The Game Awards 2025: rivelate tutte le nomination

The Game Awards ha annunciato tutte le nomination per l’edizione 2025, selezionate da una giuria internazionale composta da oltre 150 testate giornalistiche e content creator.

I candidati di quest’anno sono guidati da Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, che ha ricevuto 12 nomination, seguito da DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH e Ghost of Yōtei con otto nomination ciascuno, Hades II con sei nomination, Hollow Knight: Silksong con cinque nomination e Split Fiction con quattro nomination. Sony Interactive Entertainment è l’editore più nominato ai The Game Awards 2025, con 19 nomination nel suo portafoglio complessivo, seguito da Kepler Interactive con 13 nomination ed Electronic Arts e Microsoft con 10 nomination ciascuno.

Gli utenti possono votare ora in tutte le categorie tramite votazione online autenticata sul sito web ufficiale. Le votazioni termineranno il 10 dicembre alle 3 del mattino (ora italiana).

I The Game Awards 2025 andranno in onda in diretta la notte del 12 dicembre dal Peacock Theater di Los Angeles, California, con premi, annunci e trailer in anteprima mondiale, esibizioni musicali della Game Awards Orchestra diretta dal maestro Lorne Balfe e altre sorprese.

Game of the Year

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver)

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Split Fiction (Hazelight / Electronic Arts)

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver)
• Silent Hill f (NeoBards Entertainment / Konami Digital Entertainment)

Best Art Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)

Best Score and Music

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)

Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios / Electronic Arts)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Silent Hill f (NeoBards Entertainment / Konami Digital Entertainment)

Best Performance

• Benn Star in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Charlie Cox in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Erika Ishii in Ghost of Yotei
• Jennifer English in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Konatsu Kato in Silent Hill f
• Troy Baker in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Innovation in Accessibility

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft)
• Atomfall (Rebellion)
• DOOM: The Dark Ages (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
• EA Sports FC 26 (EA Canada / EA Romania / Electronic Arts)
• South of Midnight (Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios)

Games for Impact

• Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia / AP Thomson / Hexacutable)
• despelote (Julian Cordero / Sebastian Valbuena / Panic)
• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (DON’T NOD Montreal / DON’T NOD)
• South of Midnight (Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios)
• Wanderstop (Ivy Road / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Ongoing Game

• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Helldivers II (Arrowhead Game Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel Rivals (NetEase Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate III (Larian Studios)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Helldivers II (Arrowhead Game Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

Best Independent Game

• Absolum (Guard Crush Games / Supamonks / Dotemu)
• BALL x PIT (Kenny Sun / Devolver Digital)
• Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)

Best Debut Indie Game

• Blue Prince (Dogubomb / Raw Fury)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• despelote (Julian Cordero / Sebastian Valbuena / Panic)
• Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
• Megabonk (vedinad)

Best Mobile Game

• Destiny: Rising (NetEase Games)
• Persona 5: The Phantom X (Black Wings Game Studio / ATLUS / Perfect World Games / SEGA)
• Sonic Rumble (SEGA)
• Umamusume: Pretty Derby (Cygames)
• Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)

Best Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality

• Alien: Rogue Incursion (Survios)
• Arken Age (VitruviusVR)
• Ghost Town (Fireproof Games)
• Marvel’s Deadpool VR (Twisted Pixel Games / Oculus Studios)
• The Midnight Walk (MoonHood / Fast Travel Games)

Best Action Game

• Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios / Electronic Arts)
• DOOM: The Dark Ages (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• NINJA GAIDEN 4 (Team NINJA / Xbox Game Studios)
• SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance (Lizardcube / SEGA)

Best Action / Adventure

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
• Split Fiction (Hazelight / Electronic Arts)

Best Role-Playing

• Avowed (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver)
• Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)
• The Outer Worlds 2 (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)

Best Fighting

• 2XKO (Riot Games)
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (Capcom)
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (SNK Corporation)
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection (Digital Eclipse / Atari)
• Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio / SEGA)

Best Family

• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• LEGO Party! (SMG Studio / Fictions)
• LEGO Voyagers (Light Brick Studios / Annapurna Interactive)
• Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Sonic Team / SEGA)
• Split Fiction (Hazelight / Electronic Arts)

Best Simulation / Strategy

• The Alters (11 bit studios)
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (Square Enix)
• Jurassic World Evolution 3 (Frontier Developments)
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VII (Firaxis Games / 2K)
• Tempest Rising (Slipgate Ironworks / 3D realms)
• Two Point Museum (Two Point Studios / SEGA)

Best Sports / Racing

• EA Sports FC 26 (EA Canada / EA Romania / Electronic Arts)
• F1 25 (Codemasters / Electronic Arts)
• Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• REMATCH (Sloclap / Kepler Interactive)
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Sonic Team / SEGA)

Best Multiplayer

• ARC Raiders (Embark Studios)
• Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios / Electronic Arts)
• Elden Ring Nightreign (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• PEAK (Aggro Crab / Landfall)
• Split Fiction (Hazelight / Electronic Arts)

Best Adaptation

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

Most Anticipated Game

• 007 First Light (IO Interactive)
• Grand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Games)
• Marvel’s Wolverine (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil Requiem (Capcom)
• The Witcher IV (CD Projekt RED)

Content Creator of the Year

• Caedrel
• Kai Cenat
• MoistCr1TiKaL
• Sakura Miko
• The Burnt Peanut

Best eSports Game

• Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
• DOTA 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (Moonton)
• VALORANT (Riot Games)

Best eSports Athlete

• brawk – Brock Somerhalder (VALORANT)
• Chovy – Jeong Ji-hoon (League of Legends)
• f0rsakeN – Jason Susanto (VALORANT)
• Kakeru – Kakeru Watanabe (Street Fighter)
• MenaRD – Saul Leonardo (Street Fighter)
• Zyw0o – Mathieu Herbaut (Counter-Strike 2)

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)

Fonte: The Game Awards 2025 via Gematsu