The Last of Us Part 2 is the best game of the year at The Game Awards 2020

The Game Awards is an annual game festival held in December to honor the year’s most successful games as well as make other important announcements. As usual, this event honoring the best game of 2020 is hosted by Geoff Keighley.

Although there was no direct audience, the producer created an engaging experience with an interactive program, broadcast on a variety of media. The Game Awards also featured Gal Gadot, Keanue Reeves, Reggie Fils-Aimé and many other memorable faces.

Many game genres are named to win this year’s award. Before the event took place, The Last of Us Part 2 topped with 9 nominations, including Game of The Year. Other games such as Hades, Ghost of Tsushima and Final Fantasy 7 Remake also received many nominations.

Below is a list of the nominees and award winners for these 30 best gaming categories of 2020.

Game Of The Year (Best Game of 2020)

Doom Eternal from Id Software/Bethesda

Final Fantasy VII Remake from Square Enix

Ghost of Tsushima from Sucker Punch/SIE

Hades from Supergiant Games

Animal Crossing: New Horizons from Nintendo

The Last of Us Part II from Naughty Dog/SIE (WINNER)

Best Game Direction (Best Director Game)

Final Fantasy VII Remake from Square Enix

Ghost of Tsushima from Sucker Punch/SIE

Hades from Supergiant Games

Half-Life: Alyx from Valve

The Last of Us Part II from Naughty Dog/SIE (WINNER)

Best Narrative (Best Story Game)

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim written by George Kamitani

Final Fantasy VII Remake written by Kazushige Nojima, Motomu Toriyama, Hiroaki Iwaki and Sachie Hirano

Ghost of Tsushima written by Ian Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs, Jordan Lemos and Nate Fox

Hades written by Greg Kasavin

The Last of Us Part II written by Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross (WINNER)

Best Art Direction (Best Art Director)

Final Fantasy VII Remake from Square Enix

Ghost of Tsushima from Sucker Punch/SIE (WINNER)

Hades from Supergiant Games

Ori and the Will of the Wisps from Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios

The Last of Us Part II from Naughty Dog/SIE

Best Score and Music (Best Music)

Doom Eternal composed by Mick Gordon

Final Fantasy VII Remake composed by Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu and Mitsuto Suzuki (WINNER)

Hades composed by Darren Korb

Ori and the Will of the Wisps composed by Gareth Coker

The Last of Us Part II composed by Gustavo Santaolalla, music added by Mac Quayle

Best Audio Design (Best Sound Design)

Doom Eternal from Id Software/Bethesda

Half-Life: Alyx from Valve

Ghost of Tsushima from Sucker Punch/SIE

Resident Evil 3 from Capcom

The Last of Us Part II from Naughty Dog/SIE (WINNER)

Best Performance (Best Actor)

Ashley Johnson as Ellie in The Last of Us Part II

Laura Bailey as Abby in The Last of Us Part II (WINNER)

Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai in Ghost of Tsushima

Logan Cunningham as Hades in Hades

Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Games For Impact

If Found… from Dreamfeel

Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition from Cardboard Computer

Spiritfarer from Thunder Lotus Games

Tell Me Why from Dontnod Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios (WINNER)

Through the Darkest of Times from Paintbucket Games

Best Ongoing (Game is still being taken care of by the best developer)

Apex Legends from Respawn/EA

Destiny 2 from Bungie

Call of Duty: Warzone from Infinity Ward/Activision/Raven Software

Fortnite from Epic Games

No Man’s Sky from Hello Games (WINNER)

Best Indie (Best indie game 2020)

Carrion from Phobia Games/Devolver

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout from Mediatonic/Devolver

Hades from Supergiant Games (WINNER)

Spelunky 2 from Mossmouth, LLC

Spiritfarer from Thunder Lotus Games

Best Mobile Game (Best Mobile Game 2020)

Among Us from Innersloth (WINNER)

Call of Duty Mobile from TiMi Studios/Activision

Genshin Impact from miHoYo

Legends of Runeterra from Riot Games

Pokémon Café Mix from Genius Sonority

Best Community Support (Best Community Support)

Apex Legends from Respawn/EA

Destiny 2 from Bungie

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout from Mediatonic/Devolver (WINNER)

Fortnite from Epic Games

No Man’s Sky from Hello Games

Valorant from Riot Games

Best VR/AR (Best VR/AR Game)

Dreams from Media Molecule/SIE

Half-Life: Alyx from Valve (WINNER)

Marvel’s Iron Man VR from Camouflaj/SIE

Star Wars: Squadrons from Motive Studios/EA

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners from Skydance Interactive

