Here are all the winners of the 2021 Game Awards

So, it's that time of the year, folks. The 2021 Game Awards have just concluded and we've got a whole host of winners to announce. 2...

So, it's that time of the year, folks. The 2021 Game Awards have just concluded and we've got a whole host of winners to announce. 2021 wasn't a spectacular year in terms of game releases but there were some that truly stood out from the rest and these awards are meant to showcase that. It was also the first year where we saw the rise of the current generation of consoles and the new hardware that comes with it. So, without further ado, let's check them out. 

Read on below to find out the full list of winners of the 2021 Game Awards. 

Game of the Year

Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) (review) It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA) 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/SI

 

Best Ongoing

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

 

Best Indie

12 Minutes (Luis Antonio/Annapurna Interactive) Death’s Door (Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital) Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab) (review) Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital) Loop Hero (Four Quarters/Devolver Digital)

 

Best Debut Indie

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

 

Best Narrative

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

 

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 Score and Music

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

 

Best Audio Design

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

 

Best Performance

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

 

Games for Impact

Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games) Boyfriend Dungeon (Kitfox Games) Chicory (Greg Lobanow, Alexis dean-Jones, Lena Raine, Madeline Berger, A Shell in the Pit/Finji) Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/SQUARE ENIX) No Longer Home (Humble Grove, Hana Lee, Cel Davison, Adrienne Lombardo, Eli Rainsberry/Fellow Traveler)

Best Community Support

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

 

Best Mobile Game

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

 

Best VR/AR

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

 

Best Action

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

 

Best Action/Adventure

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

Best Role Playing

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

 

Best Fighting

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

 

Best Family

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 Sports/Racing

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

 

Best Sim/Strategy

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) (review)

 

Best Multiplayer

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

 

Most Anticipated

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

 

Innovation in Accessibility

Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft) (review) Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios) 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) 

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