Nominations For The Game Awards 2021 Announced!
The Game Awards 2021 will be held at the Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, on December 9, 2021.
December 9, 2021, is less than a month away and with it will be arriving the much anticipated and most awaited event, which could also very well be the biggest event for gamers as well as the gaming industry. You know what we are talking about, right? It is The Game Awards 2021.
The Game Awards will be back again with a live audience, after 2019, at the Microsoft Theater and will be hosted by gaming veteran and creator and executive producer of the show, Geoff Keighley.
The nominations for were earlier announced by Geoff Keighley. Leading the nominations is Arkane Studio’s Deathloop, which has bagged nine nominations across eight categories (Ozioma Akagha and Jason E. Kelley were separately nominated for the Best Performance category for Julianna Blake and Colt Vahn, respectively), including the coveted Best Game of The Year category. Right on its heels is Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, which has bagged six nominations. Followed by Psychonauts 2 and It Takes Two coming up third with five nominations each.
The voting line is open for and you can follow this link to cast your votes to your favourite contenders on the list. Here is the complete list of categories and nominations.
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Game of the Year
Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo)
Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Performance
Erika Mori as Alex Chen for Life is Strange: True Colors
Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo for Far Cry 6
Jason E. Kelley as Colt Vahn for Deathloop
Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu for Resident Evil Village
Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake for Deathloop
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Independent Game
12 Minutes (Luís António/Annapurna Interactive)
Death’s Door (Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital)
Loop Hero (Four Quarters/Devolver Digital)
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Game Direction
Deathloop (Director: Dinga Bakaba)
Psychonauts 2 (Directors: Tim Schafer, Zak McClendon)
It Takes Two (Director: Josef Fares)
Returnal (Director: Harry Krueger)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Directors: Brian Horton, Marcus Smith, Mike Daly)
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Ongoing Game
Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/EA)
Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward, Raven Software/Activision)
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (Square Enix)
Genshin Impact (miHoYo)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Multiplayer Game
Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
It Takes Two (EA)
Knockout City (Velan Studios/EA)
Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
New World (Amazon Games)
Valheim (Iron Gate Studio/Coffee Stain Studios)
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Games for Impact
Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games)
Boyfriend Dungeon (Kitfox Games)
Chicory (Finji)
Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine)
No Longer Home (Humble Grove)
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Art Direction
Deathloop (Artist: Sébastien Mitton)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Art: Sparx)
Psychonauts 2 (Artists: Lisette Titre-Montgomery, Scott Campbell, Nathan Stapley, Peter Chan, Emily Johnstone, Levi Ryken and Tim Schafer)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Artists: Jason Hickey, Gavin Goulden)
The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur)
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Narrative
Deathloop (Arkane Studios)
It Takes Two (EA)
Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine)
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Square Enix)
Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine)
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Debut Independent Game
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
Sable (Shedworks/Raw Fury)
The Artful Escape (Finji)
The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers)
Valheim(Iron Gate Studio/Coffee Stain Studios)
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Mobile Game; To Be Presented by Verizon
Fantasian (Mistwalker)
Genshin Impact (miHoYo)
League of Legends: Wild Rift (Riot Games)
MARVEL Future Revolution (Netmarble)
Pokemon Unite (TiMi Studio Group/ The Pokemon Company)
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Score and Music
Cyberpunk 2077
Deathloop
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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
The Artful Escape
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Audio Design
Deathloop
Forza Horizon 5
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Returnal
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: Innovation in Accessibility; To Be Presented by Chevrolet
Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft)
Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studio)
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Square Enix)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Falling Squirrel)
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Community Support
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
Fortnite
No Man’s Sky
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Most Anticipated Game; To Be Presented by Prime Gaming
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Starfield
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Action Adventure Game
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Metroid Dread
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Psychonauts 2
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Role Playing Game
Cyberpunk 2077
Monster Hunter Rise
Scarlet Nexus
Shin Megami Tensei V
Tales of Arise
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Action Game
Back 4 Blood
Chivalry II
Deathloop
Far Cry 6
Returnal
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Sports Or Racing Game
F1 2021
FIFA 2022
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Forza Horizon 5
Riders Republic
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Fighting Game
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — The Hinokami Chronicles
Guilty Gear: Strive
Melty Blood: Type Lumina
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best SIM Or Strategy Game
Age of Empires IV
Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Humankind
Inscryption
Microsoft Flight Simulator
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Family Game
It Takes Two
Mario Party Superstars
New Pokémon Snap
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
WarioWare: Get It Together!
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best AR/VR Game
Hitman 3
I Expect You To Die 2
Lone Echo II
Resident Evil 4
Sniper Elite VR
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Content Creator Of The Year
Dream https://www.youtube.com/c/dream
Fuslie https://www.youtube.com/c/fuslie
Gaules https://www.youtube.com/c/Gaules
Ibai https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaY_-ksFSQtTGk0y1HA_3YQ
TheGrefg https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGrefg
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Esports Event
The International 2021 (DOTA2 Championships)
2021 League of Legends World Championship
Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters
PGL Major Stockholm 2021
PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Esports Game; To Be Presented by Grubhub
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
DOTA2
League of Legends
Valorant
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Esports Coach
Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi
James “Crowder” Crowder
Andrey “ENGH” Sholokhov
Airat “Silent” Gaziev
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Esports Team
Atlanta FaZe (Call of Duty)
DWG KIA (League of Legends)
Natus Vincere (Counter Strike: Global Offensive)
Team Spirit (DOTA2)
Sentinels (Valorant)
The Nominees For The Game Awards 2021: The Best Esports Athlete
Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
Heo “ShowMaker” Su
Tyson “TenZ” Ngo
Chris “Simp” Lehr
In addition to the awards presentation, the event will also be standing a witness to the many games and video game trailers that will be premiering as well as the return of The Game Awards Orchestra, along with “first look world premieres and new game announcements”. Unlike last year, this year the event will be in person. However, the attendees would be invite only. It was announced that the event will also be streamed across forty different platforms for viewers all across the world, for those interested to watch it from the comforts of their home.
The Game Awards is an annual event that is held to honor and recognize all the contributions that are made, all around year, in the video gaming industry. First held in the year, 2014, the yearly event witnesses some of the best in the world of gaming being recognized and honoured, in a ceremony that could very well be termed as the Oscars for the industry. Read more about the event, here.
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