ANIMATION
The CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITS Hunter Schmidt – Ember Lab LLC/ Ember Lab LLC
LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Development Team – Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
ARTISTIC REALIZATION
THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Development Team – Capcom/Capcom
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
AUDIO REALIZATION
THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
The CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
DEATHLOOP Development Team – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
HALO INFINITE Development Team – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
MARVEL’S GUARDIAN’S OF THE GALAXY Development Team – Eidos-Montreal/Square Enix
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
BEST GAME
DEATHLOOP Development Team – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
REGISTRATION Development Team – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
UK GAME
ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
DEATH’S DOOR Development Team – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
FIGHTING IN RESTRICTED SPACES Dev Team – Ground Shatter/Mode7
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
AT THE SEA! Jon Ingold, Tom Kail, Joseph Humfrey – ink / ink
SABLE Development Team – Shedworks/Raw Fury
FIRST GAME
THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
EASDWARD Development Team – Pixpil/Chucklefish
THE FORGOTTEN CITY Nick Pearce, Alexander Goss, John Eyre – Modern Storyteller / Dear Villagers
BLACK GENESIS Evan Anthony, Jeremy Abel – Feral Cat Den/Fellow Traveler
MODEL DEVELOPMENT TEAM – Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive
TOEM Development Team – Something We Did / Something We Did
EVOLVING GAME
AMONG US Development Team – Innersloth/Innersloth
ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
APEX LEGENDS Development Team – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
DISCO ELYSIUM – The FINAL CUT Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
FORTNITE Dev Team – Epic Games/Epic Games People Can Fly
NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games
FAMILY
ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
CHICORY Development Team: A COLORFUL TALE – Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/FINJI
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
MARIO PARTY SUPERSTARS Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
UNBOXING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck – Witch Beam/Humble Games
GAMING BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games/Plug In Digital
BEFORE YOUR EYES Development Team – GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games
CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE – Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine / FINJI
GAME BUILDER GARAGE Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
GAME DESIGN
DEATHLOOP Development Team – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
REGISTRATION Development Team – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
MULTIPLAYER
BACK 4 BLOOD Development Team – Turtle Rock Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
The CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
HALO INFINITE Development Team – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
HELL LET LOOSE Dev Team – Black Matter/Team17
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
THE MUSIC
DEATHLOOP Tom Salta, Erich Talaba, Ross Tregenza – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
FAR CRY 6 Development Team – Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft
HALO INFINITE Development Team – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Peter McConnell – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Scott Hanau, Wataru Hokoyama, Mark Mothersbaugh – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
BACK Bobby Krlic, Joe Thwaites, Harry Krueger – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
STORY
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Development Team – Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix
MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Development Team – Eidos-Montreal/Square Enix
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Tim Schafer – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
UNBOXING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie VanderMeer – Witch Beam/Humble Games
ORIGINAL PROPERTY
DEATHLOOP Development Team – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
DEATH’S DOOR Development Team – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
REGISTRATION Development Team – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
UNBOXING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck – Witch Beam/Humble Games
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
HITMAN 3 Development Team – IO Interactive/IO Interactive
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Development Team – Capcom/Capcom
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
EE GAME OF THE YEAR (voted by the public)
CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/FINJI
DEATHLOOP Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
THE FORGOTTEN CITY Modern Storyteller / Dear Villagers
IT TAKES TWO Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
METROID DREAD Nintendo & MercurySteam, Nintendo
UNBOXING Witch Beam/Humble Games
