The Game Awards 2021
Highlights
- Best Game of the Year: Hazelight Studios, Electronic Arts
- Best Game Direction: Dinga Bakaba
- Best Narrative: Eidos Montreal, Square Enix
- Best Performance: Maggie Robertson
- Best Art Direction: Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks
- Best Score & Music: Keiichi Okabe
- Best Audio Design: Playground Games, Xbox Game Studios
- Games For Impact: Deck Nine, Square Enix
- Best Indie: Ember Lab
- Best Action Game: Housemarque, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Best Action/Adventure Game: MercurySteam, Nintendo
- Best Role Playing Game: Bandai Namco
- Best Fighting Game: Arc System Works
- Best Sim/Strategy Game: Relic Entertainment, Xbox Game Studios
- Best Sports/Racing Game: Playground Games, Xbox Game Studios
- Best VR/AR Game: Armature Studio, Capcom, Oculus Story Studio
- Best Mobile Game: miHoYo
- Best Debut Indie: Ember Lab
- Best Family Game: Hazelight Studios, Electronic Arts
- Best multiplayer: Hazelight Studios, Electronic Arts
- Best Ongoing: Square Enix
- Best Innovation in Accessibility: Playground Games, Xbox Game Studios
- Best Community Support: Square Enix
- Best eSports Game: Riot Games
- Most Anticipated Game: From Software, Bandai Namco
Best Game of the Year
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Metroid Dread
Best Game Direction
Best Narrative
Best Performance
Best Art Direction
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Best Score & Music
Best Audio Design
Games For Impact
Best Indie
Best Action Game
Best Action/Adventure Game
Best Role Playing Game
Best Fighting Game
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Guilty Gear Strive -
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles
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Melty Blood: Type Lumina
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
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Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown
Best Sim/Strategy Game
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Age of Empires IV -
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Evil Genius 2: World Domination
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Humankind
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Microsoft Flight Simulator
Best Sports/Racing Game
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Forza Horizon 5 -
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F1 2021
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FIFA 22
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Hot Wheels Unleashed
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Riders Republic
Best VR/AR Game
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I Expect You to Die 2
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Sniper Elite VR
Best Mobile Game
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League of Legends: Wild Rift
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Marvel Future Revolution
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Pokémon Unite
Best Debut Indie
Best Family Game
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Mario Party SuperstarsSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser's FuryWarioWare: Get It Together!
Best multiplayer
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Back 4 Blood
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Knockout City
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New World
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Valheim
Best Ongoing
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Apex Legends
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Call of Duty: Warzone
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Fortnite
Best Innovation in Accessibility
Best Community Support
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Apex Legends
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Destiny 2: Beyond Light
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Fortnite
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No Man's Sky
Best eSports Game
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League of LegendsValorant -
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Call of Duty Warzone
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Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveDota 2
Most Anticipated Game
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Other awards from the same year
- Australian Academy of Cinema and Television (AACTA Awards)
- Oscars - Academy Awards
- American Film Institute (AFI)
- animayo
- Annecy Film Festival (France)
- Annie Awards (US)
- Ariel Awards (Mexico)
- Austin Fantastic Fest
- Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI)
- BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards
- Bafta Games
- Berlin International Film Festival
- BFI
- British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- Blue Dragon Awards
- Blue Dragon Awards
- Boston Society of Film Critics
- The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)
- Canadian Screen Awards
- Cannes Film Festival
- Cesar Awards (France)
- Chicago Film Critics Association
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Critics' Choice Awards
- DGA - Directors Guild Awards (US)
- dice Awards
- David di Donatello Awards (Italy)
- Emmy Awards
- equinox
- European Film Awards (EFA)
- Fantasporto
- Feroz Awards (Spain Critics)
- fipresci
- Forqué Awards
- Gaudí Awards (Catalan Academy of Cinema)
- gdca Awards
- German Film Awards (Deutsche Filmpreis)
- Gijón Film Festival
- golden_joystick
- Golden Globes Awards
- Göteborg Film Festival
- Gotham Awards
- Goya Awards (Spanish Academy Awards)
- Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute)
- Havana Film Festival
- Image Awards
- japan_academy
- International Film Festival Karlovy Vary
- Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA)
- Locarno Film Festival
- Macondo Awards (Colombia Academy Awards)
- Malaga Film Festival
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival
- Mélies Awards
- Morelia International Film Festival
- Moscow International Film Festival
- MTV Europe Music Video Awards
- MTV Music Video Awards
- navgtr
- National Board of Review (NBR)
- National Society of Film Critics (NSFC)
- New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)
- nyvgcc
- ondas
- ottawa_anim
- Producers Guild Awards (PGA)
- Paris International Film Festival - PIFF Awards
- Platino Awards - Ibero-America Films
- Quirino Awards
- Razzie Awards
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG)
- Satellite Awards
- Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films)
- Seminci - International Film Festival
- Seville European Film Festival
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle
- Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF)
- Film Festival of Catalonia
- Independent Spirit Awards
- San Sebastian Film Festival
- Sundance Film Festival
- Sur Awards (Argentina Academy Awards)
- Swiss Film Award
- SXSW (South by Southwest)
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)
- tga Awards
- Tokyo International Film Festival
- Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)
- Tribeca Film Festival
- Venice Film Festival
- Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)