

Sorry Returnal, but as the only game on this list not featured in the Game of the Year category you might be at a statistical disadvantage. (Image credit: Bethesda) Best Game Directionīest Game Direction is a tough one to quantify next to Game of the Year as the two categories can often feel pretty similar – and that's why most years the winner is the same for both awards. You can also find out about our time playing Psychonauts 2 and It Takes Two. If you want to know more about the games below we've written reviews for Deathloop, Metroid Dread, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Resident Evil Village. A lot of this list also ticks those boxes so this year it's anyone's game. It's often a difficult category to predict before the night begins, though as the prizes start rolling in it can quickly become clear which game is the favorite.īased on previous winners we suspect it'll be a single-player Action/Adventure game with elements of open-world exploration (with six of the seven past winners falling into this category). Game of the Year is awarded to – you guessed it – the best game that released in the past year according to fans and judges. If you want to vote for your favorite games to win, remember to head to the Game Awards website to cast your votes ahead of this year's event. Under those titles, you'll find our brief explanation of how winners are picked as well as information on how that category can give us hints what games will win the show's most prestigious awards.

Some categories are fairly self-explanatory – such as Best RPG or best Action Game – but others can be a little more confusing.
