The winners of The Game Awards 2021 were announced in a televised ceremony on December 9. The online game It Takes Two was honored as Game of the year.

Game of the Year

• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Best Game Direction

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)

Best Ongoing

• FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (SQUARE ENIX)

Best Indie

• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)

Best Debut Indie

• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)

Best Narrative

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/SQUARE ENIX)

Best Art Direction

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)

Best Score and Music

• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (Keiichi Okabe, Composer)

Best Audio Design

• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)

Best Performance

• Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu, Resident Evil Village

Games for Impact

• Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/SQUARE ENIX)

Best Community Support

• FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (SQUARE ENIX)

Best Mobile Game, Presented by Verizon

• Genshin Impact (MiHoYo)

Best VR/AR

• Resident Evil 4 (Armature Studio/Capcom/Oculus Studios)

Best Action

• Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)

Best Action/Adventure

• Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo)

Best Role Playing

• Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco)

Best Fighting

• Guilty Gear -Strive- (Arc System Works)

Best Family

• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Best Sports/Racing

• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)

Best Sim/Strategy

• Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)

Best Multiplayer

• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Most Anticipated, Presented by Prime Gaming

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)

Innovation in Accessibility, Presented by Chevrolet

• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)

Content Creator of the Year

• Dream

Best Esports Game, Presented by Grubhub

• League of Legends (Riot Games)

Best Esports Athlete

• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev

Best Esports Team

• Natus Vincere (CS:GO)

Best Esports Coach

• Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun

Best Esports Event

• 2021 League of Legends World Championship