Like 2020 before it, 2021 proved to be an unprecedented year for gaming. And, at every step of the way, Geoff Keighley remained a steadfast presence in the gaming community. Now, he’s back in person for the 2021 Game Awards. Will the Game of the Year be Resident Evil Village? Or will Samus Aran be victorious with Metroid Dread? Winners will be updated in real-time, so keep reading to see which games, content creators, and more win in each category.

Games For Impact

• Before Your Eyes
• Boyfriend Dungeon
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale
• WINNER: Life is Strange: True Colors
• No Longer Home

Read Inverse’s Life is Strange: True Colors review.

Best Esports Athlete

• Chris “Simp” Lehr
• Heo “ShowMaker” Su
• Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
• WINNER: Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
• Tyson “TenZ” Ngo

Best Esports Team

• Atlanta FaZe (Call of Duty)
• DWG KIA (League of Legends)
• WINNER: Natus Vincere (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Sentinels (Valorant)
• Team Spirit (DOTA 2)

Best Esports Coach

• Airat “Silent” Gaziev
• Andrey “Engh” Sholokhov
• Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi
• James “Crowder” Crowder
• WINNER: Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun

Best Esports Event

• WINNER: 2021 League of Legends World Championship
• PGL Major Stockholm 2021
• The International 2021
• PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020
• VALORANT Champions Tour: Stage 2 Master

Read Inverse’s Forza Horizon 5 review.

Best Audio Design

• Deathloop
• WINNER: Forza Horizon 5
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil Village
• Returnal

Best Independant Game

• 12 Minutes
• Death’s Door
• WINNER: Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Inscryption
• Loop Hero

Best Debut Indie

• The Artful Escape
• The Forgotten City
• WINNER: Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Sable
• Valheim

Not yet announced.

Game of the Year

• Deathloop
• It Takes Two
• Metroid Dread
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil Village

Best Game Direction

• Deathloop
• It Takes Two
• Returnal
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Best Narrative

• Deathloop
• It Takes Two
• Life is Strange: True Colors
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Psychonauts 2

Best Art Direction

• The Artful Escape
• Deathloop
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Best Score and Music

• The Artful Escape
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Deathloop
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139

Best Performance

• Erika Mori as Alex Chen (Life is Strange: True Colors)
• Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo (Far Cry 6)
• Jason Kelley as Colt Vahn (Deathloop)
• Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu (Resident Evil Village)
• Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake (Deathloop)

Best Ongoing

• Apex Legends
• Final Fantasy XIV Online
• Fortnite
• Genshin Impact
• Call of Duty: Warzone

Best Mobile Game

• Fantasian
• Genshin Impact
• League of Legends: Wild Rift
• Marvel Future Revolution
• Pokémon Unite

Best Community Support

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy 14
• Fortnite
• No Man’s Sky

Innovation in Accessibility

• Far Cry 6
• Forza Horizon 5
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• The Vale: Shadow of the Crown

Best VR/AR

• Hitman 3
• I Expect You to Die 2
• Lone Echo 2
• Resident Evil 4
• Sniper Elite VR

Best Action Game

• Back 4 Blood
• Chivalry 2
• Deathloop
• Far Cry 6
• Returnal

Best Action-Adventure

• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Metroid Dread
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil Village

Best Role-Playing Game

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Monster Hunter Rise
• Scarlet Nexus
• Shin Megami Tensei 5
• Tales of Arise

Best Fighting Game

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles
• Guilty Gear -Strive-
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
• Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown

Best Family Game

• It Takes Two
• Mario Party Superstars
• New Pokémon Snap
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
• WarioWare: Get It Together!

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• Age of Empires IV
• Evil Genius 2: World Domination
• Humankind
• Inscryption
• Microsoft Flight Simulator

Best Sports/Racing

• F1 2021
• FIFA 22
• Forza Horizon 5
• Hot Wheels Unleashed
• Riders Republic

Best Multiplayer

• Back 4 Blood
• Knockout City
• It Takes Two
• Monster Hunter Rise
• New World
• Valheim

Content Creator of the Year

• DREAM
• fuslie
• Gaules
• Ibai
• Grefg

Most Anticipated Game

• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarok
• Horizon Forbidden West
• The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Starfield

Best Esports Game

• Call of Duty
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Dota 2
• League of Legends
• Valorant