The Game Awards

The 2020 Game Awards logo

Simplified representation of the price designed by Weta Workshop

The Game Awards are an annual awards show that recognizes achievements in the computer game industry. During the celebrations, presentations of new titles and detailed views of games that have already been announced can also be seen. The shows are produced and hosted by Geoff Keighley , who worked on its predecessor, the Spike Video Game Awards , for over ten years .

story

From 2003 to 2013 , towards the end of each calendar year, the American television station Spike TV broadcast the Spike Video Game Awards (VGA) to honor computer games released that year. Geoff Keighley was the producer and presenter of these programs. In 2013, Spike decided to rename the awards from VGA to VGX to show that they wanted to focus more on the next generation of games introduced with the start of the eighth generation of consoles and also placed the comedian and actor Joel McHale as co-host alongside Keighley. The 2013 event was seen as a disappointment, with a focus on commercial performance rather than a celebration of computer games.

Keighley decided to withdraw from another engagement with the VGX and allowed Spike to keep ownership of the VGX; In November 2014, Spike TV announced that they had decided to end the awards show entirely. Instead, Keighley worked with several companies in the industry, including the console manufacturers Sony , Microsoft and Nintendo, as well as several major publishers , to provide financial support for a new award show, the Game Awards, and to realize it with Spike's permission. Keighley was able to secure a venue for the live event. Without a television broadcaster, Keighley and the partners agreed to stream the live show on the console networks and Valve's Steam platform in order to reach a larger audience than Spike TV.

The procedure

The Game Awards have an advisory committee made up of representatives from hardware manufacturers Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and AMD, as well as software manufacturers Electronic Arts , Activision , Rockstar Games , Ubisoft , Valve and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment . This committee selects around thirty influential representatives of the press from the computer game industry, who are able to nominate computer games in several categories and then vote. Otherwise, the advisory board does not participate in the nomination or voting process. During the nomination round, each of the newsrooms presents a list of games in several categories; Games for e-sports -Categories be selected this editorial by a specialized group. The committee adheres to the nominations and selects the most frequently nominated titles for voting on the same representatives. Before 2017, the winners were selected by 28 industry experts and representatives, compared to 52 for the 2017 awards.

Winners and nominees

Award ceremony 2014

The 2014 Game Awards took place on December 5, 2014 at AXIS , Las Vegas . Introduced to the public for the first time or new trailers were shown by Nintendo's Super Mario Maker , Code Name: STEAM and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , Kojima Productions Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain , Visceral Gamess Battlefield Hardline , From Softwares Bloodborne , Supermassive Gamess Until Dawn , Ready at Dawns The Order: 1886 , Crystal Dynamics Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris , CD Projekt REDs The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt , The Odd Gentlemens King’s Quest , Three One Zeros Adrift and Natsumes Godzilla . Facepunch Studios Before , Stoics The Banner Saga 2 , Fullbrights Tacoma , Robotokis Human Element and Hello Games ' No Man's Sky were also featured during the ceremony .

With three awards each, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare , Dark Souls II , Destiny , Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft , Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and South Park: The Stick of Truth were the most successful games of the award.

Jury awards

Game of the Year (Game of the Year)	Developer of the Year (Developer of the Year)
Dragon Age: Inquisition  - Developed byBioWare Bayonetta 2  - developed by Platinum Games Dark Souls II  - developed by From Software Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft  - developed by Blizzard Entertainment Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor  - Developed by Monolith Productions	Nintendo Blizzard Entertainment Monolith Productions Telltale Games Ubisoft Montreal
Best Indie Game (Best Independent Game)	Best Mobile / Handheld Game (Best Mobile / Handheld Game)
Shovel Knight  - developed byYacht Club Games Broken Age Act I  - developed by Double Fine Productions Monument Valley  - developed by Ustwo Transistor  - developed by Supergiant Games The Vanishing of Ethan Carter  - developed by The Astronauts	Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft  - developed by Blizzard Entertainment Bravely Default  - developed by Silicon Studio and Square Enix Monument Valley  - developed by Ustwo Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS  - Developed by Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco Games Threes  - developed by Sirvo
Best story (Best Narrative)	Best Score / Soundtrack (Best Score / Soundtrack)
Valiant Hearts: The Great War  - written by Matt & Ed South Park: The Stick of Truth  - written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone The Walking Dead: Season 2  - Written by Nick Breckon and Andrew Grant The Wolf Among Us  - written by Pierre Shorette Wolfenstein: The New Order  - written by Jerk Gustafsson, Tom Keegan and Jens Matthies	Destiny  - composed by Michael Salvatori, C. Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell andPaul McCartney Alien: Isolation  - composed by Byron Bullock, Sam Cooper, Jeff van Dyck , Christian Henson, Joe Henson, Haydn Payne and Alexis Smith Child of Light  - composed by Béatrice Martin Sunset Overdrive  - composed by Boris Salchow Transistor  - composed by Darren Korb
Best Acting Performance	Games for changes (Games for Change)
Trey Parker as multiple characters - in South Park: The Stick of Truth Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf - in The Wolf Among Us Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons - in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Melissa Hutchison as Clementine - in The Walking Dead: Season 2 Troy Baker as Talion - in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Valiant Hearts: The Great War  - developed byUbisoft Montpellier Mountain  - developed by David OReilly Never Alone  - developed by Upper One Games and E-Line Media The Last of Us: Left Behind  - developed by Naughty Dog This War of Mine  - developed by 11 Bit Studios
Best Shooter (Best Shooter)	Best Action-Adventure (Best Action / Adventure)
Far Cry 4  - developed byUbisoft Montreal Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare  - developed by Sledgehammer Games Destiny  - developed by Bungie Titanfall  - developed by Respawn Entertainment Wolfenstein: The New Order  - developed by MachineGames	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor  - Developed by Monolith Productions Assassin's Creed Unity  - developed by Ubisoft Montreal Alien: Isolation  - Developed by Creative Assembly Bayonetta 2  - developed by Platinum Games Sunset Overdrive  - developed by Insomniac Games
Best RPG (Best Role Playing Game)	Best fighting game (Best Fighting Game)
Dragon Age: Inquisition  - Developed byBioWare Bravely Default  - developed by Silicon Studio and Square Enix Dark Souls II  - developed by From Software Divinity: Original Sin  - developed by Larian Studios South Park: The Stick of Truth  - Developed by Obsidian Entertainment and South Park Digital Studios	Super Smash Bros. for Wii U  - Developed bySora Ltd. andBandai Namco Games Killer Instinct: Season Two  - developed by Double Helix Games , Iron Galaxy Studios , Rare and Microsoft Studios Persona 4 Arena Ultimax  - Developed by Arc System Works Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS  - Developed by Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco Games Ultra Street Fighter IV  - developed by Capcom
Best Family Game (Best Family Game)	Best sports / racing game (Best Sports / Racing Game)
Mario Kart 8  - developed byNintendo EAD Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes  - Developed by Avalanche Software Fantasia: Music Evolved  - developed by Harmonix Skylanders: Trap Team  - developed by Toys for Bob and Beenox Tomodachi Life  - developed by Nintendo SPD	Mario Kart 8  - developed byNintendo EAD FIFA 15  - developed by EA Canada Forza Horizon 2  - developed by Playground Games , Sumo Digital and Turn 10 Studios NBA 2K15  - developed by Visual Concepts Trials Fusion  - developed by RedLynx , Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Kiev
Best Online Experience (Best Online Experience)	Best edition (Best Remaster)
Destiny  - developed by Bungie Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare  - developed by Sledgehammer Games , High Moon Studios, and Raven Software Dark Souls II  - developed by From Software Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft  - developed by Blizzard Entertainment Titanfall  - developed by Respawn Entertainment	Grand Theft Auto V  - Originally developed / redeveloped byRockstar North Halo: The Master Chief Collection  - originally developed by Bungie and 343 Industries ; newly developed by 343 Industries Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire  - originally developed / redeveloped by Game Freak The Last of Us Remastered  - originally developed / redeveloped by Naughty Dog Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition  - originally developed by Crystal Dynamics ; newly developed by Nixxes Software and United Front Games

Audience awards

Most anticipated game (Most Anticipated Game)	E-Sports Player of the Year (ESports Player of the Year)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt  - developed byCD Projekt RED Batman: Arkham Knight  - Developed by Rocksteady Studios Uncharted 4: A Thief's End  - developed by Naughty Dog Evolve  - developed by Turtle Rock Studios Bloodborne  - developed by From Software	Matt "NaDeSHoT" Haag Christopher "GeT RiGhT" Alesund Martin "Rekkles" Larsson James "Firebat" Kostesich Xu "Fy" lenses
E-Sports Team of the Year	Ascending players (Trending gamers)
Ninjas in pajamas Evil Geniuses Samsung White Newbee Edward Gaming	TotalBiscuit Evan "Vanoss" Fong Jeff Gerstmann PewDiePie StampyLongHead
Best Fankreation (Best Fan Creation)
Twitch Plays Pokémon  - by "Anonymous" Luigi Death Stare - by CZBwoi and Rizupicorr It's Dangerous to Go Alone  - by Starbomb Minecraft - Titan City - by Colonial Puppet Mine the Diamond (Minecraft Song)  - by Tobuscus

Honorary award

Icon of the computer game industry (Industry Icon Award)
Ken and Roberta Williams ( Sierra Entertainment )

Award ceremony 2015

The award ceremony took place on December 3, 2015 in the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles . World premieres included Telltale Games ' Batman: The Telltale Series and The Walking Dead: Michonne , Double Fine Productions ' Psychonauts 2 and Harmonix ' rock band VR .

With six awards, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was the most successful game of the event.

Jury awards

Game of the Year (Game of the Year)	Developer of the Year (Developer of the Year)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt  - developed by CD Projekt RED Bloodborne  - developed by From Software Fallout 4  - developed by Bethesda Game Studios Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain  - developed by Kojima Productions Super Mario Maker  - developed by Nintendo	CD project RED Bethesda Game Studios From software Kojima Productions Nintendo
Best Indie Game (Best Independent Game)	Best Mobile / Handheld Game (Best Mobile / Handheld Game)
Rocket League  - developed by Psyonix Axiom Verge  - developed by Tom Happ Her Story  - developed by Sam Barlow Ori and the Blind Forest  - developed by Moon Studios Undertale  - developed by Toby Fox	Lara Croft Go  -developed by Square Enix Montréal Downwell  - developed by Moppin Fallout Shelter  - developed by Bethesda Game Studios and Behavior Interactive Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate  - Developed by Capcom Pac-Man 256  - developed by Hipster Whale
Best story (Best Narrative)	Best artistic design (Best Art Direction)
Her Story  - written by Sam Barlow Life Is Strange  - written by Christian Divine and Jean-Luc Cano Tales from the Borderlands  - written by Pierre Shorette, Adam Hines, Jeremy Breslau, Chuck Jordan, Eric Stirpe, Anthony Burch, and Zack Keller The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt  - written by Marcin Blacha and Borys Pugacz-Muraszkiewicz Until Dawn  - written by Graham Reznick and Larry Fessenden	Ori and the Blind Forest  - developed by Moon Studios Batman: Arkham Knight  - Developed by Rocksteady Studios Bloodborne  - developed by From Software Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain  - developed by Kojima Productions The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt  - developed by CD Projekt RED
Best Score / Soundtrack (Best Score / Soundtrack)	Best Acting Performance
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain  - composed by Ludvig Forssell, Justin Burnett, and Daniel James Fallout 4  - composed by Inon Zur Halo 5: Guardians  - composed by Kazuma Jinnouchi Ori and the Blind Forest  - composed by Gareth Coker The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt  - composed by Marcin Przybyłowicz, Mikolai Stroinski, and Percival	Viva Seifert as Hannah Smith - in Her Story Ashly Burch as Chloe Price - in Life Is Strange Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft  - in Rise of the Tomb Raider Doug Cockle as Geralt of Rivia - in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Mark Hamill as the Joker  - in Batman: Arkham Knight
Play with effects (Games for Impact)	Best Shooter (Best Shooter)
Life Is Strange  - developed by Dontnod Entertainment Cibele  - developed by Star Maid Games Her Story  - developed by Sam Barlow Sunset  - developed by Tale of Tales Undertale  - developed by Toby Fox	Splatoon  -developed by Nintendo Call of Duty: Black Ops III  - developed by Treyarch Destiny: The Taken King  - Developed by Bungie Halo 5: Guardians  - Developed by 343 Industries Star Wars Battlefront  - Developed by EA Digital Illusions CE
Best Action-Adventure (Best Action / Adventure)	Best RPG (Best Role Playing Game)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain  - developed by Kojima Productions Assassin's Creed Syndicate  - developed by Ubisoft Quebec Batman: Arkham Knight  - Developed by Rocksteady Studios Ori and the Blind Forest  - developed by Moon Studios Rise of the Tomb Raider  - developed by Crystal Dynamics	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt  - developed by CD Projekt RED Bloodborne  - developed by From Software Fallout 4  - developed by Bethesda Game Studios Pillars of Eternity  - developed by Obsidian Entertainment Undertale  - developed by Toby Fox
Best fighting game (Best Fighting Game)	Best Family Game (Best Family Game)
Mortal Kombat X  - Developed by Netherrealm Studios Guilty Gear Xrd –SIGN–  - developed by Arc System Works Team Red Rise of Incarnates  - Developed by Bandai Namco Holdings Rising Thunder  - Developed by Radiant Entertainment	Super Mario Maker  - developed by Nintendo Disney Infinity 3.0  - developed by Avalanche Software with additional work from Ninja Theory , Studio Gobo , Sumo Digital, and United Front Games Lego Dimensions  - developed by Traveller's Tales Skylanders: SuperChargers  - developed by Vicarious Visions and Beenox Splatoon  - developed by Nintendo
Best sports / racing game (Best Sports / Racing Game)	Best Multiplayer (Best Multiplayer)
Rocket League  - developed by Psyonix FIFA 16  - developed by EA Canada Forza Motorsport 6  - developed by Turn 10 Studios NBA 2K16  - developed by Visual Concepts Pro Evolution Soccer 2016  - developed by PES Productions	Splatoon  - developed by Nintendo Call of Duty: Black Ops III  - developed by Treyarch Destiny: The Taken King  - Developed by Bungie Halo 5: Guardians  - Developed by 343 Industries Rocket League  - developed by Psyonix

Audience awards

Most anticipated game (Most Anticipated Game)	E-Sports Player of the Year (ESports Player of the Year)
No Man's Sky  - developed by Hello Games Horizon Zero Dawn  - developed by Guerrilla Games Quantum Break  - developed by Remedy Entertainment The Last Guardian  - developed by genDESIGN and SCE Japan Studio Uncharted 4: A Thief's End  - developed by Naughty Dog	Kenny "kennyS" Schrub ( Team EnVyUs - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ) Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok ( SK Telecom T1 - League of Legends ) Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer ( fnatic - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ) Peter "ppd" Dager ( Evil Geniuses - Dota 2 ) Syed Sumail "SumaiL" Hassan ( Evil Geniuses - Dota 2 )
E-Sports Team of the Year	ESports Game of the Year
OpTic Gaming Evil Geniuses Fnatic SK Telecom T1 Team SoloMid	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive  - Developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare  - developed by Sledgehammer Games Dota 2  - developed by Valve Corporation Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft  - developed by Blizzard Entertainment League of Legends  - developed by Riot Games
Ascending players (Trending gamers)	Best Fankreation (Best Fan Creation)
Greg Miller TotalBiscuit Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles Markiplier PewDiePie	Portal Stories: Mel  - by Prism Studios GTA V - Targets - by Hoodoo Operator Real GTA - from Corridor Digital Twitch Plays Dark Souls  - from the Twitch community

Honorary award

Icon of the computer game industry (Industry Icon Award)
Brett Sperry and Louis Castle ( Westwood Studios )

Award ceremony 2016

The award ceremony took place again on December 1, 2016 in the Microsoft Theater. It was also shown in China for the first time . A total of around 3.8 million viewers saw the broadcast via YouTube , Twitch , Xbox Live , PlayStation Network and Steam . New trailers were of Mass Effect: Andromeda , The Walking Dead: A New Frontier , Prey , The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , Shovel Knight : Specter of Torment, Halo Wars 2 , Death Stranding , Dauntless , a Bulletstorm - new edition, Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy , LawBreakers , Warframe , Assassin's Creed: The VR Experience and excerpts from the Assassin's Creed movie will be shown.

