In News That Will Shock Exactly No One, People Are Mad About the Game Award Nominations

The Game Award nominations have been announced and, as usual, people have a lot of opinions. Deathloop leads the pack with nine nominations, including Game of the Year and Best Narrative, with It Takes Two and Psychonauts 2 close behind with five nominations each.

The Game Awards are like the Oscars for video games — the biggest and most popular games of the last year are nominated, along with some indie gems and a few underdogs, and the Game of the Year category is as hyped as Best Picture. And, like the Oscars, people are very passionate about which titles are nominated and which are snubbed.

Despite the critical success of Deathloop, a vocal minority of players are criticising some of the categories it’s nominated in. “Deathloop has NINE nominations?” wrote @OneTrueKoB. “Was it developed by some CEO’s nephew or something? Like I get it’s a good game, but the amount of press and trailers and hype this game got is CRAZY. Can’t believe they bought this many nominations.”

the fact that deathloop, a good game that with a horseshit story, is nominated for best narrative at the game awards pretty much tells you everything you need to know about this stupid awards show

— egirl tashi duncan (@xoxogossipgita) November 16, 2021

Then there’s Cyberpunk 2077. Some people are complaining that it was nominated for Best Role Playing game, citing its terrible launch and bugs as a reason it doesn’t deserve a spot on the list — conveniently overlooking its excellent story.

The fact that Cyberpunk is getting nominated for shit in The Game Awards tells you everything you need to know about the main stream gaming press. I said what I said.

— RGT 85 (@RGT_85) November 16, 2021

At least there are some nominations that everyone can agree are deserved:

It Takes Two better SWEEP 🔥

— joe (@BlackestNerd) November 16, 2021

It takes two was so freaking good. Most fun I have had with a game in a long time. It will never win though.

— Space Goat (@Farr_Out) November 16, 2021

Fan voting is now open for all categories, and the winners will be announced when The Game Awards is streamed live on December 9. Here’s the full list of nominees for The Game Awards 2021:

Game of the Year

• Deathloop
• It Takes Two
• Metroid Dread
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil Village

Best Game Direction

• Deathloop
• It Takes Two
• Returnal
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Best Ongoing

• Apex Legends
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
• Fortnite
• Genshin Impact

Best Indie

• 12 Minutes
• Death’s Door
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Inscryption
• Loop Hero

Best Debut Indie

• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Sable
• The Artful Escape
• The Forgotten City
• Valheim

Best Narrative

• Deathloop
• It Takes Two
• Life is Strange: True Colors
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Psychonauts 2

Best Art Direction

• Deathloop
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• The Artful Escape

Best Score and Music

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Deathloop
• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• The Artful Escape

Best Audio Design

• Deathloop
• Forza Horizon 5
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil Village
• Returnal

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
• Boyfriend Dungeon
• Chicory
• Life is Strange: True Colors
• No Longer Home

Best Community Support

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
• Fortnite
• No Man’s Sky

Best Mobile Game

• Fantasian
• Genshin Impact
• League of Legends: Wild Rift
• MARVEL Future Revolution
• Pokemon Unite

Best VR/AR

• Hitman 3
• I Expect You To Die 2
• Lone Echo II
• Resident Evil 4
• Sniper Elite VR

Best Action

• Back 4 Blood
• Chivalry II
• Deathloop
• Far Cry 6
• Returnal

Best Action/Adventure

• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Metroid Dread
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil Village

Best Role Playing

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Monster Hunter Rise
• Scarlet Nexus
• Shin Megami Tensei V
• Tales of Arise

Best Fighting

• Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles
• Guilty Gear -Strive-
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
• Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown

Best Family

• It Takes Two
• Mario Party Superstars
• New Pokémon Snap
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
• WarioWare: Get It Together!

Best Sports/Racing

• F1 2021
• FIFA 22
• Forza Horizon 5
• Hot Wheels Unleashed
• Riders Republic

Best Sim/Strategy

• Age of Empires IV
• Evil Genius 2: World Domination
• Humankind
• Inscryption
• Microsoft Flight Simulator

Best Multiplayer

• Back 4 Blood
• It Takes Two
• Knockout City
• Monster Hunter Rise
• New World
• Valheim

Most Anticipated

• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarök
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Starfield

Innovation in Accessibility

• Far Cry 6
• Forza Horizon 5
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• The Vale: Shadow of the Crown

Content Creator of the Year

• Dream
• Fuslie
• Gaules
• Ibai
• TheGrefg

Best Esports Game

• Call of Duty
• CS:GO
• DOTA2
• League of Legends
• Valorant

Best Esports Athlete

• Chris “Simp” Lehr
• Heo “ShowMaker” Su
• Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
• Tyson “TenZ” Ngo

Best Esports Team

• Atlanta FaZe
• DWG KIA
• Natus Vincere
• Sentinels
• Team Spirit

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
• PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020
• The International 2021
• Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters