The Game Awards 2021 winners – here are the TGA results

The Game Awards 2021 winners have been revealed - here's the list of who took the titles

Game of the year

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
  

Best game direction

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
  

Best independent game

• 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 debut independent game

• 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/Coffee Stain)
  

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
  

Best action game

• Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock/WB Games)
• Chivalry II (Torn Banner Studios/Tripwire Interactive)
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft)
• Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)
  

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 Narrative

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/Square Enix)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
  

Best action-adventure game

• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
• Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
  

Best role-playing game

• Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
• Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
• Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco)
• Shin Megami Tensei V (Atlus/Sega)
• Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco)
  

Best SimULATION / Strategy GAME

• Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
• Evil Genius 2: World Domination (Rebellion Developments)
• Humankind (Amplitude Studios/Sega)
• Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio/Xbox Game Studios)
  

Best ongoing game

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision)
• Final Fantasy XIV Online (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Genshin Impact (Mihoyo)
  

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/SIE)
• The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Creative Bytes Studios/Falling Squirrel)
  

Best ART DIRECTION

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• 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 and Josh Abrahams – composers)
  

Best Audio Design

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
• Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)
  

Games for Impact

• Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games)
• Boyfriend Dungeon (Kitfox Games)
• Chicory (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/EA)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV Online (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
  

Best VR/AR game

• Hitman 3 (IO Interactive)
• I Expect You To Die 2 (Schell Games)
• Lone Echo II (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios)
• Resident Evil 4 (Armature Studio/Capcom/Oculus Studios)
• Sniper Elite VR (Coatsink/Just Add Water/Rebellion Developments)
  

Best family game

• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• 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 game

• 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 multiplayer game

• Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock/WB Games)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Knockout City (Velan Studios/EA)
• Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
• New World (Amazon Games)
• Valheim (Iron Gate Studio/Coffee Stain)
  

Best fighting game

• 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)
  

Content Creator of the Year

• Dream
• Fuslie
• Gaules
• Ibai
• TheGrefg
  

Best esports game

• Call of Duty (Activision)
• CS:GO (Valve)
• Dota 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Valorant (Riot Games)
  

Best esports team

• Atlanta Faze (Call of Duty)
• DWG KIA (League of Legends)
• Natus Vincere (CS:GO)
• Sentinels (Valorant)
• Team Spirit (Dota 2)
  

Best esports athlete

• Chris ‘Simp’ Lehr
• Heo ‘ShowMaker’ Su
• Magomed ‘Collapse’ Khalilov
• Oleksandr ‘S1mple’ Kostyliev
• Tyson ‘TenZ’ Ngo
  

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
  

Most anticipated game

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
• Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
• Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
  

The Game Awards 2021 winners – here are the TGA results

The Game Awards 2021 winners have been revealed - here's the list of who took the titles

Game of the year

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
  

Best game direction

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
  

Best independent game

• 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 debut independent game

• 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/Coffee Stain)
  

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
  

Best action game

• Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock/WB Games)
• Chivalry II (Torn Banner Studios/Tripwire Interactive)
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft)
• Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)
  

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 Narrative

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/Square Enix)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
  

Best action-adventure game

• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix)
• Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
  

Best role-playing game

• Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
• Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
• Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco)
• Shin Megami Tensei V (Atlus/Sega)
• Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco)
  

Best SimULATION / Strategy GAME

• Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
• Evil Genius 2: World Domination (Rebellion Developments)
• Humankind (Amplitude Studios/Sega)
• Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio/Xbox Game Studios)
  

Best ongoing game

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision)
• Final Fantasy XIV Online (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Genshin Impact (Mihoyo)
  

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/SIE)
• The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Creative Bytes Studios/Falling Squirrel)
  

Best ART DIRECTION

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• 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 and Josh Abrahams – composers)
  

Best Audio Design

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
• Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)
  

Games for Impact

• Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games)
• Boyfriend Dungeon (Kitfox Games)
• Chicory (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/EA)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV Online (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
  

Best VR/AR game

• Hitman 3 (IO Interactive)
• I Expect You To Die 2 (Schell Games)
• Lone Echo II (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios)
• Resident Evil 4 (Armature Studio/Capcom/Oculus Studios)
• Sniper Elite VR (Coatsink/Just Add Water/Rebellion Developments)
  

Best family game

• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• 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 game

• 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 multiplayer game

• Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock/WB Games)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Knockout City (Velan Studios/EA)
• Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
• New World (Amazon Games)
• Valheim (Iron Gate Studio/Coffee Stain)
  

Best fighting game

• 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)
  

Content Creator of the Year

• Dream
• Fuslie
• Gaules
• Ibai
• TheGrefg
  

Best esports game

• Call of Duty (Activision)
• CS:GO (Valve)
• Dota 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Valorant (Riot Games)
  

Best esports team

• Atlanta Faze (Call of Duty)
• DWG KIA (League of Legends)
• Natus Vincere (CS:GO)
• Sentinels (Valorant)
• Team Spirit (Dota 2)
  

Best esports athlete

• Chris ‘Simp’ Lehr
• Heo ‘ShowMaker’ Su
• Magomed ‘Collapse’ Khalilov
• Oleksandr ‘S1mple’ Kostyliev
• Tyson ‘TenZ’ Ngo
  

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
  

Most anticipated game

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
• Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
• Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)