With eight awards, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End was the most successful game of the awards, followed by Firewatch , Inside and Overwatch (five prizes each).

Jury awards

Game of the Year (Game of the Year)	Best Director of a game (Best Game Direction)
Overwatch  - developed byBlizzard Entertainment Doom  - developed by id Software Inside  - developed by Playdead Titanfall 2  - developed by Respawn Entertainment Uncharted 4: A Thief's End  - developed by Naughty Dog	Blizzard Entertainment EA DICE id software Naughty Dog Respawn entertainment
Best story (Best Narrative)	Best artistic design (Best Art Direction)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End  - written by Neil Druckmann and Josh Scherr Firewatch  - written by Olly Moss, Chris Remo, Jake Rodkin, and Sean Vanaman Inside  - written by Laurids Binderup Mafia III  - written by Bill Harms Oxenfree  - written by Adam Hines	Inside  - developed by Playdead ABZÛ  - developed by Giant Squid Firewatch  - developed by Campo Santo Overwatch  - developed by Blizzard Entertainment Uncharted 4: A Thief's End  - developed by Naughty Dog
Best Music / Sound Design (Best Music / Sound Design)	Best Acting Performance
Doom  - composed by Mick Gordon Battlefield 1  - composed by Patrik Andrén and Johan Söderqvist Inside  - composed by Martin Stig Andersen and Søs Gunver Ryberg Rez Infinite  - composed by United Game Artists Thumper  - composed by Drool	Nolan North as Nathan Drake - in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Alex Hernandez as Lincoln Clay - in Mafia III Cissy Jones as Delilah - in Firewatch Emily Rose as Elena - in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Rich Sommer read Henry - in Firewatch Troy Baker as Sam Drake - in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Play with effects (Games for Impact)	Best Indie Game (Best Independent Game)
That Dragon, Cancer  - Developed byNuminous Games Block'hood  - developed by Plethora Project Orwell  - developed by Osmotic Sea Hero Quest  - developed by Glitchers 1979 Revolution: Black Friday  - developed by iNK Stories	Inside  - developed by Playdead Firewatch  - developed by Campo Santo Hyper Light Drifter  - developed by Heart Machine Stardew Valley  - developed by ConcernedApe The Witness  - developed by Thekla, Inc.
Best Mobile / Handheld Game (Best Mobile / Handheld Game)	Best VR game (VR Best Game)
Pokémon Go  - developed by Niantic Clash Royale  - developed by Supercell Fire Emblem Fates  - Developed by Intelligent Systems Monster Hunter Generations  - Developed by Capcom Severed  - developed by DrinkBox Studios	Rez Infinite  - developed by United Game Artists Batman: Arkham VR  - Developed by Rocksteady Studios Eve: Valkyrie  - developed by CCP Games Job Simulator  - Developed by Owlchemy Labs Thumper  - developed by Drool
Best Action Game (Best Action Game)	Best Action-Adventure (Best Action / Adventure)
Doom  - developed by id Software Battlefield 1  - developed by EA DICE Gears of War 4  - developed by The Coalition Overwatch  - developed by Blizzard Entertainment Titanfall 2  - developed by Respawn Entertainment	Dishonored 2: Legacy of the Mask  - developed by Arkane Studios Hitman  - developed by IO Interactive Hyper Light Drifter  - developed by Heart Machine Ratchet & Clank  - developed by Insomniac Games Uncharted 4: A Thief's End  - developed by Naughty Dog
Best RPG (Best Role Playing Game)	Best fighting game (Best Fighting Game)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine  - developed byCD Projekt RED Dark Souls III  - developed by From Software Deus Ex: Mankind Divided  - developed by Eidos Montréal World of Warcraft: Legion  - developed by Blizzard Entertainment Xenoblade Chronicles X  - developed by Monolith Soft	Street Fighter V  - developed byCapcom Killer Instinct: Season Three  - developed by Iron Galaxy The King of Fighters XIV  - developed by SNK Corporation Pokémon Tekken  - developed by Bandai Namco Studios
Best Strategy Game (Best Strategy Game)	Best Family Game (Best Family Game)
Civilization VI  - developed byFiraxis Games Fire Emblem Fates  - Developed by Intelligent Systems The Banner Saga 2  - developed by Stoic Total War: Warhammer  - developed by Creative Assembly XCOM 2  - developed by Firaxis Games	Pokémon Go  - developed by Niantic Dragon Quest Builders  - developed by Square Enix Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens  - developed by TT Fusion Ratchet & Clank  - developed by Insomniac Games Skylanders: Imaginators  - developed by Toys for Bob
Best sports / racing game (Best Sports / Racing Game)	Best Multiplayer (Best Multiplayer)
Forza Horizon 3  - developed by Playground Games FIFA 17  - developed by EA Canada MLB The Show 16  - Developed by SIE San Diego Studio NBA 2K17  - developed by Visual Concepts Pro Evolution Soccer 2017  - developed by PES Productions	Overwatch  - developed by Blizzard Entertainment Battlefield 1  - developed by EA DICE Gears of War 4  - developed by The Coalition Overcooked  - developed by Ghost Town Games Titanfall 2  - developed by Respawn Entertainment Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege  - developed by Ubisoft Montreal

Audience awards

Most anticipated game (Most Anticipated Game)	Ascending players (Trending gamers)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild  - developed by Nintendo EPD God of War  - developed by SIE Santa Monica Studio Horizon Zero Dawn  - developed by Guerrilla Games Mass Effect: Andromeda  - Developed by BioWare Red Dead Redemption 2  - developed by Rockstar Games	Boogie2988 The Angry Joe Show Danny O'Dwyer Jacksepticeye Lirik
Best Fankreation (Best Fan Creation)	E-Sports Player of the Year (esports Player of the Year)
Enderal: The Shards of Order Brutal Doom 64 AM2R 1 Pokémon Uranium 1 1Nomination revoked following DMCA notification from Nintendo .	Marcelo "Coldzera" David ( SK Gaming - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ) Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok ( SK Telecom T1 - League of Legends ) Hyun "ByuN" Woo ( StarCraft II ) Lee "Infiltration" Seon-woo ( Team Razer - Street Fighter V ) Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma ( Team Liquid - Super Smash Bros. Melee )
E-Sports Team of the Year (esports Team of the Year)	E-sports game of the year (esports Game of the Year)
Cloud9 SK Telecom T1 Wings Gaming SK Gaming ROX Tigers	Overwatch  - developed by Blizzard Entertainment Counter-Strike: Global Offensive  - Developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation Dota 2  - developed by Valve Corporation League of Legends  - developed by Riot Games Street Fighter V  - developed by Capcom

Honorary award

Icon of the computer game industry (Industry Icon Award)
Hideo Kojima

Award ceremony 2017

The Game Awards 2017 were presented again on December 7, 2017 in the Microsoft Theater. With three awards each, Cuphead , Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild were the most successful games at the awards ceremony. The prizes were presented by Hideo Kojima , Guillermo del Toro , Justin Roiland , Conan O'Brien , Norman Reedus , Andy Serkis , Felicia Day , Aisha Tyler and Zachary Levi, among others . A total of 11.5 million viewers saw the broadcast via various platforms.

