Forza Horizon 5
• Hot Wheels Unleashed
• Riders Republic

Best Fighting:

• Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles
• Guilty Gear Strive
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
• Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown

Best Multiplayer:

• Back 4 Blood
• Knockout City
• It Takes Two
• Monster Hunter Rise
• New World
• Valheim

Best Sim/Strategy

• Age of Empires IV
• Evil Genius 2: World Domination
• Humankind
• Inscryption
• Microsoft Flight Simulator

Innovation in Accessibility

• Far Cry 6
• Forza Horizon 5
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Ratchet & Clank
• The Vale: Shadow of the Crown

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