The Game Awards 2021 Winners: The Full List
It Takes Two — Josef Fares' co-op action-adventure title about a couple going through a divorce — took home the top honour, Game of the Year, at The Game Awards 2021 that took place the evening of Thursday, December 9 in Los Angeles. In his acceptance speech, Fares thanked his Stockholm-based team Hazelight Studios (and dabbled in profanity that would've gotten the axe if it was broadcast on regular TV). It Takes Two was tied for most wins at The Game Awards 2021 with the popular and acclaimed racing game Forza Horizon 5 (three apiece) with the latter's publisher, Xbox Game Studios, emerging as the most successful publisher on the night. A total of 26 video game prizes were awarded at The Game Awards 2021 , with 103 publications — including yours truly, Gadgets 360 — making up the voting jury that decided the winners. Save for two categories (Players' Voice, and Best Esports Game) that were voted on by fans and a select jury, respectively. As always, the awards itself at The Game Awards took a backseat to dozens of reveals, trailers, and news announcements: from PUBG going free-to-play in January 2022 to a trailer for the upcoming Halo TV series, and from a Wonder Woman game from the Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor developers to Star Wars: Eclipse from the Heavy Rain team. The Game Awards winners 2021 — the full list The Game Awards 2021 Game of the Year It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA) — WINNER Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) Metroid Dread (Mercury Steamintendo) Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios) Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE) Resident Evil Village (Capcom) The Game Awards 2021 Best Game Direction Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) — WINNER It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA) Returnal (Housemarque/SIE) Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios) Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE) The Game Awards 2021 Best Narrative Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix) — WINNER Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA) Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/Square Enix) Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios) The Game Awards 2021 Best Art Direction Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) — WINNER Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab) Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios) Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE) The Artful Escape (Beethoven Dinosaur/Annapurna The Game Awards 2021 Best Score and Music NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (Keiichi Okabe, Composer) — WINNER Cyberpunk 2077 (Marcin Przybylowicz and Piotr T. Adamczyk, Composers) Deathloop (Tom Salta, Composer) Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Richard Jacques, Composer) The Artful Escape (Johnny Galvatron and Josh Abrahams, Composers) The Game Awards 2021 Best Audio Design Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios) — WINNER Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE) Resident Evil Village (Capcom) Returnal (Housemarque/SIE) The Game Awards 2021 Best Performance Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu, Resident Evil Village — WINNER Erika Mori as Alex Chen, Life is Strange: True Colors Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo, Far Cry 6 Jason E. Kelley as Colt Vahn, Deathloop Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake, Deathloop The Game Awards 2021 Games for Impact Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/Square Enix) — WINNER Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games) Boyfriend Dungeon (Kitfox Games) Chicory (Greg Lobanow, Alexis dean-Jones, Lena Raine, Madeline Berger, A Shell in the Pit/Finji) No Longer Home (Humble Grove, Hana Lee, Cel Davison, Adrienne Lombardo, Eli Rainsberry/Fellow Traveler) The Game Awards 2021 Best Ongoing Game FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (Square Enix) — WINNER Apex Legends (Respawn/EA) Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision) Fortnite (Epic Games) Genshin Impact (MiHoYo) The Game Awards 2021 Best Indie Game Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab) — WINNER 12 Minutes (Luis Antonio/Annapurna Interactive) Death's Door (Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital) Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital) Loop Hero (Four Quarters/Devolver Digital) The Game Awards 2021 Best Mobile Game Genshin Impact (MiHoYo) — WINNER Fantasian (Mistwalker) League of Legends: Wild Rift (Riot Games) Marvel Future Revolution (Netmarble) Pokemon Unite (TiMi Studios/The Pokemon Company) The Game Awards 2021 Best Community Support FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (Square Enix) — WINNER Apex Legends (Respawn/EA) Destiny 2 (Bungie) Fortnite (Epic Games) No Man's Sky (Hello Games) The Game Awards 2021 Best VR/AR Resident Evil 4 (Armature Studio/Capcom/Oculus Studios) — WINNER Hitman 3 (IO Interactive) I Expect You to Die 2 (Schell Games) Lone Echo II (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios) Sniper Elite VR (Coatsink/Just Add Water/Rebellion Developments) The Game Awards 2021 Innovation in Accessibility Forza Horizon 5 (Playgr