Alle Jahre wieder!
Die Game Awards haben sich etabliert. Auch wenn einst MTV versuchte, eine Preiskrönung der besten Videospiele zu initieren, schaffte es der Dorito-Papst Geoff Keighley eine feierliche Verleihung von Preisen für die besten Games des Jahres in dem Kalender zu verankern. Nun wird zum Ende des Jahres erneut das Fest zelebriert, das Entwicklern und Erfindern gelungener Software einen Platz vor der Kamera bieten wird. Die Kandidaten der Game Awards 2021 dürfen sich daher wieder einmal auf eine groß angelegte Show freuen, die neben Videospielen auch Stars und Musik bieten wird. Zocker schauen im Internet zu.
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Der begehrte Preis der Game Awards für die Gewinner der Branche.
Im letzten Jahr wurden neben der Preisverleihung auch Ausblicke in die Zukunft des Gamings gewährt. Hier gab es einige beeindruckende Spiele zu bewundern. Auch in diesem Jahr dürfen Fans der Videospielbranche darauf hoffen, die eine oder andere Überraschung zu erleben, während sich die moderne „Kunstform“ feiert. Doch natürlich stehen in erste Linie die nominierten Spiele im Vordergrund, die von einer Jury zu den besten Games des Jahres gewählt wurden. Wer sich in den unterschiedlichen Kategorien durchsetzen kann, darf hierzulande am 10.12.2021 ab 01:30 Uhr live im Internet über verschiedenste Plattformen in Erfahrung gebracht werden. Sogar über Oculus Rift kann das Event mitverfolgt werden, wo eine 180°-Grad-Sicht den Helmträgern geboten wird.
Hier sind schon einmal die Kandidaten der Game-Awards 2021 die möglicherweise einen Preis erhalten werden (Quelle: Polygon.com):
Game of the Year
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
• Metroid Dread (MercurySteam, Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
Best Game Direction
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
• Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Ongoing
• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
• Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward, Raven Software/Activision)
• Final Fantasy 14 Online (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Genshin Impact (Mihoyo)
Best Narrative
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
• Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/Square Enix)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios)
Best Indie
• 12 Minutes (Luis Antonio/Annapurna Interactive)
• Death’s Door (Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
• Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital)
• Loop Hero (Four Quarters/Devolver Digital)
Best Mobile Game
• Fantasian (Mistwalker)
• Genshin Impact (Mihoyo)
• League of Legends: Wild Rift (Riot Games)
• Marvel Future Revolution (Netmarble)
• Pokémon Unite (TiMi Studios/The Pokémon Company)
Best VR/AR
• Hitman 3 (IO Interactive)
• I Expect You to Die 2 (Schell Games)
• Lone Echo 2 (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios)
• Resident Evil 4 (Armature Studio, Capcom/Oculus Studios)
• Sniper Elite VR (Coatsink, Just Add Water/Rebellion Developments)
Best Action
• Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock Studios/Warner Bros. Games)
• Chivalry 2 (Torn Banner Studios/Tripwire Interactive)
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
• Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft)
• Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Action/Adventure
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
• Metroid Dread (MercurySteam, Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
Best Role Playing
• Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
• Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
• Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco)
• Shin Megami Tensei 5 (Atlus/Sega)
• Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco)
Best Fighting
• Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba The Hinokami Chronicles (CyberConnect2/Sega)
• Guilty Gear Strive (Arc System Works)
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina (French-Bread/Delightworks)
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Ludosity, Fair Play Labs/GameMill)
• Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown (Sega)
Best Debut Indie
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
• Sable (Shedworks/Raw Fury)
• The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna)
• The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers)
• Valheim (Iron Gate Studio/Coffee Stain Studios)
Best Family
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
• Mario Party Superstars (NDcube/Nintendo)
• New Pokémon Snap (Bandai Namco/The Pokémon Company/Nintendo)
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo)
• WarioWare: Get It Together! (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
Best Sports/Racing
• F1 2021 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
• FIFA 22 (EA Vancouver/EA Sports)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
• Hot Wheels Unleashed (Milestone)
• Riders Republic (Ubisoft Annecy/Ubisoft)
Best Sim/Strategy
• Age of Empires 4 (Relic Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
• Evil Genius 2: World Domination (Rebellion Developments)
• Humankind (Amplitude Studios/Sega)
• Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio/Xbox Game Studios)
Best Multiplayer
• Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock Studios/Warner Bros. Games)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
• Knockout City (Velan Studios/Electronic Arts)
• Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
• New World (Amazon Games)
• Valheim (Iron Gate Studio/Coffee Stain Studios)
Most Anticipated Game
• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarok (SIE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Untitled sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
• Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
Best Art Direction
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna)
Best Score and Music
• Cyberpunk 2077 (Marcin Przybylowicz, Piotr T. Adamczyk, Composers)
• Deathloop (Tom Salta, Composer)
• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (Keiichi Okabe, Composer)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Richard Jacques, Composer)
• The Artful Escape (Johnny Galvatron & Josh Abrahams, Composers)
Best Audio Design
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
• Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Performance
• 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
• Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu, Resident Evil Village
• Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake, Deathloop
Games for Impact
• Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games)
• Boyfriend Dungeon (Kitfox Games)
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Greg Lobanow, Alexis dean-Jones, Lena Raine, Madeline Berger, A Shell in the Pit/Finji)
• Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/Square Enix)
• No Longer Home (Humble Grove, Hana Lee, Cel Davison, Adrienne Lombardo, Eli Rainsberry/Fellow Traveler)
Best Community Support
• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy 14 (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Innovation in Accessibility
• Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Creative Bytes Studios/Falling Squirrel)
Content Creator of the Year
• Dream
• Fuslie
• Gaules
• Ibai
• TheGrefg
Best Esports Game
• Call of Duty (Activision)
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
• Dota 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Valorant (Riot Games)
Best Esports Athlete
• Chris “Simp” Lehr
• Heo “ShowMaker” Su
• Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
• Tyson “TenZ” Ngo
Best Esports Team
• Atlanta FaZe (Call of Duty)
• DWG KIA (League of Legends)
• Natus Vincere (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Sentinels (Valorant)
• Team Spirit (DOTA 2)
Best Esports Coach
• Airat “Silent” Gaziev
• Andrey “ENGH” Sholokhov
• Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi
• James “Crowder” Crowder
• Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun
Best Esports Event
• 2021 League of Legends World Championship
• PGL Major Stockholm 2021 (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020
• The International 2021 (DOTA 2)
• Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters
Viel Spaß beim Zuschauen und viel Glück den Nominierten!
