Hades, Animal Crossing & Ghost of Tsushima All Vying For Game of the Year At The Game Awards 2020

It’s that time of the year again where your favourite games of the past year are pitted against each other for the Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2020.

The annual awards show, hosted once again by Geoff Keighley, will take place on 10 December. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, it will instead be hosted in various studios in Los Angeles, London and Tokyo, away from a live audience, and streamed virtually across 45 video platforms, including Twitch and YouTube.

The social distancing measures taking place won’t take away from the fact that this year’s nominees are all really, really good games (a subjective opinion, of course). Leading the line with 10 nominations is Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II, and hot on its trail is Supergiant Games’ heavy-hitting indie rogue-like title Hades with a surprise 8 nominations, and Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima with 7.

All three games are in the running for the coveted Game of the Year award, alongside Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Remake, id Software’s Doom Eternal, and Nintendo’s quarantine darling, Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

GOTY winners for previous iterations of The Game Awards include Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019), and God of War (2018).

Though not nominated for Game of the Year, there are several nominees that hail from the still-fresh PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X era, including Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

Voting for The Game Awards 2020 is available now on the official website, and will close on 9 December.

Without further ado, here are all the nominees for The Game Awards 2020!

Game of the Year

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo
• Doom Eternal – id Software
• Final Fantasy VII Remake – Square Enix
• Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch
• Hades – Supergiant Games
• The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog

Game Direction

• Final Fantasy VII Remake – Square Enix
• Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch
• Hades – Supergiant Games
• Half-Life Alyx – Valve
• The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog

Most Anticipated Game

• Elden Ring – From Software/Bandai Namco
• Halo Infinite – 343/Xbox Game Studios
• Horizon Forbidden West – Guerrilla Games/SIE
• God of War: Ragnarok – SIE Santa Monica/SIE
• Resident Evil Village – Capcom
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 – Nintendo

Narrative

• 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Ghosts of Tsushima
• Hades
• The Last of Us Part II

Art Direction

• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Ghosts of Tsushima
• Hades
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• The Last of Us Part II

Score and Music

• Doom Eternal
• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Hades
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• The Last of Us Part II

Audio Design

• Doom Eternal
• Half-Life: Alyx
• Ghosts of Tsushima
• Resident Evil 3
• The Last of Us Part II

Performance

• Ashley Johnson – Ellie, The Last of Us Part II
• Laura Bailey – Abby, The Last of Us Part II
• Daisuke Tsuji – Jin, Ghost of Tsushima
• Logan Cunningham – Hades, Hades
• Nadji Jeterm – Miles Morales, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Games for Impact

• If Found…
• Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
• Spiritfarer
• Tell Me Why
• Through Darkest of Times

Ongoing Game

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• Fortnite
• No Man’s Sky

Indie Game

• Carrion
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
• Hades
• Spelunky 2
• Spiritfarer

Debut Indie Game

• Carrion
• Mortal Shell
• Raji: An Acient Epic
• Roki
• Phasmophobia

Mobile Game

• Among Us
• Call of Duty Mobile
• Genshin Impact
• Legends of Runeterra
• Pokémon Cafe Mix

Community Support

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
• Fortnite
• No Man’s Sky
• Valorant

VR/AR Game

• Dreams
• Half-Life: Alyx
• Marvel’s Iron Man VR
• Star Wars: Squadrons
• The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

Innovation in Accessibility

• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
• Grounded
• Hyperdot
• The Last of Us Part II
• Watch Dogs Legion

Action Game

• Doom Eternal
• Hades
• Half-Life: Alyx
• Nioh 2
• Streets of Rage 4

Action/Adventure Game

• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
• Ghosts 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

RPG

• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Genshin Impact
• Persona 5 Royal
• Wasteland 3
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon

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
• Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r]

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

Sim/Strategy Game

• Crusader Kings 3
• Desperados 3
• Gears Tactics
• Microsoft Flight Simulator
• XCOM: Chimera Squad

Sports/Racing Game

• Dirt 5
• F1 2020
• FIFA 21
• NBA 2K21
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2

Multiplayer Game

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Among Us
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
• Valorant

Content Creator of the Year

• Alanah Pearce
• Jay Ann Lopez
• Nickmercs
• TimTheTatman
• Valkyrae

Esports Athlete

• Ian “Crimsix” Porter
• Heo “Showmaker” Su
• Kim “Canyon” Geon-Bu
• Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro
• Matthieu “Zywoo” Herbaut

Esports Coach

• Danny “Zonic” Sorensen
• Dae-Hee “Crusty” Park
• Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann
• Lee “Zefa” Jae-Min
• Raymond “Rambo” Lussier

Esports Event

• Blast Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals
• Call of Duty League Championship 2020
• IEM Katowice 2020
• League of Legends World Championship 2020
• Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020

Esports Game

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Fortnite
• League of Legends
• Valorant

Esports Host

• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• James “Dash” Patterson
• Jorien “Sheever” Van der Heijden

Esports Team

• Damwon Gaming
• Dallas Empire
• G2 Esports
• San Francisco Shock
• Team Secret