Jury awards

Game of the Year (Game of the Year)	Best Director of a game (Best Game Direction)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild  - developed byNintendo Horizon Zero Dawn  - developed by Guerrilla Games Persona 5  - developed by Atlus PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds  - developed by PUBG Corporation Super Mario Odyssey  - developed by Nintendo	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild  - developed byNintendo Horizon Zero Dawn  - developed by Guerrilla Games Resident Evil 7: Biohazard  - Developed by Capcom Super Mario Odyssey  - developed by Nintendo Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus  - developed by MachineGames
Best story (Best Narrative)	Best artistic design (Best Art Direction)
What Remains of Edith Finch  - written by Ian Dallas Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice  - written by Tameem Antoniades and Elizabeth Ashman-Rowe Horizon Zero Dawn  - written by John Gonzalez Nier: Automata  - written by Yoko Taro, Hana Kikuchi, and Yoshiho Akabane Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus  - written by Jen Matthies and Tommy Tordsson Bjork	Cuphead  - developed byStudioMDHR Destiny 2  - developed by Bungie Horizon Zero Dawn  - developed by Guerrilla Games Persona 5  - developed by Atlus The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild  - developed by Nintendo
Best / r Score / Music (Best Score / Music)	Best Audio Design (Best Audio Design)
Nier: Automata  - composed by Keiichi Okabe and Keigo Hoashi Cuphead  - composed by Kristofer Maddigan Destiny 2  - composed by Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin, and C Paul Johnson Persona 5  - composed by Shoji Meguro Super Mario Odyssey  - composed by Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, and Kōji Kondō The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild  - composed by Manaka Kataoka and Yasuaki Iwata	Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice  - developed byNinja Theory Destiny 2  - developed by Bungie Resident Evil 7: Biohazard  - Developed by Capcom Super Mario Odyssey  - developed by Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild  - developed by Nintendo
Best Acting Performance	Play with effects (Games for Impact)
Melina Juergens as Senua - in Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Ashly Burch as Aloy - in Horizon Zero Dawn Brian Bloom as BJ Blazkowicz - in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer - in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Laura Bailey as Nadine Ross - in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy	Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice  - developed byNinja Theory Bury Me, My Love  - developed by The Pixel Hunt Life Is Strange: Before the Storm  - developed by Deck Nine Night in the Woods  - developed by Infinite Fall Please Knock on My Door  - developed by Levall Games AB What Remains of Edith Finch  - developed by Giant Sparrow
Best continuous play (Best Ongoing Game)	Best Indie Game (Best Independent Game)
Overwatch  - developed by Blizzard Entertainment Destiny 2  - developed by Bungie Grand Theft Auto Online  - developed by Rockstar Games PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds  - developed by PUBG Corporation Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege  - developed by Ubisoft Montreal Warframe  - developed by Digital Extremes	Cuphead  - developed byStudioMDHR Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice  - developed by Ninja Theory Night in the Woods  - developed by Infinite Fall Pyre  - developed by Supergiant Games What Remains of Edith Finch  - developed by Giant Sparrow
Best Mobile Game (Best Mobile Game)	Best handheld game (Best Handheld Game)
Monument Valley 2  - developed byustwo games Fire Emblem Heroes  - Developed by Intelligent Systems Hidden Folks  - developed by Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg Old Man's Journey  - developed by Broken Rules Super Mario Run  - developed by Nintendo	Metroid: Samus Returns  - Developed byMercurySteam Ever Oasis  - developed by Grezzo Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia  - Developed by Intelligent Systems Monster Hunter Stories  - Developed by Marvelous Entertainment Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World  - developed by Good-Feel
Best VR / AR Game (Best VR / AR Game)	Best Action Game (Best Action Game)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard  - Developed by Capcom Farpoint  - developed by Impulse Gear Lone Echo  - developed by Ready at Dawn Star Trek: Bridge Crew  - Developed by Red Storm Entertainment SUPERHOT VR  - developed by the SUPERHOT team	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus  - developed by MachineGames Cuphead  - developed by StudioMDHR Destiny 2  - developed by Bungie Nioh  - developed by Team Ninja Prey  - developed by Arkane Studios
Best Action-Adventure (Best Action / Adventure)	Best RPG (Best Role Playing Game)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild  - developed by Nintendo Assassin's Creed Origins  - developed by Ubisoft Montreal Horizon Zero Dawn  - developed by Guerrilla Games Super Mario Odyssey  - developed by Nintendo Uncharted: The Lost Legacy  - developed by Naughty Dog	Persona 5  - developed by Atlus Divinity: Original Sin II  - developed by Larian Studios Final Fantasy XV  - Developed by Square Enix Nier: Automata  - developed by Platinum Games South Park: The Fractured But Whole  - developed by Ubisoft San Francisco
Best fighting game (Best Fighting Game)	Best Family Game (Best Family Game)
Injustice 2  - developed byNetherrealm Studios ARMS  - developed by Nintendo Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite  - Developed by Capcom Nidhogg 2  - developed by Messhof Games Tekken 7  - developed by Bandai Namco	Super Mario Odyssey  - developed by Nintendo Mario Kart 8 Deluxe  - developed by Nintendo Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle  - developed by Ubisoft Paris + Milan Sonic Mania  - developed by Christian Whitehead , PagodaWest Games , Headcannon Splatoon 2  - developed by Nintendo
Best Strategy Game (Best Strategy Game)	Best sports / racing game (Best Sports / Racing Game)
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle  - developed byUbisoftParis + Milan Halo Wars 2  - developed by Creative Assembly and 343 Industries Total War: Warhammer II  - developed by Creative Assembly Tooth and Tail  - developed by Pocketwatch Games XCOM 2: War of the Chosen  - developed by Firaxis Games	Forza Motorsport 7  - developed byTurn 10 Studios FIFA 18  - developed by EA Vancouver Gran Turismo Sport  - developed by Polyphony Digital NBA 2K18  - developed by Visual Concepts Pro Evolution Soccer 2018  - developed by Konami Project CARS 2  - developed by Slightly Mad Studios
Best Multiplayer (Best Multiplayer)	Student Game Prize (Student Game Award)
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds  - developed by PUBG Corporation Call of Duty: WWII  - Developed by Sledgehammer Games Destiny 2  - developed by Bungie Fortnite  - developed by Epic Games Mario Kart 8 Deluxe  - developed by Nintendo Splatoon 2  - developed by Nintendo	Level Squared  - developed by Kip Brennan, Stephen Scoglio, and Dane Perry Svendsen, ( Swinburne University of Technology ) Falling Sky  - developed by Jonathan Nielssen, Nikolay Savoy, and Mohsen Shah, ( National Film and Television School ) From Light  - developed by Alejandro Grossman, Steven Li, and Sherveen Uduwana, ( University of Southern California ) Hollowed  - developed by Erin Marek, Jerrick Flores, and Charley Choucard, ( University of Central Florida ) Impulsion  - developed by Hugo Verger, Remi Bertrand, and Maxime Lupinski, (Institut de l'Internet et du Multimédia) Meaning  - developed by Hariz Yet, ( DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore )
Best debut indie game (Best Debut Indie Game)
Cuphead  - developed by StudioMDHR Golf Story  - developed by Sidebar Games Hollow Knight  - developed by Team Cherry Mr. Shifty  - developed by Team Shifty Slime Rancher  - developed by Monomi Park

Audience awards

Most anticipated game (Most Anticipated Game)	Ascending players (Trending gamers)
The Last of Us Part II  - developed byNaughty Dog God of War  - developed by Santa Monica Studio Spider-Man  - Developed by Insomniac Games Monster Hunter: World  - Developed by Capcom Red Dead Redemption 2  - developed by Rockstar Games	Guy Beahm ("Dr. Disrespect") Andrea Rene (What's Good Games) Clint Lexa ("Halfcoordinated") Mike Grzesiek ("Shroud") Steven Spohn (AbleGamers)
Best e-sports game (Best eSports Game)	Best eSports Player (Best eSports Player)
Overwatch  - developed by Blizzard Entertainment Counter-Strike: Global Offensive  - Developed by Valve Corporation Dota 2  - developed by Valve Corporation League of Legends  - developed by Riot Games Rocket League  - developed by Psyonix	Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok ( SK Telecom T1 , League of Legends ) Marcelo "coldzera" David ( SK Gaming , Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ) Nikola "NiKo" Kovač ( FaZe Clan , Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ) Je-hong "ryujehong" Ryu ( Seoul Dynasty , Overwatch ) Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Takhasomi ( Team Liquid , Dota 2 )
Best e-sports team (Best eSports Team)	Chinese Games Audience Award (Chinese Fan Game Award)
Cloud 9 FaZe Clan Lunatic shark SK Telecom T1 Team Liquid	jx3 HD  - developed byKingsoft Corporation Honor of Kings  - developed by Timi Studio Group ICEY  - developed by FantaBlade Network Gumballs & Dungeons  - developed by QcPlay Limited Monument Valley 2  - developed by ustwo games

Award ceremony 2018

The Game Awards 2018 were presented again on December 6, 2018 in the Microsoft Theater. With four awards, Red Dead Redemption 2 was the most successful game of the awards, followed by God of War (three awards) and Celeste and Fortnite (two awards each).

