Winners of The 2025 Game Awards Announced

Winners of The 2025 Game Awards have been announced.

Founded in 2014 by Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards recognizes and upholds creative and technical excellence in the global video game industry.

The winners were announced at a ceremony on December 11 2025.

Game of the Year

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
  

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Best Art Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Best Score and Music

• Lorien Testard, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios / EA)

Best Performance

• Jennifer English, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Innovation in Accessibility

• Doom: The Dark Ages (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)

The Game Awards' Games for Impact

• South Of Midnight (Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios)

Best Ongoing Game

• No Man Sky (Hello Games)

Best Community Support

• Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)

Best Independent Game

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
  

Best Debut Indie Game

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Best Mobile Game

• Umamsume: Pretty Derby (Cygames Inc)

Best VR/AR Game

• The Midnight Walk (MoonHood / Fast Travel Games)

Best Action Game

• Hades II (Supergiant Games)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)

Best RPG

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Best Fighting Game

• Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves (SNK Corporation)

Best Family Game

• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (Square Enix)

Best Sports / Racing Game

• Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Multiplayer Game

• ARC Raiders (Embark Studios)

Best Adaptation

• The Last Of Us: Season 2 (HBO / Playstation Productions)

Most Anticipated Game

• Grand Theft Auto 6 (Rockstar Games)

Content Creator Of The Year

• Moistkr1tikal

Best eSports Game

• Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)

Best eSports Athlete

• Chovy - Jeong Ji-Hoon (League Of Legends)

Best eSports Team

• Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)

Player's Voice

• Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)

Winners of The 2024 Game Awards Announced

Winners of The 2024 Game Awards have been announced.

Founded in 2014 by Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards recognizes and upholds creative and technical excellence in the global video game industry.

The winners were announced at a ceremony on Friday February 12 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California.

Game of the Year

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)

Best Game Direction

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)

Best Narrative

• Metaphor: ReFantanzio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best Art Direction

• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best Score and Music

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)

Best Audio Design

• Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)

Best Performance

• Melina Juergens, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2

Innovation in Accessibility

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)

The Game Awards' Games for Impact

• Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

Best Ongoing Game

• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)

Best Community Support

• Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian)

Best Independent Game

• Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

Best Debut Indie Game

• Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

Best Mobile Game

• Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

Best VR/AR Game

• Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj/Oculus Studios)

Best Action Game

• Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)

Best RPG

• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best Fighting Game

• Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)

Best Family Game

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)

Best Sports/Racing Game

• EA Sports FC 25 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports)

Best Multiplayer Game

• Helldivers 2 (Arrow Game Studios/SIE)

Best Adaptation

• Fallout (Bethesda/Kilter Films/Amazon MGM Studios)

Most Anticipated Game

• Grand Theft Auto 6 (Rockstar Games)

Content Creator Of The Year

• CaseOh

Best eSports Game

• League Of Legends (Riot Games)

The Game Awards 2024 nominees have been announced

The Game Awards 2024 nominees have been announced.

Founded in 2014 by Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards recognizes and upholds creative and technical excellence in the global video game industry.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Friday February 12 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California.

Game of the Year

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
• Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
• Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best Game Direction

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
• Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
• Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best Narrative

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)
• Metaphor: ReFantanzio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
• Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)

Best Art Direction

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
• Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
• Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

Best Score and Music

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
• Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)
• Stellar Blade (Shift Up/SIE)

Best Audio Design

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
• Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)

Best Performance

• Briana White, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Hannah Telle, Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Humberly González, Star Wars Outlaws
• Luke Roberts, Silent Hill 2
• Melina Juergens, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2

Innovation in Accessibility

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
• Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare/EA)
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
• Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)

The Game Awards' Games for Impact

• Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games)
• Indika (Odd Meter/11 Bit Studios)
• Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure (Deck Nine/Square Enix)
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
• Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Surgent Studios/EA)

Best Ongoing Game

• Destiny 2 (Bungie/SIE)
• Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)

Best Community Support

• Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)
• No Man's Sky (Hello Games)

Best Independent Game

• Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
• Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo/Annapurna Interactive)
• Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
• UFO 50 (Mossmouth)

Best Debut Indie Game

• Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
• Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
• Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)
• Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive)
• The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver)

Best Mobile Game

• AFK Journey (FARLIGHT/Lilith Games)
• Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (Creatures Inc/TPCI)
• Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)
• Zenless Zone Zero (miHoYo)

Best VR/AR Game

• Arizona Sunshine Remake (Vertigo Games)
• Asgard's Wrath 2 (Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios)
• Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj/Oculus Studios)
• Metal: Hellsinger VR (Lab 42/The Outsiders/Funcom)
• Metro Awakening (Vertigo Games)

Best Action Game

• Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)
• Stellar Blade (Shift Up/SIE)
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
• Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)
• Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Grezzo/Nintendo)

Best RPG

• Dragon's Dogma 2 (Capcom)
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best Fighting Game

• Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco)
• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (Arc System Works/Cygames)
• Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics (Capcom)
• MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)
• Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)

Best Family Game

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
• Princess Peach: Showtime! (Good-Feel/Nintendo)
• Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Grezzo/Nintendo)
• The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver)

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• Age of Mythology: Retold (World's Edge/Forgotten Empires/Xbox Game Studios)
• Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)
• Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)
• Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus)

Best Sports/Racing Game

• F1 24 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
• EA Sports FC 25 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports)
• NBA 2K25 (Visual Concepts/2K)
• Top Spin 2K25 (Hangar 13/2K)
• WWE 2K24 (Visual Concepts/2K)

Best Multiplayer Game

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
• Helldivers 2 (Arrow Game Studios/SIE)
• Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo)
• Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment)

Best Adaptation

• Arcane (Riot/Fortiche/Netflix)
• Fallout (Bethesda/Kilter Films/Amazon MGM Studios)
• Knuckles