Talking Point: The Game Awards 2025 Nominations Announced: Who Are Your Winners?

The Game Awards has recently disclosed the nominees for each category at this year’s ceremony, showcasing numerous remarkable titles released throughout 2025.

As anticipated, a few exceptional contenders have been nominated for several accolades, with the most-nominated games comprising Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Ghost of Yotei, and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.

Here is a compilation of all the nominations (excluding eSports):

Best Performance

• Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Charlie Cox (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yotei)
• Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Konatsu Kato (Silent Hill F)
• Troy Baker (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle)

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 Art Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score and Music

• Christopher Larkin (Hollow Knight: Silksong)
• Darren Korb (Hades 2)
• Lorien Testard (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Toma Otowa (Ghost of Yotei)
• Wookid & Ludwig Forssell (Death Stranding 2: On the Beach)

Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Silent Hill F

Best Adaptation

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

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Silent Hill F

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• No Man’s Sky

Games for Impact

• Consume Me
• Despelote
• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
• South of Midnight
• Wanderstop

Best Multiplayer

• ARC Raiders
• Battlefield 6
• Elden Ring Nightreign
• Peak
• Split Fiction

Best Independent Game

• Absolum
• Ball X Pit
• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Debut Indie Game

• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Despelote
• Dispatch
• Megabonk

Best VR/AR Game

• Alien: Rogue Incursion
• Arken Age
• Ghost Town
• Marvel’s Deadpool VR
• The Midnight Walk

Content Creator of the Year

• Caedrel
• Kai Cenat
• MoistCr1tikal
• Sakura Miko
• The Burnt Peanut

Most Anticipated Game

• 007 First Light
• Grand Theft Auto 6
• Marvel’s Wolverine
• Resident Evil Requiem
• The Witcher 4

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Split Fiction

Top Role-Playing Game

• Avowed
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• The Outer Worlds 2

Top Fighting Game

• 2XKO
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection
• Virtua Fighter 5 REVO World Stage

Top Action Game

• Battlefield 6
• DOOM: The Dark Ages
• Hades 2
• Ninja Gaiden 4
• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Excellence in Accessibility

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows
• Atomfall
• DOOM: The Dark Ages
• EA Sports FC 26
• South of Midnight

Top Family Game

• Donkey Kong Bananza
• LEGO Party
• LEGO Voyagers
• Mario Kart World
• Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
• Split Fiction

Top Sim/Strategy Game

• The Alters
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
• Jurassic World: Evolution 3
• Civilization 7
• Tempest Rising
• Two Point Museum

Top Sports/Racing Game

• EA Sports FC 26
• EA Sports F1 25
• Mario Kart World
• Rematch
• Sonic Racing CrossWorlds

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades 2
• Split Fiction

Game of the Year

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Thus, that’s how it unfolds this time around, and we will discover all the winners when The Game Awards occurs in mid-December.

Nonetheless, we’re curious to know — which are your top picks to win in each category? While some might not be incredibly significant to everyone, we have included polls above, giving you a chance to express which games merit which awards.

We’d love to hear your thoughts, so please engage in the polls and share your viewpoints in the comments section below.