Computer games

Game of the Year (Game of the Year)	Best Director of a game (Best Game Direction)
God of War  - YOU Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Assassin's Creed Odyssey  - Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft Celeste  - Matt Makes Games Marvel's Spider-Man  - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Monster Hunter: World  - Capcom Red Dead Redemption 2  - Rockstar Games	God of War  - YOU Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment A Way Out  - Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts Detroit: Become Human  - Quantic Dream / Sony Interactive Entertainment Marvel's Spider-Man  - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Red Dead Redemption 2  - Rockstar Games
Best continuous play (Best Ongoing Game)	Best story (Best Narrative)
Fortnite  - Epic Games Destiny 2: Forsaken  - Bungie / Activision No Man's Sky  - Hello Games Overwatch  - Blizzard Entertainment Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege  - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft	Red Dead Redemption 2  - Rockstar Games Detroit: Become Human  - Quantic Dream / Sony Interactive Entertainment God of War  - YOU Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Life Is Strange 2  - Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix Marvel's Spider-Man  - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best artistic design (Best Art Direction)	Best / r Score / Music (Best Score / Music)
Return of the Obra Dinn  - 3909 LLC Assassin's Creed Odyssey  - Ubisoft Quebec God of War  - YOU Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Red Dead Redemption 2  - Rockstar Games Octopath Traveler  - Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo	Red Dead Redemption 2  - Woody Jackson Celeste  - Lena Raine God of War  - Bear McCreary Marvel's Spider-Man  - John Paesano Ni No Kuni 2: Fate of a Kingdom  - Joe Hisaishi Octopath Traveler  - Yasunori Nishiki
Best Audio Design (Best Audio Design)	Best Acting Performance
Red Dead Redemption 2  - Rockstar Games Call of Duty: Black Ops 4  - Treyarch Forza Horizon 4  - Playground Games God of War  - YOU Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Marvel's Spider-Man  - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment	Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan - in Red Dead Redemption 2 Bryan Dechart as Connor - in Detroit: Become Human Christopher Judge as Kratos - in God of War Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra - in Assassin's Creed Odyssey Yuri Lowenthal as Spider-Man - in Marvel's Spider-Man
Play with effects (Games for Impact)	Best Indie Game (Best Independent Game)
Celeste  - Matt Makes Games 11-11 Memories Retold  - Digixart / Aardman Animations / Bandai Namco Holdings Florence  - Mountains Life Is Strange 2  - Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories  - White Owls / Arc System Works	Celeste  - Matt Makes Games Dead Cells  - Motion Twin Into the Breach  - Subset Games Return of the Obra Dinn  - 3909 LLC The Messenger  - Sabotage Studio
Best Mobile Game (Best Mobile Game)	Best VR / AR Game (Best VR / AR Game)
Florence  - Mountains Donut County  - Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive Fortnite  - Epic Games PUBG Mobile  - Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games Reigns: Game of Thrones  - Nerial / Devolver Digital	Astro Bot Rescue Mission  - SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Beat Saber  - Beat Games Firewall: Zero Hour  - First Contact Entertainment / Sony Interactive Entertainment Moss  - Polyarc Games Tetris Effect  - Resonair / Enhance, Inc.
Best Action Game (Best Action Game)	Best Action-Adventure (Best Action / Adventure)
Dead Cells  - Motion Twin Call of Duty: Black Ops 4  - Treyarch / Activision Destiny 2: Forsaken  - Bungie / Activision Far Cry 5  - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Mega Man 11  - Capcom	God of War  - YOU Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Assassin's Creed Odyssey  - Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft Marvel's Spider-Man  - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Red Dead Redemption 2  - Rockstar Games Shadow of the Tomb Raider  - Eidos Montréal / Square Enix
Best RPG (Best Role Playing Game)	Best fighting game (Best Fighting Game)
Monster Hunter: World  - Capcom Dragon Quest XI  - Square Enix Ni No Kuni 2: Fate of a Kingdom  - Level-5 / Bandai Namco Holdings Octopath Traveler  - Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire  - Obsidian Entertainment	Dragon Ball FighterZ  - Arc System Works / Bandai Namco Holdings BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle  - Arc System Works Soulcalibur VI  - Bandai Namco Holdings Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition  - Capcom
Best Family Game (Best Family Game)	Best Strategy Game (Best Strategy Game)
Overcooked 2  - Ghost Town Games / Team17 Mario Tennis Aces  - Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo Nintendo Labo  - Nintendo Starlink: Battle for Atlas  - Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft Super Mario Party  - NDcube / Nintendo	Into the Breach  - Subset Games The Banner Saga 3  - Stoic Studio / Versus Evil BattleTech  - Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive Frostpunk  - 11 Bit Studios Valkyria Chronicles 4  - Sega
Best sports / racing game (Best Sports / Racing Game)	Best Multiplayer (Best Multiplayer)
Forza Horizon 4  - Playground Games / Microsoft Studios FIFA 19  - EA Vancouver / EA Sports Mario Tennis Aces  - Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo NBA 2K19  - Visual Concepts / 2K Sports Pro Evolution Soccer 2019  - PES Productions / Konami	Fortnite  - Epic Games Call of Duty: Black Ops 4  - Treyarch / Activision Destiny 2: Forsaken  - Bungie / Activision Monster Hunter: World  - Capcom Sea of ​​Thieves  - Rare / Microsoft Studios
Student Game Prize (Student Game Award)	Best debut indie game (Best Debut Indie Game)
Combat 2018  - Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences Dash Quasar  - University of California, Santa Cruz JERA  - DigiPen Bilbao , Spain LIFF  - ISTART Digital, France RE: Charge  - Massachusetts Institute of Technology	The Messenger  - Sabotage Studio Donut County  - Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive Florence  - Mountains Moss  - Polyarc Games Yoku's Island Express  - Villa Gorilla

eSports / miscellaneous

Best eSports Game (Best Esports Game)	Best Esports Player
Overwatch  - Blizzard Entertainment Counter-Strike: Global Offensive  - Valve Corporation Dota 2  - Valve Corporation Fortnite  - Epic Games League of Legends  - Riot Games	Dominique "SonicFox" McLean (Echo Fox) Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi (Echo Fox) Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao (Royal Never Give Up) Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliw ( Natus Vincere ) Sung-hygeon "JJoNak" Bang ( New York Excelsior )
Best eSports Team (Best Esports Team)	Best Esports Coach (Best Esports Coach)
Cloud 9 ( League of Legends ) Astralis ( Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ) Fnatic ( League of Legends ) London Spitfire ( Overwatch ) 1st floor ( Dota 2 )	Bok "Reapered" Han-gyu (Cloud 9) Christian "ppasarel" Banaseanu (OG) Danny "zonic" Sorensen (Astralis) Dylan Falco (Fnatic) Jakob "YamatoCannon" Mebdi ( Team Vitality ) Janko "YNk" Paunovic ( Made in Brazil (mibr))
Best eSports Event (Best Esports Event)	Best Esports Host
League of Legends World Championship 2018 Eleague Major: Boston 2018 Evo 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals The International 2018	Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez Alex "Machine" Richardson Flower is different Paul "Redeye" Chaloner
Best eSports moment (Best Esports moment)	Content Creator of the Year
Cloud 9 defeated FaZe Clan in the final after two stoppage times ( Eleague Major: Boston 2018 ) G2 Esports defeats RNG ( League of Legends World Championship) KT Rolster versus Invictus Gaming ( League of Legends World Championship) OG defeat LGD Gaming ( The International 2018 ) SonicFox side switch against Go1 ( Dragon Ball FighterZ ; Evo 2018 )	Ninja Dr. Lupo Myth Pokimane Willyrex

Honorary award

Industry Icon Award
Greg Thomas ( Visual Concepts Entertainment )

Award ceremony 2019

The Game Awards 2019 were presented on the night of December 12th to 13th, 2019.

