The Game Awards 2020 GOTY Nominees revealed (Animal Crossing, Doom Eternal, FF7 Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, The Last of Us Part II)

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Other Nominations

Best Performance
Ashley Johnson, The Last of Us Part II
Laura Bailey, The Last of Us Part II
Daisuke Tsuji, Ghost of Tsushima
Logan Cunningham, Hades
Nadji Jeter, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

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

Best Ongoing Game:
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Call of Duty Warzone
Fortnite
No Man's Sky

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/Music:
DOOM Eternal
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Hades
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
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 Independent Game:
Carrion
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Hades
Spelunky 2
Spiritfarer

Best Mobile Game
Among Us
Call of Duty Mobile
Genshin Impact
Legends of Runeterra
Pokémon Café Mix

Best Esports Game:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Fortnite
League of Legends
Valorant

Best Esports Athlete:
Ian "Crimsix" Porter
Heo "Showmaker" Su
Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu
Anthony "Shotzzy" Cuevas-Castro
Matthieu "ZywOo" Herbaut

Best Game Direction
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Ghost of Tsushima
Hades
Half-Life: Alyx
The Last of Us Part II

Best Audio Design
Doom Eternal
Half-Life: Alyx
Ghosts of Tsushima
Resident Evil 3
The Last of Us Part 2

Games for Impact
If Found...
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
Spiritfarer
Tell Me Why
Through Darkest of Times

Best Indie Game
Carrion
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Hades
Spelunky 2
Spiritfarer

Best Debut Game
Carrion
Mortal Shell
Raji: An Acient Epic
Roki
Phasmophobia

Best Community Support
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Fortnite
No Man's Sky
Valorant

Best 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 2
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
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 2

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

Best 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 EXE: Late[CL-R]

Best 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

Best Sim/Strategy Game
Crusader Kings 3
Desperados 3
Gears Tactics
Microsoft Flight Simulator
XCOM: Chimera Squad#

Best Sports/Racing Game
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: Ultimate Knockout
Valorant

 

[Dest]

13 Sentinels robbed already

 

[Adrifi]

No Dreams or Ori 2?

K

 

[Pascal]

Hades got this

 

[Mifec]

Hades got this.

 

[Dhruvenator]

Ori :(

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Hades deserves it but it definitely won't win it.

 

[RoKKeR]

Shame about no Ori, but otherwise a good list!

 

[Lotus]

It's about time I play my copy of Hades huh

 

[chirt]

No Ori is a travesty.

 

[Moebius]

Dreams getting completely snubbed.

 

[Deleted member 59126]

The Last of Us 2 will sweep this.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

What a year for sony!

 

[Madjoki]

Alyx was robbed.

 

[Real]

Doom Eternal!?

 

[cvbas]

Animal Crossing it is. I love Final Fantasy and Hades, but AC was something else.

 

[Raigor]

The Last of Us 2 got this....unless people the jury really loved Hades or Animal Crossing

 

[Wallace Wells]

Great list of games, rooting for Last of Us

 

[Plinkerton]

I guess the only surprise there is Doom getting in over Half Life. The rest were expected.

 

[JaseMath]

TLOU2 should win based on its technical wizardry and production quality alone.

Spoiler

(C'mon, Hades!)

 

[lemonade]

Persona 5 Royal and 13 sentinels robbed.

Not surprised, I doubt even half of the reviewers played or even got past the tutorial of these games.

 

[Theorry]

Ori for sure i expected.

 

[Mass Effect]

Apparently I need to play Hades...

Crazy that Ghost of Tsushima made it too. Sucker Punch has gotta be feeling good.

 

[Deleted member 923]

The Last of Us Part 2, let's gooooooo.

 

[Astronut325]

I haven't played any of them. :(

 

[RightChandMan]

GoT is my personal GOTY...hope it wins some awards!

 

[NotLiquid]

I'm shocked Alyx got snubbed but Doom Eternal got nominated, even as someone who considers the latter in my Top 3 of the year

Anyway Animal Crossing let's goooooo

 

[SmartWaffles]

I wholeheartedly welcome our new lord in Hades.

 

[Sekiro]

FUCK YEAH Hades got nominated, just completed it this morning! 👀

 

[Homura]

Animal Crossing is the most important game of the year. It helped countless people during quarantine and it was also used for Biden's campaign.

 

[ChaosXVI]

I'd give it to Doom Eternal myself, but I bet TLoU2 has this in the bag. Or they could go the "game we needed this year" angle and give it to AC.

 

[kodax_shc]

Hades or AC got this in the bag.

 

[DecoReturns]

Animals Crossing does look funny next to all those.

But AC also has the most ruthless character with Tom Nook

 

[Herey]

Go TLOU2! Go Hades!

 

[Strittles]

Rooting for Doom and Tsushima.

 

[Thanathorn]

It's going to be Hades or Animal Crossing.

 

[Border]

Why would Dreams get nominated? It is more a toolset than anything else, and the caliber of projects generated with it do not remotely rival any of the other nominees.

 

[ClickyCal']

Persona 5 Royal and 13 sentinels robbed.

Not surprised, I doubt even half of the reviewers played or even got past the tutorial of these games.

Click to shrink...

Persona 5 was nominated in 2017.

 

[touchfuzzy]

Ghost of Tsushima for me. Hades runner up. I don't expect either to actually win though.

 

[QuigleyMcShine]

Doom Eternal is surprise.

I'm torn between Last of Us and Hades, though I haven't played Ghost yet.

 

[Mathieran]

I think Hades will win, just based on how the games media seems to enjoy it. The only one on that list I've played is FF7

 

[Phendrana]

Let's go Hades!

 

[Thugnificent]

Hades for everything!

 

[Mimosa]

HADES!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[asd202]

Demon's Souls obviously not made the cut.

 

[Mattmo831]

Half life alyx snubbed

 

[Serenitynow]

I'm going to vote for Animal Crossing

 

[lightning16]

I knew Ori was going to get snubbed, but it still sucks to see.

What was nominated in the other categories? I'm under the impression all of these were just shown on a stream?

 

[iksenpets]

I'd easily swap in Ori for Doom, but otherwise ok. Though a lot of late releases this year I don't have an opinion on yet. I'd probably take Alyx over Animal Crossing too, but a list without Animal Crossing this year would probably be a bit much.

 

[LoNe_eXiLe]

It should be either Hades or Animal Crossing