Here are the The Game Awards 2020 nominees

The Last of Us Part II leads this year’s nominees with 10 nods, including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, and Best Narrative.

The Game Awards – the so-called Oscars for gaming – is right around the corner, and all the nominees have just been announced.

The titles competing across a variety of categories and sub genres were selected by a global jury of more than 95 media and influencer outlets. This year, Rappler is really proud and excited to be part of this jury. Rappler is among the voting jury for this year’s awards, the first time a Philippine outfit is participating in the process.

Competing for the top prize of Game of the Year are Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Doom Eternal, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ghost Of Tsushima, Hades, and The Last Of Us Part II.

Some of these heavy hitters are also nominated for other major categories, led by the survival-horror PlayStation exclusive The Last of Us Part II with 10 nominations. It’s followed by Ghost of Tsushima with 7 and Final Fantasy VII Remake with 6.

Here are the nominees:

Game of the year

• Doom Eternal
• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Ghost of Tsushima
• Hades
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• 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

• 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
• Destiny 2
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• 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 Runeterra
• Pokemon Cafe Mix

Best community support

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Fall Guys
• 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 and Sinners

Innovation in accessibility

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

Best action game

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

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 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-Birth Exe: Late [CL-R]

Best family

• 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 3
• Desperados 3
• Gears 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 game

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

Content creator of the year

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

Best debut game

• 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

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

Best 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

Best esports game

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

Best esports host

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

Gamers can now vote for their picks in these and a host of other categories via The Game Awards 2020 website.

The winners will be announced at a virtual event that will be streaming on a number of platforms on Thursday, December 10, 7PM ET (Friday, December 11, 8AM Philippine time). – Rappler.com