The Game Awards is underway, celebrating the past year in the games industry and looking ahead to the year to come. As usual, the annual award show is chock full of trailers and surprises, peppered in-between the awards themselves. We have a full list of winners below.
The top prize of the night is Game of the Year. The nominees for that are Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Doom Eternal, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, and The Last of Us Part 2. Other notable categories include Best Game Direction, Games for Impact, and Innovation in Accessibility, among individual genre awards. Things got started with Best Music/Score during the pre-show, with FFVII taking the win. That was followed by TLOU2 taking Best Action/Adventure and Phasmophobia taking Best Debut.
This year's event is being held in a socially distanced manner due to COVID-19, with presenters and nominees appearing remotely. You can find all the nominees below, with announced winners appearing in bold. This list will be updated throughout the event.
2020 Game Awards List
Game of the Year
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Doom Eternal
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Hades
- The Last of Us Part II
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
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- 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 Score And Music - Winner: Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Doom Eternal
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Hades
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- The Last of Us Part II
Best Audio Design
- Doom Eternal
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Resident Evil 3
- The Last of Us Part II
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
- If Found...
- Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
- Spiritfarer
- Tell Me Why
- Through the Darkest of Times
Best Ongoing
- Apex Legends
- Call of Duty: Warzone
- Destiny 2
- Fortnite
- No Man's Sky
Best Indie
- Carrion
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
- Hades
- Spelunky 2
- Spiritfarer
Best Mobile Game
- Among Us
- Call of Duty Mobile
- Genshin Impact
- Legends of Runterra
- Pokemon Cafe Mix
Best Community Support - Winner: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
- Apex Legends
- Destiny 2
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
- Fortnite
- No Man's Sky
- Valorant
Best VR/AR
- 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
- Hyperoot
- The Last of Us Part II
- Watch Dogs: Legion
Best Action
- Doom Eternal
- Hades
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Nioh 2
- Streets of Rage 4
Best Action/Adventure - Winner: The Last of Us Part II
- 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 Role Playing
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Genshin Impact
- Persona 5 Royal
- Wasteland 3
- Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Best Fighting
- Granblue Fantasy: Versus
- Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
- Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
- One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows
- Under Night In-Brith EXE: Late(CL-R)
Best Family - Winner: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- 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 Sim/Strategy
- Crusader Kings III
- Desperados III
- Gear Tactics
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- XCOM: Chimera Squad
Best Sports/Racing
- Dirt 5
- F1 2020
- FIFA 21
- NBA 2K21
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
Best Multiplayer
- Among Us
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Call of Duty: Warzone
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
- Valorant
Content Creator of the Year
- Alanah Pearce
- Jay Ann Lopez
- Nickmercs
- TimTheTatMan
- Valkyrae
Best Debut Game - Winner: Phasmophobia
- Carrion
- Mortal Shell
- Raji: An Ancient Epic
- Roki
- Phasmophobia
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" Herbaut (CS:GO)
Best Esports Coach - Winner: Danny "Zonic" Sorensen (CS:GO)
- Danny "Zonic" Sorensen (CS:GO)
- Dae-Hee "Crusty" Park (Overwatch League)
- Fabian "Grabbz" Lohmann (League of Legends)
- Lee "Zefa" Jae-Min (League of Legends)
- Raymond "Rambo" Lussier (Call of Duty)
Best Esports Event - Winner: League of Legends World Championship 2020 (League of Legends)
- Blast Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals (CS:GO)
- Call of Duty League Championship 2020 (Call of Duty)
- IEM Katowice 2020 (CS:GO)
- League of Legends World Championship 2020 (League of Legends)
- Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020 (Overwatch)
Best Esports Game - Winner: League of Legends
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensives
- Fortnite
- League of Legends
- Valorant
Best Esports Host - Winner: Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere
- Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez
- Alex "Machine" Richardson
- Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere
- James "Dash" Patterson
- Jorien "Sheever" Van Der Heijden
Best Esports Team - Winner: G2 Esports (League of Legends)
- Damwon Gaming (League of Legends)
- Dallas Empire (Call of Duty)
- G2 Esports (League of Legends)
- San Francisco Shock (Overwatch League
- Team Secret (DOTA 2)
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