Hosted by Geoff Keighley, The Games Award 2021 covers 30 categories of winnable-awards including; Best Esports Event, Best Audio Design, Best Multiplayer Games, the highly-respected Game of the Year award, and more.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Game of the Year:
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
Best Game Direction:
Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
Best Ongoing:
Final Fantasy XIV Online (Square Enix)
Best Indie:
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
Best Debut Indie:
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
Best Narrative:
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/SQUARE ENIX)
Best Art Direction:
Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
Best Score and Music:
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (Keiichi Okabe, Composer)
Best Audio Design:
Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
Best Performance:
Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu, Resident Evil Village
Games for Impact:
Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/SQUARE ENIX)
Best Community Support:
Final Fantasy XIV Online (Square Enix)
Best Mobile Game:
Genshin Impact (MiHoYo)
Best VR/AR:
Resident Evil 4 (Armature Studio/Capcom/Oculus Studios)
Best Action:
Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)
Best Action/Adventure:
Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo)
Best Role Playing:
Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco)
Best Fighting:
Guilty Gear -Strive- (Arc System Works)
Best Family:
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
Best Sports/Racing:
Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
Best Sim/Strategy:
Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
Best Multiplayer:
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
Most Anticipated Game:
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
Innovation in Accessibility, Presented by Chevrolet:
Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
Content Creator of the Year:
Dream
Best Esports Game:
League of Legends (Riot Games)
Best Esports Athlete:
Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
Best Esports Team:
Natus Vincere (CS:GO)
Best Esports Coach:
Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun
Best Esports Event:
2021 League of Legends World Championship