The Game Awards 2025 announced the nominees for its 2025 edition, with 151 entries in over 28 categories.
The nominees were announced via live-stream, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leading with 12 nominations, setting a record first for the 12-year run of the awards show. Sony Interactive Entertainment becomes the most-nominated publisher with 19 nominations, followed by Kepler Interactive with 13, and Electronic Arts and Microsoft tie with 10 nods each.
Check out the full list of nominees below.
Game of the Year
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Donkey Kong Bananza – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Hades II – Supergiant Games
Hollow Knight: Silksong – Team Cherry
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
Innovation in Accessibility
Assassin’s Creed Shadows – Ubisoft
Atomfall – Rebellion
Doom: The Dark Ages – id Software/Bethesda Softworks
EA Sports FC 26 – EA Canada/EA Romania/EA
South of Midnight – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios
Content Creator of the Year
Caedrel
Kai Cenat
MoistCr1TiKaL
Sakura Miko
The Burnt Peanut
Most Anticipated Game
007 First Light – IO Interactive
Grand Theft Auto 6 – Rockstar Games
Marvel’s Wolverine – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Resident Evil Requiem – Capcom
The Witcher 4 – CD Projekt Red
Games for Impact
Consume Me – Jenny Jiao Hsia/AP Thomson/Hexacutable
Despelote – Julián Cordero/Sebastián Valbuena/Panic
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage – Don’t Nod Montreal/Don’t Nod
South of Midnight
Wanderstop – Ivy Road/Annapurna Interactive
Best Game Direction
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Hades 2
Split Fiction
Best Narrative
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Silent Hill f
Best Score and Music
Christopher Larkin (Hollow Knight: Silksong)
Darren Korb (Hades II)
Lorien Testard (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
Toma Otowa (Ghost of Yōtei)
Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell (Death Stranding 2: On The Beach)
Best Art Direction
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Hades 2
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Audio Design
Battlefield 6 – Battlefield Studios/EA
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Ghost of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Silent Hill f – NeoBards Entertainment/Konami
Best Performance
Ben Starr – Verso, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Charlie Cox – Gustave, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Erika Ishii – Atsu, Ghost of Yōtei
Jennifer English – Maelle, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Konatsu Kato – Hinako Shimizu, Silent Hill f
Troy Baker – Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Best Adaptation
A Minecraft Movie – Legendary Pictures/Mojang/Warner Bros
Devil May Cry – Studio Mir/Capcom/Netflix
The Last of Us: Season 2 – HBO/PlayStation Productions
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch – FOST Studio/Ubisoft/Netflix
Until Dawn – Screen Gems/PlayStation Productions
Best Action Game
Battlefield 6
Doom: The Dark Ages
Hades 2
Ninja Gaiden 4 – Platinum Games/Team Ninja/Xbox Game Studios
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance – Lizardcube/Sega
Best Action/Adventure Game
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – MachineGames/Bethesda Softworks
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Split Fiction
Best Debut Indie Game
Blue Prince
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Despelote
Dispatch – AdHoc Studio
Megabonk – Vedinad
Best Independent Game
Absolum – Guard Crush Games/Supamonks/Dotemu
Ball x Pit – Kenny Sun/Devolver Digital
Blue Prince – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Hades 2
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Mobile Game
Destiny: Rising
Persona 5: The Phantom X – Black Wings Game Studio/Sega
Sonic Rumble – Rovio Entertainment/Sega
Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Cygames Inc.
Wuthering Waves – Kuro Games
Best Ongoing Game
Final Fantasy 14 – Square Enix
Fortnite – Epic Games
Helldivers 2 – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Marvel Rivals – NetEase Games
No Man’s Sky – Hello Games
Best RPG
Avowed – Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
The Outer Worlds 2 – Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios
Monster Hunter Wilds – Capcom
Best Fighting
2XKO – Riot Games
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 – Capcom
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves – SNK Corporation
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection – Digital Eclipse/Atari
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega
Best Family Game
Donkey Kong Bananza
Lego Party – SMG Studio/Fictions)
Lego Voyagers – Light Brick Studios/Annapurna Interactive
Mario Kart World – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – Sonic Team/Sega
Split Fiction
Best Sim/Strategy
The Alters – 11 Bit Studios
Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles – Square Enix
Jurassic World Evolution 3 – Frontier Developments
Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 -Firaxis Games/2K
Tempest Rising – Slipgate Ironworks/3D Realms
Two Point Museum – Two Point Studios/Sega
Best Sports/Racing
EA Sports FC 26
F1 25 – Codemasters/EA
Mario Kart World
Rematch – Sloclap/Kepler Interactive
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Best Multiplayer
Arc Raiders – Embark Studios
Battlefield 6 – Electronic Arts
Elden Ring: Nightreign – FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment
Peak – Aggro Crab/Landfall
Split Fiction
Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike 2 – Valve
DOTA 2 – Valve
League of Legends – Riot
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang – Moonton
Valorant – Riot
Best Esports Athlete
Brock “brawk” Somerhalder (Valorant)
Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon (League of Legends)
Jason “f0rsakeN” Susanto (Valorant)
Kakeru “Kakeru” Watanabe (Street Fighter)
Saul “MenaRD” Leonardo (Street Fighter)
Mathieu “Zyw0o” Herbaut (Counter-Strike 2)
Best Esports Team
Gen.G (League of Legends)
NRG (Valorant)
Team Falcons (DOTA 2)
Team Liquid PH (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)
Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)
Best VR/AR
Alien: Rogue Incursion – Survios
Arken Age – VitruviusVR
Ghost Town – Fireproof Games
Marvel’s Deadpool VR – Twisted Pixel Games/Oculus Studios
The Midnight Walk – MoonHood/Fast Travel Games
You can vote for the games you think deserve the award for their respective categories here. Catch the live stream of the awards ceremony on The Game Awards YouTube channel on December 11.
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