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The Game Awards 2021: Complete list of winners

The Game Awards 2021: Complete list of winners
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With winners such as Halo Infinite and Final Fantasy XIV, here's everything that took home prizes at The Game Awards 2021.

The Game Awards 2021: Complete list of winners

In an event lasting more than three and a half hours, The Game Awards was more about the reveals and trailers as it was the awards themselves.

There were prizes for big hitters such as Halo Infinite, Deathloop, and Final Fantasy XIV, alongside indie hits such as It Takes Two and Kena: Bridge of Spirits.

Here are all the winners and nominees. The winners of each category are in bold text.

Game of the Year

  • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios / EA)
  • Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda)
  • Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam / Nintendo)
  • Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / SIE)
  • Resident Evil Village (Capcom)

Best Game Direction

  • Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda)
  • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios / EA)
  • Returnal (Housemarque / SIE)
  • Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / SIE)
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Most Anticipated Game

  • Elden Ring (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco)
  • God of War: Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
  • Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games / SIE)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 (Nintendo)
  • Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda)

Best Score/Music

  • NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (Keiichi Okabe, Composer)
  • Cyberpunk 2077 (Marcin Przybylowicz, Piotr T. Adamczyk, Composers)
  • Deathloop (Tom Salta, Composer)
  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Richard Jacques, Composer)
  • The Artful Escape (Johnny Galvatron & Josh Abrahams, Composers)

Best Action Game

  • Returnal (Housemarque / SIE)
  • Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock / WB Games)
  • Chivalry II (Torn Banner Studios / Tripwire Interactive)
  • Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda)
  • Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
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Best Family Game

  • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios / EA)
  • Mario Party Superstars (NDcube / Nintendo)
  • New Pokémon Snap (Bandai Namco / The Pokémon Company / Nintendo)
  • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Nintendo)
  • WarioWare: Get It Together! (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)

Best Community Support

  • FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (SQUARE ENIX)
  • Apex Legends (Respawn / EA)
  • Destiny 2 (Bungie)
  • Fortnite (Epic Games)
  • No Man's Sky (Hello Games)

Best Esports Game

  • League of Legends (Riot Games)
  • Call of Duty (Activision)
  • CS:GO (Valve)
  • Dota 2 (Valve)
  • Valorant (Riot Games)

Best Esports Coach

  • Kim "kkOma" Jeong-gyun
  • Airat “Silent” Gaziev
  • Andrey "ENGH" Sholokhov
  • Andrii "B1ad3" Horodenskyi
  • James "Crowder" Crowder

Best Esports Event

  • 2021 League of Legends World Championship
  • PGL Major Stockholm 2021
  • PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020
  • The International 2021
  • Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters

Best Esports Team

  • Natus Vincere (CS:GO)
  • Atlanta FaZe (Call of Duty)
  • DWG KIA (League of Legends)
  • Sentinels (Valorant)
  • Team Spirit (Dota 2)

Best Esports Athlete

  • Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
  • Chris "Simp" Lehr
  • Heo "ShowMaker" Su
  • Magomed "Collapse" Khalilov
  • Tyson "TenZ" Ngo

Best Performance

  • Maggie Robertson for the role of Lady Dimitrescu, Resident Evil Village
  • Erika Mori for the role of Alex Chen, Life is Strange: True Colors
  • Giancarlo Esposito for the role of Anton Castillo, Far Cry 6
  • Jason E. Kelley for the role of Colt Vahn, Deathloop
  • Ozioma Akagha for the role of Julianna Blake, Deathloop
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Best Ongoing Game

  • FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (SQUARE ENIX)
  • Apex Legends (Respawn / EA)
  • Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward / Raven / Activision)
  • Fortnite (Epic Games)
  • Genshin Impact (MiHoYo)

Best Art Direction

  • Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda)
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
  • Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / SIE)
  • The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur / Annapurna)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam / Nintendo)
  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal / SQUARE ENIX)
  • Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / SIE)
  • Resident Evil Village (Capcom)

Best VR/AR Game

  • Resident Evil 4 (Armature Studio / Capcom / Oculus Studios)
  • Hitman 3 (IO Interactive)
  • I Expect You To Die 2 (Schell Games)
  • Lone Echo II (Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios)
  • Sniper Elite VR (Coatsink / Just Add Water / Rebellion Developments)

Best Sports/Racing Game

  • Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios)
  • F1 2021 (Codemasters / EA Sports)
  • FIFA 22 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
  • Hot Wheels Unleashed (Milestone)
  • Riders Republic (Ubisoft Annecy / Ubisoft)

Best Multiplayer Game

  • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios / EA)
  • Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock / WB Games)
  • Knockout City (Velan Studios / EA)
  • Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
  • New World (Amazon Games)
  • Valheim (Iron Gate Studio / Coffee Stain)

Best Indie Game

  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
  • 12 Minutes (Luis Antonio / Annapurna Interactive)
  • Death's Door (Acid Nerve / Devolver Digital)
  • Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games / Devolver Digital)
  • Loop Hero (Four Quarters / Devolver Digital)
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Best Debut Indie Game

  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
  • Sand (Shedworks / Raw Fury)
  • The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur / Annapurna)
  • The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller / Dear Villagers)
  • Valheim (Iron Gate / Coffee Stain)

Best Audio Design

  • Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / SIE)
  • Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
  • Returnal (Housemarque / SIE)

Best Role-Playing Game

  • Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco)
  • Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
  • Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
  • Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco)
  • Shin Megami Tensei V (Atlus / Sega)

Best Simulation/Strategy Game

  • Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Evil Genius 2: World Domination (Rebellion Developments)
  • Humankind (Amplitude Studios / Sega)
  • Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games / Devolver)
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio / Xbox Game Studios)

Best Fighting Game

  • Guilty Gear -Strive- (Arc System Works)
  • Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles (CyberConnect2 / Sega)
  • Melty Blood: Type Lumina (French-Bread / Delightworks)
  • Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Ludosity / Fair Play Labs / GameMill)
  • Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown (Sega)

Innovation in Accessibility

  • Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal / SQUARE ENIX)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / SIE)
  • The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Creative Bytes Studios / Falling Squirrel)

Best Narrative

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal / SQUARE ENIX)
  • Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda)
  • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios / EA)
  • Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine / SQUARE ENIX)
  • Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios)

Best Mobile Game

  • Genshin Impact (MiHoYo)
  • Fantasian (Mistwalker)
  • League of Legends: Wild Rift (Riot Games)
  • MARVEL Future Revolution (Netmarble)
  • Pokemon Unite (TiMi Studios / The Pokemon Company)

Content Creator of the Year

  • Dream
  • Fuslie
  • Gauls
  • Ibai
  • TheGrefg
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