2020’s The Game Awards Nominations Announced!
The Game Awards, video game’s biggest annual awards ceremony produced and hosted by Geoff Keighley, has revealed its full list of nominations for the best 2020 releases including Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima, Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II and more! Check out the full list of nominations below!
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Game of the Year
Best Game Direction
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Hades
- Half-Life: Alyx
- The Last of Us Part II
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 — Written by Ian Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs and Jordan Lemos
- Hades — Written by Greg Kasavin
- The Last of Us Part II — Written by Neil Druckmann and Haley Gross
Best Art Direction
- Final Fantasy VII Remake — Square Enix
- Ghost of Tsushima — Sucker Punch Productions/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 & Music
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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
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
Games for Impact
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 Indie
- Carrion — Phobia Game Studio/Devolver
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout — Mediatonic/Devolver
- Hades — Supergiant Games
- Spelunky 2 — Mossmouth LLC
- Spiritfarer — Thunder Lotus Games
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Best Mobile Game
- Among Us — Innersloth
- Call of Duty Mobile — TiMi Studios/Activision
- Genshin Impact — miHoYo
- Legends of Runeterra — Riot Games
- Pokémon Cafe Mix — Genius Sonority
Best Community Support
- Apex Legends — Respawn/EA
- Destiny 2 — Bungie
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout — Mediatonic/Devolver
- Fortnite — Epic Games
- No Man’s Land — Hello Games
- Valorant — Riot Games
Best VR/AR
Innovation in Accessibility
Best Action
- Doom Eternal — id Software/Bethesda
- Hades — Supergiant Games
- Half-Life: Alyx — Valve
- Nioh 2 — Team Ninja
- Streets of Rage 4 — Dotemu
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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 Role-Playing
Best Fighting
Best Family
Best Sim/Strategy
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Best Sports/Racing
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
Content Creator of the Year
- Alanah Pearce
- Jay Ann Lopez
- NickMercs
- TimTheTatMan
- Valkyrae
Best Debut Game
- Carrion — Phobia Game Studio/Devolver
- Mortal Shell — Cold Symmetry/Playstack
- Raji: An Ancient Epic — Nodding Heads Games
- Röki — Polygon Treehouse
- Phasmophobia — Kinetic Games
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
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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” Herbeaut — CS: GO
Best Esports Coach
- Danny “Zonic” Sorensen — CS: GO
- 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 — CS: GO
- Call of Duty League Championship 2020
- IEM Katowice 2020 — CS: GO
- League of Legends World Championship 2020
- Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020
Best Esports Host
- Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
- Alex “Machine” Rchardson
- Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
- James “Dash” Patterson
- Jorien “Sheever” Van Der Heijden
Best Esports Team
- Damwon Gaming — League of Legends
- Dallas Empire — Call of Duty
- G2 Esports — League of Legends
- San Francisco Shock — Overwatch League
- Team Secret — DOTA 2
The Game Awards is set to air on December 10.
