Gamescom Now 2021 will be in full swing this week starting August 25th. The Digital event boasts plenty of reveals and updates from the video game industry, as well as its own awards ceremony. The nominees have been announced for the Gamescom Awards 2021 which, will be held during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live hosted by Geoff Keighley. With Nintendo giving the event a miss again this year, there are no first title games from the Big N that have been nominated this year. Even for its very own category, only two games have been nominated and they are from Ubisoft.
One of the games that has been nominated in the Nintendo category is Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope. It has also been nominated in other categories including Best Action-Adventure and Best Strategy Game.
If you would like to know the other nominees and their associated Gamescom Awards 2021 categories, you can find the full list below:
Best Microsoft Xbox Game
– Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
– Far Cry 6, Ubisoft
– Halo Infinite, Microsoft
Best Nintendo Switch Game
– Just Dance 2022, Ubisoft
– Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft
Best PC Game
– Age of Empires IV, Microsoft
– Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
– Syberia: The World Before, astragon Entertainment
Best Sony PlayStation Game
– Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
– Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco Entertainment
– The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes, Bandai Namco Entertainment
Best Action Adventure Game
– Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
– Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft
– Syberia: The World Before, astragon Entertainment
Best Action Game
– Far Cry 6, Ubisoft
– Halo Infinite, Microsoft
– Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction, Ubisoft
Best Family Game
– Just Dance 2022, Ubisoft
– Run Prop, Run!, PlayTogether Studio
– Super Dungeon Maker, rokaplay
Best Indie Game
– Dorfromantik, Toukana Interactive
– Inua, Arte France
– Lost in Random, Electronic Arts
Best Role Playing Game
– Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
– Encased, Koch Media
– Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco Entertainment
Best Simulation Game
– Climber: Sky is the Limit, Art Games Studio
– Farming Simulator 22, astragon Entertainment
– Undisclosed Title
Best Sports Game
– Climber: Sky is the Limit, Art Games Studio
– FIFA 22, Electronic Arts
– Riders Republic, Ubisoft
Best Strategy Game
– Age of Empires IV, Microsoft
– Company of Heroes 3, SEGA
– Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft
Best Multiplayer Game
– Halo Infinite, Microsoft
– Riders Republic, Ubisoft
– The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes, Bandai Namco Entertainment
Best Ongoing Game
– Apex Legends, Electronic Arts
– Black Desert Online, Pearl Abyss Corp.
– Endzone – A World Apart: Prosperity, Assemble Entertainment
Most Original Game
– Dice Legacy, Koch Media / DESTINYbit
– Riders Republic, Ubisoft
– tERRORbane, Whisper Interactive
Best Announcement
– All announcements, reveals or premieres of Gamescom’s partners at Gamescom: Opening Night Live are eligible
Best Lineup
– All Gamescom partners having submitted to Gamescom Award 2021 are eligible
Best of Gamescom
– All category winners of the category groups Genre and Platform are eligible for the main award Best of Gamescom
Best Trailer
– All trailers of Gamescom’s partners shown at Gamescom: Opening Night Live are eligible
Best Streamer
– Select partner streamers and content creators are eligible in the online voting
Gamescom “Most Wanted” Consumer Award
– Nominees in all Genre and Platform categories are eligible in the online voting.
Heart of Gaming Award
– Each and every Gamescom highlight is eligible for this award: games, add-ons, technologies, people, institutions, companies, concepts, and terms
Note that winners in the platform categories at the start of the list will be announced during Gamescom: Opening Night Live on August 25. Everything for the genre categories will be honored in the Gamescom studio on August 26 and August 27. Finally, the last three categories will be announced during the show “Spielesause” on August 29.
Source: Gamescom PR
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