Full List of The Game Awards Nominees For December 11, 2025 – WGB

This year’s Game Awards will take play on December 11. While it’s a somewhat divisive event, it’s still usually worth tuning in, even if its just to check out what new games get announced. But if you are interested in seeing this year’s categories and nominations ahead of the show, then we’ve got the entire list.

Well, almost the entire list. The Player’s Voice category, where only fan votes will count, will be announced on December 1. If you fancy throwing your vote into the mix, head over to the official Game Awards website. The Game Awards uses a system where both fans and a panel get to vote, with the panel’s votes having the most weight.

Unsurprisingly, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has received a significant amount of nominations. It got 9 nominations itself, and 12 if you include the Best Performance category, where it has three actors featured. It stands a good chance of taking at least a few of those awards home. I would be baffled if it didn’t manage to snag the Best Debut Indie Game, for example. It also has a good shot at Best Indie Game and Game of the Year. And considering it has three actors in the Best Performance category, the odds are clearly in Expedition 33’s favour there as well.

Game of the Year 2025

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

Best Performance

• Benn Starr, as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Charlie Cox, as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Erika Ishi as Atsu in Ghost of Yotei
• Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Konatsu Kato as Hinako Shimizu in Silent Hill F

Best Art Direction

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

Best Score & Music

• Christoper Larkin for Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Darren Korb for Hades 2
• Lorien testard for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Toma Otowa for Ghost of Yotei
• Woodkid & Ludwig Forssell for 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 Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Ghost Of Yotei
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Silent Hill F

Best Multiplayer

• Arc Raiders
• Battlefield 6
• Elden Ring Neightreign
• Peak
• Split Fiction

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

Best Ongoing Game

• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• Marvel Rivals
• No Man’s Sky

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
• Ghost Town
• Marvel’s Deadpool VR
• The Midnight Walk

Most Anticipated Game

• 007 First Light
• GTA 6
• Marvel’s Wolverine
• Resident Evil Requiem
• The Witcher 4

Best Role-Playing Game

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

Best Action Game

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

Best Action/Adventure Game

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

Best Fighting Game

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

Best Family Game

• Donkey Kong Bonanza
• LEGO Party
• LEGO Voyagers
• Mario Kart World
• Sonic Racing Crossworlds
• Split Fiction

Best Sports/Racing Game

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

Best Sim/Strategy Game

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

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Hades 2
• Split Fiction

Best Adaption

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

Best Mobile Game

• Destiny Rising
• Persona 5: Phantom X
• Sonic Rumble
• Wuthering Waves

Games for Impact

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

Content Creator of The Year

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

Innovation in Accessibility

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

Best eSports Game

• Counter Strike 2
• DOTA 2
• League of Legends
• Mobile Legends Bang Bang
• Valorant

Best eSports Athlete

• Brawk
• Chovy
• Forsaken
• Kakeru
• Menard
• Zywoo

Best eSports team

• Gen.G
• NRG
• Team Falcons
• Team Liquid PH
• Team Vitality