The Game Awards: Winners and More
The Last Of Us II stole the show at The Game Awards, but developers also dropped some groundbreaking announcements
Yesterday was a big day for the gaming community. The Games Awards announced winners in 30 categories, ranging from Best Esports Team to Game of the Year. This show included the world premiere of new games and upcoming content for existing games. The biggest winner is The Last of Us Part II swiping seven awards.
Here is the list of winners:
Game of the Year
– Final Fantasy VII Remake
– Doom: Eternal
– Ghost of Tsushima
– The Last of Us Part II
– Hades
– Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Best Action/Adventure Game
– Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
– Ghost of Tsushima
– Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
– Ori and the Will of the Wisps
– Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
– The Last of Us Part II
Best Family Game
– Animal Crossing: New Horizons
– Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
– Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
– Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
– Minecraft Dungeons
– Paper Mario: The Origami King
Best Action Game
– Doom: Eternal
– Hades
– Half-Life: Alyx
– Nioh 2
– Streets of Rage 4
Best Debut Game
– Carrion
– Mortal Shell
– Phasmophobia
– Raji: An Ancient Epic
– Roki
Best Ongoing Game
– Apex Legends
– Call of Duty: Warzone
– Destiny 2
– Fortnite
– No Man’s Sky
Best Sports/Racing Game
– Dirt 5
– F1 2020
– FIFA 21
– NBA 2k21
– Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2
Best Multiplayer Game
– Among Us
– Animal Crossing: New Horizons
– Call of Duty: Warzone
– Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
– Valorant
Best Mobile Game
– Among Us
– Call of Duty Mobile
– Genshin Impact
– Legends of Runeterra
– Pokemon Café Mix
Best Indie Game
– Carrion
– Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
– Hades
– Spelunky 2
– Spiritfarer
Best Role-playing Game
– Final Fantasy VII Remake
– Genshin Impact
– Persona 5 Royal
– Wasteland 3
– Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Best Sim/Strategy
– Crusader King III
– Desperados III
– Gears Tactics
– Microsoft Flight Simulator
– XCOM: Chimera Squad
Best Fighting Game
– Granblue Fantasy: Versus
– Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
– Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
– One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows
– Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late[cl-r]
Best VR/AR
– Dreams
– Half-Life: Alyx
– Marvel’s Iron Man VR
– Star Wars: Squadrons
– The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
Best Score and Music
– Doom: Eternal
– Final Fantasy VII Remake
– Hades
– Ori and the Will of the Wisps
– The Last of Us Part II
Games for Impact
– Spiritfarer
– If found…
– Tell Me Why
– Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
– Through the Darkest of Times
Best Narrative
– Hades
– The Last of Us Part II
– Ghost of Tsushima
– Final Fantasy VII Remake
– 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Innovation In Accessibility
– The Last of Us Part II
– Grounded
– Hyperdot
– Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
– Watch Dogs Legion
Best Community Support
– Apex Legends
– Destiny 2
– Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
– Fortnite
– No Man’s Sky
– Valorant
Best Performance
– Ashely Johnson as Ellie, The Last of Us Part II
– Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
– Logan Cunningham as Hades, Hades
– Laura Bailey as Abby, The Last of Us Part II
– Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Best game direction
– Final Fantasy VII Remake
– Half-Life: Alyx
– Ghost of Tsushima
– Hades
– The Last of Us Part II
Best Art Direction
– Final Fantasy VII Remake
– Ghost of Tsushima
– Hades
– Ori and the Will of the Wisps
– The Last of Us Part II
Best Audio Design
– Doom: Eternal
– Ghost of Tsushima
– Half-Life: Alyx
– Resident Evil 3
– The Last of Us Part II
Content Creator of the Year
– Alanah Pearce
– Nickmercs
– Jay-Ann Lopez
– Timthetatman
– Valkyrae
Best Esports Game
– Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
– Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
– Fortnite
– League of Legends
– Valorant
Best Esports Coach
– Dae-Hee “Crusty” Park (OWL)
– Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann (LoL)
– Raymond “Rambo” Lussier (CoD)
– Lee “Zefa” Jae-min (LoL)
– Danny “Zonic” Sorensen (CS:GO)
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 Championships 2020
– Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020
Best Esports Host
– James “Dash” Patterson
– Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
– Alex “Machine” Richardson
– Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden
– Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
Best Esports Team
– Dallas Empire (CoD)
– Danwon Gaming (LoL)
– G2 Esports (LoL)
– San Francisco Shock (OWL)
– Team Secret (Dota 2)
Best Esports Athlete
– Ian “Crimsix” Porter (CoD)
– Heo “Showmaker” Su (LoL)
– Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu (LoL)
– Anthony “Shotzy” Cuevas-Castro (CoD)
– Matthieu “ZywOo” Herbaut (CS:GO)
Besides the award-winning games above, here are 10 announcements and upcoming games that you should know.
1. Among Us is introducing a new map “The Airship” in early 2021
2. Fortnite added Halo’s Master Chief skin that is available now and Walking Dead’s Daryl Dixon and Michonne skins coming on Dec. 16.
3. Fall Guys Season 3 is coming on Dec. 15
4. Ruined King: A League of Legends Story is an LoL spinoff game that is coming to PC, Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in 2021
5. Hero Loop is a role-playing and deck-building game that is coming in 2021
6. Vin Diesel is taming dinosaurs in ARK II and ARK: The Animated Series is announced.
7. It Takes Two is a co-op only game that is coming on Mar. 26
8. Back 4 Blood is very similar to Left 4 Dead and it is coming to PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, and Series X/S on June 22.
9. Hood: Outlaws & Legends is a stealth game that is coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox One, and Series X/S on May 10, or May 7 with pre-order early access.
10. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate introduced Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII and will be playable this month.
There are also a few games that you might want to keep an eye out for but yet to have a release day. These games include the new Mass Effect, the reboot of Perfect Dark, Season and The Callisto Protocol.
For more information, visit The Game Awards’ official site.