O The Game Awards 2021 aconteceu na noite da última quinta-feira (9), no qual premiou o jogo It Takes Two, da Hazelight Studios, com a premiação maior de Game of the Year, além de liderar na premiação como Best Family e Best Multiplayer (totalizando três premiações).
Além de It Takes Two, Forza Horizon 5 também recebeu três premiações, enquanto Deathloop, Tales of Arise, Kena: Bridge of Spirits e League of Legends também aparecem entre os vencedores. Veja a lista completa dos vencedores abaixo:
- 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 como 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
