The Game Awards 2025 nominees: schedules and voting

Geoff Keighley has announced the full list of The Game Awards nomineeswith all categories already confirmed. The gala will once again combine awards and previews, and this year the focus is especially on a a handful of titles that account for the bulk of the nominations.

In addition to the international jury, the final result reserves a 10% to the public votewhich can be streamed from the event's official website. For audiences in Spain and Europe, It's a good idea to note down the times., in as much as The ceremony is being held in the US and will find us in the early hours of the morning.

Date, time and where to watch the gala

The ceremony will be held on Thursday December 11 in the United States, which in Spain and much of Europe means the early morning of the 12thThe broadcast will begin around 02:00h peninsular time, with pre showAwards ceremonies and announcements will take place over several hours. It can be followed on the... The Game Awards' official YouTube channels y TwitchAnd, as a key new feature, it will also be available to subscribers of Prime Video.

Who leads the nominations?

The most nominated game is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which achieves 12 nominations and sets a historic record at the TGA. Following him, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach y Ghost of Yotei They each have 7 nominations; Hades II figure with 6, Hollow Knight: Silksong with 5 and Split Fiction with 4.

By editors, Sony Interactive Entertainment It leads the count with 19 nominations, followed by Kepler Interactive (13) Electronic Arts (10) and Microsoft (10). They also appear strongly Sega (7) Supergiant Games (6) and Team Cherry (5), reflecting a year with a balanced presence of AAA and indies.

Full list of nominees

Game of the Year (GOTY)

• 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 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 Studios/EA)

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 (NeoBards Entertainment/Konami)

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 Soundtrack and Music

• Christopher larkinHollow Knight: Silksong
• Darren KorbHades II
• Lorien TestardClair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Take OtowaGhost of Yōtei
• Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios/EA)
• 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 (NeoBards Entertainment/Konami)

Best performance

• Ben StarrClair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Charlie coxClair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Erika IshiiGhost of Yōtei
• Jennifer EnglishClair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Konatsu KatoSilent Hill f
• Troy Baker, 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/EA)
• south of midnight (Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios)

Games for Impact

• Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia/AP Thomson/Hexacutable)
• Flashing (Julián Cordero/Sebastián 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 Game Ongoing

• Final Fantasy XIV (SquareEnix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel Rivals (NetEase Games)
• No Man's Sky (Hello Games)

Better Community Support

• Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Final Fantasy XIV (SquareEnix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• No Man's Sky (Hello Games)

Best Independent Game

• Absolutum (Guard Crush Games/Supamonks/Dotemu)
• Ball x Pit (Kenny Sun/Devolver Digital)
• blue prince (Dogubomb/Raw Fury)
• Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)

Best Indie Debut

• blue prince (Dogubomb/Raw Fury)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Flashing (Julián Cordero/Sebastián Valbuena/Panic)
• Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
• Megabonk (Vedinad)

Best Mobile Game

• Destiny: Rising (NetEase Games)
• Persona 5: The Phantom (Black Wings Game Studio/Sega)
• Sonic Rumble (Rovio Entertainment/Sega)
• Umamusume: Pretty Derby (Cygames Inc.)
• Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)

Best VR/AR Game

• Alien: Rogue Incursion (Survivors)
• 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/EA)
• Doom: The Dark Ages (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Ninja Gaiden 4 (Platinum Games/Team Ninja/Xbox Game Studios)
• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance (Lizardcube/Sega)

Best Action Adventure Game

• 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 Studios/EA)

Best RPG

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

Best Fighting Game

• 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 REVO World Stage (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)

Best Family Game

• 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 Studios/EA)

Best Strategy/Simulation

• the ages (11 Bit Studios)
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (SquareEnix)
• 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/Careers

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

Best Multiplayer

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

Best Adaptation

• A Minecraft Movie (Legendary Pictures/Mojang/Warner Bros.)
• devil may cry (Studio Mir/Capcom/Netflix)
• The Last of Us: Season 2 (HBO/PlayStation Productions)
• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (FOST Studio/Ubisoft/Netflix)
• Until Dawn (Screen Gems/PlayStation Productions)

Most Anticipated Game

• 007 First Light (IOInteractive)
• 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)
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (Moonton)
• Valorant (Riot)

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

How to vote and what to keep in mind

The voting system assigns the 90% of the weight goes to the jury international and 10% to the popular vote through the official websiteVoting will be open until the last minute of the day before the gala, US time, so It's best not to leave it until the end if you're voting from Europe..

Whatever your favorite category is, this year A particularly close competition is expectedWith studios of all sizes vying for the spotlight. The broadcast will alternate awards with trailers and musical performances., a format that usually generates headlines for days in Spain and the rest of Europe.

Everything is ready for the early hours of the 12th in Spain: You can now check the nominees, vote, and prepare your schedule for a gala that promises to be intense and full of surprises.The question that remains is which of the six contenders will ultimately win the GOTY award.