Innovation In Accessibility

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla from Ubisoft Montreal

Grounded from Obsidian Entertainment

Hyperdot from Tribe Games

The Last of Us Part II from Naughty Dog/SIE (WINNER)

Watch Dogs Legion from Ubisoft Toronto

Best Action (Best Action Game 2020)

Doom Eternal from id Software/Bethesda

Hades from Supergiant Games (WINNER)

Half-Life: Alyx from Valve

Nioh 2 from Team Ninja

Streets of Rage 4 from Dotemu

Best Action/Adventure (Best Action/Adventure Game 2020)

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla from Ubisoft Montreal

Ghost of Tsushima from Sucker Punch/SIE

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales from Insomniac Games/SIE

Ori and the Will of the Wisps from Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order from Respawn/EA

The Last of Us Part II from Naughty Dog/SIE (WINNER)

Best Role Playing (Best Role Playing Game 2020)

Final Fantasy VII Remake from Square Enix (WINNER)

Genshin Impact from miHoYo

Persona 5 Royal from Atlus/P Studio/SEGA

Wastel and 3 from Inxile/Deep Silver

Yakuza: Like a Dragon from Ryu Ga Gotoku/SEGA

Best Fighting (Best Fighting Game 2020)

Granblue Fantasy: Versus from Arc System Works/Cygames/XSEED

Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate from NetherRealm Studios/WB Games (WINNER)

Street Fighter V: Champion Edition from Dimps/Capcom

One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows from Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco

Under Night In-Birth EXE:Late (cl-r) from French Bread/Arc System Works/Aksys

Best Family (Best Family Game 2020)

Animal Crossing: New Horizons from Nintendo (WINNER)

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time from Toys for Bob/Activision

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout from Mediatonic/Devolver

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit from Velan Studios/Nintendo

Minecraft Dungeons from Mojang/Double Eleven/Xbox Game Studios

Paper Mario: The Origami King from Intelligent Systems/Nintendo

Best Sim/Strategy (Best Sim/Strategy Game 2020)

Crusader Kings III from Paradox Development Studio/Paradox

Desperados III from Mimimi Games/THQN

Gears Tactics from Splash Damage/The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios

Microsoft Flight Simulator from Asobo/Xbox Game Studios (WINNER)

XCOM: Chimera Squad from Firaxis/2K

Best Sports/Racing (Best sports/racing game 2020)

Dirt 5 from Codemasters Cheshire/Codemasters

F1 2020 from Codemasters Birmingham/Codemasters

FIFA 21 from EA Vancouver/EA Romania

NBA 2K21 from Visual Concepts/2K

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 from Vicarious Visions/Activision (WINNER)

Best Multiplayer (Best Multiplayer Game 2020)

Animal Crossing: New Horizons from Nintendo

Among Us from Innersloth (WINNER)

Call of Duty: Warzone from Infinity Ward/Activision/Rave Software

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout from Mediatonic/Devolver

Valorant from Riot Games

Content Creator Of The Year

Alanah Pearce

Jay-Ann Lopez

NICKMERCS

TimTheTatman

Valkyrae (WINNER)

Best Debut Game (Best New Game Released 2020)

Carrion from Phobia Game Studio/Devolver

Mortal Shell from Cold Symmetry

Raji: An Ancient Epic from Nodding Heads Games

Röki from Polygon Treehouse

Phasmophobia from Kinetic Games (WINNER)

Best Esports Athlete (Best Esports Athlete 2020)

Ian “Crimsix” Porter

Heo “Showmaker” Su (WINNER)

Kim “Canyon” Geon-Bu

Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas Castro

Matthieu “Zywoo” Herbaut

Best Esports Coach (Best Esports Coach 2020)

Danny “Zonic” Sorensen (WINNER)

Dae-Hee “Crusty” Park

Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann

Lee “Zefa” Jae-Min

Raymond “Rambo” Lussier

Best Esports Event (Best Esports Event 2020)

Blast Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals

Call of Duty League Championship 2020

IEM Katowice 2020

League of Legends 2020 World Finals (WINNER)

Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020

Best Esports Game (Best esports game 2020)

Call of Duty: Warzone from Infinity Ward/Activision/Raven Software

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive from Valve

Fortnite from Epic Games

League of Legends from Riot Games (WINNER)

Valorant from Riot Games

Best Esports Host (Best esports host 2020)

Alex “Goldenboy” mended

Alex “Machine” Richardson

Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere (WINNER)

James “Dash” Patterson

Jorien “Sheever” Van der Heijden

Best Esports Team (Best esports team 2020)

Damwon Gaming

Dallas Empire

G2 Esports (WINNER)

San Francisco Shock

Team Secret

Source: gamerant