Game of the Year 2025

Nominasjonene til årets The Game Awards skulle egentlig offentliggjøres av sjefen sjøl, Geoff Keighley, litt senere på mandagskvelden. Men listen over kandidatene til den prestisjetunge kategorien «Game of the Year» ble lekket før annonseringen, og dermed kunne publikum se om sitt favorittspill var med i den eksklusive finalegruppen litt før planlagt.

Selve showet går av stabelen natt til 12. desember og samler som vanlig kritikere, journalister og bransjefolk for å kåre årets beste spill.

Og hva gjelder finalistene til «Game of the Year»-kategorien, så er det … akkurat som de fleste kunne gjettet.

Nominasjonene for årets spill er som følger:

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Vår anmeldelse)

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Vår anmeldelse)

Donkey Kong Bananza (Vår anmeldelse)

Hades II

Hollow Knight: Silksong (Vår omtale)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Vår anmeldelse)

Under følger en oversikt med finalistene i alle kategoriene.

Best Performance:
Ben Starr
Charlie Cox
Erika Ishii
Jennifer English
Konatsu Kato
Troy Baker

Best Art Direction:
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Hades II
Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Ongoing Game:
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Helldivers 2
Marvel Rivals
No Man’s Sky

Best Mobile Game:
Destiny: Rising
Persona 5: The Phantom X
Sonic Rumble
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Wuthering Waves

Best Adaptation:
A Minecraft Movie
Devil May Cry
The Last of Us: Season 2
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
Until Dawn

Best Narrative:
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Silent Hill f

Best Audio Design:
Battlefield 6
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Silent Hill f

Best Independent Game:
Absolum
Ball x Pit
Blue Prince
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Hades II
Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Community Support:
Baldur’s Gate 3
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Helldivers 2
No Man’s Sky

Best Multiplayer:
Arc Raiders
Battlefield 6
Elden Ring Nightreign
Peak
Split Fiction

Most Anticipated Game:
007 First Light
Grand Theft Auto VI
Marvel’s Wolverine
Resident Evil Requiem
The Witcher IV

Content Creator of the Year:
Caedrel
Kai Cenat
MoistCr1TiKaL
Sakura Miko
The Burnt Peanut

Best Debut Indie game:
Blue Prince
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Despelote
Dispatch
Megabonk

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Best Role Playing Game:
Avowed
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
The Outer Worlds 2
Monster Hunter Wilds

Best Action/Adventure Game:
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Split Fiction

Best Action Game:
Battlefield 6
Doom: The Dark Ages
Hades II
Ninja Gaiden 4
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Best Fighting Game:
2XKO
Capcom Fighting Collection 2
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage

Games for Impact:
Consume Me
Despelote
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
South of Midnight
Wanderstop

Innovation in Accessibility:
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Atomfall
Doom: The Dark Ages
EA Sports FC 26
South of Midnight

Best Family Game:
Donkey Kong Bananza
LEGO Party!
LEGO Voyagers
Mario Kart World
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Split Fiction

Best Sim/Strategy Game:
The Alters
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
Jurassic World Evolution 3
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
Tempest Rising
Two Point Museum

Best Sports/Racing Game:
EA Sports FC 26
F1 25
Mario Kart World
Rematch
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Best Esports Team:
Gen.G - League of Legends
NRG - Valorant
Team Falcons - DOTA 2
Team Liquid PH - Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Team Vitality - Counter-Strike 2

Best Game Direction:
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Hades II
Split Fiction

Best Esports Athlete:
brawk
Chovy
f0rsakeN
Kakeru
MenaRD
Zyw0o

Best Esports Game:
Counter-Strike 2
DOTA 2
League of Legends
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Valorant

Best AR/VR:
Alien: Rogue Incursion
Arken Age
Ghost Town
Marvel's Deadpool VR
The Midnight Walk