THE GAME AWARDS 2021: Winner List

THE GAME AWARDS 2021 finally happened and congratulations to every titles that got awarded, thanks for all the amazing efforts. What? You missed the ceremony? No worries, we got the list of nominees and winners ready for you.

Game of the Year
Best game of the year that delivers the best experience across all fields

Deathloop
It Takes Two (WINNER)
Metroid Dread
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village

Best Family Game
Best game appropriate for family play

It Takes Two (WINNER)
Mario Party Superstars
New Pokémon Snap
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
WarioWare: Get It Together!

Best Multiplayer Game
Outstanding online multiplayer/co-op gameplay and design

Back 4 Blood
It Takes Two (WINNER)
Knockout City
Monster Hunter Rise
New World
Valheim

Games for Impact
Best thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message

Before Your Eyes
Boyfriend Dungeon
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Life is Strange: True Colors (WINNER)
No Longer Home

Best Action Game
Best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat

Back 4 Blood
Chivalry II
Deathloop
Far Cry 6
Returnal (WINNER)

Player’ Voice
100% public-voted as gamers’ favorite game

Forza Horizon 5
Halo Infinite (WINNER)
It Takes Two
Metroid Dread
Resident Evil Village

Best Audio Design
Best in-game audio and sound design

Deathloop
Forza Horizon 5 (WINNER)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Returnal

Innovation in Accessibility
Software and/or hardware with features, technology and content that allow games to be enjoyed by an even wider audience.

Far Cry 6
Forza Horizon 5 (WINNER)
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The Vale: Shadow of the Crown

Best Sports/Racing Game
Best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game

F1 2021
Fifa 22
Forza Horizon 5 (WINNER)
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Riders Republic

Best RPG
Best game designed with rich player character customization and story progression

Cyberpunk 2077
Monster Hunter Rise
Scarlet Nexus
Shin Megami Tensei V
Tales of Arise (WINNER)

Best Score and Music
Outstanding score, music, original song and/or licensed soundtrack

Cyberpunk 2077
Deathloop
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (WINNER)
The Artful Escape

Best Fighting Game
Best head-to-head combat game

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

Best Art Direction
Outstanding artistic design and animation

Deathloop (WINNER)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The Artful Escape

Best Game Direction
Outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design

Deathloop (WINNER)
It Takes Two
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
Psychonauts 2

Content Creator of the Year
Streamer or content creator with important and positive impact on the community in 2021.

Dream (WINNER)
Fuslie
Gaules
Ibai
TheGrefg

Best Mobile Game
Best game playable on a mobile device

Fantasian
Genshin Impact (WINNER)
League of Legends
MARVEL Future Revolution
Pokemon Unite

Best Narrative
Outstanding storytelling and narrative development

Deathloop
It Takes Two
Life is Strange: True Colors
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (WINNER)
Psychonauts 2

Best Ongoing Game
Outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time

Apex Legends
Call of Duty: War Zone
Final Fantasy XIV Online (WINNER)
Fortnite
Genshin Impact

Best Community Support
Outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness

Apex Legends: Escape
Destiny 2: Beyond Light
Final Fantasy XIV Online (WINNER)
Fortnite
No Man’s Sky

Best Action/Adventure Game
Best game combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Metroid Dread (WINNER)
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village

Best Indie Game
Outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made by solo developer team

12 Minutes
Death’s Door
Inscryption
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (WINNER)
Loop Hero

Best Esports Game
Best overall esports experience

Call of Duty
CS:GO
DOTA2
League of Legends (WINNER)
Valorant

Best Performance
Individual with best voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture

Erika Mori – Life is Strange
Giancarlo Esposito – Far Cry 6
Jason E. Kelley – Deathloop
Maggie Robertson – Resident Evil Village (WINNER)
Ozioama Akagha – Deathloop

Best VR/AR Game
Best virtual or augmented reality experience

Hitman III
I Expect You to Die 2
Lone Echo II
Resident Evil 4 (WINNER)
Sniper Elite VR

Best SIM/Strategy Game
Best real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay

Age of Empires IV (WINNER)
Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Humankind
Inscryption
Microsoft Flight Simulator

Most Anticipated Game
An announced game with potential to push the gaming medium forward

Elden Ring (WINNER)
God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Starfield
The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Congratulation to all of the nominees and winners again. You can watch the THE GAME AWARDS 2021: Official Livestream Replay from about too. The games are also on sale on various platform so take the opportunity and try out all of these award-winning games now!

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