Here Are The Nominees For This Year's The Game Awards

the game awards 2020 bannerThe Game Awards, one of the biggest video game end-of-year events, is fast-approaching. The free virtual event will be aired live in 4K UHD from Hollywood, California with segments from various locations around the world including Tokyo, Japan and the historic Abbey Road Studios in London.

Here's are some of the nominees for this year's awards:

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)

Best Action:

  • Doom Eternal (id Software/Bethesda)
  • Hades (Supergiant Games)
  • Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)
  • Nioh 2 (Team Ninja)
  • Streets of Rage 4 (Dotemu)

Best Action/Adventure:

  • Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal)
  • 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)

Best Roleplaying:

  • The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)
  • 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:

  • 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 Multiplayer:

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)
  • Among Us (Innersloth)
  • Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Activision)
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver)
  • Valorant (Riot Games)

Best Indie:

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

Best Mobile Game:

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)

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)

Best Narrative:

  • 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Vanillaware/Atlus/SEGA)
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)
  • Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)
  • Hades (Supergiant Games)
  • The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)

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 II (Naughty Dog/SIE)

Best Score and Music:

  • Doom Eternal (id Software/Bethesda)
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)
  • 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 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)

Gender-Neutral Best Performance:

  • Ashley Johnson (The Last of Us Part II)
  • Laura Bailey (The Last of Us Part II)
  • Daisuke Tsuji (Ghost of Tsushima)
  • Logan Cunningham (Hades)
  • Nadji Jeter (MARVEL's Spider-Man: Miles Morales)

Games for Impact:
*Thought-provoking games with a pro-social meaning or message

  • If Found... (Dreamfeel)
  • Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition (Cardboard Computer)
  • Spiritfarer (Thunder Lotus Games)
  • Tell Me Why (Dontnod Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
  • Through the Darkest of Times (Paintbucket Games)

The Game Awards will be streaming live on December 10. Voting is still open on The Game Awards official site.