The Game Awards 2020, which took place online this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, announced the best games of the year. The broadcast was conducted on YouTube -channel “thegameawards”.
The Last of Us: Part 2 won the main prize in the category “Game of the Year”, and the product also won in the nominations “Best Game Design”, “Best Story” and “Best Audio Design”. In addition, The Last of Us was considered the most accessible game for the disabled. According to viewers, Ghost of Tsushima became the game of the year, and at the same time received the award for the best art design.
The best soundtrack was played in Final Fantasy VII Remake, and Hades was recognized as the best action game. Best VR Game – Half Life: Alyx, Final Fantasy VII Remake won first place among RPG games. The prize for the best family game went to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Microsoft Flight Simulator was named the best strategy.
The best esports game, League of Legends, was also named. The most anticipated game was Elden Ring.
Last year “Game of the Year” became Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice , also a product from Japanese studio FromSoftware, won Best Adventure Game.
The Game Awards is an annual awards ceremony celebrating outstanding achievement in the world of video games. The event has been held under this name since 2014; since 2003, the ceremony existed under the name Spike Video Game Awards. In 2018, The Game Awards named God of War a PlayStation 4 exclusive.