Nominees for the 2021 Game Awards have been announced, led by Deathloop, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, and It Takes Two.
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The full list of categories and nominations for The Games Awards 2021 follows:
Game of the Year Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.
Deathloop
It Takes Two
Metroid Dread
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Best Game Direction Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.
Deathloop
It Takes Two
Returnal
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Best Narrative For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.
Deathloop
It Takes Two
Life is Strange: True Colors
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Psychonauts 2
Best Art Direction For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.
Deathloop
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The Artful Escape
Best Score/Music For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.
Cyberpunk 2077
Deathloop
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
The Artful Escape
Best Audio Design Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.
Deathloop
Forza Horizon 5
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Returnal
Best Performance Awarded to an individual for 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
Ozioama Akagha, Deathloop
Games for Impact For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message.
Before Your Eyes
Boyfriend Dungeon
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Life is Strange: True Colors
No Longer Home
Best Ongoing Game Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.
Apex Legends
Call of Duty: War Zone
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Fortnite
Genshin Impact
Best Indie Game For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.
12 Minutes
Death's Door
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Inscryption
Loop Hero
Best Debut Indie Game For the best debut game created by a new independent studio.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Sable
The Artful Escape
The Forgotten City
Valheim
Best Mobile Game For the best game playable on a mobile device.
Fantasian
Genshin Impact
League of Legends
MARVEL Future Revolution
Pokemon Unite
Best Community Support Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and game updates/patches.
Apex Legends: Escape
Destiny 2: Beyond Light
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Fortnite
No Man's Sky
Best VR/AR Game For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.
Hitman III
I Expect You to Die 2
Lone Echo II
Resident Evil 4
Sniper Elite VR
Innovation in Accessibility Recognizing software and/or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.
Best Action Game For the best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat.
Back 4 Blood
Chivalry II
Deathloop
Far Cry 6
Returnal
Best Action/Adventure Game For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Metroid Dread
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Psychonauts 2
Best RPG For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.
Cyberpunk 2077
Monster Hunter Rise
Scarlet Nexus
Shin Megami Tensei V
Tales of Arise
Best Fighting Game For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.
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 Family Game For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.
It Takes Two
Mario Party Superstars
New Pokémon Snap
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
WarioWare: Get It Together!
Best Sports/Racing Game For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.
F1 2021
Fifa 22
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Forza Horizon 5
Riders Republic
Best SIM/Strategy Game Best game focused on real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.
Age of Empires IV
Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Humankind
Inscryption
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Best Multiplayer Game For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform.
Back 4 Blood
It Takes Two
Knockout City
Monster Hunter Rise
New World
Valheim
Content Creator of the Year For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2021.
Dream
Fuslie
Gaules
Ibai
TheGrefg
Best Esports Athlete The esports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021, irrespective of game.
Chris "Simp" Lehr
Heo "ShowMaker" Su
Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov
Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
Tyson "TenZ" Ngo
Best Esports Coach The esports coach judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021.
Airat "Silent" Gaziev
Andrey "ENGH" Sholokhov
Andrii "B1ad3" Horodenskyi
James "Crowder" Crowder
Kim "kkOma" Jeong-gyun
Best Esports Event Recognizing an event (across single or multiple days) that delivered a best-of-class experience for participants and the broadcast audience.
The International 2021
2021 League of Legends World Championship
Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters
PGL Major Stockholm 2021
PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020
Best Esports Game For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.
Call of Duty
CS:GO
DOTA2
League of Legends
Valorant
Best Esports Team Recognizing a specific esports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021.
Atlanta FaZe, Call of Duty
DWG KIA, League of Legends
NAVI, CS:GO
Team Spirit, DOTA2
Sentinels, Valorant
Most Anticipated Game Recognizing an announced game that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium forward.
Elden Ring
God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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