Candidates for the 2021 Games Awards, hosted by Jeff Kigley, have already been revealed during the week, when Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks saw 20 nominations together, a record for the most nominations for game distributors at the event. In addition games like Deathloop and Psychonauts 2 are also nominated in a number of categories.
So who are the nominees for the annual Gaming Awards ceremony? Here are the different categories and games they face:
Game of the year
– Deathloop
– It Takes Two
– Metroid Dread
– Psychonauts 2
– Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
– Resident Evil Village
Best artistic direction
– Deathloop
– It Takes Two
– Returnal
– Psychonauts 2
– Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Best Ongoing Game:
– Apex Legends
– Call of Duty: Warzone
– Final Fantasy 14 Online
– Fortnite
–Genshin Impact
The best narrative
– Deathloop
– It Takes Two
– Life is Strange: True Colors
– Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
– Psychonauts 2
The best indie
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– Death’s Door
– Kena: Bridge of Spirits
– Inscryption
– Loop Hero
The best mobile game
– Fantasian
–Genshin Impact
– League of Legends: Wild Rift
– Marvel Future Revolution
– Pokémon Unite
Best VR AR Game:
– Hitman 3
– I Expect You to Die 2
– Lone Echo 2
– Resident Evil 4
– Sniper Elite VR
Best Action Game:
– Back 4 Blood
– Chivalry 2
– Deathloop
– Far Cry 6
– Returnal
Best action / adventure game
– Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
– Metroid Dread
– Psychonauts 2
– Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
– Resident Evil Village
Best role play
– Cyberpunk 2077
– Monster Hunter Rise
– Scarlet Nexus
–Shin Megami Tensei 5
– Tales of Arise
The best beating game
–Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba The Hinokami Chronicles
– Guilty Gear Strive
– Melty Blood: Type Lumina
– Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
– Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown
The game (indie) with the best premiere:
– Kena: Bridge of Spirits
– Sable
– The Artful Escape
– The Forgotten City
– Valheim
Best Family Game:
– It Takes Two
– Mario Party Superstars
– New Pokémon Snap
– Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
– WarioWare: Get It Together!
Best Sports / Racing Game:
– F1 2021
– FIFA 22
– Forza Horizon 5
– Hot Wheels Unleashed
– Riders Republic
The best sim / strategy game
– Age of Empires 4
– Evil Genius 2: World Domination
– Humankind
– Inscryption
– Microsoft Flight Simulator
Best multiplayer game:
– Back 4 Blood
– It Takes Two
– Knockout City
– Monster Hunter Rise
– New World
– Valheim
The most anticipated game
– Elden Ring
– God of War Ragnarok
– Horizon Forbidden West
– Untitled sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
– Starfield
Best sound design:
– Deathloop
– Kena: Bridge of Spirits
– Psychonauts 2
– Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
– The Artful Escape
The best soundtrack
– Cyberpunk 2077
– Deathloop
– NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139
– Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
– The Artful Escape
Best audio design
– Deathloop
– Forza Horizon 5
– Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
– Resident Evil Village
– Returnal
The 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 According to Julianna Blake, Deathloop
The most influential game
– Before Your Eyes
– Boyfriend Dungeon
– Chicory: A Colorful Tale
– Life is Strange: True Colors
– No Longer Home
The game with the best community support
– Apex Legends
– Destiny 2
– Final Fantasy 14
– Fortnite
– No Man’s Sky
The game with the most innovation and accessibility
– Far Cry 6
– Forza Horizon 5
– Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
– Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
– The Vale: Shadow of the Crown
Best content creator:
– Dream
– Fuslie
– Gauls
– Ibai
– TheGrefg
Best Esport game:
– Call of Duty
– Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
– Dota 2
– League of Legends
– Valuing
Best Esport Player:
– Chris “Simp” Lehr
– Pig “ShowMaker” Su
– Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
– Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
– Tyson “TenZ” Ngo
The best Esport group:
Atlanta FaZe
– DWG KIA
– Born to win
– Sentinels
– Team Spirit
Best Esport Coach
– Airat “Silent” Gaziev
– Andrey “ENGH” Sholokhov
– Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi
– James “Crowder” Crowder
– Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun
Best Esport Event:
– 2021 League of Legends World Championship
– PGL Major Stockholm 2021 – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
– PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020
– The International 2021 DOTA 2
– Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters
Well these are all the nominees for the 2021 Gaming Awards Ceremony to be held on December 10th at 3am between Thursday and Friday. You can still vote for the games you would like to win, for a vote click here. So what do you think about the games and the candidate companies? Who do you think will win? As usual, feel free to tell in the comments.
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