The game awards 2020

So with the nominees for the game awards being announced i thought it would be fun to try and take a guess at who would win purely as a fun activity, everyone selects what they think WILL win in each category, and who they would LIKE to win, and at the end we can tally up and see who got the closest, the results will be on December 10th when the livestream happens.

The obvious disclaimer with any award show being that its not representative of the whole gaming sphere and im sure theres other games this year that came out that people adore that didnt make the cut, this is just purely for fun based on who did get nominated.

Okay so the nominations are:

Game of the Year

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo
  • Doom Eternal - id Software
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake - Square Enix
  • Ghost of Tsushima - Sucker Punch
  • Hades - Supergiant Games
  • The Last of Us Part 2 - Naughty Dog

Best Game Direction

  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
  • Ghosts of Tsushima
  • Hades
  • Half-Life Alyx
  • The Last of Us Part 2

Best Narrative

  • 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
  • Ghosts of Tsushima
  • Hades
  • The Last of Us Part 2

Best Art Direction

  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
  • Ghosts of Tsushima
  • Hades
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
  • The Last of Us Part 2

Best Score/Music

  • Doom Eternal
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
  • Hades
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
  • The Last of Us Part 2

Best Audio Design

  • Doom Eternal
  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • Ghosts of Tsushima
  • Resident Evil 3
  • The Last of Us Part 2

Best Performance

  • Ashley Johnson - Ellie, The Last of Us Part 2
  • Laura Bailey - Abby, The Last of Us Part 2
  • Daisuke Tsuji - Jin, Ghost of Tsushima
  • Logan Cunningham - Hades, Hades
  • Nadji Jeterm - Miles Morales, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Games for Impact

  • If Found…
  • Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
  • Spiritfarer
  • Tell Me Why
  • Through Darkest of Times

Best Ongoing Game

  • Apex Legends
  • Destiny 2
  • Call of Duty: Warzone
  • Fortnite
  • No Man’s Sky

Best Indie Game

  • Carrion
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
  • Hades
  • Spelunky 2
  • Spiritfarer

Best Debut Game

  • Carrion
  • Mortal Shell
  • Raji: An Acient Epic
  • Roki
  • Phasmophobia

Best Mobile Game

  • Among Us
  • Call of Duty Mobile
  • Genshin Impact
  • Legends of Runeterra
  • Pokemon Cafe Mix

Best Community Support

  • Apex Legends
  • Destiny 2
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
  • Fortnite
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Valorant

Best VR/AR Game

  • Dreams
  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • Marvel’s Iron Man VR
  • Star Wars: Squadrons
  • The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

Innovation in Accessibility

  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
  • Grounded
  • Hyperdot
  • The Last of Us Part 2
  • Watch Dogs Legion

Best Action Game

  • Doom Eternal
  • Hades
  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • Nioh 2
  • Streets of Rage 4

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
  • Ghosts of Tsushima
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  • The Last of Us Part 2

Best RPG

  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
  • Genshin Impact
  • Persona 5 Royal
  • Wasteland 3
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Best Fighting Game

  • Granblue Fantasy: Versus
  • Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
  • Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
  • One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows
  • Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late[CL-R]

Best Family Game

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
  • Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
  • Minecraft Dungeons
  • Paper Mario: The Origami King

Best Sim/Strategy Game

  • Crusader Kings 3
  • Desperados 3
  • Gears Tactics
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator
  • XCOM: Chimera Squad#

Best Sports/Racing Game

  • Dirt 5
  • F1 2020
  • FIFA 21
  • NBA 2K21
  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2

Best Multiplayer Game

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Among Us
  • Call of Duty: Warzone
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
  • Valorant

Content Creator of the Year

  • Alanah Pearce
  • Jay Ann Lopez
  • Nickmercs
  • Timthetatman
  • Valkyrae

Best Esports Athlete

  • Ian “Crimsix” Porter
  • Heo “Showmaker” Su
  • Kim “Canyon” Geon-Bu
  • Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro
  • Matthieu “Zywoo” Herbaut

