Nominations for the 2020 Game Awards were announced on November 18, 2020. Several choices were made in consideration with any game that was released on or before November 20 of that year. The nominees were chosen by a jury made out of members from more than 95 media outlets around the world.The winners are determined between the professionals and competent jury and also by the votes of the public, which was made via the official site and on the social media platforms. There were nevertheless two exceptions in which votes were fully nominated and voted by the public and in which are the most anticipated game prizes and the voices of the players. In this ceremony, a new “Innovation in Accessibility” award was also added for games with notable accessibility options.
Unsurprisingly, the big winner of this year 2020 is The Last of Us Part II. It received seven awards including Game of the Year.
This is a record in the history of the Game Awards.Other video games have also been mentioned, like Ghost of Tsushima, Among Us, Final Fantasy VII, Fall Guys and Hades.
Here is the list of Game Awards 2020 winners:
Game of the Year : The Last of Us Part II
Best game direction winner : The Last of Us Part II
Best narrative winner : The Last of Us Part II
Best art direction winner : Ghost of Tsushima
Best score and music winner : Fantasy Fantasy 7 Remake
Best audio design winner : The Last of Us Part II
Best performance winner : Laura Bailey as Abby in The Last of Us Part II
Games for impact winner : Tell me why by Dontnod Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios
Best ongoing game winner : No Man's Sky
Best indie game winner : Hades
Best mobile game winner : Among Us
Best community support winner : Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Best VR/AR : Half-Life Alyx
Innovation in accessibility winner : The Last of Us Part II
Best action game winner : Hades
Best action/adventure game : The Last of Us Part II
Best RPG winner : Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Best fighting gamet : Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
Best family game : Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Best SIM/Strategy game winner : Microsoft Flight Simulator
Best sports/racing game winner : Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
Best multiplayer game winner : Among Us
Content Creator of the Year winner : Valkrae
Best debut game winner : Phasmophobia
Best esports athlete : Heo "Showmaker" Su
Best esports coach : Danny "Zonic" Sorensen
Best esports event : League of Legends World Championship 2020
Best esports game : League of Legends
Best esports host : Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere
Best esports teamt : G2 Esports
At this Game Awards ceremony, it was also an opportunity to announce new features and to see trailers for future video games such as ARK 2 (with Vin Diesel), a new Mass Effect, Dragon Age under construction, Evil Dead the game (Groovy), The Callisto Protocol, Perfect Dark, the character Sephiroth (FF VII) who will appear in Super Smash Brothers, etc.
The Game Awards 2020 officially ended with some nice surprises.
We are looking forward to the year 2021 which will mark the debut of games on the next-gen Playstation 5 and Xbox SeriesX / S consoles.