The event was seen by 45.2 million viewers.

Computer games

Game of the Year (Game of the Year)	Best Director of a game (Best Game Direction)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice -From Software/Activision Control - Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games Death Stranding - Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Resident Evil 2 - Capcom Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Bandai Namco / Sora Ltd. / Nintendo The Outer Worlds - Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division	Death Stranding - Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Control - Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games Resident Evil 2 - Capcom Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - From Software / Activision Outer Wilds - Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive
Best continuous play (Best Ongoing Game)	Best story (Best Narrative)
Fortnite -Epic Games Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts Destiny 2 - Bungie Final Fantasy XIV - Square Enix Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Ubisoft	Disco Elysium -ZA / UM A Plague Tale: Innocence - Asobo Studio / Focus Home Interactive Control - Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games Death Stranding - Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment The Outer Worlds - Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division
Best artistic design (Best Art Direction)	Best / r Score / Music (Best Score / Music)
Control - Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games Death Stranding - Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Gris - Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital Sayonara Wild Hearts - Simogo / Annapurna Interactive Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - From Software / Activision The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Grezzo / Nintendo	Death Stranding - Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Cadence of Hyrule - Brace Yourself Games / Nintendo Devil May Cry 5 - Capcom Kingdom Hearts III - Square Enix Sayonara Wild Hearts - Simogo / Annapurna Interactive
Best Audio Design (Best Audio Design)	Best Acting Performance
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare -Infinity Ward/Activision Control - Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games Death Stranding - Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Gears 5 - The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios Resident Evil 2 - Capcom Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - From Software / Activision	Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff - Death Stranding Ashly Burch as Parvati Holcomb - The Outer Worlds Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden- Control Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz - Gears 5 Matthew Porretta as Dr. Casper Darling - Control Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges - Death Stranding
Play with effects (Games for Impact)	Best Indie Game (Best Independent Game)
Gris - Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital Concrete Genie - Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment Kind Words - Popcannibal Life Is Strange 2 - Dontnod / Square Enix Sea of ​​Solitude - Jo-Mei Games / Electronic Arts	Disco Elysium -ZA / UM Baba Is You - Hempuli Katana Zero - Askiisoft / Devolver Digital Outer Wilds - Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive Untitled Goose Game - House House / Panic
Best Mobile Game (Best Mobile Game)	Best VR / AR Game (Best VR / AR Game)
Call of Duty: Mobile -TiMi Studios/Activision Grindstone - Capybara Games Sayonara Wild Hearts - Simogo / Annapurna Interactive Sky: Children of Light - That Game Company What the golf? - Triband	Beat Saber - Beat Games Asgard's Wrath - Sanzaru Games / Oculus Studios Blood & Truth - YOU London Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment No Man's Sky - Hello Games Trover Saves the Universe - Squanch Games
Best Action Game (Best Action Game)	Best Action-Adventure (Best Action / Adventure)
Devil May Cry 5 - Capcom Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts Astral Chain - Platinum Games / Nintendo Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward / Activision Gears 5 - The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios Metro Exodus - 4A Games / Deep Silver	Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - From Software / Activision Borderlands 3 - Gearbox / 2K Games Control - Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games Death Stranding - Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Resident Evil 2 - Capcom The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Grezzo / Nintendo
Best RPG (Best Role Playing Game)	Best fighting game (Best Fighting Game)
Disco Elysium -ZA / UM Final Fantasy XIV - Square Enix Kingdom Hearts III - Square Enix Monster Hunter World: Iceborne - Capcom The Outer Worlds - Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Bandai Namco / Sora Ltd. / Nintendo Dead or Alive 6 - Team Ninja / Koei Tecmo Jump Force - Spike Chunsoft / Bandai Namco Mortal Kombat 11 - NetherRealm / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Samurai Shodown - SNK Corporation / Athlon Games
Best Family Game (Best Family Game)	Best Strategy Game (Best Strategy Game)
Luigi's Mansion 3 -Next Level Games/Nintendo Ring Fit Adventure - Nintendo Super Mario Maker 2 - Nintendo Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Bandai Namco / Sora Ltd. / Nintendo Yoshi's Crafted World - Good-Feel / Nintendo	Fire Emblem: Three Houses -Intelligent Systems/Koei Tecmo/Nintendo Age of Wonders: Planetfall - Triumph Studios / Paradox Interactive Anno 1800 - Blue Byte / Ubisoft Total War: Three Kingdoms - Creative Assembly / Sega Tropico 6 - Limbic Entertainment / Kalypso Media Wargroove - Chucklefish
Best sports / racing game (Best Sports / Racing Game)	Best Multiplayer (Best Multiplayer)
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled -Beenox/Activision Dirt Rally 2.0 - Codemasters eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 - PES Productions / Konami F1 2019 - Codemasters FIFA 20 - EA Sports	Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts Borderlands 3 - Gearbox / 2K Games Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward / Activision Tetris 99 - Arika / Nintendo Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft
Best debut indie game (Best Debut Indie Game)	Best Community Support
ZA / UM for Disco Elysium Nomada Studio for Gris DeadToast Entertainment for My Friend Pedro Mobius Digital for Outer Wilds MegaCrit for Slay the Spire House House for Untitled Goose Game	Destiny 2 - Bungie Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts Final Fantasy XIV - Square Enix Fortnite - Epic Games Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Ubisoft
Content Creator of the Year	Choice of Player (Player's Voice)
Michael "Shroud" Grzesiek Jack "Courage" Dunlop Benjamin "Dr. Lupo "Lupo Soleil "Ewok" Wheeler David "Grefg" Martínez	Fire Emblem: Three Houses -Intelligent Systems/Koei Tecmo/Nintendo Death Stranding - Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Bandai Namco / Sora Ltd. / Nintendo

eSports / miscellaneous

Best eSports Game (Best Esports Game)	Best Esports Player
League of Legends -Riot Games Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Valve Dota 2 - Valve Fortnite - Epic Games Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment	Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf (Sentinels, Fortnite ) Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok ( SK Telecom T1 , League of Legends ) Luka "Perkz" Perkovic ( G2 Esports , League of Legends ) Oleksandr "S1mple" Kostyliw ( Natus Vincere , Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ) Jay "Sinatraa" Won ( San Francisco Shock , Overwatch League )
Best eSports Team (Best Esports Team)	Best Esports Coach (Best Esports Coach)
G2 Esports ( League of Legends ) Astralis ( Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ) 1st floor ( Dota 2 ) San Francisco Shock ( Overwatch League ) Team Liquid ( Counter-Strike: Global Offensive )	Danny "Zonic" Sørensen ( Astralis , Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ) Eric "adreN" Hoag ( Team Liquid , Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ) Nu-ri "Cain" Jang (Team Liquid, League of Legends ) Fabian "GrabbZ" Lohmann ( G2 Esports , League of Legends ) Kim "Kkoma" Jeong-gyun ( SK Telecom T1 , League of Legends ) Titouan "Sockshka" Merloz (upper floor , Dota 2 )
Best eSports Event (Best Esports Event)	Best Esports Host
League of Legends World Championship 2019 Overwatch League 2019 Grand Finals EVO 2019 Fortnite World Cup IEM Katowice 2019 The International 2019	Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez Alex "Machine" Richardson Duan "Candice" Yu-Shuang Paul "Redeye" Chaloner

Honorary award

Global Gaming Citizens
Fereshteh Forough, Code to Inspire Damon Packwood, Gameheads Luke, Let's Be Well Vanessa Gill, Social Cipher Stephen Machuga and Mat Bergendahl, Stack Up

Award ceremony 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Game Awards 2020 were awarded live and without an audience on December 10, 2020 (local time).

