Die Nominierten für die "The Game Awards 2025" sind offiziell bekannt gegeben worden. Bei der alljährlichen Gaming-Preisverleihung rund um Veranstalter Geoff Keighley rangiert dabei Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 mit insgesamt 12 Nominierungen ganz oben – damit ist es das meistnominierte Spiel, das jemals in der Geschichte dieser Awards vertreten war.

Dahinter folgen Death Stranding 2: On the Beach und Ghost of Yōtei mit jeweils 7 Nominierungen. Nintendo kann sich diesmal nur über zwei jeweils zweimal nominierte Titel freuen: Donkey Kong Bananza und Mario Kart World.

In der wichtigsten Kategorie Game of the Year 2025 kämpfen in diesem Jahr diese sechs Titel um die Krone:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive

• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
  Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment

• Donkey Kong Bananza
  Nintendo EPD / Nintendo

• Hades II
  Supergiant Games

• Hollow Knight: Silksong
  Team Cherry

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
  Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver

Anbei eine Übersicht aller weiteren Kategorien und Nominierten.

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

• Ghost of Yōtei

• Hades II

• Split Fiction

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

• Ghost of Yōtei

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

• Silent Hill f

Best Art Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

• Ghost of Yōtei

• Hades II

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score and Music

• Christopher Larkin – Hollow Knight: Silksong

• Darren Korb – Hades II

• Lorien Testard – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Toma Otowa – Ghost of Yōtei

• Woodkid & Ludvig Forssell – Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

• Ghost of Yōtei

• Silent Hill f

Best Performance

• Ben Starr – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Charlie Cox – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Erika Ishii – Ghost of Yōtei

• Jennifer English – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Konatsu Kato – Silent Hill f

• Troy Baker – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Innovation in Accessibility

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows

• Atomfall

• Doom: The Dark Ages

• EA Sports FC 26

• South of Midnight

Games for Impact

• Consume Me

• Despelote

• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

• South of Midnight

• Wanderstop

Best Ongoing

• Final Fantasy XIV

• Fortnite

• Helldivers 2

• Marvel Rivals

• No Man’s Sky

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate 3

• Final Fantasy XIV

• Fortnite

• Helldivers 2

• No Man’s Sky

Best Independent Game

• Absolum

• Ball x Pit

• Blue Prince

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Hades II

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Debut Indie Game

• Blue Prince

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Despelote

• Dispatch

• Megabonk

Best Mobile Game

• Destiny: Rising

• Persona 5: The Phantom X

• Sonic Rumble

• Umamusume: Pretty Derby

• Wuthering Waves

Best VR/AR

• Alien: Rogue Incursion

• Arken Age

• Ghost Town

• Marvel’s Deadpool VR

• The Midnight Walk

Best Action

• Battlefield 6

• Doom: The Dark Ages

• Hades II

• Ninja Gaiden 4

• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Best Action/Adventure

• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

• Ghost of Yōtei

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

• Split Fiction

Best RPG

• Avowed

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

• The Outer Worlds 2

• Monster Hunter Wilds

Best Fighting

• 2XKO

• Capcom Fighting Collection 2

• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection

• Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage

Best Family

• Donkey Kong Bananza

• LEGO Party!

• LEGO Voyagers

• Mario Kart World

• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

• Split Fiction

Best Sim/Strategy

• The Alters

• Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles

• Jurassic World Evolution 3

• Civilization VII

• Tempest Rising

• Two Point Museum

Best Sports/Racing

• EA Sports FC 26

• F1 25

• Mario Kart World

• Rematch

• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Best Multiplayer

• Arc Raiders

• Battlefield 6

• Elden Ring – Nightreign

• Peak

• Split Fiction

Best Adaptation

• A Minecraft Movie

• Devil May Cry (Netflix)

• The Last of Us: Season 2

• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch

• Until Dawn

Most Anticipated Game

• 007 First Light

• Grand Theft Auto VI

• Marvel’s Wolverine

• Resident Evil Requiem

• The Witcher IV

Content Creator of the Year

• Caedrel

• Kai Cenat

• MoistCr1TiKaL

• Sakura Miko

• The Burnt Peanut

Best Esports Game

• Counter-Strike 2

• DOTA 2

• League of Legends

• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

• Valorant

Best Esports Athlete

• brawk – Brock Somerhalder (Valorant)

• Chovy – Jeong Ji-hoon (League of Legends)

• f0rsakeN – Jason Susanto (Valorant)

• Kakeru – Kakeru Watanabe (Street Fighter)

• MenaRD – Saul Leonardo (Street Fighter)

• Zyw0o – Mathieu Herbaut (CS2)

Best Esports Team

• Gen.G – League of Legends

• NRG – Valorant

• Team Falcons – DOTA 2

• Team Liquid PH – Mobile Legends

• Team Vitality – Counter-Strike 2