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It Takes Two studio Hazelight had a great night

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The Game Awards winners for 2021 are in and it was a very good night for It Takes Two.

Josef Fares’ studio Hazelight had an exceptionally good night after its game It Takes Two was nominated for five categories in this year’s awards and went on to win three of those including Best Family Game, Best Multiplayer, and even Game of the Year. 

Other stand out wins include Life is Strange: True Colors who took home the award for Games For Impact, while Best Performance went to Maggie Robertson for her role as everyone’s favorite tall vampire lady Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village. Elsewhere, Ember Lab's Kena: Bridge of Spirits won not just Best Indie but also Best Indie debut to take home 2 awards. 

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The Game Awards 2021 winners: 

  • Game of the Year - It Takes Two
  • Best Game Direction - Deathloop
  • Best Narrative - Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy 
  • Best Art Direction - Deathloop
  • Best Score and Music - Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139
  • Best Audio Design - Forza Horizon 5
  • Best Performance - Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu
  • Games For Impact - Life is Strange: True Colors
  • Best Ongoing - Final Fantasy XIV Online
  • Best Indie - Kena: Bridge of Spirits
  • Best Mobile Game - Genshin Impact
  • Best Community Support - Final Fantasy XIV Online
  • Innovation in Accessibility - Forza Horizon 5
  • Best VR / AR - Resident Evil 4 VR
  • Best Action Game - Returnal 
  • Best Action / Adventure - Metroid Dread
  • Best Role Playing - Tales of Arise
  • Best Fighting - Guilty Gear - Strive -
  • Best Family - It Takes Two
  • Best Sim / Strategy - Age of Empires
  • Best Sports / Racing - Forza Horizon 5
  • Best Multiplayer - It Takes Two
  • Content Creator of the Year - Dream
  • Best Indie Debut - Kena: Bridge of Spirits
  • Most Anticipated Game - Elden Ring
  • Best Esports Game - League of Legends
  • Best Esports Athlete - Oleksandr "S1mple" Kostyliev
  • Best Esports Team - Natus Vincere
  • Best Esports Coach - Kim "Kkoma" Jeong-gyun
  • Best Esports Event - 2021 League of Legends World Championship     

Think you've already sussed what next year's game of the year will be? Take a look at our new games 2022 list to see what you can look forward to playing next year. 

Hope Bellingham
Hope Bellingham
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After studying Film Studies and Creative Writing at university, I was lucky enough to land a job as an intern at Player Two PR where I helped to release a number of indie titles. I then got even luckier when I became a Trainee News Writer at GamesRadar+ before being promoted to a fully-fledged News Writer after a year and a half of training.  My expertise lies in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, cozy indies, and The Last of Us, but especially in the Kingdom Hearts series. I'm also known to write about the odd Korean drama for the Entertainment team every now and then.