Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.

Game of the Year

DOOM Eternal

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Ghost of Tsushima

Hades

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

The Last Of Us Part II

Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

Best Game Direction

Half-Life: Alyx

For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.

Best Narrative

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

The Last of Us Part II

For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation. 

Best Art Direction

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.

Best Score and Music

Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.

Best Audio Design

Resident Evil 3

Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.

Best Performance

Ashley Johnson as Ellie

Laura Bailey as Abby

Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai

Logan Cunningham as Hades

Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales

For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message.

Games for Impact

If Found…

Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition

Spiritfarer

Tell Me Why

Through the Darkest of Times

Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.

Best Ongoing

Apex Legends

Destiny 2

Call of Duty: Warzone

Fortnite

No Man’s Sky

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.

Best Indie

Carrion

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

Spelunky 2

For the best game playable on a mobile device.

Best Mobile Game

Among Us

Call of Duty Mobile

Genshin Impact

Legends of Runeterra

Pokémon Cafe Mix

Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and game updates/patches.

Best Community Support

Valorant

For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.

Best VR/AR

Dreams

MARVEL’S Iron Man VR

STAR WARS: Squadrons

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

Recognizing software and/or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.

Innovation in Accessibility

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Grounded

HyperDot

Watch Dogs Legion

For the best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat.

Best Action

Nioh 2

Streets of Rage 4

For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.

Best Action/Adventure

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.

Best Role Playing

Persona 5 Royal

Wasteland 3

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.

Best Fighting

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]

For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.

Best Family

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Minecraft Dungeons

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Best game focused on real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.

Best Sim/Strategy

Crusader Kings III

Desperados III

Gears Tactics

Microsoft Flight Simulator

XCOM: Chimera Squad

For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.

Best Sports/Racing

Dirt 5

F1 2020

FIFA 21

NBA 2K21

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2

For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform.

Best Multiplayer

For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2020.

Content Creator of the Year

Alanah Pearce

Jay Ann Lopez

NickMercs

TimTheTatman

Valkyrae

Join the Adobe Creative Challenge

For the best debut game created by a new independent studio.

Best Debut Game

Mortal Shell

Raji: An Ancient Epic

Röki

Phasmophobia

The esports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2020, irrespective of game.

Best Esports Athlete

Ian “Crimsix” Porter

Heo “Showmaker” Su

Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu

Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro

Matthieu “ZywOo” Herbaut

The Esports coach judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2020.

Best Esports Coach

Danny “zonic” Sorensen

Dae-hee “Crusty” Park

Fabian “Grabbz” Lohmann

Lee “Zefa” Jae-min

Raymond “rambo” Lussier

Recognizing an event (across single or multiple days) that delivered a best-of-class experience for participants and the broadcast audience.

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

For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.

Best Esports Game

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

League of Legends

The best host or commentator of esports events (both in-venue and/or broadcast) in 2020, irrespective of game or language.

Best Esports Host

Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez

Alex “Machine” Richardson

Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere

James “Dash” Patterson

Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden

Recognizing a specific esports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2020.

Best Esports Team

DAMWON Gaming

Dallas Empire

G2 Esports

San Francisco Shock

Team Secret

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