Best Esports Coach

  • Danny “Zonic” Sorensen
  • Dae-Hee “Crusty” Park
  • Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann
  • Lee “Zefa” Jae-Min
  • Raymond “Rambo” Lussier

Best Esports Event

  • Blast Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals
  • Call of Duty League Championship 2020
  • IEM Katowice 2020
  • League of Legends World Championship 2020
  • Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020

Best Esports Game

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • Fortnite
  • League of Legends
  • Valorant

Best Esports Host

  • Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
  • Alex “Machine” Richardson
  • Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
  • James “Dash” Patterson
  • Jorien “Sheever” Van der Heijden

Best Esports Team

  • Damwon Gaming
  • Dallas Empire
  • G2 Esports
  • San Francisco Shock
  • Team Secret

(Pro tip, just copy paste the list from above and remove things like i did lmao)

Bold for who i think will win, Italic for who i want to win
So my guesses are:

Game of the Year

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo
  • The Last of Us Part 2 - Naughty Dog (Both for “reasons” have been incredibly popular this year for better or worse)
  • Hades - Supergiant Games (Who i want to win)

Best Game Direction

  • Ghosts of Tsushima
  • Hades

Best Narrative

  • The Last of Us Part 2
  • Hades

Best Art Direction

  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
  • Hades

Best Score/Music

  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Best Audio Design

  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • Resident Evil 3

Best Performance

  • Ashley Johnson - Ellie, The Last of Us Part 2
  • Laura Bailey - Abby, The Last of Us Part 2 (I think its funny when gamers are mad)

Games for Impact

  • Tell Me Why
  • Spiritfarer

Best Ongoing Game

  • Destiny 2
  • No Man’s Sky

Best Indie Game

  • Hades
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

Best Debut Game

  • Mortal Shell

Best Mobile Game

  • Among Us (BEANS BEANS BEANS BEANS)

Best Community Support

  • No Man’s Sky
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (BEANS BEANS BEANS BEANS)

Best VR/AR Game

  • Half-Life: Alyx

Innovation in Accessibility

  • Grounded

Best Action Game

  • Doom Eternal
  • Nioh 2

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • The Last of Us Part 2
  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Best RPG

  • Persona 5 Royal
  • Wasteland 3

Best Fighting Game

  • Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
  • One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (God could you imagine)

Best Family Game

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Best Sim/Strategy Game

  • Microsoft Flight Simulator
  • XCOM: Chimera Squad (Please make xcom 3 ;-; )

Best Sports/Racing Game

  • Roses are red, violets are blue
    Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2

Best Multiplayer Game

  • Call of Duty: Warzone
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

Content Creator of the Year

  • Alanah Pearce (Shes literally the only one i know in this list)

Im going to be real with you, i dont know dick shit about any of these people so im going to pick the ones whos nickname i think are the funniest or completely randomly

Best Esports Athlete

  • Ian “Crimsix” Porter

Best Esports Coach

  • Dae-Hee “Crusty” Park

Best Esports Event

  • Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020

Best Esports Game

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Fortnite (fuck it, give it to fortnite)

Best Esports Host

  • Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez

Best Esports Team

  • Team Secret

Not going to make predictions, but I’ll say what I voted for

Game of the Year

Doom Eternal - iD Software

Best Game Direction

Hades - Supergiant Games

Best Narrative

Hades

Best Art Direction

Hades

Best Score/Music

Doom Eternal

Best Audio Design

Doom Eternal

Games for Impact

Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition - Cardboard Computer

Best VR/AR GAME

Half Life Alyx - Valve

Best RPG

Persona 5 Royal - Atlus

Best Action Game

Doom Eternal

Best Action/Adventure Games

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Moon Studios

Innovation in Accessibility

The Last of Us Part II - Naughty Dog

yeah my game of the year is Doom Eternal can you tell? (for now until I play P5R)