Geoff Keighley has announced the nominees for The Game Awards 2021, with Deathloop leading the pack with a total of nine nominations.
Deathloop featured in various categories this year, including Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score/Music, Best Audio Design, Best Action Game, and Game of the Year. Deathloop also received two nominations in the Best Performance category, with Jason E. Kelley and Ozioama Akagha both being recognized.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and It Takes Two also scored big this year, having received six and five nominations apiece across several different categories, including the highly prestigious Game of the Year category, where they appeared as contenders alongside Deathloop, Metroid Dread, Psychonauts 2, and Resident Evil Village.
The full list of categories and nominations for The Games Awards 2021 follows:
The nominees in each category are now available for public voting, and the winners will be awarded as part of The Game Awards 2021, which is returning to the stage with a live, in-person event at the Microsoft Theater on December 9, 2021, following last year's fully virtual presentation where The Last of Us Part II received the most wins in the show's history.
The awards ceremony will be packaged together with plenty of game-related announcements and premieres, with Keighley previously anticipating that 40 to 50 games will feature in the show this year, in "some way or another," including games that are expected to release in 2022 and 2023, as well as trailers for upcoming movies and TV shows inspired by games.
Stay tuned to IGN for all coverage of the awards.
Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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Deathloop featured in various categories this year, including Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score/Music, Best Audio Design, Best Action Game, and Game of the Year. Deathloop also received two nominations in the Best Performance category, with Jason E. Kelley and Ozioama Akagha both being recognized.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and It Takes Two also scored big this year, having received six and five nominations apiece across several different categories, including the highly prestigious Game of the Year category, where they appeared as contenders alongside Deathloop, Metroid Dread, Psychonauts 2, and Resident Evil Village.
The full list of categories and nominations for The Games Awards 2021 follows:
Game of the Year
- Deathloop
- It Takes Two
- Metroid Dread
- Psychonauts 2
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Resident Evil Village
Best Game Direction
- Deathloop
- It Takes Two
- Returnal
- Psychonauts 2
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Best Narrative
- Deathloop
- It Takes Two
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
- Psychonauts 2
Best Art Direction
- Deathloop
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Psychonauts 2
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- The Artful Escape
Best Score/Music
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Deathloop
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- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
- The Artful Escape
Best Audio Design
- Deathloop
- Forza Horizon 5
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Resident Evil Village
- Returnal
Best Performance
- Erika Mori, Life is Strange
- Giancarlo Esposito, Far Cry 6
- Jason E. Kelley, Deathloop
- Maggie Robertson, Resident Evil Village
- Ozioama Akagha, Deathloop
Games for Impact
- Before Your Eyes
- Boyfriend Dungeon
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- No Longer Home
Best Ongoing Game
- Apex Legends
- Call of Duty: War Zone
- Final Fantasy XIV Online
- Fortnite
- Genshin Impact
Best Indie Game
- 12 Minutes
- Death's Door
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Inscription
- Loop Hero
Best Debut Indie Game
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Sable
- The Artful Escape
- The Forgotten City
- Valheim
Best Mobile Game
- Fantasian
- Genshin Impact
- League of Legends
- MARVEL Future Revolution
- Pokemon Unite
Best Community Support
- Apex Legends: Escape
- Destiny 2: Beyond Light
- Final Fantasy XIV Online
- Fortnite
- No Man's Sky
Best VR/AR Game
- Hitman III
- I Expect You to Die 2
- Lone Echo II
- Resident Evil 4
- Sniper Elite VR
Innovation in Accessibility
- Far Cry 6
- Forza Horizon 5
- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- The Vale: Shadow of the Crown
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 & Clank: Rift Apart
- Resident Evil Village
- Psychonauts 2
Best RPG
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Scarlet Nexus
- Shin Megami Tensei V
- Tales of Arise
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
Best Family Game
- It Takes Two
- Mario Party Superstars
- New Pokémon Snap
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
- WarioWare: Get It Together!
Best Sports/Racing Game
- F1 2021
- Fifa 22
- Hot Wheels Unleashed
- Forza Horizon 5
- Riders Republic
Best SIM/Strategy Game
- Age of Empires IV
- Evil Genius 2: World Domination
- Humankind
- Inscryption
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
Best Multiplayer Game
- Back 4 Blood
- It Takes Two
- Knockout City
- Monster Hunter Rise
- New World
- Valheim
Content Creator of the Year
- Dream
- Fuslie
- Gaules
- Ibai
- TheGrefg
Best Esports Athlete
- Chris "Simp" Lehr
- Heo "ShowMaker" Su
- Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov
- Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
- Tyson "TenZ" Ngo
Best Esports Coach
- Airat "Silent" Gaziev
- Andrey "ENGH" Sholokhov
- Andrii "B1ad3" Horodenskyi
- James "Crowder" Crowder
- Kim "kkOma" Jeong-gyun
Best Esports Event
- The International 2021
- 2021 League of Legends World Championship
- Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters
- PGL Major Stockholm 2021
- PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020
Best Esports Game
- Call of Duty
- CS:GO
- DOTA2
- League of Legends
- Valorant
Best Esports Team
- Atlanta FaZe, Call of Duty
- DWG KIA, League of Legends
- NAVI, CS:GO
- Team Spirit, DOTA2
- Sentinels, Valorant
Most Anticipated Game
- Elden Ring
- God of War: Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Starfield
The nominees in each category are now available for public voting, and the winners will be awarded as part of The Game Awards 2021, which is returning to the stage with a live, in-person event at the Microsoft Theater on December 9, 2021, following last year's fully virtual presentation where The Last of Us Part II received the most wins in the show's history.
The awards ceremony will be packaged together with plenty of game-related announcements and premieres, with Keighley previously anticipating that 40 to 50 games will feature in the show this year, in "some way or another," including games that are expected to release in 2022 and 2023, as well as trailers for upcoming movies and TV shows inspired by games.
Stay tuned to IGN for all coverage of the awards.
Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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