Game Awards 2021 nominees revealed, led by Xbox and Bethesda

Sony Interactive Entertainment also sees numerous awards.

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What you need to know

Despite the many game delays of 2021, there’s still a lot of different games that players have enjoyed over the last several months. The nominees for the 2021 Game Awards, hosted by Geoff Keighley, have been revealed, with Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks seeing 20 nominations combined, the most of any publishers at the event.Voting is live right now, so players can take part in determining which of the dozens of games get awarded.

There’s several highlights, with games such asDeathloopandPsychonauts 2being heavily awarded.

Here’s the full list of nominees:

Game of the Year

Best Performance

Best Action-Adventure

Games for Impact

Best Audio Design

Best Action Game

Best Art Direction

Best Family Game

Best Game Direction

Best Multiplayer

Best Narrative

Best Ongoing

Best Role-Playing

Best Score and Music

Best Sim and Strategy

Best Sports and Racing

Best Mobile

Innovation in Accessibility

Most Anticipated Game

Best VR and AR

Best Esports team

Best Esports event

Content Creator of the Year

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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.