Computer games

Game of the Year (Game of the Year)	Best Director of a game (Best Game Direction)
The Last of Us Part II -Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Doom Eternal - id Software / Bethesda Softworks Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix Ghost of Tsushima - Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Hades - Supergiant Games	The Last of Us Part II -Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix Ghost of Tsushima - Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Hades - Supergiant Games Half-Life: Alyx - Valve
Best story (Best Narrative)	Best artistic design (Best Art Direction)
The Last of Us Part II -Neil DruckmannandHalley Gross 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - George Kamitani Final Fantasy VII Remake - Kazushige Nojima , Motomu Toriyama , Hiroaki Iwaki, and Sachie Hirano Ghost of Tsushima - Ian Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs, and Jordan Lemos Hades - Greg Kasavin	Ghost of Tsushima - Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment The Last of Us Part II - Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix Hades - Supergiant Games Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios
Best Score and Music (Best Score and Music)	Best Audio Design (Best Audio Design)
Final Fantasy VII Remake -Nobuo Uematsu,Masashi Hamauzuand Mitsuto Suzuki Doom Eternal - Mick Gordon Hades - Darren Korb Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Gareth Coker The Last of Us Part II - Gustavo Santaolalla and Mac Quayle	The Last of Us Part II - Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Doom Eternal - id Software / Bethesda Softworks Half-Life: Alyx - Valve Ghost of Tsushima - Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Resident Evil 3 - Capcom
Best Acting Performance	Play with effects (Games for Impact)
Laura Bailey as Abby - The Last of Us Part II Ashley Johnson as Ellie - The Last of Us Part II Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai - Ghost of Tsushima Logan Cunningham as Hades - Hades Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales - Spider-Man: Miles Morales	Tell Me Why -Dontnod Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios If Found… - Dreamfeel / Annapurna Interactive Kentucky Route Zero - Cardboard Computer / Annapurna Interactive Spiritfarer - Thunder Lotus Games Through the Darkest of Times - Paintbucket Games / HandyGames
Best continuous play (Best Ongoing)	Best Indie Game (Best Indie)
No Man's Sky - Hello Games Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts Destiny 2 - Bungie Call of Duty: Warzone - Infinity Ward / Raven Software / Activision Fortnite - Epic Games	Hades - Supergiant Games Carrion - Phobia Game Studio / Devolver Digital Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Mediatonic / Devolver Digital Spelunky 2 - Mossmouth Spiritfarer - Thunder Lotus Games
Best Mobile Game (Best Mobile Game)	Best Community Support
Among Us -InnerSloth Call of Duty: Mobile - TiMi Studios / Activision Genshin Impact - miHoYo Legends of Runeterra - Riot Games Pokémon Café Mix - Genius Sonority / The Pokémon Company	Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Mediatonic / Devolver Digital Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts Destiny 2 - Bungie Fortnite - Epic Games No Man's Sky - Hello Games Valorant - Riot Games
Best VR / AR game (Best VR / AR)	Innovation in Accessibility
Half-Life: Alyx - Valve Dreams - Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment Iron Man VR - Camouflaj / Sony Interactive Entertainment Star Wars: Squadrons - Motive Studios / Electronic Arts The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Skydance Interactive	The Last of Us Part II - Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Grounded - Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios Hyperdot - Tribe Games / Glitch Watch Dogs: Legion - Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft
Best Action Game (Best Action)	Best Action-Adventure (Best Action / Adventure)
Hades - Supergiant Games Doom Eternal - id Software / Bethesda Softworks Half-Life: Alyx - Valve Nioh 2 - Team Ninja Streets of Rage 4 - Dotemu	The Last of Us Part II - Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Ghost of Tsushima - Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
Best RPG (Best Role Playing)	Best fighting game (Best Fighting)
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix Genshin Impact - miHoYo Persona 5 Royal - Atlus / Sega Wasteland 3 - inXile Entertainment / Deep Silver Yakuza: Like a Dragon - Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio / Sega	Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate Edition -Netherrealm Studios/WB Games Granblue Fantasy Versus - Arc System Works / Cygames / Xseed Games Street Fighter V Champion Edition - Dimps / Capcom One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows - Spike Chunsoft / Bandai Namco Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late [cl-r] - French Bread / Arc System Works / Aksys
Best Family Game (Best Family)	Best simulation / strategy game (Best Sim / Strategy)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time - Toys for Bob / Activision Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Mediatonic / Devolver Digital Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit - Velan Studios / Nintendo Minecraft Dungeons - Mojang Studios / Xbox Game Studios Paper Mario: The Origami King - Nintendo	Microsoft Flight Simulator -Asobo Studio/Xbox Game Studios Crusader Kings III - Paradox Interactive Desperados III - Mimimi Games / THQ Nordic Gears Tactics - Splash Damage / The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios XCOM: Chimera Squad - Firaxis Games / 2K Games
Best sports / racing game (Best Sports / Racing)	Best Multiplayer (Best Multiplayer)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 -Vicarious Visions/Activision Dirt 5 - Codemasters F1 2020 - Codemasters NBA 2K21 - Visual Concepts / 2K Games FIFA 21 - EA Vancouver / EA Sports	Among Us -InnerSloth Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Call of Duty: Warzone - Infinity Ward / Raven Software / Activision Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Mediatonic / Devolver Digital Valorant - Riot Games
Best debut game (Best Debut Game)	Content Creator of the Year
Phasmophobia - Kinetic Games Carrion - Phobia Game Studio / Devolver Digital Mortal Shell - Cold Symmetry / Playstack Raji: An Ancient Epic - Nodding Heads Games / Super.com Röki - Polygon Treehouse / United Label	Rachell "Valkyrae" Hofstetter Alanah Pearce Jay-Ann Lopez Nick "NICKMERCS" Kolcheff Timothy "TimTheTatman" Betar
Most anticipated game (Most Anticipated Game)
Elden Ring -From Software/Bandai Namco Entertainment God of War Successor - YOU Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Halo Infinite - 343 Industries / Xbox Game Studios Horizon Forbidden West - Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Resident Evil Village - Capcom Breath-of-the-Wild successor - Nintendo

E-sports

Best e-sports game (Best Esports Game)	Best Esports Athlete
League of Legends -Riot Games Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward / Raven Software / Activision Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Valve Fortnite - Epic Games Valorant - Riot Games	Heo "Showmaker" Su ( Damwon Gaming , League of Legends ) Ian "Crimsix" Porter ( Dallas Empire , Call of Duty ) Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu (Damwon Gaming, League of Legends ) Anthony "Shotzzy" Cuevas-Castro (Dallas Empire, Call of Duty ) Matthieu "ZywOo" Herbaut ( Team Vitality , Counter-Strike: Global Offensive )
Best e-sports team (Best Esports Team)	Best Esports Coach
G2 Esports ( League of Legends ) Damwon Gaming ( League of Legends ) Dallas Empire ( Call of Duty League ) San Francisco Shock ( Overwatch League ) Team Secret ( Dota 2 )	Danny "zonic" Sorensen ( Astralis , Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ) Dae-hee "Crusty" Park ( San Francisco Shock , Overwatch League ) Fabian "Grabbz" Lohmann ( G2 Esports , League of Legends ) Lee "Zefa" Jae-min ( T1 , League of Legends ) Raymond "rambo" Lussier ( Dallas Empire , Call of Duty )
Best Esports Event	Best Esports Host
2020 League of Legends World Championship (League of Legends) BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) Call of Duty League Championship 2020 (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) IEM Katowice 2020 (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) 2020 Overwatch League Grand Finals ( Overwatch )	Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez Alex "Machine" Richardson James "Dash" Patterson Jorien "Sheever" van der Heijden

Games with multiple nominations

Nominations	Won	game
9	7th	The Last of Us Part II
8th	2	Hades
7th	1	Ghost of Tsushima
6th	2	Final Fantasy VII Remake
4th	0	Doom Eternal
	1	Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
	1	Half-Life: Alyx
3	1	Animal Crossing: New Horizons
	0	Fortnite
	0	Ori and the Will of the Wisps
	0	Valorant
2	2	Among Us
	0	Apex Legends
	0	Assassin's Creed Valhalla
	0	Call of Duty: Warzone
	0	Destiny 2
	0	Genshin Impact
	1	No Man's Sky
	0	Spider-Man: Miles Morales
	0	Spiritfarer

Award ceremony 2021

The nominees for the December 9th award ceremony were announced on November 16, 2021. The award ceremony took place again this year on site and in front of an audience.

