Thursday night, the best and most innovative games of 2020 will be on display as media and fans vote for the best video games of the year. Will Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons take Game of the Year honors from AAA titles like Ghosts of Tsushima and The Last of Us II?
Will Hades, arguably the top independent title of 2020 shock the world and take home the honors?
As the show continues we’ll continuously update the winners for each category in The Game Awards. The lists below are the nominees for each category with the winner in bold.
Game of the Year
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)DOOM Eternal (id Software/Bethesda)Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)Hades (Supergiant Games)The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE) - WINNER
Best Game Direction
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)Hades (Supergiant Games)Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE) - WINNER
Best Narrative
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (George Kamitani)Final Fantasy VII Remake (Kazushige Nojima, Motomu Toriyama, Hiroki Iwaki, Sachie Hirano)Ghost of Tsushima (Ian Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs, Jordan Lemos)Hades (Greg Kasavin)The Last of Us Part II (Neil Druckmann, Halley Gross) - WINNER
Best Art Direction
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE) - WINNER Hades (Supergiant Games)Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios)The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)
Best Score and Music
DOOM Eternal (Mick Gordon)Final Fantasy VII Remake (Nobuo Uematsu, Masahi Hamauzu, Mitsuto Suzuki) - WINNERHades (Darren Korb)Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Gareth Coker)The Last of Us Part II (Gustavo Santaolala, Mac Quale)
Best Audio Design
DOOM Eternal (id Software/Bethesda)Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)Resident Evil 3 (Capcom)The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE) - WINNER
Best Performance
Ashley Johnson as Ellie, The Last of Us Part IILaura Bailey as Abby, The Last of Us Part II - WINNER Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai, Ghost of TsushimaLogan Cunningham as Hades, HadesNadji Jeter as Miles Morales, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Games for Impact
If Found. . . (DREAMFEEL/Annapurna Interactive)Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition (Cardboard Computer/Annapurna Interactive)Spiritfarer (Thunder Lotus Games)Tell Me Why (Dontnod Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios) - WINNER Through the Darkest of Times (Paintbucket Games)
Best Ongoing
Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)Destiny 2 (Bungie)Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Activision)Fortnite (Epic Games)No Man’s Sky (Hello Games) - WINNER
Best Indie
Carrion (Phobia Game Studio)Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver)Hades (Supergiant Games) - WINNER Spelunky 2 (Mossmouth)Spiritfarer (Thunder Lotus Games)
Best Mobile
Among Us (InnerSloth) - WINNER Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studios/Activision)Genshin Impact (miHoYo)Legends of Runeterra (Riot Games)Pokémon Café Mix (Genius Sonority)
Best Community Support
Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)Destiny 2 (Bungie)Fall Guys (Mediatonic/Devolver) - WINNER Fortnite (Epic Games)No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)Valorant (Riot Games)
Innovation in Accessibility
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)Grounded (Obsidian/Xbox Game Studios)HyperDot (Tribe Games)The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE) - WINNER Watch Dogs: Legion (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft)
Best VR/AR
Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE)Half-Life: Alyx (Valve) - WINNER MARVEL’s Iron Man VR (Camoflaj/SIE)STAR WARS: Squadrons (Motive Studios/EA)The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (Skydance Interactive)
Best Action
DOOM Eternal (id Software/Bethesda)Hades (Supergiant Games) - WINNER Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)Nioh 2 (Team Ninja)Streets of Rage 4 (DotEmu)
Best Action/Adventure
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games/SIE)Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios)Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn/EA)The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE) - WINNER
Best Role Playing
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) - WINNER Genshin Impact (miHoYo)Persona 5 Royal (Atlus, P Studios)Wasteland 3 (inXile Entertainment/Koch)Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)
Best Fighting
Granblue Fantasy: Versus (Arc System Works/Cygames)Mortal Kombat 11/Ultimate (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games) - WINNER Street Fighter V: Champion Edition (Dimps/Capcom)One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai-Namco)UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe: Late[cl-r] (French Bread/Arc System Works)
Best Family
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) - WINNERCrash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (Toys for Bob/Activision)Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver)Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Velan Studios/Nintendo)Minecraft Dungeons (Mojang/Double Eleven/Xbox Game Studios)Paper Mario: The Origami King (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
Best Sim/Strategy
Crusader Kings III (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox)Desperados III (Mimimi Games/THQN)Gears Tactics (Splash Damage/The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios)Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo/Xbox Game Studios) - WINNER XCOM: Chimera Squad (Firaxis/2K)
Best Sports/Racing
Dirt 5 (Codemasters Cheshire/Codemasters)F1 2020 (Codemasters Birmingham /Codemasters)FIFA 21 (EA Vancouver/EA Sports)NBA 2K21 (Visual Concepts/2K)Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 (Vicarious Visions/Activision) - WINNER
Best Multiplayer
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)Among Us (InnerSloth) - WINNER Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision)Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver)Valorant (Riot Games)
Best Debut Game
Carrion (Phobia Game Studio/Devolver)Mortal Shell (Cold Symmetry/Playstack)Raji: An Ancient Epic (Nodding Heads Games)Röki (Polygon Treehouse/CI Games)Phasmophobia (Kinetic Games) - WINNER
Content Creator of the Year
Alanah PearceNickMercsTimtheTatmanJay Ann LopezValkyrae - WINNER
Best Esports Game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision)Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)Fortnite (Epic Games)League of Legends (Riot Games) - WINNERValorant (Riot Games)
Best Esports Athlete
Ian “Crimsix” Porter / Call of DutyHeo “Showmaker” Su / League of Legends - WINNER Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu / League of LegendsAnthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro / Call of DutyMatthieu “ZywOo” Herbaut / CS:GO
Best Esports Team
DAMWON Gaming / League of LegendsDallas Empire / Call of DutySan Francisco Shock / Overwatch LeagueG2 Esports / League of Legends - WINNER Team Secret / DOTA2
Best Esports Event
BLAST Premier: Spring E2020 European Finals (CS:GO)Call of Duty League Championship 2020IEM Katowice 2020 (CS:GO)League of Legends World Championship 2020 - WINNEROverwatch League Grand Finals 2020
Best Esports Host
Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere - WINNERAlex “Machine” RichardsonAlex “Goldenboy” MendezJames “Dash” PattersonJorien “Sheever” van der Heijden
Best Esports Coach
CrustyGrabbzRamboZefaZonic - WINNER
Most Anticipated Game
Elden Ring - WINNER God of War SequelHalo InfiniteThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild SequelResident Evil: VillageHorizon Forbidden West
Player’s Voice
Doom: EternalGhost of Tsushima - WINNERHadesMarvel’s Spider-Man: Miles MoralesThe Last of Us Part II
