Here are all the nominees and winners of the Game Awards 2021. You can play these fantastic games right now.
The Game Awards 2021 were unlike any other video game awards presentation we’ve ever seen. Some of the year’s most popular and well-received games competed for Game of the Year, while others took home honors in specific categories such as Best Ongoing, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction. Only one game could win Game of the Year at the end of the day, and that game was It Takes Two, one of the year’s biggest indie darlings.
The show debuted on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and a variety of other social media platforms. No single game took home all of the awards, demonstrating the breadth of gaming experiences accessible in 2021. The complete list of winners can be found below.
If you’re on the lookout for an exhilarating online gaming experience, look no further than…
Game of the Year
Deathloop
WINNER: It Takes Two
Metroid Dread
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Player’s Choice
WINNER: Halo Infinite
Metroid Dread
It Takes Two
Forza Horizon 5
Resident Evil Village
Best Game Direction
WINNER: Deathloop
It Takes Two
Returnal
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Best Ongoing
Apex Legends
Call of Duty: Warzone
WINNER: Final Fantasy XIV Online
Fortnite
Genshin Impact
Best Indie
12 Minutes
Death’s Door
WINNER: Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Inscryption
Loop Hero
Best Debut Indie
WINNER: Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Sable
The Artful Escape
The Forgotten City
Valheim
Best Narrative
Deathloop
It Takes Two
Life is Strange: True Colors
WINNER: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Psychonauts 2
Best Art Direction
WINNER: Deathloop
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The Artful Escape
Best Score and Music
Cyberpunk 2077
Deathloop
WINNER: NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
The Artful Escape
Best Audio Design
Deathloop
WINNER: Forza Horizon 5
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Returnal
Best Performance
Erika Mori as Alex Chen, Life is Strange: True Colors
Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo, Far Cry 6
Jason E. Kelley as Colt Vahn, Deathloop
WINNER: Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu, Resident Evil Village
Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake, Deathloop
Games for Impact
Before Your Eyes
Boyfriend Dungeon
Chicory
WINNER: Life is Strange: True Colors
No Longer Home
Best Community Support
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
WINNER: Final Fantasy XIV Online
Fortnite
No Man’s Sky
Best Mobile Game of the Year Gameplay
Best Mobile Game
Fantasian
WINNER: Genshin Impact
League of Legends: Wild Rift
MARVEL Future Revolution
Pokémon Unite
Best VR/AR
Hitman 3
I Expect You To Die 2
Lone Echo II
WINNER: Resident Evil 4
Sniper Elite VR
Best Action
Back 4 Blood
Chivalry II
Deathloop
Far Cry 6
WINNER: Returnal
Best Action/Adventure
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
WINNER: Metroid Dread
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Best Role Playing
Cyberpunk 2077
Monster Hunter Rise
Scarlet Nexus
Shin Megami Tensei V
WINNER: Tales of Arise
Best Fighting
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles
WINNER: Guilty Gear -Strive-
Melty Blood: Type Lumina
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown
Best Family
WINNER: It Takes Two
Mario Party Superstars
New Pokémon Snap
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
WarioWare: Get It Together!
Best Sports/Racing
F1 2021
FIFA 22
WINNER: Forza Horizon 5
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Riders Republic
Best Sim/Strategy
WINNER: Age of Empires IV
Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Humankind
Inscryption
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Best Multiplayer
Back 4 Blood
WINNER: It Takes Two
Knockout City
Monster Hunter Rise
New World
Valheim
Most Anticipated
WINNER: Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarök
Horizon Forbidden West
Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Starfield
Innovation in Accessibility
Far Cry 6
WINNER: Forza Horizon 5
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The Vale: Shadow of the Crown
Content Creator of the Year
WINNER: Dream
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Gaules
Ibai
TheGrefg
Best Esports Game
Call of Duty
CS:GO
DOTA 2
WINNER: League of Legends
Valorant
Best Esports Athlete
Chris “Simp” Lehr
Heo “ShowMaker” Su
Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
WINNER: Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
Tyson “TenZ” Ngo
Best esports Athlete Winner
Best Esports Team
Atlanta FaZe (COD)
DWG KIA (LOL)
WINNER: Natus Vincere (CS:GO)
Sentinels (Valorant)
Team Spirit (DOTA 2)
Best Esports Coach
Airat “Silent” Gaziev
Andrey “ENGH” Sholokhov
Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi
James “Crowder” Crowder
WINNER: Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun
Best Esports Event
WINNER: 2021 League of Legends World Championship
PGL Major Stockholm 2021
PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020
The International 2021
Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters
These were all the winners in the Game Awards 2021. Some of these games are on sale right now on the Epic Games Store. You can play these award-winning games on various other platforms as well.
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