The game awards are a yearly celebration of the best in videogaming and e-sports. Every year games go head-to-head in a large variety of categories. The winners are chosen by a mixture of public votes and an official voting jury. The public votes for the Game Awards makes up for 10% of the voting total and to voting jury makes up 90%.
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There are such a large amount of categories that games can win in the Game Awards. We have a complete list of each category with their respective winner, as well as the runners up. Without further ado, lets crack on with the list of the winners for the Game Awards 2020.
The award category will be shown at the top in bold followed by the winner.
There will also be links to the appropriate steam store pages/game websites when applicable so the reader can discover more about the games. We do not earn anything from any of the links on this article.
Game of the Year
The Last of Us Part 2
Runners up:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Doom Eternal
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Ghost of Tsushima
Hades
Indie Games
Indie Game of the Year
Hades
Runners Up:
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Spelunky 2
Spiritfarer
Carrion
Debut Indie Game of the Year
Phasmaphobia
Runners Up:
Carrion
Mortal Shell
Raji: An Ancient Epic
Roki
Gaming Awards By Category/type
Action Game of the Year
Hades
Runners Up:
Doom Eternal
Half Life: Alyx
Nioh 2
Streets of Rage 4
Action/Adventure Game of the Year
The Last of Us Part 2
Runners Up:
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
Ghost of Tsushima
Marvels Spider Man: Miles Morales
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
RPG Game of the Year
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Runners Up:
Genshin Impact
Persona 5 Royal
Wasteland 3
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Fighting Game of the Year
Mortal Kombat 11
Runners Up:
Granblue Fantasy: Versus
Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition
One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows
Under Night In-Birth
Family Game of the Year
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Runners Up:
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Minecraft Dungeons
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
Simulation/Strategy Game of the Year
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Runners Up:
Desperados 3
Gears Tactics
XCOM: Chimera Squad
Crusader Kings 3
Sports Game of the Year
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1&2 (Remake)
Runners Up:
NBA 2K21
FIFA 21
F1 2020
Dirt 5
Multiplayer Game of the Year
Among Us
Runners Up:
Call of Duty: Warzone
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Valorant
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Mobile Game of the Year
Among Us
Runner Ups:
Genshin Impact
Legends of Runeterra
Pokemon Cafe Mix
Call of Duty Mobile
Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Game of the Year
Half Life: Alyx
Runners Up:
Dreams
Marvels Iron Man VR
Star Wars: Squadrons
The Walking Dead: Sainted and Sinners
Other/Misc Awards
Game Direction
The Last of Us Part 2
Runners Up:
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Ghost of Tsushima
Half Life: Alyx
Hades
Best Narrative of the Year
The Last of Us Part 2
Runners Up:
Ghost of Tsushima
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Hades
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Gaming Performance of the Year
Laura Bailey – The Last of Us Part 2
Runners Up:
Ashley Johnson – The Last of Us Part 2
Daisuke Tsuji – Ghost of Tsushima
Logan Cunningham – Hades
Nadji Jeter – Marvels Spider Man: Miles Morales
Art Direction
Ghost of Tsushima
Runners Up:
Hades
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The Last of Us Part 2
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Audio Design
The Last of Us Part 2
Runners Up:
Doom Eternal
Half Life: Alyx
Ghost of Tsushima
Resident Evil 3
Game Music of the Year
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Runners Up:
The Last of Us Part 2
Hades
Doom Eternal
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Most Anticipated Game of the Year
Elden Ring
Runners Up:
Halo Infinite
Horizon Forbidden West
Resident Evil Village
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel
God of War Sequel
Games For Impact Winner
Tell Me Why
Runners Up:
If Found…
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
Through Darkest of Times
Spiritfarer
Best Community Support
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Runners Up:
Destiny 2
Fortnite
Valorant
Apex Legends
No Man’s Sky
Innovation in Accessibility
The Last of Us Part 2
Runners Up:
Grounded
Hyperdot
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
Watch Dogs Legion
Content Creator of the Year
Valkyrae
Runners Up:
Jay Ann Lopez
Alanah Pearce
Nickmercs
TimTheTatman
E-Sports Awards
E-sports Game of the year 2020
League of Legends
Runners Up:
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Fortnite
Valorant
E-sports Host
Eefje Sjokz Depoortere
Runners Up:
Alex Mendez
Alex Richardson
James Patterson
Jorien Can der Heijden
E-sports Team of the Year
G2 Esports
Runners Up:
Damwon Gaming
Dallas Empire
San Francisco Shock
Team Secret
E-sports Event of the Year
League of Legends World Championship 2020
Runners Up:
Blast Premier: Spring 2020 European League
Call of Duty League Championship 2020
IEM Katowice 2020
Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020
E-sports Coach of the Year
Danny Sorensen
Runners Up:
Dae-Hee Park
Fabian Lohmann
Lee Jae-Min
Raymond Lussier
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