The Game Awards is one of the biggest annual celebrations of media achievements. Last year's show brought 83 million live broadcasts. This year's nominations include games from many studios, among which, "The Ring of Death", "Ricky and Clank: Rift", "Need Two People" and "Spirit World" received leading nominations. This year's nomination list includes 107 different games, covering various genres and platforms.

The best game of the year nominations for the 2021 Game Awards include Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda), It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios / EA), Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam / Nintendo), Psychonauts 2 (Double FIne / Xbox Game Studios), Ricky and Clank: Rift Valley (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment) and Resident Evil Village (Capcom).

View the complete list of nominations in all 30 categories. If you want to vote, you can vote for all categories listed on the game award website.

Recognize a game that can provide the absolute best experience in all areas of creativity and technology.

Awarded for his outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

Reward for outstanding development of continuous content and continuous development of the player experience over time.

Recognize outstanding creative and technical achievements in games made outside of the traditional publisher system.

The best debut work created by the new independent studio.

Awarded for excellent storytelling and narrative development in the game.

Recognize outstanding creative and/or technical achievements in art design and animation.

For great music, include sheet music, original songs, and/or licensed soundtracks.

Granted to individual voice acting, action and/or performance capture.

Granted to individual voice acting, action and/or performance capture.

For thought-provoking games with pro-social significance or information.

Recognize games with outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, including social media events and game updates/patches.

To play the best games on mobile devices.

Regardless of the platform, you can get the best gaming experience in virtual or augmented reality.

For the best game in the action genre that focuses mainly on combat.

For the best action/adventure game, combine combat with traversal and puzzle solving.

Designed to create the best game with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experience.

For the best game designed mainly around head-to-head combat.

Regardless of the genre or platform, it is the best game suitable for family games.

The best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing games.

Regardless of the platform, the best games focus on real-time or turn-based simulation or strategy games.

Regardless of the game type or platform, you can get excellent online multiplayer games and designs, including cooperative and massively multiplayer experience.

Recognize the published game, which has proved to have the potential to push the game media forward.

Help a wider audience to play and enjoy the game by adding features, technology, and content to identify the software and/or hardware that drives the media forward.

For streamers or content creators who will have an important and positive impact on the community in 2021.

For games that provide players with the best overall e-sports experience (including tournaments, community support, and content updates), regardless of genre or platform.

This e-sports player was named the best player in performance and behavior in 2021, regardless of the game.

The most outstanding performance and behavior in 2021 is the recognition of a specific e-sports team (not the entire organization).

This e-sports coach was named the best coach for performance and behavior in 2021.

Recognize events (spanning a single day or multiple days) that provide a first-class experience for participants and broadcast viewers.

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