Here Are The Game Award Nominees For 2021 #TheGameAwards
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.
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Here they are: Your nominees for #TheGameAwards in more than 30 categories!
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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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