Gamescom Awards 2021 nominees announced

Organizers behind this year’s Gamescom today announced the lineup of nominees for this year’s Gamescom Awards.

With this year’s event being entirely digital, it seems that the amount of eligible titles is limited. However, we do see a few Switch games here, including Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – which has earned a few different nominations.

Here’s the full lineup of nominees:

Best Microsoft Xbox Game

– Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
– Far Cry 6, Ubisoft
– Halo Infinite, Microsoft

Best Nintendo Switch Game

– Just Dance 2022, Ubisoft
– Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft

Best PC Game

– Age of Empires IV, Microsoft
– Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
– Syberia: The World Before, astragon Entertainment

Best Sony PlayStation Game

– Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
– Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco Entertainment
– The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes, Bandai Namco Entertainment

Best Action Adventure Game

– Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
– Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft
– Syberia: The World Before, astragon Entertainment

Best Action Game

– Far Cry 6, Ubisoft
– Halo Infinite, Microsoft
– Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction, Ubisoft

Best Family Game

– Just Dance 2022, Ubisoft
– Run Prop, Run!, PlayTogether Studio
– Super Dungeon Maker, rokaplay

Best Indie Game

– Dorfromantik, Toukana Interactive
– Inua, Arte France
– Lost in Random, Electronic Arts

Best Role Playing Game

– Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
– Encased, Koch Media
– Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco Entertainment

Best Simulation Game

– Climber: Sky is the Limit, Art Games Studio
– Farming Simulator 22, astragon Entertainment
– Undisclosed Title

Best Sports Game

– Climber: Sky is the Limit, Art Games Studio
– FIFA 22, Electronic Arts
– Riders Republic, Ubisoft

Best Strategy Game

– Age of Empires IV, Microsoft
– Company of Heroes 3, SEGA
– Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft

Best Multiplayer Game

– Halo Infinite, Microsoft
– Riders Republic, Ubisoft
– The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes, Bandai Namco Entertainment

Best Ongoing Game

– Apex Legends, Electronic Arts
– Black Desert Online, Pearl Abyss Corp.
– Endzone – A World Apart: Prosperity, Assemble Entertainment

Most Original Game

– Dice Legacy, Koch Media / DESTINYbit
– Riders Republic, Ubisoft
– tERRORbane, Whisper Interactive

Best Announcement

– All announcements, reveals or premieres of Gamescom’s partners at Gamescom: Opening Night Live are eligible

Best Lineup

– All Gamescom partners having submitted to Gamescom Award 2021 are eligible

Best of Gamescom

– All category winners of the category groups Genre and Platform are eligible for the main award Best of Gamescom

Best Trailer

– All trailers of Gamescom’s partners shown at Gamescom: Opening Night Live are eligible

Best Streamer

– Select partner streamers and content creators are eligible in the online voting

Gamescom “Most Wanted” Consumer Award

– Nominees in all Genre and Platform categories are eligible in the online voting.

Heart of Gaming Award

– Each and every Gamescom highlight is eligible for this award: games, add-ons, technologies, people, institutions, companies, concepts, and terms

Note that winners in the platform categories at the start of the list will be announced during Gamescom: Opening Night Live on August 25. Everything for the genre categories will be honored in the Gamescom studio on August 26 and August 27. Finally, the last three categories will be announced during the show “Spielesause” on August 29.

Source: Gamescom PR