Sony is the leading publisher with 19 nominations.
Geoff Keighley revealed the complete slate of nominees for The Game Awards.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 amassed 12 nominations across 10 categories, including Best Art Direction, Best Narrative, Best Score and three nods for Best Performance. That is more nominations than any other single project in the history of the awards.
Game of the Year
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Best Game Direction
- Supergiant Games – Hades 2
- Hazelight Studios – Split Fiction
- Kojima Productions / PlayStation – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Sandfall Interactive – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Sucker Punch Productions – Ghost of Yotei
Best Performance
- Erika Ishii (Atsu) – Ghost of Yotei
- Charlie Cox (Gustav) – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Jennifer English (Mael) – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Troy Baker (Indiana Jones) – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Konatsu Kato (Hinako) – Silent Hi
- Ben Starr (Verso) – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 II
Best Ongoing Game
- No Man’s Sky
- Fortnite
- Marvel Rivals
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Helldivers 2
Best Indie Game
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Absolum
- Blue Prince
- Ball x Pit
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Hades 2
Best Community Support
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Final Fantasy XIV
- No Man’s Sky
- Helldivers 2
- Fortnite
Best Narrative
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Ghost of Yotei
- Silent Hill f
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Best Creative Direction
- Ghost of Yotei
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Score / Music
- Hades 2
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Best Audio Design
- Silent Hill f
- Ghost of Yotei
- Battlefield 6
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Games for Impact (titles addressing social issues)
- Wanderstop
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
- Despelote
- Consume Me
- South of Midnight
Best Debut Indie
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Blue Prince
- Despelote
- Megabonk
- Dispatch
Best Mobile Game
- Wuthering Waves
- Persona 5 The Phantom X
- Destiny: Rising
- Sonic Rumble
- Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Best VR/AR Game
- The Midnight Walk
- Marvel Deadpool VR
- Alien: Rogue Invasion
- Arken Age
- Ghost Town
Best Action
- Ninja Gaiden 4
- Hades 2
- Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
- Battlefield 6
- Doom: The Dark Ages
Best Action-Adventure
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Split Fiction
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Best Role-Playing Game
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
- Avowed
- The Outer Worlds 2
Best Fighting Game
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2
- 2XKO
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
- Virtua Fighter 5 REVO World Stage
Best Family Game
- Mario Kart World
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- LEGO Voyagers
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
- LEGO Party
- Split Fiction
Best Sim / Strategy
- The Alters
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
- Civilization VII
- Jurassic World Evolution 3
- Tempest Rising
- Two Point Museum
Best Sports / Racing Game
- Mario Kart World
- EA Sports FC 26
- F1 25
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
- Rematch
Best Multiplayer Game
- Elden Ring: Nightreign
- Battlefield 6
- PEAK
- ARC Raiders
- Split Fiction
Best Accessibility Features
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- EA FC26
- South of Midnight
Most Anticipated Game
- 007: First Light
- Grand Theft Auto VI
- Resident Evil: Requiem
- The Witcher 4
- Marvel’s Wolverine
Source: iXBT.games