The Game Awards 2021 Nominations Are Out Now and What All Games Does It Have

Published 11/16/2021, 3:07 PM EST

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The Game Awards 2021 Nominations just got released and fans are already excited about it. On 16th Dec 2021, Geoff Keighley, who is a video game journalist, shared a tweet about the nominations. He shared the nominations will include 103 different games. And fans are wondering which games this nominations list will include.

Because 103 is a significant amount of games, all these games must have met certain criteria to qualify to be nominated.

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The gamesawards streamed the nominations for The Game Awards 2021 and it had some of the best gaming titles of 2021. The entire event took place at the Microsoft Theater, and Geoff Keighley was the official host for the event. He also shared that it’s going to be exciting when The Game Awards 2021 takes place at the Microsoft Theater with a live audience on 9th Dec 2021.

Let’s have a look at some of the nominations below.

The Game Awards 2021: Nominations

Nominees for the best multiplayer game:

  • Back 4 Blood
  • Knockout city
  • Monster Hunter Rise
  • New World
  • It Takes Two
  • Valheim

Nominees for the best ongoing game:

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  • Apex Legends
  • Call of Duty: Warzone
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Genshin Impact
  • Fortnite

Nominees for the best art direction:

  • Deathloop
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits
  • Psychonauts 2
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
  • The Artful Escape

Nominees for the best action games:

  • Back 4 Blood
  • Chivalry II
  • Deathloop
  • Farcry 6
  • Returnal

Nominees for the best role-playing game:

  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Monster Hunter Rise
  • Scarlet Nexus
  • Shin Megami Tensei V
  • Tales of Arise

Nominees for the most anticipated game presented by prime gaming:

  • Elden Ring
  • God of War Ragnarok
  • Horizon Forbidden West
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Starfield

Nominees for the best sports/racing game:

  • F1 2021
  • FIFA 2022
  • Hot Wheels Unleashed
  • Forza Horizon 5
  • Riders Republic

Nominees for the best Esports:

  • Call of Duty
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • Dota 2
  • League of Legends
  • Valorant

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Nominees for the game of the year:

  • Deathloop
  • It Takes Two
  • Metroid Dread
  • Psychonauts 2
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
  • Resident Evil Village

These are some of the most popular categories and their nominations. However, these categories are just the tip of the iceberg. The entire 19 minutes video features some more categories for nominations like best performance, best score & music, best audio design, and much more.

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Comment down and let us know what you think about these nominated games?

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Swetabh Shekhar is an eSports author at EssentiallySports and holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication. He has been playing video games since his childhood days and has witnessed the evolution of the gaming industry. GTA, Assassins Creed, Call of Duty, and The Walking Dead are some of his all-time favorites.
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