{"id":81010,"date":"2025-01-28T22:43:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T22:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/game-awards-2020-nominees-best-esports-player-game-of-the-year-more-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T22:43:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T22:43:27","slug":"game-awards-2020-nominees-best-esports-player-game-of-the-year-more-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/game-awards-2020-nominees-best-esports-player-game-of-the-year-more-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Awards 2020 nominees: best esports player, Game of the Year, more &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Game Awards 2020 nominees: best esports player, Game of the Year, more The Game AwardsThe nominees for The Game Awards 2020 have been revealed, with hit titles like The Last of Us II and Hades in the running, and esports personalities such as Ian \u201cCrimsix\u201d Porter and Anthony \u201cShotzzy\u201d Cuevas-Castro battling for the crown \u2013 but who will come out on top? [jwplayer FcWdjVVq] The Game Awards is set to go live on December 10 with a digital stream that will celebrate and honor the 2020\u2019s best titles, creators, and esports personalities. Over 95 individuals were nominated this year, making it the biggest show in the event\u2019s history. On November 18, the nominees up for an award were revealed, and the announcement is full of surprises. From Sony\u2019s fan-favorite Ghost of Tsushima to Nintendo\u2019s Animal Crossing, here is the full list of nominations for this year\u2019s ceremony. The Game Awards 2020 nominees Game of the Year Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) &#8211; DOOM Eternal (id Software\/Bethesda) &#8211; Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) &#8211; Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch\/SIE) &#8211; Hades (Supergiant Games) &#8211; The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog\/SIE) &#8211; Best Game Direction Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) &#8211; Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch\/SIE) &#8211; Hades (Supergiant Games) &#8211; Half-Life: Alyx (Valve) &#8211; The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog\/SIE) &#8211; Best Narrative 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (George Kamitani) &#8211; Final Fantasy VII Remake (Kazushige Nojima, Motomu Toriyama, Hiroki Iwaki, Sachie Hirano) &#8211; Ghost of Tsushima (Ian Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs, Jordan Lemos) &#8211; Hades (Greg Kasavin) &#8211; The Last of Us Part II (Neil Druckmann, Halley Gross) &#8211; Best Art Direction Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) &#8211; Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch\/SIE) &#8211; Hades (Supergiant Games) &#8211; Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Moon Studios\/Xbox Game Studios) &#8211; The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog\/SIE) &#8211; Best Score and Music DOOM Eternal (Mick Gordon) &#8211; Final Fantasy VII Remake (Nobuo Uematsu, Masahi Hamauzu, Mitsuto Suzuki) &#8211; Hades (Darren Korb) &#8211; Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Gareth Coker) &#8211; The Last of Us Part II (Gustavo Santaolala, Mac Quale) &#8211; Best Audio Design DOOM Eternal (id Software\/Bethesda) &#8211; Half-Life: Alyx (Valve) &#8211; Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch\/SIE) &#8211; Resident Evil 3 (Capcom) &#8211; The Last of Us Part 2 (Naughty Dog\/SIE) &#8211; Best Performance Ashley Johnson as Ellie, The Last of Us Part II &#8211; Laura Bailey as Abby, The Last of Us Part II &#8211; Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima &#8211; Logan Cunningham as Hades, Hades &#8211; Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales, Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man: Miles Morales &#8211; Games for Impact If Found\u2026 (DREAMFELL\/Annapurna) &#8211; Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition (Cardboad Computer\/Annapurna) &#8211; Spiritfarer (Thunder Lotus Games) &#8211; Tel Me Why (Dontnod Entertainment\/Xbox Game Studios) &#8211; Through the Darkest of Times (Paintbucket Games) &#8211; Best Ongoing Apex Legends (Respawn\/EA) &#8211; Destiny 2 (Bungie) &#8211; Call of Duty Warzone (Infinity Ward\/Activision) &#8211; Fortnite (Epic Games) &#8211; No Man\u2019s Sky (Hello Games) &#8211; Best Indie Carrion (Phobia Game Studio) &#8211; Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic\/Devolver) &#8211; Hades (Supergiant Games) &#8211; Spelunky 2 (Mossmouth) &#8211; Spiritfarer (Thunder Lotus Games) &#8211; Best Mobile, Presented by LG WING, Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon Among Us (InnerSloth) &#8211; Call of Duty Mobile (TiMi Studios\/Activision) &#8211; Genshin Impact (miHoYo) &#8211; Legends of Runeterra (Riot Games) &#8211; Pok\u00e9mon Caf\u00e9 Mix (Genius Sonority) &#8211; Best Community Support Apex Legends (Respawn\/EA) &#8211; Destiny 2 (Bungie) &#8211; Fall Guys (Mediatonic\/Devolver) &#8211; Fortnite (Epic Games) &#8211; No Man\u2019s Sky (Hello Games) &#8211; Valorant (Riot Games) &#8211; Innovation in Accessibility Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal\/Ubisoft) &#8211; Grounded (Obsidian\/Xbox Game Studios) &#8211; HyperDot (Tribe Games) &#8211; The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog\/SIE) &#8211; Watch Dogs Legion (Ubisoft Toronto\/Ubisoft) &#8211; Best VR\/AR Dreams (Media Molecule\/SIE) &#8211; Half-Life: Alyx (Valve) &#8211; MARVEL\u2019s Iron Man VR (Camoflaj\/SIE) &#8211; STAR WARS: Squadrons (Motive Studios\/EA) &#8211; The Walking Dead: Saints &#038; Sinners (Skydance Interactive) &#8211; Best Action DOOM Eternal (id Software\/Bethesda) &#8211; Hades (Supergiant Games) &#8211; Half-Life: Alyx (Valve) &#8211; Nioh 2 (Team Ninja) &#8211; Streets of Rage 4 (DotEmu) &#8211; Best Action\/Adventure Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal\/Ubisoft) &#8211; Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch\/SIE) &#8211; MARVEL\u2019s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games\/SIE) &#8211; Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Moon Studios\/Xbox Game Studios) &#8211; Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn\/EA) &#8211; The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog\/SIE) &#8211; Best Role Playing Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) &#8211; Genshin Impact (miHoYo) &#8211; Persona 5 Royal (Atlus, P Studios) &#8211; Wasteland 3 (inXile Entertainment\/Koch) &#8211; Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio\/Sega) &#8211; Best Fighting Granblue Fantasy: Versus (Arc System Works\/Cygames) &#8211; Mortal Kombat 11\/Ultimate (NetherRealm Studios\/WB Games) &#8211; Street Fighter V: Champion Edition (Dimps\/Capcom) &#8211; One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (Spike Chunsoft\/Bandai-Namco) &#8211; UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe: Late[cl-r] (French Bread\/Arc System Works) &#8211; Best Family Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) &#8211; Crash Bandicoot 4: It\u2019s About Time (Toys for Bob\/Activision) &#8211; Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic\/Devolver) &#8211; Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Velan Studios\/Nintendo) &#8211; Minecraft Dungeons (Mojang\/Double Eleven\/Xbox Game Studios) &#8211; Paper Mario: The Origami King (Intelligent Systems\/Nintendo) &#8211; Best Sim\/Strategy Crusader Kings III (Paradox Development Studio\/Paradox) &#8211; Desperados III (Mimimi Games\/THQN) &#8211; Gears Tactics (Splash Damage\/The Coalition\/Xbox Game Studios) &#8211; Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo\/Xbox Game Studios) &#8211; XCOM: Chimera Squad (Firaxis\/2K) &#8211; Best Sports\/Racing Dirt 5 (Codemasters Cheshire\/Codemasters) &#8211; F1 2020 (Codemasters Birmingham \/Codemasters) &#8211; FIFA 21 (EA Vancouver\/EA Sports) &#8211; NBA 2K21 (Visual Concepts\/2K) &#8211; Tony Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater 1+2 (Vicarious Visions\/Activision) &#8211; Best Multiplayer Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) &#8211; Among Us (InnerSloth) &#8211; Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward\/Raven\/Activision) &#8211; Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic\/Devolver) &#8211; Valorant (Riot Games) &#8211; Best Debut Game Carrion (Phobia Game Studio\/Devolver) &#8211; Mortal Shell (Cold Symmetry\/Playstack) &#8211; Raji: An Ancient Epic (Nodding Heads Games) &#8211; R\u00f6ki (Polygon Treehouse\/CI Games) &#8211; Phasmophobia (Kinetic Games) &#8211; Content Creator of the Year, Presented by Adobe Alanah Pearce &#8211; NickMercs &#8211; TimtheTatman &#8211; Jay Ann Lopez &#8211; Valkyrae &#8211; Best Esports Game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward\/Raven\/Activision) &#8211; Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve) &#8211; Fortnite (Epic Games) &#8211; League of Legends (Riot Games) &#8211; Valorant (Riot Games) &#8211; Best Esports Athlete Ian \u201cCrimsix\u201d Porter \/ Call of Duty &#8211; Heo \u201cShowmaker\u201d Su \/ League of Legends &#8211; Kim \u201cCanyon\u201d Geon-bu \/ League of Legends &#8211; Anthony \u201cShotzzy\u201d Cuevas-Castro \/ Call of Duty &#8211; Matthieu \u201cZywOo\u201d Herbaut \/ CS:GO &#8211; Best Esports Team DAMWON Gaming \/ League of Legends &#8211; Dallas Empire \/ Call of Duty &#8211; San Francisco Shock \/ Overwatch League &#8211; G2 Esports \/ League of Legends &#8211; Team Secret \/ DOTA2 &#8211; Best Esports Event BLAST Premier: Spring E2020 European Finals (CS:GO) &#8211; Call of Duty League Championship 2020 &#8211; IEM Katowice 2020 (CS:GO) &#8211; League of Legends World Championship 2020 &#8211; Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020 &#8211; Best Esports Host Eefje \u201cSjokz\u201d Depoortere &#8211; Alex \u201cMachine\u201d Richardson &#8211; Alex \u201cGoldenboy\u201d Mendez &#8211; James \u201cDash\u201d Patterson &#8211; Jorien \u201cSheever\u201d van der Heijden &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game Awards 2020 nominees: best esports player, Game of the Year, more The Game AwardsThe nominees for The Game Awards 2020 have been revealed, with hit titles like The Last of Us II and Hades in the running, and esports personalities such as Ian \u201cCrimsix\u201d Porter and Anthony \u201cShotzzy\u201d Cuevas-Castro battling for the crown \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}