Here Are The Game Award Nominees For 2021 #TheGameAwards

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Posted November 18, 2021 by Richard Lee Breslin in Android, Announcements, Apple, Gaming News, Mobile, Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, The Game Awards, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
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The nominees for this year’s The Game Award for 2021. Taking up much of the nominee slots includes Deathloop, Resident Evil Village, Life is Strange: True Colors and more.

Some of the highlighted categories include Game of the Year, Most Anticipated Game, Best Indie Game, and so forth. This year over 100 media outlets from around the world have curated the lists. However, gamers can also cast votes and have an influence on the winners.

If you want to cast your vote for each category of The Game Awards 2021, you can have your vote here. The Game Awards will take place on Thursday, December 9th. Be sure you let us know who you will be voting for across our social media channels.

GAME OF THE YEAR

  • Deathloop
  • It Takes Two
  • Metroid Dread
  • Psychonauts 2
  • Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
  • Resident Evil Village

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME

  • Elden Ring
  • God of War: Ragnarök
  • Horizon: Forbidden West
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
  • Starfield

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME

  • 12 Minutes
  • Death’s Door
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits
  • Inscryption
  • Loop Hero

BEST ACTION GAME

  • Back 4 Blood
  • Chivalry II
  • Deathloop
  • Far Cry 6
  • Returnal

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME

  • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Metroid Dread
  • Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
  • Resident Evil Village
  • Psychonauts 2

BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME

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

BEST FIGHTING GAME

  • Demon Slayer
  • Guilty Gear Strive
  • Melty Blood: Type Lumina
  • Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
  • Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown

BEST FAMILY GAME

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

BEST SIM/STRATEGY GAME

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

BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME

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

BEST PERFORMANCE

  • Erika Mori – Life is Strange: True Colors
  • Giancarlo Esposito – Far Cry 6
  • Jason Kelley – Deathloop
  • Maggie Robertson – Resident Evil Village
  • Ozioma Akagha – Deathloop

BEST MULTIPLAYER

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

BEST ONGOING GAME

  • Apex Legends
  • Call of Duty: Warzone
  • Final Fantasy XIV Online
  • Genshin Impact
  • Fortnite

BEST ART DIRECTION

  • Deathloop
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits
  • Psychonauts 2
  • Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
  • The Artful Escape

BEST SCORE AND MUSIC

  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Deathloop
  • Nier Replicant
  • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
  • The Artful Escape

BEST GAME DIRECTION

  • Deathloop
  • Psychonauts 2
  • It Takes Two
  • Returnal
  • Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

BEST AUDIO DESIGN

  • Deathloop
  • Forza Horizon 5
  • Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
  • Resident Evil Village
  • Returnal

INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY

  • Far Cry 6
  • Forza Horizon 5
  • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
  • The Vale: Shadow of the Crown

BEST NARRATIVE

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

GAMES FOR IMPACT

  • Before Your Eyes
  • Boyfriend Dungeon
  • Chicory
  • Life is Strange: True Colors
  • No Longer Home

BEST MOBILE GAME

  • Fantasian
  • Genshin Impact
  • League of Legends: Wild Rift
  • Marvel Future Revolution
  • Pokémon Unite

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT

  • Apex Legends
  • Destiny 2
  • Final Fantasy XIV Online
  • Fortnite
  • No Man’s Sky

BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME

  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits
  • Sable
  • The Artful Escape
  • The Forgotten City
  • Valheim

BEST AR/VR GAME

  • Hitman III
  • I Expect You To Die 2
  • Lone Echo 2
  • Resident Evil 4
  • Sniper Elite VR

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR

  • Dream
  • Fuslie
  • Gaules
  • Ibai
  • The Grefg

BEST ESPORTS GAME

  • Call of Duty
  • CS: GO
  • DOTA 2
  • League of Legends
  • Valorant

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE

  • Collapse
  • S1mple
  • Showmaker
  • Tenz
  • Simp

BEST ESPORTS TEAM

  • Atlanta Faze – Call of Duty
  • Damwon Gaming – League of Legends
  • Natus Vincere – CS: GO
  • Team Spirit = DOTA 2
  • Sentinels – Valorant

BEST ESPORTS COACH

  • B1AD3
  • Crowder
  • Engh
  • Kkoma
  • Silent

BEST ESPORTS EVENT

  • The International – DOTA 2
  • Worlds 2021 – League of Legends
  • Masters – Valorant
  • PGL Major Stockholm 2021 – CS: GO
  • PUBG Mobile Global Championship

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