The Game Awards 2020: List of nominees out
Fans can head to the official website of The Game Awards 2020 to start voting for their favorite games. Let’s take a look at all the nominations for The Game Awards 2020 here.
Geoff Keighley, host of The Game Awards 2020 has announced the nominees gunning for the awards across multiple categories. As part of the announcement, the award show also opened up all the categories for voting. Fans can head to the official website of The Game Awards 2020 to start voting for their favorite games. Keighley also noted that the award show is set to take place on December 10 (11 in India) in a live stream. Skimming through the nominations, we noted that “The Last of Us Part II” got the most nominations (10 nominations). In addition, Raji, one of the most popular indie games from India is also competing for the “Best Debut Game”. Let’s take a look at all the nominations for The Game Awards 2020 here.
The Game Awards 2020 nominations, details
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 (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Hades - Supergiant Games
The Last of Us Part 2 - Naughty Dog/SIE
Best Game Direction
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix
Ghosts of Tsushima - Sucker Punch/SIE
Hades - Supergiant Games
Half-Life: Alyx - Valve
The Last of Us Part 2 - Naughty Dog/SIE
Best Narrative
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - George Kamitani
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Kazushige Nojima, Motomu Toriyama, Hiroaki Iwaki, and Sachie Hirano
Ghosts of Tsushima - Ian Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs, Jordan Lemos
Hades - Greg Kasavin
The Last of Us Part 2 - Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross
Best Art Direction
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix
Ghosts of Tsushima - Sucker Punch/SIE
Hades - Supergiant Games
Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios
The Last of Us Part 2 - Naughty Dog/SIE
Best Score and Music
Doom Eternal - Mick Gordon
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu and Mitsuto Suzuki
Hades - Darren Korb
Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Gareth Coker
The Last of Us Part 2 - Gustavo Santaolalla, Additional Music by Mac Quayle
The most nominated publishers for #TheGameAwards this year:- PlayStation: 22 - Xbox: 8 - Supergiant: 8 - Square Enix: 6- Devolver: 6- Activision: 6- Valve: 5- Nintendo: 5- Riot: 5- EA: 5- Bethesda: 4 pic.twitter.com/CjRAaUNbcK
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 18, 2020
Best Audio Design
Doom Eternal - D Software/Bethesda
Half-Life: Alyx - Valve
Ghosts of Tsushima - Sucker Punch/SIE
Resident Evil 3 - Capcom
The Last of Us Part 2 - Naughty Dog/SIE
Best Performance
Ashley Johnson - Ellie, The Last of Us Part 2
Laura Bailey - Abby, The Last of Us Part 2
Daisuke Tsuji - Jin, Ghost of Tsushima
Logan Cunningham - Hades, Hades
Nadji Jeterm - Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Games for impact
If Found... - Dreamfeel
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition - Cardboard Computer
Spiritfarer - Thunder Lotus Games
Tell Me Why - Dontnod Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios
Through Darkest of Times - Paintbucket Games
Best ongoing Game
Apex Legends - Respawn/EA
Destiny 2 - Bungie
Call of Duty: Warzone - Infinity Ward/Activision
Fortnite - Epic Games
No Man's Sky - Hello Games
Best Indie Game
Carrion - Phobia Games/Devolver
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Mediatonic/Devolver
Hades - Supergiant Games
Spelunky 2 - Mossmouth LLC
Spiritfarer - Thunder Lotus Games
Best Mobile Game
Among Us - Innersloth
Call of Duty Mobile - Timi Studios/Activision
Genshin Impact -Mihoyo
Legends of Runeterra - Riot Games
Pokemon Cafe Mix - Genius Sonority
Best Community Support Game
Apex Legends - Respawn/EA
Destiny 2 - Bungie
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Mediatonic/Devolver
Fortnite - Epic Games
No Man's Sky - Hello Games
Valorant - Riot Games
Best VR/AR Game
Dreams - Media Molecule/SIE
Half-Life: Alyx - Valve
Marvel's Iron Man VR - Camouflaj/SIE
Star Wars: Squadrons - Motive Studios/EA
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Skydance Interactive
Innovation in Accessibility Game
Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Ubisoft Montreal
Grounded - Obsidian Entertainment
Hyperdot - Tribe Games
The Last of Us Part 2 - Naughty Dog/SIE
Watch Dogs Legion - Ubisoft Toronto
Best Action Game
Doom Eternal - ID Software/Bethesda
Hades - Supergiant Games
Half-Life: Alyx - Valve
Nioh 2 - Team Ninja
Streets of Rage 4 - Dotemu
Best Action/Adventure Game
Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Ubisoft Montreal
Ghosts 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 2 - Naughty Dog/SIE
Best Role-Playing Game
Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix
Genshin Impact - Mihoyo
Persona 5 Royal - Atlus/P Studio/Sega
Wasteland 3 - Inxile/Deep Silver
Yakuza: Like a Dragon - Ryu Ga Gotoku/Sega
Best Fighting Game
Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Arc System Works/Cygames/Xseed
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate - Netherrealm Studios/WB Games
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/Aksys
Best Family Game
Animal Crossing: New Horizons- Nintendo
Crash 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 Game
Crusader Kings 3 - Paradox Development Studio/Paradox
Desperados 3 - Mimimi Games/Thqn
Gears Tactics - Splash Damage/The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios
Microsoft Flight Simulator - Asobo/Xbox Game Studios
XCOM: Chimera Squad - Firaxis/2k
Best Sports/Racing Game
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
Best Multiplayer Game
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo
Among Us - Innersloth
Call of Duty: Warzone - Infinity Ward/Activision
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Mediatonic/Devolver
Valorant - Riot Games
Content Creator of the Year
Alanah Pearce
Jay Ann Lopez
Nickmercs
Timthetatman
Valkyrae
Best Debut Game
Carrion - Phobia Games/Devolver
Mortal ShellCold Symmetry/Playstack
Raji: An Ancient Epic - Nodding Head Games
Roki - Polygon Treehouse
Phasmophobia - Kinetic Games
Best Esports Athlete
Ian 'Crimsix' Porter - Call of Duty
Heo 'Showmaker' Su - League of Legends
Kim 'Canyon' Geon-Bu - League of Legends
Anthony 'Shotzzy' Cuevas-Castro - Call of Duty
Matthieu 'Zywoo' Herbaut - CSGO
Best Esports Coach
Danny 'Zonic' Sorensen - CSGO
Dae-Hee 'Crusty' Park - OWL
Fabian 'Grabbz' Lohmann - LOL
Lee 'Zefa' Jae-Min - LOL
Raymond 'Rambo' Lussier - COD
Best Esports Event
Blast Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals - CSGO
Call of Duty League Championship 2020 - Call of Duty
IEM Katowice 2020 - CSGO
League of Legends World Championship 2020 - League of Legends
Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020 - Overwatch
Best Esports Game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward/Activision
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Valve
Fortnite - Epic Games
League of Legends - Riot Games
Valorant - Riot Games
Best Esports Host
Alex 'Goldenboy' Mendez
Alex 'Machine' Richardson
Eefje 'Sjokz' Depoortere
James 'Dash' Patterson
Jorien 'Sheever' Van der Heijden
Best Esports Team
Damwon Gaming
Dallas Empire
G2 Esports
San Francisco Shock
Team Secret