Computer games

Game of the Year (Game of the Year)	Best Director of a game (Best Game Direction)
It Takes Two -Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Deathloop - Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks Metroid Dread - MercurySteam / Nintendo Psychonauts 2 - Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Resident Evil Village - Capcom	Deathloop - Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks It Takes Two - Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Returnal - Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment Psychonauts 2 - Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios
Best story (Best Narrative)	Best artistic design (Best Art Direction)
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy -Eidos Montreal/ Square Enix Deathloop - Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks It Takes Two - Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts Life Is Strange: True Colors - Deck Nine / Square Enix Psychonauts 2 - Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios	Deathloop - Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks Kena: Bridge of Spirits - Ember Lab Psychonauts 2 - Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment The Artful Escape - Beethoven & Dinosaur / Annapurna Interactive
Best Soundtrack and Best Music (Best Score and Music)	Best Audio Design (Best Audio Design)
Nier Replicant ver 1.22474487139 -Keiichi Okabe Cyberpunk 2077 - Marcin Przybylowicz and Piotr T. Adamczyk Deathloop - Tom Salta Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Richard Jacques The Artful Escape - Johnny Galvatron and Josh Abrahams	Forza Horizon 5 -Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Deathloop - Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Resident Evil Village - Capcom Returnal - Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best performance	Games for Impact
Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu - Resident Evil Village Erika Mori as Alex Chen - Life Is Strange: True Colors Giancarlo Esposito as Antón Castillo - Far Cry 6 Jason E. Kelley as Colt Vahn - Deathloop Ozioama Akagha as Juliana Blake - Deathloop	Life Is Strange: True Colors - Deck Nine / Square Enix Before Your Eyes - GoodbyeWorld Games / Skybound Games Boyfriend Dungeon - Kitfox Games Chicory: A Colorful Tale - Greg Lobanov / Finji No Longer Home - Humble Grove / Fellow Traveler
Best ongoing game	Best Independent Game (Best Indie Game)
Final Fantasy XIV Online -Square Enix Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Warzone - Raven Software / Activision Fortnite - Epic Games Genshin Impact - miHoYo	Kena: Bridge of Spirits - Ember Lab 12 Minutes - Luís António / Annapurna Interactive Death's Door - Acid Nerve / Devolver Digital Inscryption - Daniel Mullins Games / Devolver Digital Loop Hero - Four Quarters / Devolver Digital
Best Mobile Game (Best Mobile Game)	Best Community Support
Genshin Impact - miHoYo Fantasian - Mistwalker League of Legends: Wild Rift - Riot Games Marvel Future Revolution - Netmarble / Marvel Games Pokémon Unite - TiMi Studio / The Pokémon Company	Final Fantasy XIV Online -Square Enix Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts Destiny 2: Beyond Light - Bungie Fortnite - Epic Games No Man's Sky - Hello Games
Best Virtual Reality Game (Best VR / AR Game)	Innovation in Accessibility
Resident Evil 4 -Capcom Hitman 3 - IO Interactive I Expect You to Die 2 - Schell Games Lone Echo II - Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios Sniper Elite VR - Rebellion Developments	Forza Horizon 5 -Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Far Cry 6 - Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Eidos Montreal / Square Enix Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment The Vale: Shadow of the Crown - Falling Squirrel
Best Action Game (Best Action Game)	Best Action-Adventure (Best Action / Adventure Game)
Returnal - Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment Back 4 Blood - Turtle Rock Studios / WB Games Chivalry II - Torn Banner Studios / Tripwire Interactive Deathloop - Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 6 - Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft	Metroid Dread - MercurySteam / Nintendo Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Eidos Montreal / Square Enix Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Resident Evil Village - Capcom Psychonauts 2 - Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios
Best RPG (Best Role Playing Game)	Best fighting game (Best Fighting Game)
Tales of Arise - Bandai Namco Cyberpunk 2077 - CD Projekt RED Monster Hunter Rise - Capcom Scarlet Nexus - Bandai Namco Shin Megami Tensei V - Atlus / Sega	Guilty Gear Strive -Arc System Works Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles - CyberConnect2 / Sega Melty Blood: Type Lumina - French Bread / Delightworks Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl - Ludosity / Fair Play Labs Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown - Sega
Best family friendly game (Best Family Game)	Best sports / racing game (Best Sports / Racing Game)
It Takes Two - Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts Mario Party Superstars - NDcube / Nintendo New Pokémon Snap - Bandai Namco Studios / The Pokémon Company Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - Nintendo WarioWare: Get It Together! - Nintendo	Forza Horizon 5 -Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios F1 2021 - Codemasters / Electronic Arts FIFA 21 - EA Sports Hot Wheels Unleashed - Milestone Riders Republic - Ubisoft
Best Simulation / Strategy Game (Best Sim / Strategy Game)	Best Multiplayer Game (Best Multiplayer Game)
Age of Empires IV -Relic Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios Evil Genius 2: World Domination - Rebellion Developments Humankind - Amplitude Studios / Sega Inscryption - Daniel Mullins Games / Devolver Digital Microsoft Flight Simulator - Asobo Studio / Xbox Game Studios	It Takes Two - Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts Back 4 Blood - Turtle Rock Studios / WB Games Knockout City - Velan Studios / Electronic Arts Monster Hunter Rise - Capcom New World - Amazon Game Studios Valheim - Iron Gate Studio / Coffee Stain Studios
Best debut game (Best Debut Game)	Most anticipated game (Most Anticipated Game)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits - Ember Lab Sable - Shedworks / Raw Fury The Artful Escape - Beethoven & Dinosaur / Annapurna Interactive The Forgotten City - Modern Storyteller / Dear Villager Valheim - Iron Gate Studio / Coffee Stain Studios	Elden Ring -FromSoftware/ Bandai Namco God of War Ragnarok - YOU Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Horizon Forbidden West - Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel - Nintendo Starfield - Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks

E-sports

Best e-sports game (Best Esports Game)	Best Esports Player
League of Legends -Riot Games Call of Duty - Activision Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Valve Dota 2 - Valve Valorant - Riot Games	Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev Chris "Simp" Lehr Heo "ShowMaker" Su Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov Tyson "TenZ" Ngo
Best e-sports team (Best Esports Team)	Best Esports Coach
Natus Vincere ( Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ) DAMWON KIA ( League of Legends ) Atlanta Faze ( Call of Duty ) Sentinels ( Valorant ) Team Spirit ( Dota 2 )	Kim "kkOma" Jeong-gyun Airat "Silent" Gaziev Andrey "Engh" Sholokhov Andrei "B1ad3" Horodenskyi James "Crowder" Crowder
Best e-sports event (Best Esports Event)	Content Creator of the Year
2021 League of Legends World Championship The International 10 PGL Major: Stockholm 2021 PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020 2021 Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2	Dream Leslie "Fuslie" Fu Alexandre "Gaules" Borba Ibai Llanos David "TheGrefg" Cánovas

Games with multiple nominations

Nominations	Won	game
9	2	Deathloop
6th	0	Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
5	3	It takes two
	0	Psychonauts 2
4th	1	Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
	1	Resident Evil Village
3	0	The Artful Escape
	0	Far Cry 6
	3	Forza Horizon 5
	2	Kena: Bridge of Spirits
	1	Life Is Strange: True Colors
	1	Returnal
2	0	Apex Legends
	0	Back 4 Blood
	0	Cyberpunk 2077
	2	Final Fantasy XIV Online
	0	Fortnite
	1	Genshin Impact
	0	Inscryption
	1	Metroid Dread
	0	Monster Hunter Rise
	0	Valheim

Web links

• Official website (English)

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