The Game Awards 2020: Nominees, Categories And Ceremony Date

Despite a tumultuous year, The Game Awards are still going ahead on December 10, 2020 - and the nominees are officially in and waiting for your votes! So who has been nominated in which category? 

The Game Awards 2020: Game of The Year

• Doom Eternal - ID Software/Bethesda 
• Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix
• Ghost Of Tsushima - Sucker Punch / SIE
• Hades - Supergiant Games
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo
• The Last Of Us Part 2 - Naughty Dog / SIE

The Game Awards 2020: 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 2 - Naughty Dog / SIE

The Game Awards 2020: Best Narrative

• 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - Written By George Kamitani
• Final Fantasy VII Remake - Written by Kazushige Nojima, Motomu Toriyama, Hiroaki Iwaki, And Sachie Hirano
• Ghost Of Tsushima - Writers Ian Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs, Jordan Lemos
• Hades - Written by Greg Kasavin
• The Last Of Us Part 2 - Writers Niel Druckmann And Haley Gross

The Game Awards 2020: Best Art Direction

• Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix
• Ghost 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

The Game Awards 2020: Best Score And Music

• DOOM Eternal - Composed By Mick Gordon
• Final Fantasy VII Remake - Composed By Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu And Mitsuto Suzuki
• Hades - Composed by Darren Corb
• Ori And The Will Of The Wisps -Composed By Gareth Coker
• The Last Of Us Part 2 - Composed by Gustav Santaolala, Additional Music By Mac Quayle 

The Game Awards 2020: 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 2 - Naughty Dog/SIE

The Game Awards 2020: Best Performance

• Ashley Johnson as Ellie, The Last of Us Part II
• Laura Bailey as Abby, The Last of Us Part II
• Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
• Logan Cunningham as Hades, Hades
• Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

The Game Awards 2020: 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
• Through the Darkest of Times - Paintbucket Games

The Game Awards 2020: 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

The Game Awards 2020: Best Indie

• Carrion - Phobia Game Studio
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Mediatonic/Devolver
• Hades - Supergiant Games
• Spelunky 2 - Mossmouth
• Spiritfarer - Thunder Lotus Games

The Game Awards 2020: BEST MOBILE, PRESENTED BY LG WING, POWERED BY QUALCOMM SNAPDRAGON

• Among Us - InnerSloth
• Call of Duty Mobile - TiMi Studios/Activision
• Genshin Impact - miHoYo
• Legends of Runeterra - Riot Games
• Pokémon Café Mix - Genius Sonority

The Game Awards 2020: Best Community Support

• Apex Legends - Respawn/EA
• Destiny 2 - Bungie
• Fall Guys - Mediatonic/Devolver
• Fortnite - Epic Games
• No Man’s Sky - Hello Games
• VALORANT - Riot Games

The Game Awards 2020: 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
• Watch Dogs Legion - Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft

The Game Awards 2020: Best VR/AR

• Dreams - Media Molecule/SIE
• Half-Life: Alyx - Valve
• MARVEL’s Iron Man VR - Camoflaj/SIE
• STAR WARS: Squadrons - Motive Studios/EA
• The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - Skydance Interactive

The Game Awards 2020: Best Action

• DOOM Eternal - id Software/Bethesda
• Hades - Supergiant Games
• Half-Life: Alyx - Valve
• Nioh 2 - Team Ninja
• Streets of Rage 4 - DotEmu

The Game Awards 2020: 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

The Game Awards 2020: Best Role Playing Game (RPG)

• Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix
• Genshin Impact - miHoYo
• Persona 5 Royal - Atlus, P Studios
• Wasteland 3 - inXile Entertainment/Koch
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon - (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega

The Game Awards 2020: Best Fighting

• Granblue Fantasy: Versus - Arc System Works/Cygames
• 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

The Game Awards 2020: Best Family

• 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

The Game Awards 2020: 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
• XCOM: Chimera Squad - Firaxis/2K

The Game Awards 2020: 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)

The Game Awards 2020: Best Multiplayer

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo
• Among Us - InnerSloth
• Call of Duty: Warzone - Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout - Mediatonic/Devolver
• VALORANT- Riot Games

The Game Awards 2020: 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

The Game Awards 2020: Content Creator Of The Year (Presented By Adobe)

• Alanah Pearce
• NickMercs
• TimtheTatman
• Jay Ann Lopez
• Valkyrae

The Game Awards 2020: 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
• VALORANT - Riot Games

The Game Awards 2020: 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 / CS:GO

The Game Awards 2020: Best Esports Team

• DAMWON Gaming / League of Legends
• Dallas Empire / Call of Duty
• San Francisco Shock / Overwatch League
• G2 Esports / League of Legends
• Team Secret / DOTA2

The Game Awards 2020: Best Esports Event

• BLAST Premier: Spring E2020 European Finals (CS:GO)
• Call of Duty League Championship 2020
• IEM Katowice 2020 (CS:GO)
• League of Legends World Championship 2020
• Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020

The Game Awards 2020: Best Esports Host

• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
• James “Dash” Patterson
• Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden

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